SpaceXFalcon 9 Block 5Space Launch Complex 4E, Vandenberg SFB, CA, USA
Starlink Group 11-16
Launched
May 23, 2025 · 22:32 UTC
Image: SpaceX
Summary
Starlink Group 11-16 launched on a SpaceX Falcon 9 Block 5 from Space Launch Complex 4E, Vandenberg SFB, CA, USA on May 23, 2025 at 22:32 UTC. The launch window ran from 20:36 to 00:36 UTC. It was SpaceX's 512th launch, 63rd this year and humanity's 6,963rd orbital launch attempt. It was the 422nd Falcon 9 Block 5 flight and the 61st this year. Booster B1075 flew for the 18th time and landed at Of Course I Still Love You. The payload was bound for low Earth orbit (LEO). The tracked orbit of Starlink 34178, one of 27 catalogued objects, from May 30, 2025, was 312 × 313 km inclined 53.2°. 27 objects from this launch are catalogued, all of them payloads.
- Watch
- Vehicle
- Falcon 9 Block 5 · SpaceXStarlink
- Booster
- B1075 · flight 18 · Autonomous Spaceport Drone Ship at Of Course I Still Love You · landed209/217 landed here · 110 days after its previous flight, Starlink Group 11-4 · 574 km downrange
- Mission
- Communications · Low Earth Orbit (LEO)for SpX
- Milestone
- 422nd Falcon 9 Block 5 flight · 61st this yearSpaceX's 512th launch63rd this yearhumanity's 6,963rd orbital launch attempt114th orbital launch attempt this year
Flight preview
Simulate in Flight ClubOrbit: as tracked
Starlink 34178 · NORAD 64096 · 2025-110 · Space-Track · tracking 1 of 27 objects
Show the numbers for orbit elements
- Object
- TBA - TO BE ASSIGNED
- Object ID
- 2025-110A
- Epoch
- 2025-05-30 19:14:21 UTC
- Mean motion
- 15.88964631 rev/day
- Eccentricity
- 0.0001017
- Inclination
- 53.1557°
- Ascending node
- 274.8235°
- Arg. of perigee
- 32.8507°
- Mean anomaly
- 327.2583°
- Element set
- 999
- Rev at epoch
- 237
- B*
- -0.0019769
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−35MStage 1 LOX Load
- T−35MProp Load
- T−16MStage 2 LOX Load
- T−7MEngine Chill
- T−1MTank Press
- T−1MStartup
- T−45SGO for Launch
- T−3SIgnition
- T−0Liftoff
- T+1M6SMax-Q
- T+2M24SMECO
- T+2M28SStage 2 Separation
- T+2M35SSES-1
- T+2M55SFairing Separation
- T+6M3SEntry Burn Startup
- T+6M27SEntry Burn Shutdown
- T+7M48SStage 1 Landing Burn
- T+8M13SStage 1 Landing
- T+8M38SSECO-1
- T+53M49SSES-2
- T+53M50SSECO-2
- T+1H42SStarlink Deployment
Catalogued objects
27 catalogued: 27 payloads; 27 still in orbit
- Starlink 34178 · NORAD 64096 · in orbit
- Starlink 34174 · NORAD 64097 · in orbit
- Starlink 34146 · NORAD 64098 · in orbit
- Starlink 34074 · NORAD 64099 · in orbit
- Starlink 34082 · NORAD 64100 · in orbit
- Starlink 34072 · NORAD 64101 · in orbit
- Starlink 34104 · NORAD 64102 · in orbit
- Starlink 34179 · NORAD 64103 · in orbit
- Starlink 34176 · NORAD 64104 · in orbit
- Starlink 33949 · NORAD 64105 · in orbit
- Starlink 33970 · NORAD 64106 · in orbit
- Starlink 33912 · NORAD 64107 · in orbit
Show 15 more payloads
- Starlink 34156 · NORAD 64108 · in orbit
- Starlink 34124 · NORAD 64109 · in orbit
- Starlink 34145 · NORAD 64110 · in orbit
- Starlink 34148 · NORAD 64111 · in orbit
- Starlink 34136 · NORAD 64112 · in orbit
- Starlink 33839 · NORAD 64113 · in orbit
- Starlink 34064 · NORAD 64114 · in orbit
- Starlink 34067 · NORAD 64115 · in orbit
- Starlink 34080 · NORAD 64116 · in orbit
- Starlink 34122 · NORAD 64117 · in orbit
- Starlink 33964 · NORAD 64118 · in orbit
- Starlink 34160 · NORAD 64119 · in orbit
- Starlink 34151 · NORAD 64120 · in orbit
- Starlink 34189 · NORAD 64121 · in orbit
- Starlink 33991 · NORAD 64122 · in orbit
Data from J. McDowell, planet4589.org
About this launch
A batch of 27 satellites for the Starlink mega-constellation - SpaceX's project for space-based Internet communication system.
Pad
Space Launch Complex 4E, Vandenberg SFB, CA, USA
194th launch from Space Launch Complex 4E, 20th this year · 808th from Vandenberg SFB, CA, USA
Local pad time at liftoff: May 23, 3:32 PM PDT, in daylight
303 launches from this pad · 919 from Vandenberg SFB, CA, USA
7 days 8 hours after the previous launch from this pad
Updates
Launch success.
Show 9 earlier updates
Liftoff.
Cosmic_Penguin · 5/23/2025 · source
Unofficial Re-stream by SPACE AFFAIRS has started
LL2 · 5/23/2025 · source
New T-0.
Cosmic_Penguin · 5/23/2025 · source
Launch time is accurate to the second.
Cosmic_Penguin · 5/23/2025 · source
Delayed to May 23.
Cosmic_Penguin · 5/22/2025 · source
GO for launch.
Cosmic_Penguin · 5/22/2025 · source
Delayed to NET May 22.
Cosmic_Penguin · 5/20/2025 · source
Delayed to NET May 21.
Cosmic_Penguin · 5/18/2025 · source
Added launch.
Cosmic_Penguin · 5/13/2025 · source
Questions
When did Starlink Group 11-16 launch?
Starlink Group 11-16 launched on May 23, 2025 at 22:32 UTC. The launch window ran from 20:36 to 00:36 UTC.
Where can I watch Starlink Group 11-16?
Coverage: SpaceX Starlink Group 11-16; SpaceX - Falcon 9 - Starlink 11-16 - SLC-4E - Vandenberg SFB - May 23, 2025; Watch live: West Coast Falcon 9 rocket to launch SpaceX Starlink satellites. Watch the replay
What rocket launched Starlink Group 11-16?
Falcon 9 Block 5, flown by SpaceX. Falcon 9 Block 5 spec sheet
Where did Starlink Group 11-16 launch from?
Space Launch Complex 4E, Vandenberg SFB, CA, USA. Liftoff was May 23, 3:32 PM PDT local time at the pad.
Did the booster land?
Booster B1075 flew for the 18th time and landed at Of Course I Still Love You.
What orbit did Starlink Group 11-16 reach?
The tracked orbit of Starlink 34178, one of 27 catalogued objects, from May 30, 2025, was 312 × 313 km inclined 53.2°.
How many satellites did Starlink Group 11-16 launch?
27 payloads from this launch are catalogued, 27 of them still in orbit (Data from J. McDowell, planet4589.org).
Which program is Starlink Group 11-16 part of?
Starlink. About Starlink