SpaceXFalcon 9 Block 5Launch Complex 39A, Kennedy Space Center, FL, USA
Starlink 26
Launched
May 15, 2021
Image: SpaceX
Summary
Starlink 26 & Rideshare launched on a SpaceX Falcon 9 Block 5 from Launch Complex 39A, Kennedy Space Center, FL, USA on May 15, 2021. It was SpaceX's 136th launch, 19th this year and humanity's 6,080th orbital launch attempt. It was the 62nd Falcon 9 Block 5 flight and the 15th this year. Booster B1058 flew for the 8th time and landed at Of Course I Still Love You. The payload was bound for low Earth orbit (LEO). The tracked orbit of Starlink 2063, one of 59 catalogued objects, from May 24, 2021, was 529 × 531 km inclined 53.0°. 59 objects from this launch are catalogued, 54 of them payloads.
- Watch
- Falcon 9 Starlink 26 & RideshareThe Space Devs
- Starlink MissionSpaceX
- Vehicle
- Falcon 9 Block 5 · SpaceXStarlink
- Booster
- B1058 · flight 8 · Autonomous Spaceport Drone Ship at Of Course I Still Love You · landed209/217 landed here · 38 days after its previous flight, Starlink 23 · 631 km downrange
- Mission
- Communications · Low Earth Orbit (LEO)
- Milestone
- 62nd Falcon 9 Block 5 flight · 15th this yearSpaceX's 136th launch19th this yearhumanity's 6,080th orbital launch attempt43rd orbital launch attempt this year
Webcast
Flight preview
Orbit: as tracked
Starlink 2063 · NORAD 48553 · 2021-041 · Space-Track · tracking 1 of 59 objects
Show the numbers for orbit elements
- Object
- TBA - TO BE ASSIGNED
- Object ID
- 2021-041A
- Epoch
- 2021-05-24 20:00:01 UTC
- Mean motion
- 15.14430565 rev/day
- Eccentricity
- 0.0001389
- Inclination
- 53.036°
- Ascending node
- 75.2328°
- Arg. of perigee
- 75.5574°
- Mean anomaly
- 185.0152°
- Element set
- 999
- Rev at epoch
- 179
- B*
- 0.059698
Perigee, apogee and period are Kepler figures from the catalogued mean elements, not a propagated state. Published orbit: LEO.
Catalogued objects
59 catalogued: 54 payloads, 5 components; 40 still in orbit
- Starlink 2063 · NORAD 48553 · in orbit
- Starlink 2139 · NORAD 48554 · in orbit
- Starlink 2145 · NORAD 48555 · in orbit
- Starlink 2151 · NORAD 48556 · in orbit
- Starlink 2155 · NORAD 48557 · in orbit
- Starlink 2166 · NORAD 48558 · in orbit
- Starlink 2167 · NORAD 48559 · re-entered May 24, 2024
- Starlink 2173 · NORAD 48560 · re-entered February 4, 2022
- Starlink 2186 · NORAD 48561 · re-entered June 26, 2024
- Starlink 2187 · NORAD 48562 · in orbit
- Starlink 2188 · NORAD 48563 · in orbit
- Starlink 2190 · NORAD 48564 · in orbit
Show 42 more payloads
- Starlink 2191 · NORAD 48565 · re-entered July 30, 2025
- Starlink 2214 · NORAD 48566 · in orbit
- Starlink 2215 · NORAD 48567 · re-entered May 22, 2024
- Starlink 2217 · NORAD 48568 · in orbit
- Starlink 2219 · NORAD 48569 · in orbit
- Starlink 2220 · NORAD 48570 · re-entered June 27, 2026
- Starlink 2221 · NORAD 48571 · in orbit
- Starlink 2222 · NORAD 48572 · in orbit
- Starlink 2224 · NORAD 48573 · in orbit
- Starlink 2225 · NORAD 48574 · in orbit
- Starlink 2227 · NORAD 48575 · in orbit
- Starlink 2228 · NORAD 48576 · in orbit
