SpaceXFalcon 9 Block 5Space Launch Complex 40, Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA
Starlink Group 10-61
Launched
September 18, 2025 · 09:30 UTC
Image: SpaceX
Summary
Starlink Group 10-61 launched on a SpaceX Falcon 9 Block 5 from Space Launch Complex 40, Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA on September 18, 2025 at 09:30 UTC. The launch window ran from 09:30 to 13:30 UTC. It was SpaceX's 570th launch, 121st this year and humanity's 7,065th orbital launch attempt. It was the 478th Falcon 9 Block 5 flight and the 117th this year. Booster B1092 flew for the 7th time and landed at Just Read the Instructions. The payload was bound for low Earth orbit (LEO). The tracked orbit of Starlink 35247, one of 28 catalogued objects, from September 26, 2025, was 323 × 325 km inclined 53.2°. 28 objects from this launch are catalogued, all of them payloads.
- Watch
- SpaceX Starlink Group 10-61The Space Devs
- Live: SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket to launch 28 Starlink satellites from Cape CanaveralSpaceflight Now
- SpaceX Launches Starlink 10-61 MissionNASASpaceflight
- Vehicle
- Falcon 9 Block 5 · SpaceXStarlink
- Booster
- B1092 · flight 7 · Autonomous Spaceport Drone Ship at Just Read the Instructions · landed156/157 landed here · 27 days after its previous flight, OTV-8 (X-37B) (USSF-36) · 600 km downrange
- Mission
- Communications · Low Earth Orbit (LEO)for SpX
- Milestone
- 478th Falcon 9 Block 5 flight · 117th this yearSpaceX's 570th launch121st this yearhumanity's 7,065th orbital launch attempt216th orbital launch attempt this year
Flight preview
Simulate in Flight ClubOrbit: as tracked
Starlink 35247 · NORAD 65622 · 2025-210 · Space-Track · tracking 1 of 28 objects
Show the numbers for orbit elements
- Object
- STARLINK-35247
- Object ID
- 2025-210A
- Epoch
- 2025-09-26 14:00:01 UTC
- Mean motion
- 15.84780905 rev/day
- Eccentricity
- 0.00014922
- Inclination
- 53.1591°
- Ascending node
- 355.3552°
- Arg. of perigee
- 15.7571°
- Mean anomaly
- 266.9269°
- Element set
- 999
- Rev at epoch
- 253
- B*
- 0.0035980797
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+2M27SStage 2 Separation
- T+2M36SSES-1
- T+2M56SFairing Separation
- T+6M11SEntry Burn Startup
- T+6M37SEntry Burn Shutdown
- T+8MStage 1 Landing Burn
- T+8M24SStage 1 Landing
- T+8M39SSECO-1
- T+54M56SSES-2
- T+54M57SSECO-2
- T+1H4M18SStarlink Deployment
Catalogued objects
28 catalogued: 28 payloads; 28 still in orbit
- Starlink 35247 · NORAD 65622 · in orbit
- Starlink 35239 · NORAD 65623 · in orbit
- Starlink 35151 · NORAD 65624 · in orbit
- Starlink 35153 · NORAD 65625 · in orbit
- Starlink 35225 · NORAD 65626 · in orbit
- Starlink 35217 · NORAD 65627 · in orbit
- Starlink 35128 · NORAD 65628 · in orbit
- Starlink 35135 · NORAD 65629 · in orbit
- Starlink 34877 · NORAD 65630 · in orbit
- Starlink 35104 · NORAD 65631 · in orbit
- Starlink 35117 · NORAD 65632 · in orbit
- Starlink 35103 · NORAD 65633 · in orbit
Show 16 more payloads
- Starlink 35123 · NORAD 65634 · in orbit
- Starlink 35150 · NORAD 65635 · in orbit
- Starlink 35209 · NORAD 65636 · in orbit
- Starlink 35147 · NORAD 65637 · in orbit
- Starlink 35213 · NORAD 65638 · in orbit
- Starlink 35127 · NORAD 65639 · in orbit
- Starlink 35091 · NORAD 65640 · in orbit
- Starlink 35134 · NORAD 65641 · in orbit
- Starlink 35109 · NORAD 65642 · in orbit
- Starlink 35062 · NORAD 65643 · in orbit
- Starlink 35141 · NORAD 65644 · in orbit
- Starlink 35237 · NORAD 65645 · in orbit
- Starlink 35183 · NORAD 65646 · in orbit
- Starlink 35202 · NORAD 65647 · in orbit
- Starlink 34868 · NORAD 65648 · in orbit
- Starlink 35079 · NORAD 65649 · 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
335th launch from Space Launch Complex 40, 55th this year · 1,053rd from Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA
Local pad time at liftoff: Sep 18, 5:30 AM EDT, at night
403 launches from this pad · 1,131 from Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA
3 days 11 hours after the previous launch from this pad
Updates
Launch success.
Show 6 earlier updates
Unofficial Re-stream by SPACE AFFAIRS has started
LL2 · 9/18/2025 · source
Liftoff
hitura-nobad · 9/18/2025 · source
Unofficial Re-stream by SPACE AFFAIRS has started
LL2 · 9/18/2025 · source
Launch time is to the second.
Cosmic_Penguin · 9/17/2025 · source
Weather is 65% favorable for launch.
Cosmic_Penguin · 9/17/2025 · source
Added launch.
Cosmic_Penguin · 9/10/2025 · source
Questions
When did Starlink Group 10-61 launch?
Starlink Group 10-61 launched on September 18, 2025 at 09:30 UTC. The launch window ran from 09:30 to 13:30 UTC.
Where can I watch Starlink Group 10-61?
Coverage: SpaceX Starlink Group 10-61; Live: SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket to launch 28 Starlink satellites from Cape Canaveral; SpaceX Launches Starlink 10-61 Mission. Watch the replay
What rocket launched Starlink Group 10-61?
Falcon 9 Block 5, flown by SpaceX. Falcon 9 Block 5 spec sheet
Where did Starlink Group 10-61 launch from?
Space Launch Complex 40, Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA. Liftoff was Sep 18, 5:30 AM EDT local time at the pad.
Did the booster land?
Booster B1092 flew for the 7th time and landed at Just Read the Instructions.
What orbit did Starlink Group 10-61 reach?
The tracked orbit of Starlink 35247, one of 28 catalogued objects, from September 26, 2025, was 323 × 325 km inclined 53.2°.
How many satellites did Starlink Group 10-61 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 10-61 part of?
Starlink. About Starlink