SpaceXFalcon 9 Block 5Space Launch Complex 40, Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA
Starlink Group 10-53
Launched
May 29, 2026 · 12:57 UTC
Image: SpaceX
Summary
Starlink Group 10-53 launched on a SpaceX Falcon 9 Block 5 from Space Launch Complex 40, Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA on May 29, 2026 at 12:57 UTC. The launch window ran from 11:52 to 15:52 UTC. It was SpaceX's 682nd launch, 63rd this year and humanity's 7,295th orbital launch attempt. It was the 587th Falcon 9 Block 5 flight and the 61st this year. Booster B1085 flew for the 16th time and landed at A Shortfall of Gravitas. The payload was bound for low Earth orbit (LEO). The tracked orbit of Starlink 37665, one of 29 catalogued objects, from June 1, 2026, was 257 × 258 km inclined 53.2°. 29 objects from this launch are catalogued, all of them payloads.
- Watch
- SpaceX Starlink Group 10-53The Space Devs
- Live: Falcon 9 rocket launches from Cape Canaveral with 29 SpaceX Starlink satellitesSpaceflight Now
- SpaceX Falcon 9 launches Starlink 10-53NASASpaceflight
- Vehicle
- Falcon 9 Block 5 · SpaceXStarlink
- Booster
- B1085 · flight 16 · Autonomous Spaceport Drone Ship at A Shortfall of Gravitas · landed167/168 landed here · 57 days after its previous flight, Starlink Group 10-58 · 600 km downrange
- Mission
- Communications · Low Earth Orbit (LEO)for SpX
- Milestone
- 587th Falcon 9 Block 5 flight · 61st this yearSpaceX's 682nd launch63rd this yearhumanity's 7,295th orbital launch attempt122nd orbital launch attempt this year
Flight preview
Simulate in Flight ClubOrbit: as tracked
Starlink 37665 · NORAD 69238 · 2026-117 · Space-Track · tracking 1 of 29 objects
Show the numbers for orbit elements
- Object
- TBA - TO BE ASSIGNED
- Object ID
- 2026-117A
- Epoch
- 2026-06-01 14:00:01 UTC
- Mean motion
- 16.08717048 rev/day
- Eccentricity
- 0.00003962
- Inclination
- 53.1601°
- Ascending node
- 322.7036°
- Arg. of perigee
- 74.0355°
- Mean anomaly
- 312.8629°
- Element set
- 999
- Rev at epoch
- 166
- B*
- -0.0010519961
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+1M11SMax-Q
- T+2M26SMECO
- T+2M29SStage 2 Separation
- T+2M36SSES-1
- T+2M58SFairing Separation
- T+6M5SEntry Burn Startup
- T+6M26SEntry Burn Shutdown
- T+8MStage 1 Landing Burn
- T+8M22SStage 1 Landing
- T+8M40SSECO-1
- T+52M4SSES-2
- T+52M5SSECO-2
- T+1H1M26SStarlink Deployment
Catalogued objects
29 catalogued: 29 payloads; 29 still in orbit
- Starlink 37665 · NORAD 69238 · in orbit
- Starlink 37558 · NORAD 69239 · in orbit
- Starlink 37680 · NORAD 69240 · in orbit
- Starlink 37742 · NORAD 69241 · in orbit
- Starlink 37718 · NORAD 69242 · in orbit
- Starlink 37735 · NORAD 69243 · in orbit
- Starlink 37757 · NORAD 69244 · in orbit
- Starlink 37767 · NORAD 69245 · in orbit
- Starlink 35759 · NORAD 69246 · in orbit
- Starlink 37238 · NORAD 69247 · in orbit
- Starlink 37412 · NORAD 69248 · in orbit
- Starlink 37398 · NORAD 69249 · in orbit
Show 17 more payloads
- Starlink 37499 · NORAD 69250 · in orbit
- Starlink 37489 · NORAD 69251 · in orbit
- Starlink 37434 · NORAD 69252 · in orbit
- Starlink 37368 · NORAD 69253 · in orbit
- Starlink 37517 · NORAD 69254 · in orbit
- Starlink 37378 · NORAD 69255 · in orbit
- Starlink 37396 · NORAD 69256 · in orbit
- Starlink 37508 · NORAD 69257 · in orbit
- Starlink 37276 · NORAD 69258 · in orbit
- Starlink 37518 · NORAD 69259 · in orbit
- Starlink 37478 · NORAD 69260 · in orbit
- Starlink 37506 · NORAD 69261 · in orbit
- Starlink 37503 · NORAD 69262 · in orbit
- Starlink 37502 · NORAD 69263 · in orbit
- Starlink 37486 · NORAD 69264 · in orbit
- Starlink 37435 · NORAD 69265 · in orbit
- Starlink 37464 · NORAD 69266 · 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
384th launch from Space Launch Complex 40, 30th this year · 1,110th from Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA
Local pad time at liftoff: May 29, 8:57 AM EDT, in daylight
403 launches from this pad · 1,131 from Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA
4 days 1 hour after the previous launch from this pad
Updates
Launch success.
Show 7 earlier updates
Unofficial Re-stream by SPACE AFFAIRS has started
LL2 · 5/29/2026 · source
Liftoff.
Cosmic_Penguin · 5/29/2026 · source
Unofficial Re-stream by SPACE AFFAIRS has started
LL2 · 5/29/2026 · source
Now targeting May 29 at 12:57 UTC
Nosu · 5/29/2026 · source
Now targeting May 29 at 12:03 UTC
Cosmic_Penguin · 5/28/2026 · source
Updated launch weather, 80% GO.
Cosmic_Penguin · 5/28/2026 · source
Added launch.
Cosmic_Penguin · 5/20/2026 · source
Questions
When did Starlink Group 10-53 launch?
Starlink Group 10-53 launched on May 29, 2026 at 12:57 UTC. The launch window ran from 11:52 to 15:52 UTC.
Where can I watch Starlink Group 10-53?
Coverage: SpaceX Starlink Group 10-53; Live: Falcon 9 rocket launches from Cape Canaveral with 29 SpaceX Starlink satellites; SpaceX Falcon 9 launches Starlink 10-53. Watch the replay
What rocket launched Starlink Group 10-53?
Falcon 9 Block 5, flown by SpaceX. Falcon 9 Block 5 spec sheet
Where did Starlink Group 10-53 launch from?
Space Launch Complex 40, Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA. Liftoff was May 29, 8:57 AM EDT local time at the pad.
Did the booster land?
Booster B1085 flew for the 16th time and landed at A Shortfall of Gravitas.
What orbit did Starlink Group 10-53 reach?
The tracked orbit of Starlink 37665, one of 29 catalogued objects, from June 1, 2026, was 257 × 258 km inclined 53.2°.
How many satellites did Starlink Group 10-53 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 10-53 part of?
Starlink. About Starlink