SpaceXFalcon 9 Block 5Space Launch Complex 40, Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA
Starlink Group 10-40
Launched
March 4, 2026 · 10:52 UTC
Image: SpaceX
Summary
Starlink Group 10-40 launched on a SpaceX Falcon 9 Block 5 from Space Launch Complex 40, Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA on March 4, 2026 at 10:52 UTC. The launch window ran from 06:58 to 10:58 UTC. It was SpaceX's 647th launch, 28th this year and humanity's 7,218th orbital launch attempt. It was the 554th Falcon 9 Block 5 flight and the 28th this year. Booster B1080 flew for the 25th time and landed at A Shortfall of Gravitas. The payload was bound for low Earth orbit (LEO). The tracked orbit of Starlink 36766, one of 29 catalogued objects, from March 9, 2026, was 279 × 280 km inclined 53.2°. 29 objects from this launch are catalogued, all of them payloads.
- Watch
- SpaceX Starlink Group 10-40The Space Devs
- Live: SpaceX Falcon 9 launches Starlink satellites from Cape Canaveral on North-East trajectorySpaceflight Now
- SpaceX Falcon 9 launches Starlink 10-40NASASpaceflight
- Vehicle
- Falcon 9 Block 5 · SpaceXStarlink
- Booster
- B1080 · flight 25 · Autonomous Spaceport Drone Ship at A Shortfall of Gravitas · landed161/162 landed here · 44 days after its previous flight, Starlink Group 6-100 · 600 km downrange
- Mission
- Communications · Low Earth Orbit (LEO)for SpX
- Milestone
- 554th Falcon 9 Block 5 flight · 28th this yearSpaceX's 647th launch28th this yearhumanity's 7,218th orbital launch attempt45th orbital launch attempt this year
Flight preview
Simulate in Flight ClubOrbit: as tracked
Starlink 36766 · NORAD 68069 · 2026-042 · Space-Track · tracking 1 of 29 objects
Show the numbers for orbit elements
- Object
- TBA - TO BE ASSIGNED
- Object ID
- 2026-042A
- Epoch
- 2026-03-09 18:00:01 UTC
- Mean motion
- 16.00806528 rev/day
- Eccentricity
- 0.0000866
- Inclination
- 53.1607°
- Ascending node
- 195.0209°
- Arg. of perigee
- 55.5778°
- Mean anomaly
- 347.0577°
- Element set
- 999
- Rev at epoch
- 205
- B*
- -0.0023023
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−1MTank Press
- T−1MStartup
- T−45SGO for Launch
- T−3SIgnition
- T−0Liftoff
- T+1M12SMax-Q
- T+2M24SMECO
- T+2M28SStage 2 Separation
- T+2M34SSES-1
- T+2M56SFairing Separation
- T+6M8SEntry Burn Startup
- T+6M34SEntry Burn Shutdown
- T+7M55SStage 1 Landing Burn
- T+8M20SStage 1 Landing
- T+8M39SSECO-1
- T+54M41SSES-2
- T+54M43SSECO-2
- T+1H4M3SStarlink Deployment
Catalogued objects
29 catalogued: 29 payloads; 29 still in orbit
- Starlink 36766 · NORAD 68069 · in orbit
- Starlink 36823 · NORAD 68070 · in orbit
- Starlink 36970 · NORAD 68071 · in orbit
- Starlink 36972 · NORAD 68072 · in orbit
- Starlink 37074 · NORAD 68073 · in orbit
- Starlink 37045 · NORAD 68074 · in orbit
- Starlink 37026 · NORAD 68075 · in orbit
- Starlink 37023 · NORAD 68076 · in orbit
- Starlink 37036 · NORAD 68077 · in orbit
- Starlink 36973 · NORAD 68078 · in orbit
- Starlink 37063 · NORAD 68079 · in orbit
- Starlink 37051 · NORAD 68080 · in orbit
Show 17 more payloads
- Starlink 37066 · NORAD 68081 · in orbit
- Starlink 37054 · NORAD 68082 · in orbit
- Starlink 37065 · NORAD 68083 · in orbit
- Starlink 37037 · NORAD 68084 · in orbit
- Starlink 37068 · NORAD 68085 · in orbit
- Starlink 37067 · NORAD 68086 · in orbit
- Starlink 37062 · NORAD 68087 · in orbit
- Starlink 37059 · NORAD 68088 · in orbit
- Starlink 37004 · NORAD 68089 · in orbit
- Starlink 36320 · NORAD 68090 · in orbit
- Starlink 36324 · NORAD 68091 · in orbit
- Starlink 36896 · NORAD 68092 · in orbit
- Starlink 36251 · NORAD 68093 · in orbit
- Starlink 36787 · NORAD 68094 · in orbit
- Starlink 36790 · NORAD 68095 · in orbit
- Starlink 36328 · NORAD 68096 · in orbit
- Starlink 36853 · NORAD 68097 · in orbit
Data from J. McDowell, planet4589.org
About this launch
A batch of 29 satellites for the Starlink mega-constellation - SpaceX's project for space-based Internet communication system.
Pad
Space Launch Complex 40, Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA
369th launch from Space Launch Complex 40, 15th this year · 1,092nd from Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA
Local pad time at liftoff: Mar 4, 5:52 AM EST, at night
403 launches from this pad · 1,131 from Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA
2 days 7 hours after the previous launch from this pad
Updates
Launch success.
Show 7 earlier updates
Liftoff.
Cosmic_Penguin · 3/4/2026 · source
Unofficial Re-stream by SPACE AFFAIRS has started
LL2 · 3/4/2026 · source
Now targeting Mar 04 at 10:52 UTC
Cosmic_Penguin · 3/4/2026 · source
Launch time is accurate to the second.
Cosmic_Penguin · 3/3/2026 · source
Now targeting Mar 04 at 06:58 UTC
Cosmic_Penguin · 2/24/2026 · source
GO for launch.
Cosmic_Penguin · 2/23/2026 · source
Added launch.
Cosmic_Penguin · 2/23/2026 · source
Questions
When did Starlink Group 10-40 launch?
Starlink Group 10-40 launched on March 4, 2026 at 10:52 UTC. The launch window ran from 06:58 to 10:58 UTC.
Where can I watch Starlink Group 10-40?
Coverage: SpaceX Starlink Group 10-40; Live: SpaceX Falcon 9 launches Starlink satellites from Cape Canaveral on North-East trajectory; SpaceX Falcon 9 launches Starlink 10-40. Watch the replay
What rocket launched Starlink Group 10-40?
Falcon 9 Block 5, flown by SpaceX. Falcon 9 Block 5 spec sheet
Where did Starlink Group 10-40 launch from?
Space Launch Complex 40, Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA. Liftoff was Mar 4, 5:52 AM EST local time at the pad.
Did the booster land?
Booster B1080 flew for the 25th time and landed at A Shortfall of Gravitas.
What orbit did Starlink Group 10-40 reach?
The tracked orbit of Starlink 36766, one of 29 catalogued objects, from March 9, 2026, was 279 × 280 km inclined 53.2°.
How many satellites did Starlink Group 10-40 launch?
29 payloads from this launch are catalogued, 29 of them still in orbit (Data from J. McDowell, planet4589.org).
Which program is Starlink Group 10-40 part of?
Starlink. About Starlink