SpaceXFalcon 9 Block 5Space Launch Complex 40, Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA
Starlink Group 10-12
Launched
February 18, 2025 · 23:21 UTC
Image: SpaceX
Summary
Starlink Group 10-12 launched on a SpaceX Falcon 9 Block 5 from Space Launch Complex 40, Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA on February 18, 2025 at 23:21 UTC. The launch window ran from 23:15 to 02:35 UTC. It was SpaceX's 471st launch, 22nd this year and humanity's 6,883rd orbital launch attempt. It was the 382nd Falcon 9 Block 5 flight and the 21st this year. Booster B1080 flew for the 16th time and landed at Just Read the Instructions. The payload was bound for low Earth orbit (LEO). The tracked orbit of Starlink 32798, one of 23 catalogued objects, from February 25, 2025, was 298 × 299 km inclined 53.2°. 23 objects from this launch are catalogued, all of them payloads.
- Watch
- Vehicle
- Falcon 9 Block 5 · SpaceXStarlink
- Booster
- B1080 · flight 16 · Autonomous Spaceport Drone Ship at Just Read the Instructions · landed156/157 landed here · 36 days after its previous flight, Starlink Group 12-4 · 605 km downrange
- Mission
- Communications · Low Earth Orbit (LEO)for SpX
- Milestone
- 382nd Falcon 9 Block 5 flight · 21st this yearSpaceX's 471st launch22nd this yearhumanity's 6,883rd orbital launch attempt34th orbital launch attempt this year
Flight preview
Simulate in Flight ClubOrbit: as tracked
Starlink 32798 · NORAD 63029 · 2025-034 · Space-Track · tracking 1 of 23 objects
Show the numbers for orbit elements
- Object
- TBA - TO BE ASSIGNED
- Object ID
- 2025-034A
- Epoch
- 2025-02-25 16:00:01 UTC
- Mean motion
- 15.9381886 rev/day
- Eccentricity
- 0.000054
- Inclination
- 53.1644°
- Ascending node
- 230.4831°
- Arg. of perigee
- 49.7081°
- Mean anomaly
- 71.6764°
- Element set
- 999
- Rev at epoch
- 230
- B*
- -0.0020646
Perigee, apogee and period are Kepler figures from the catalogued mean elements, not a propagated state. Published orbit: LEO.
Flight timeline
- T−38MGO for Prop Load
- T−35MProp Load
- T−35MStage 1 LOX Load
- T−16MStage 2 LOX Load
- T−7MEngine Chill
- T−1MStartup
- T−1MTank Press
- T−45SGO for Launch
- T−3SIgnition
- T−0Liftoff
- T+1M9SMax-Q
- T+2M25SMECO
- T+2M28SStage 2 Separation
- T+2M35SSES-1
- T+3M8SFairing Separation
- T+6M5SEntry Burn Startup
- T+6M30SEntry Burn Shutdown
- T+7M52SStage 1 Landing Burn
- T+8M15SStage 1 Landing
- T+8M38SSECO-1
- T+55M33SSES-2
- T+55M35SSECO-2
- T+1H4M27SStarlink Deployment
Catalogued objects
23 catalogued: 23 payloads; 23 still in orbit
- Starlink 32798 · NORAD 63029 · in orbit
- Starlink 32779 · NORAD 63030 · in orbit
- Starlink 32716 · NORAD 63031 · in orbit
- Starlink 32776 · NORAD 63032 · in orbit
- Starlink 32772 · NORAD 63033 · in orbit
- Starlink 32830 · NORAD 63034 · in orbit
- Starlink 32801 · NORAD 63035 · in orbit
- Starlink 32818 · NORAD 63036 · in orbit
- Starlink 32810 · NORAD 63037 · in orbit
- Starlink 32812 · NORAD 63038 · in orbit
- Starlink 32811 · NORAD 63039 · in orbit
- Starlink 32832 · NORAD 63040 · in orbit
Show 11 more payloads
- Starlink 32820 · NORAD 63041 · in orbit
- Starlink 32795 · NORAD 63042 · in orbit
- Starlink 32827 · NORAD 63043 · in orbit
- Starlink 32735 · NORAD 63044 · in orbit
- Starlink 32828 · NORAD 63045 · in orbit
- Starlink 32738 · NORAD 63046 · in orbit
- Starlink 32590 · NORAD 63047 · in orbit
- Starlink 32790 · NORAD 63048 · in orbit
- Starlink 32829 · NORAD 63049 · in orbit
- Starlink 32816 · NORAD 63050 · in orbit
- Starlink 32835 · NORAD 63051 · in orbit
Data from J. McDowell, planet4589.org
About this launch
A batch of 23 satellites for the Starlink mega-constellation - SpaceX's project for space-based Internet communication system. First Starlink launch to feature a Falcon 9 booster landing within The Bahamas waters.
Pad
Space Launch Complex 40, Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA
290th launch from Space Launch Complex 40, 10th this year · 1,005th from Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA
Local pad time at liftoff: Feb 18, 6:21 PM EST, in twilight
403 launches from this pad · 1,131 from Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA
3 days 17 hours after the previous launch from this pad
Updates
Launch success.
Show 9 earlier updates
Liftoff.
Cosmic_Penguin · 2/18/2025 · source
Unofficial Re-stream by SPACE AFFAIRS has started
LL2 · 2/18/2025 · source
Now targeting Feb 18 at 23:21 UTC
hitura-nobad · 2/18/2025 · source
Tweaked T-0.
Cosmic_Penguin · 2/18/2025 · source
Tweaked T-0.
Cosmic_Penguin · 2/17/2025 · source
Weather is 95% favorable for launch.
Nosu · 2/17/2025 · source
Tweaked T-0.
Cosmic_Penguin · 2/16/2025 · source
Delayed to NET February 18.
Cosmic_Penguin · 2/11/2025 · source
GO for launch.
Cosmic_Penguin · 2/7/2025 · source
Questions
When did Starlink Group 10-12 launch?
Starlink Group 10-12 launched on February 18, 2025 at 23:21 UTC. The launch window ran from 23:15 to 02:35 UTC.
Where can I watch Starlink Group 10-12?
Coverage: SpaceX Starlink Group 10-12; SpaceX - Falcon 9 - Starlink 10-12 - SLC-40 - Cape Canaveral SFS - Space Affairs Live; Watch live: SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket launches 23 Starlink satellites from Cape Canaveral. Watch the replay
What rocket launched Starlink Group 10-12?
Falcon 9 Block 5, flown by SpaceX. Falcon 9 Block 5 spec sheet
Where did Starlink Group 10-12 launch from?
Space Launch Complex 40, Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA. Liftoff was Feb 18, 6:21 PM EST local time at the pad.
Did the booster land?
Booster B1080 flew for the 16th time and landed at Just Read the Instructions.
What orbit did Starlink Group 10-12 reach?
The tracked orbit of Starlink 32798, one of 23 catalogued objects, from February 25, 2025, was 298 × 299 km inclined 53.2°.
How many satellites did Starlink Group 10-12 launch?
23 payloads from this launch are catalogued, 23 of them still in orbit (Data from J. McDowell, planet4589.org).
Which program is Starlink Group 10-12 part of?
Starlink. About Starlink