SpaceXFalcon 9 Block 5Space Launch Complex 4E, Vandenberg SFB, CA, USA
Starlink Group 11-6
Launched
January 24, 2025 · 14:07 UTC
Image: SpaceX
Summary
Starlink Group 11-6 launched on a SpaceX Falcon 9 Block 5 from Space Launch Complex 4E, Vandenberg SFB, CA, USA on January 24, 2025 at 14:07 UTC. The launch window ran from 14:07 to 17:29 UTC. It was SpaceX's 461st launch, 12th this year and humanity's 6,867th orbital launch attempt. It was the 372nd Falcon 9 Block 5 flight and the 11th this year. Booster B1063 flew for the 23rd time and landed at Of Course I Still Love You. The payload was bound for low Earth orbit (LEO). The tracked orbit of Starlink 32883, one of 23 catalogued objects, from January 26, 2025, was 281 × 284 km inclined 53.2°. 23 objects from this launch are catalogued, all of them payloads.
- Watch
- Vehicle
- Falcon 9 Block 5 · SpaceXStarlink
- Booster
- Mission
- Communications · Low Earth Orbit (LEO)for SpX
- Milestone
- 372nd Falcon 9 Block 5 flight · 11th this yearSpaceX's 461st launch12th this yearhumanity's 6,867th orbital launch attempt18th orbital launch attempt this year
Flight preview
Simulate in Flight ClubOrbit: as tracked
Starlink 32883 · NORAD 62806 · 2025-018 · Space-Track · tracking 1 of 23 objects
Show the numbers for orbit elements
- Object
- STARLINK-32883
- Object ID
- 2025-018A
- Epoch
- 2025-01-26 18:30:41 UTC
- Mean motion
- 15.99640224 rev/day
- Eccentricity
- 0.0002355
- Inclination
- 53.1501°
- Ascending node
- 54.825°
- Arg. of perigee
- 257.739°
- Mean anomaly
- 199.152°
- Element set
- 999
- Rev at epoch
- 130
- B*
- 0.0021178
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+1M6SMax-Q
- T+2M25SMECO
- T+2M29SStage 2 Separation
- T+2M36SSES-1
- T+2M55SFairing Separation
- T+6M4SEntry Burn Startup
- T+6M27SEntry Burn Shutdown
- T+7M48SStage 1 Landing Burn
- T+8M11SStage 1 Landing
- T+8M41SSECO-1
- T+57MSES-2
- T+57M1SSECO-2
- T+1H3M53SStarlink Deployment
Catalogued objects
23 catalogued: 23 payloads; 21 still in orbit
- Starlink 32883 · NORAD 62806 · in orbit
- Starlink 32886 · NORAD 62807 · in orbit
- Starlink 32848 · NORAD 62808 · in orbit
- Starlink 32787 · NORAD 62809 · in orbit
- Starlink 32851 · NORAD 62810 · in orbit
- Starlink 32847 · NORAD 62811 · in orbit
- Starlink 32837 · NORAD 62812 · in orbit
- Starlink 32855 · NORAD 62813 · in orbit
- Starlink 32843 · NORAD 62814 · in orbit
- Starlink 32845 · NORAD 62815 · in orbit
- Starlink 32854 · NORAD 62816 · in orbit
- Starlink 32824 · NORAD 62817 · in orbit
Show 11 more payloads
- Starlink 32853 · NORAD 62818 · in orbit
- Starlink 32856 · NORAD 62819 · in orbit
- Starlink 32844 · NORAD 62820 · in orbit
- Starlink 32782 · NORAD 62821 · in orbit
- Starlink 32842 · NORAD 62822 · in orbit
- Starlink 32823 · NORAD 62823 · re-entered May 22, 2026
- Starlink 32852 · NORAD 62824 · in orbit
- Starlink 32825 · NORAD 62825 · in orbit
- Starlink 32704 · NORAD 62826 · in orbit
- Starlink 32838 · NORAD 62827 · re-entered January 5, 2026
- Starlink 32727 · NORAD 62828 · in orbit
Data from J. McDowell, planet4589.org
About this launch
A batch of 23 satellites for the Starlink mega-constellation - SpaceX's project for space-based Internet communication system.
Pad
Space Launch Complex 4E, Vandenberg SFB, CA, USA
178th launch from Space Launch Complex 4E, 4th this year · 790th from Vandenberg SFB, CA, USA
Local pad time at liftoff: Jan 24, 6:07 AM PST, at night
303 launches from this pad · 919 from Vandenberg SFB, CA, USA
2 days 22 hours after the previous launch from this pad
Updates
Launch success.
Show 6 earlier updates
Liftoff.
Cosmic_Penguin · 1/24/2025 · source
Unofficial Re-stream by SPACE AFFAIRS has started
LL2 · 1/24/2025 · source
GO for launch.
Cosmic_Penguin · 1/24/2025 · source
Tweaked T-0.
Cosmic_Penguin · 1/23/2025 · source
NET January 24.
Cosmic_Penguin · 1/18/2025 · source
Added launch.
Cosmic_Penguin · 1/16/2025 · source
Questions
When did Starlink Group 11-6 launch?
Starlink Group 11-6 launched on January 24, 2025 at 14:07 UTC. The launch window ran from 14:07 to 17:29 UTC.
Where can I watch Starlink Group 11-6?
Coverage: SpaceX Starlink Group 11-6; SpaceX - Falcon 9 - Starlink 11-6 - SLC-4E - Vandenberg SFB - January 24, 2025; Watch live: SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket launches 23 Starlink satellites from Vandenberg, California. Watch the replay
What rocket launched Starlink Group 11-6?
Falcon 9 Block 5, flown by SpaceX. Falcon 9 Block 5 spec sheet
Where did Starlink Group 11-6 launch from?
Space Launch Complex 4E, Vandenberg SFB, CA, USA. Liftoff was Jan 24, 6:07 AM PST local time at the pad.
Did the booster land?
Booster B1063 flew for the 23rd time and landed at Of Course I Still Love You.
What orbit did Starlink Group 11-6 reach?
The tracked orbit of Starlink 32883, one of 23 catalogued objects, from January 26, 2025, was 281 × 284 km inclined 53.2°.
How many satellites did Starlink Group 11-6 launch?
23 payloads from this launch are catalogued, 21 of them still in orbit (Data from J. McDowell, planet4589.org).
Which program is Starlink Group 11-6 part of?
Starlink. About Starlink