SpaceXFalcon 9 Block 5Space Launch Complex 4E, Vandenberg SFB, CA, USA
Starlink Group 11-12
Launched
October 25, 2025 · 14:20 UTC
Image: SpaceX
Summary
Starlink Group 11-12 launched on a SpaceX Falcon 9 Block 5 from Space Launch Complex 4E, Vandenberg SFB, CA, USA on October 25, 2025 at 14:20 UTC. The launch window ran from 14:00 to 18:00 UTC. It was SpaceX's 589th launch, 140th this year and humanity's 7,095th orbital launch attempt. It was the 496th Falcon 9 Block 5 flight and the 135th this year. Booster B1081 flew for the 19th time and landed at Of Course I Still Love You. The payload was bound for low Earth orbit (LEO). The tracked orbit of Starlink 35318, one of 28 catalogued objects, from November 4, 2025, was 331 × 332 km inclined 53.2°. 28 objects from this launch are catalogued, all of them payloads.
- Watch
- SpaceX Starlink Group 11-12The Space Devs
- Watch Live: Falcon 9 rocket launches 28 satellites for SpaceX's Starlink network from CaliforniaSpaceflight Now
- Starlink MissionSpaceX
- Vehicle
- Falcon 9 Block 5 · SpaceXStarlink
- Booster
- Mission
- Communications · Low Earth Orbit (LEO)for SpX
- Milestone
- 496th Falcon 9 Block 5 flight · 135th this yearSpaceX's 589th launch140th this yearhumanity's 7,095th orbital launch attempt246th orbital launch attempt this year
Flight preview
Simulate in Flight ClubOrbit: as tracked
Starlink 35318 · NORAD 66146 · 2025-240 · Space-Track · tracking 1 of 28 objects
Show the numbers for orbit elements
- Object
- TBA - TO BE ASSIGNED
- Object ID
- 2025-240A
- Epoch
- 2025-11-04 16:00:03 UTC
- Mean motion
- 15.82197534 rev/day
- Eccentricity
- 0.0000666
- Inclination
- 53.1522°
- Ascending node
- 288.0609°
- Arg. of perigee
- 102.5241°
- Mean anomaly
- 252.7536°
- Element set
- 999
- Rev at epoch
- 283
- B*
- -0.0072454
Perigee, apogee and period are Kepler figures from the catalogued mean elements, not a propagated state. Published orbit: LEO.
Flight timeline
- T+1M12SMax-Q
- T+2M25SMECO
- T+2M28SStage 2 Separation
- T+2M35SSES-1
- T+2M54SFairing Separation
- T+6M6SEntry Burn Startup
- T+6M31SEntry Burn Shutdown
- T+7M59SStage 1 Landing Burn
- T+8M24SStage 1 Landing
- T+8M39SSECO-1
- T+53M47SSES-2
- T+53M49SSECO-2
- T+1H39SStarlink Deployment
Catalogued objects
28 catalogued: 28 payloads; 28 still in orbit
- Starlink 35318 · NORAD 66146 · in orbit
- Starlink 33948 · NORAD 66147 · in orbit
- Starlink 35081 · NORAD 66148 · in orbit
- Starlink 35601 · NORAD 66149 · in orbit
- Starlink 35605 · NORAD 66150 · in orbit
- Starlink 35540 · NORAD 66151 · in orbit
- Starlink 35455 · NORAD 66152 · in orbit
- Starlink 34752 · NORAD 66153 · in orbit
- Starlink 34625 · NORAD 66154 · in orbit
- Starlink 35580 · NORAD 66155 · in orbit
- Starlink 35621 · NORAD 66156 · in orbit
- Starlink 35594 · NORAD 66157 · in orbit
Show 16 more payloads
- Starlink 35587 · NORAD 66158 · in orbit
- Starlink 35586 · NORAD 66159 · in orbit
- Starlink 35636 · NORAD 66160 · in orbit
- Starlink 35635 · NORAD 66161 · in orbit
- Starlink 35633 · NORAD 66162 · in orbit
- Starlink 35607 · NORAD 66163 · in orbit
- Starlink 35614 · NORAD 66164 · in orbit
- Starlink 35575 · NORAD 66165 · in orbit
- Starlink 35624 · NORAD 66166 · in orbit
- Starlink 35641 · NORAD 66167 · in orbit
- Starlink 35578 · NORAD 66168 · in orbit
- Starlink 35638 · NORAD 66169 · in orbit
- Starlink 35585 · NORAD 66170 · in orbit
- Starlink 35606 · NORAD 66171 · in orbit
- Starlink 35627 · NORAD 66172 · in orbit
- Starlink 35634 · NORAD 66173 · 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 4E, Vandenberg SFB, CA, USA
226th launch from Space Launch Complex 4E, 52nd this year · 840th from Vandenberg SFB, CA, USA
Local pad time at liftoff: Oct 25, 7:20 AM PDT, in twilight
303 launches from this pad · 919 from Vandenberg SFB, CA, USA
3 days after the previous launch from this pad
Updates
Launch success.
Show 7 earlier updates
Liftoff
hitura-nobad · 10/25/2025 · source
Unofficial Re-stream by SPACE AFFAIRS has started
LL2 · 10/25/2025 · source
Now targeting Oct 25 at 14:20 UTC
Cosmic_Penguin · 10/24/2025 · source
Now targeting Oct 25 at 14:17 UTC
Cosmic_Penguin · 10/24/2025 · source
Now targeting Oct 25 at 14:00 UTC
Cosmic_Penguin · 10/18/2025 · source
GO for launch.
Cosmic_Penguin · 10/16/2025 · source
Added launch.
Cosmic_Penguin · 10/15/2025 · source
Questions
When did Starlink Group 11-12 launch?
Starlink Group 11-12 launched on October 25, 2025 at 14:20 UTC. The launch window ran from 14:00 to 18:00 UTC.
Where can I watch Starlink Group 11-12?
Coverage: SpaceX Starlink Group 11-12; Watch Live: Falcon 9 rocket launches 28 satellites for SpaceX's Starlink network from California; Starlink Mission. Watch the replay
What rocket launched Starlink Group 11-12?
Falcon 9 Block 5, flown by SpaceX. Falcon 9 Block 5 spec sheet
Where did Starlink Group 11-12 launch from?
Space Launch Complex 4E, Vandenberg SFB, CA, USA. Liftoff was Oct 25, 7:20 AM PDT local time at the pad.
Did the booster land?
Booster B1081 flew for the 19th time and landed at Of Course I Still Love You.
What orbit did Starlink Group 11-12 reach?
The tracked orbit of Starlink 35318, one of 28 catalogued objects, from November 4, 2025, was 331 × 332 km inclined 53.2°.
How many satellites did Starlink Group 11-12 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 11-12 part of?
Starlink. About Starlink