SpaceXFalcon 9 Block 5Space Launch Complex 40, Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA
Starlink Group 10-52
Launched
October 16, 2025 · 09:27 UTC
Image: SpaceX
Summary
Starlink Group 10-52 launched on a SpaceX Falcon 9 Block 5 from Space Launch Complex 40, Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA on October 16, 2025 at 09:27 UTC. The launch window ran from 06:42 to 10:42 UTC. It was SpaceX's 584th launch, 135th this year and humanity's 7,087th orbital launch attempt. It was the 491st Falcon 9 Block 5 flight and the 130th this year. Booster B1095 flew for the 3rd time and landed at Just Read the Instructions. The payload was bound for low Earth orbit (LEO). The tracked orbit of Starlink 34849, one of 28 catalogued objects, from October 24, 2025, was 311 × 313 km inclined 53.2°. 28 objects from this launch are catalogued, all of them payloads.
- Watch
- Vehicle
- Falcon 9 Block 5 · SpaceXStarlink
- Booster
- B1095 · flight 3 · Autonomous Spaceport Drone Ship at Just Read the Instructions · landed156/157 landed here · 49 days after its previous flight, Starlink Group 10-56 · 600 km downrange
- Mission
- Communications · Low Earth Orbit (LEO)for SpX
- Milestone
- 491st Falcon 9 Block 5 flight · 130th this yearSpaceX's 584th launch135th this yearhumanity's 7,087th orbital launch attempt238th orbital launch attempt this year
Flight preview
Simulate in Flight ClubOrbit: as tracked
Starlink 34849 · NORAD 66005 · 2025-232 · Space-Track · tracking 1 of 28 objects
Show the numbers for orbit elements
- Object
- STARLINK-34849
- Object ID
- 2025-232A
- Epoch
- 2025-10-24 22:00:03 UTC
- Mean motion
- 15.89144054 rev/day
- Eccentricity
- 0.00010303
- Inclination
- 53.1559°
- Ascending node
- 20.3281°
- Arg. of perigee
- 61.5604°
- Mean anomaly
- 83.2263°
- Element set
- 999
- Rev at epoch
- 170
- B*
- -0.0053777035
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+7M56SStage 1 Landing Burn
- T+8M21SStage 1 Landing
- T+8M38SSECO-1
- T+54M36SSES-2
- T+54M38SSECO-2
- T+1H3M58SStarlink Deployment
Catalogued objects
28 catalogued: 28 payloads; 28 still in orbit
- Starlink 34849 · NORAD 66005 · in orbit
- Starlink 35336 · NORAD 66006 · in orbit
- Starlink 35196 · NORAD 66007 · in orbit
- Starlink 35236 · NORAD 66008 · in orbit
- Starlink 35276 · NORAD 66009 · in orbit
- Starlink 35297 · NORAD 66010 · in orbit
- Starlink 35256 · NORAD 66011 · in orbit
- Starlink 35293 · NORAD 66012 · in orbit
- Starlink 35307 · NORAD 66013 · in orbit
- Starlink 35395 · NORAD 66014 · in orbit
- Starlink 34622 · NORAD 66015 · in orbit
- Starlink 35243 · NORAD 66016 · in orbit
Show 16 more payloads
- Starlink 35398 · NORAD 66017 · in orbit
- Starlink 35376 · NORAD 66018 · in orbit
- Starlink 35382 · NORAD 66019 · in orbit
- Starlink 35430 · NORAD 66020 · in orbit
- Starlink 35432 · NORAD 66021 · in orbit
- Starlink 35340 · NORAD 66022 · in orbit
- Starlink 35394 · NORAD 66023 · in orbit
- Starlink 35410 · NORAD 66024 · in orbit
- Starlink 35280 · NORAD 66025 · in orbit
- Starlink 34812 · NORAD 66026 · in orbit
- Starlink 35341 · NORAD 66027 · in orbit
- Starlink 35339 · NORAD 66028 · in orbit
- Starlink 35399 · NORAD 66029 · in orbit
- Starlink 35431 · NORAD 66030 · in orbit
- Starlink 35326 · NORAD 66031 · in orbit
- Starlink 35311 · NORAD 66032 · in orbit
Data from J. McDowell, planet4589.org
About this launch
A batch of 28 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
340th launch from Space Launch Complex 40, 60th this year · 1,059th from Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA
Local pad time at liftoff: Oct 16, 5:27 AM EDT, 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 9 earlier updates
Liftoff
hitura-nobad · 10/16/2025 · source
Unofficial Re-stream by SPACE AFFAIRS has started
LL2 · 10/16/2025 · source
Now targeting Oct 16 at 09:27 UTC
Cosmic_Penguin · 10/15/2025 · source
Weather is 95% favorable for launch.
Cosmic_Penguin · 10/14/2025 · source
Now targeting Oct 16 at 06:42 UTC
Cosmic_Penguin · 10/12/2025 · source
Now targeting Oct 15 at 07:04 UTC
Cosmic_Penguin · 10/11/2025 · source
Now targeting Oct 14 at 07:26 UTC
Cosmic_Penguin · 10/9/2025 · source
GO for launch.
Cosmic_Penguin · 10/6/2025 · source
Delayed to NET October 12.
Cosmic_Penguin · 10/1/2025 · source
Questions
When did Starlink Group 10-52 launch?
Starlink Group 10-52 launched on October 16, 2025 at 09:27 UTC. The launch window ran from 06:42 to 10:42 UTC.
Where can I watch Starlink Group 10-52?
Coverage: SpaceX Starlink Group 10-52; SpaceX - Falcon 9 - Starlink 10-52 - SLC-40 - Cape Canaveral SFS - October 16, 2025; Watch Live: SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket launches 28 Starlink satellites from Cape Canaveral. Watch the replay
What rocket launched Starlink Group 10-52?
Falcon 9 Block 5, flown by SpaceX. Falcon 9 Block 5 spec sheet
Where did Starlink Group 10-52 launch from?
Space Launch Complex 40, Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA. Liftoff was Oct 16, 5:27 AM EDT local time at the pad.
Did the booster land?
Booster B1095 flew for the 3rd time and landed at Just Read the Instructions.
What orbit did Starlink Group 10-52 reach?
The tracked orbit of Starlink 34849, one of 28 catalogued objects, from October 24, 2025, was 311 × 313 km inclined 53.2°.
How many satellites did Starlink Group 10-52 launch?
28 payloads from this launch are catalogued, 28 of them still in orbit (Data from J. McDowell, planet4589.org).
Which program is Starlink Group 10-52 part of?
Starlink. About Starlink