SpaceXFalcon 9 Block 5Space Launch Complex 4E, Vandenberg SFB, CA, USA
Starlink Group 11-3
Launched
December 29, 2024 · 01:58 UTC
Image: SpaceX
Summary
Starlink Group 11-3 launched on a SpaceX Falcon 9 Block 5 from Space Launch Complex 4E, Vandenberg SFB, CA, USA on December 29, 2024 at 01:58 UTC. The launch window ran from 01:35 to 05:31 UTC. It was SpaceX's 447th launch, 136th this year and humanity's 6,846th orbital launch attempt. It was the 359th Falcon 9 Block 5 flight and the 130th this year. Booster B1075 flew for the 16th time and landed at Of Course I Still Love You. The payload was bound for low Earth orbit (LEO). The tracked orbit of Starlink 32702, one of 22 catalogued objects, from January 7, 2025, was 312 × 313 km inclined 53.2°. 22 objects from this launch are catalogued, all of them payloads.
- Watch
- Vehicle
- Falcon 9 Block 5 · SpaceXStarlink
- Booster
- B1075 · flight 16 · Autonomous Spaceport Drone Ship at Of Course I Still Love You · landed209/217 landed here · 34 days after its previous flight, Starlink Group 9-13 · 574 km downrange
- Mission
- Communications · Low Earth Orbit (LEO)for SpX
- Milestone
- 359th Falcon 9 Block 5 flight · 130th this yearSpaceX's 447th launch136th this yearhumanity's 6,846th orbital launch attempt257th orbital launch attempt this year
Flight preview
Simulate in Flight ClubOrbit: as tracked
Starlink 32702 · NORAD 62432 · 2024-251 · Space-Track · tracking 1 of 22 objects
Show the numbers for orbit elements
- Object
- TBA - TO BE ASSIGNED
- Object ID
- 2024-251A
- Epoch
- 2025-01-07 16:00:00 UTC
- Mean motion
- 15.88943478 rev/day
- Eccentricity
- 0.0000962
- Inclination
- 53.1652°
- Ascending node
- 168.7875°
- Arg. of perigee
- 49.4476°
- Mean anomaly
- 83.6561°
- Element set
- 999
- Rev at epoch
- 251
- B*
- -0.003425
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−1MStartup
- T−1MTank Press
- T−45SGO for Launch
- T−3SIgnition
- T−0Liftoff
- T+1M7SMax-Q
- T+2M26SMECO
- T+2M29SStage 2 Separation
- T+2M36SSES-1
- T+2M56SFairing Separation
- T+6M3SEntry Burn Startup
- T+6M29SEntry Burn Shutdown
- T+7M49SStage 1 Landing Burn
- T+8M10SStage 1 Landing
- T+8M38SSECO-1
- T+54M40SSES-2
- T+54M42SSECO-2
- T+1H1M34SStarlink Deployment
Catalogued objects
22 catalogued: 22 payloads; 21 still in orbit
- Starlink 32702 · NORAD 62432 · in orbit
- Starlink 32712 · NORAD 62433 · in orbit
- Starlink 32674 · NORAD 62434 · in orbit
- Starlink 32711 · NORAD 62435 · in orbit
- Starlink 32697 · NORAD 62436 · in orbit
- Starlink 32693 · NORAD 62437 · in orbit
- Starlink 32721 · NORAD 62438 · in orbit
- Starlink 32709 · NORAD 62439 · in orbit
- Starlink 32689 · NORAD 62440 · in orbit
- Starlink 32724 · NORAD 62441 · in orbit
- Starlink 32291 · NORAD 62442 · in orbit
- Starlink 32736 · NORAD 62443 · in orbit
Show 10 more payloads
- Starlink 32737 · NORAD 62444 · in orbit
- Starlink 32683 · NORAD 62445 · in orbit
- Starlink 32726 · NORAD 62446 · in orbit
- Starlink 32730 · NORAD 62447 · re-entered May 3, 2026
- Starlink 32719 · NORAD 62448 · in orbit
- Starlink 32723 · NORAD 62449 · in orbit
- Starlink 32722 · NORAD 62450 · in orbit
- Starlink 32720 · NORAD 62451 · in orbit
- Starlink 32656 · NORAD 62452 · in orbit
- Starlink 32690 · NORAD 62453 · in orbit
Data from J. McDowell, planet4589.org
About this launch
A batch of 22 satellites for the Starlink mega-constellation - SpaceX's project for space-based Internet communication system.
Pad
Space Launch Complex 4E, Vandenberg SFB, CA, USA
174th launch from Space Launch Complex 4E, 46th this year · 786th from Vandenberg SFB, CA, USA
Local pad time at liftoff: Dec 28, 5:58 PM PST, in twilight
303 launches from this pad · 919 from Vandenberg SFB, CA, USA
7 days 14 hours after the previous launch from this pad
Updates
Launch success.
Show 8 earlier updates
Liftoff.
Cosmic_Penguin · 12/29/2024 · source
Unofficial Re-stream by SPACE AFFAIRS has started
LL2 · 12/29/2024 · source
New T-0.
Cosmic_Penguin · 12/29/2024 · source
Setting GO
Nosu · 12/27/2024 · source
Tweaked T-0.
Cosmic_Penguin · 12/27/2024 · source
Tweaked T-0.
Cosmic_Penguin · 12/26/2024 · source
Delayed to NET December 29 UTC.
Cosmic_Penguin · 12/19/2024 · source
Targeting NET December 24 UTC per NOTAMs A1631/24.
Cosmic_Penguin · 12/18/2024 · source
Questions
When did Starlink Group 11-3 launch?
Starlink Group 11-3 launched on December 29, 2024 at 01:58 UTC. The launch window ran from 01:35 to 05:31 UTC.
Where can I watch Starlink Group 11-3?
Coverage: SpaceX Starlink Group 11-3; SpaceX - Falcon 9 - Starlink 11-3 - SLC-4E - Vandenberg Space Force Base - December 28, 2024; Watch live: SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket launches from California with 22 Starlink satellites. Watch the replay
What rocket launched Starlink Group 11-3?
Falcon 9 Block 5, flown by SpaceX. Falcon 9 Block 5 spec sheet
Where did Starlink Group 11-3 launch from?
Space Launch Complex 4E, Vandenberg SFB, CA, USA. Liftoff was Dec 28, 5:58 PM PST local time at the pad.
Did the booster land?
Booster B1075 flew for the 16th time and landed at Of Course I Still Love You.
What orbit did Starlink Group 11-3 reach?
The tracked orbit of Starlink 32702, one of 22 catalogued objects, from January 7, 2025, was 312 × 313 km inclined 53.2°.
How many satellites did Starlink Group 11-3 launch?
22 payloads from this launch are catalogued, 21 of them still in orbit (Data from J. McDowell, planet4589.org).
Which program is Starlink Group 11-3 part of?
Starlink. About Starlink