SpaceXFalcon 9 Block 5Space Launch Complex 40, Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA
Starlink 28
Launched
May 26, 2021
Image: SpaceX
Summary
Starlink 28 launched on a SpaceX Falcon 9 Block 5 from Space Launch Complex 40, Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA on May 26, 2021. It was SpaceX's 137th launch, 20th this year and humanity's 6,083rd orbital launch attempt. It was the 63rd Falcon 9 Block 5 flight and the 16th this year. Booster B1063 flew for the 2nd time and landed at Just Read the Instructions. The payload was bound for low Earth orbit (LEO). The tracked orbit of Starlink 2758, one of 64 catalogued objects, from June 1, 2021, was 297 × 299 km inclined 53.1°. 64 objects from this launch are catalogued, 60 of them payloads.
- Watch
- Falcon 9 Starlink 28The Space Devs
- Starlink MissionSpaceX
- Vehicle
- Falcon 9 Block 5 · SpaceXStarlink
- Booster
- B1063 · flight 2 · Autonomous Spaceport Drone Ship at Just Read the Instructions · landed156/157 landed here · 186 days after its previous flight, Sentinel-6 Michael Freilich · 631 km downrange
- Mission
- Communications · Low Earth Orbit (LEO)
- Milestone
- 63rd Falcon 9 Block 5 flight · 16th this yearSpaceX's 137th launch20th this yearhumanity's 6,083rd orbital launch attempt46th orbital launch attempt this year
Webcast
Flight preview
Orbit: as tracked
Starlink 2758 · NORAD 48638 · 2021-044 · Space-Track · tracking 1 of 64 objects
Show the numbers for orbit elements
- Object
- TBA - TO BE ASSIGNED
- Object ID
- 2021-044A
- Epoch
- 2021-06-01 16:00:00 UTC
- Mean motion
- 15.94084236 rev/day
- Eccentricity
- 0.0000946
- Inclination
- 53.0514°
- Ascending node
- 36.1756°
- Arg. of perigee
- 80.6434°
- Mean anomaly
- 314.7245°
- Element set
- 999
- Rev at epoch
- 185
- B*
- -0.0033368
Perigee, apogee and period are Kepler figures from the catalogued mean elements, not a propagated state. Published orbit: LEO.
Catalogued objects
64 catalogued: 60 payloads, 4 components; 46 still in orbit
- Starlink 2758 · NORAD 48638 · re-entered May 25, 2024
- Starlink 2739 · NORAD 48639 · in orbit
- Starlink 2736 · NORAD 48640 · in orbit
- Starlink 2754 · NORAD 48641 · in orbit
- Starlink 2646 · NORAD 48642 · in orbit
- Starlink 2704 · NORAD 48643 · in orbit
- Starlink 2695 · NORAD 48644 · in orbit
- Starlink 2733 · NORAD 48645 · re-entered March 29, 2025
- Starlink 2732 · NORAD 48646 · in orbit
- Starlink 2691 · NORAD 48647 · re-entered January 28, 2025
- Starlink 2521 · NORAD 48648 · in orbit
- Starlink 2673 · NORAD 48649 · in orbit
Show 48 more payloads
- Starlink 2672 · NORAD 48650 · in orbit
- Starlink 2731 · NORAD 48651 · in orbit
- Starlink 2727 · NORAD 48652 · re-entered August 31, 2026
- Starlink 2720 · NORAD 48653 · in orbit
- Starlink 2651 · NORAD 48654 · re-entered November 19, 2025
- Starlink 2657 · NORAD 48655 · in orbit
- Starlink 2701 · NORAD 48656 · in orbit
- Starlink 2734 · NORAD 48657 · in orbit
- Starlink 2647 · NORAD 48658 · in orbit
- Starlink 2717 · NORAD 48659 · in orbit
- Starlink 2688 · NORAD 48660 · re-entered January 7, 2025
- Starlink 2708 · NORAD 48661 · re-entered July 21, 2024
- Starlink 2726 · NORAD 48662 · in orbit
- Starlink 2667 · NORAD 48663 · in orbit
- Starlink 2709 · NORAD 48664 · re-entered March 27, 2025
- Starlink 2653 · NORAD 48665 · re-entered May 22, 2024
- Starlink 2666 · NORAD 48666 · in orbit
- Starlink 2735 · NORAD 48667 · in orbit
- Starlink 2738 · NORAD 48668 · in orbit
- Starlink 2707 · NORAD 48669 · in orbit
- Starlink 2763 · NORAD 48670 · in orbit
- Starlink 2745 · NORAD 48671 · in orbit
- Starlink 2705 · NORAD 48672 · in orbit
- Starlink 2711 · NORAD 48673 · in orbit
- Starlink 2712 · NORAD 48674 · in orbit
- Starlink 2737 · NORAD 48675 · re-entered February 1, 2025
- Starlink 2746 · NORAD 48676 · in orbit
- Starlink 2719 · NORAD 48677 · re-entered August 23, 2024
- Starlink 2615 · NORAD 48678 · in orbit
- Starlink 2648 · NORAD 48679 · in orbit
- Starlink 2649 · NORAD 48680 · re-entered April 18, 2025
- Starlink 2725 · NORAD 48681 · in orbit
- Starlink 2743 · NORAD 48682 · in orbit
- Starlink 2756 · NORAD 48683 · in orbit
- Starlink 2741 · NORAD 48684 · in orbit
- Starlink 2751 · NORAD 48685 · in orbit
- Starlink 2629 · NORAD 48686 · in orbit
- Starlink 2627 · NORAD 48687 · in orbit
- Starlink 2742 · NORAD 48688 · in orbit
- Starlink 2617 · NORAD 48689 · re-entered January 12, 2025
- Starlink 2740 · NORAD 48690 · in orbit
- Starlink 2750 · NORAD 48691 · in orbit
- Starlink 2752 · NORAD 48692 · in orbit
- Starlink 2618 · NORAD 48693 · in orbit
- Starlink 2748 · NORAD 48694 · in orbit
- Starlink 2616 · NORAD 48695 · in orbit
- Starlink 2753 · NORAD 48696 · in orbit
- Starlink 2715 · NORAD 48697 · re-entered August 11, 2024
Data from J. McDowell, planet4589.org
About this launch
A batch of 60 satellites for Starlink mega-constellation - SpaceX's project for space-based Internet communication system.
Pad
Space Launch Complex 40, Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA
127th launch from Space Launch Complex 40, 10th this year · 822nd from Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA
403 launches from this pad · 1,131 from Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA
17 days after the previous launch from this pad
Updates
Questions
When did Starlink 28 launch?
Starlink 28 launched on May 26, 2021. The time is known to the hour, not the minute.
Where can I watch Starlink 28?
Coverage: Falcon 9 Starlink 28; Starlink Mission. Watch the replay
What rocket launched Starlink 28?
Falcon 9 Block 5, flown by SpaceX. Falcon 9 Block 5 spec sheet
Where did Starlink 28 launch from?
Space Launch Complex 40, Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA.
Did the booster land?
Booster B1063 flew for the 2nd time and landed at Just Read the Instructions.
What orbit did Starlink 28 reach?
The tracked orbit of Starlink 2758, one of 64 catalogued objects, from June 1, 2021, was 297 × 299 km inclined 53.1°.
How many satellites did Starlink 28 launch?
60 payloads from this launch are catalogued, 46 of them still in orbit (Data from J. McDowell, planet4589.org).
Which program is Starlink 28 part of?
Starlink. About Starlink