- Starlink 2231 · NORAD 48577 · in orbit
- Starlink 2232 · NORAD 48578 · in orbit
- Starlink 2233 · NORAD 48579 · re-entered May 15, 2024
- Starlink 2234 · NORAD 48580 · in orbit
- Starlink 2235 · NORAD 48581 · in orbit
- Starlink 2236 · NORAD 48582 · in orbit
- Starlink 2237 · NORAD 48583 · in orbit
- Starlink 2238 · NORAD 48584 · re-entered April 30, 2025
- Starlink 2240 · NORAD 48585 · re-entered January 1, 2025
- Starlink 2241 · NORAD 48586 · in orbit
- Starlink 2242 · NORAD 48587 · re-entered January 7, 2025
- Starlink 2244 · NORAD 48588 · re-entered January 5, 2025
- Starlink 2245 · NORAD 48589 · in orbit
- Starlink 2246 · NORAD 48590 · re-entered April 23, 2022
- Starlink 2248 · NORAD 48591 · re-entered May 22, 2024
- Starlink 2249 · NORAD 48592 · re-entered May 25, 2026
- Starlink 2250 · NORAD 48593 · in orbit
- Starlink 2251 · NORAD 48594 · in orbit
- Starlink 2252 · NORAD 48595 · in orbit
- Starlink 2253 · NORAD 48596 · in orbit
- Starlink 2255 · NORAD 48597 · in orbit
- Starlink 2256 · NORAD 48598 · re-entered May 4, 2024
- Starlink 2274 · NORAD 48599 · re-entered May 14, 2024
- Starlink 2275 · NORAD 48600 · re-entered May 27, 2025
- Starlink 2276 · NORAD 48601 · re-entered August 25, 2021
- Starlink 2713 · NORAD 48602 · in orbit
- Starlink 2714 · NORAD 48603 · in orbit
- Starlink 2757 · NORAD 48604 · in orbit
- Capella 6 · NORAD 48605 · re-entered March 30, 2024
- GEOSTARE SV2 · NORAD 48606 · in orbit
Data from J. McDowell, planet4589.org
About this launch
A batch of 52 satellites for Starlink mega-constellation - SpaceX's project for space-based Internet communication system. Two rideshare satellites are also on this flight: a Capella radar observation spacecraft and a small payload from the California-based smallsat manufacturer Tyvak.
Pad
Launch Complex 39A, Kennedy Space Center, FL, USA
131st launch from Launch Complex 39A, 6th this year · 188th from Kennedy Space Center, FL, USA
224 launches from this pad · 283 from Kennedy Space Center, FL, USA
11 days after the previous launch from this pad
Updates
Questions
When did Starlink 26 & Rideshare launch?
Starlink 26 & Rideshare launched on May 15, 2021. The time is known to the hour, not the minute.
Where can I watch Starlink 26 & Rideshare?
Coverage: Falcon 9 Starlink 26 & Rideshare; Starlink Mission. Watch the replay
What rocket launched Starlink 26 & Rideshare?
Falcon 9 Block 5, flown by SpaceX. Falcon 9 Block 5 spec sheet
Where did Starlink 26 & Rideshare launch from?
Launch Complex 39A, Kennedy Space Center, FL, USA.
Did the booster land?
Booster B1058 flew for the 8th time and landed at Of Course I Still Love You.
What orbit did Starlink 26 & Rideshare reach?
The tracked orbit of Starlink 2063, one of 59 catalogued objects, from May 24, 2021, was 529 × 531 km inclined 53.0°.
How many satellites did Starlink 26 & Rideshare launch?
54 payloads from this launch are catalogued, 35 of them still in orbit (Data from J. McDowell, planet4589.org).
Which program is Starlink 26 & Rideshare part of?
Starlink. About Starlink