SpaceXFalcon 9 Block 5Space Launch Complex 4E, Vandenberg SFB, CA, USA
Starlink Group 11-8
Launched
January 21, 2025 · 15:45 UTC
Image: SpaceX
Summary
Starlink Group 11-8 launched on a SpaceX Falcon 9 Block 5 from Space Launch Complex 4E, Vandenberg SFB, CA, USA on January 21, 2025 at 15:45 UTC. The launch window ran from 15:45 to 17:54 UTC. It was SpaceX's 460th launch, 11th this year and humanity's 6,864th orbital launch attempt. It was the 371st Falcon 9 Block 5 flight and the 10th this year. Booster B1082 flew for the 10th time and landed at Of Course I Still Love You. The payload was bound for low Earth orbit (LEO). The tracked orbit of Starlink 33596, one of 27 catalogued objects, from January 24, 2025, was 275 × 277 km inclined 53.2°. 27 objects from this launch are catalogued, all of them payloads.
- Watch
- Vehicle
- Falcon 9 Block 5 · SpaceXStarlink
- Booster
- B1082 · flight 10 · Autonomous Spaceport Drone Ship at Of Course I Still Love You · landed209/217 landed here · 38 days after its previous flight, Starlink Group 11-2 · 574 km downrange
- Mission
- Communications · Low Earth Orbit (LEO)for SpX
- Milestone
- 371st Falcon 9 Block 5 flight · 10th this yearSpaceX's 460th launch11th this yearhumanity's 6,864th orbital launch attempt15th orbital launch attempt this year
Flight preview
Simulate in Flight ClubOrbit: as tracked
Starlink 33596 · NORAD 62758 · 2025-015 · Space-Track · tracking 1 of 27 objects
Show the numbers for orbit elements
- Object
- TBA - TO BE ASSIGNED
- Object ID
- 2025-015A
- Epoch
- 2025-01-24 20:00:01 UTC
- Mean motion
- 16.02066212 rev/day
- Eccentricity
- 0.0001524
- Inclination
- 53.1619°
- Ascending node
- 71.4758°
- Arg. of perigee
- 316.0629°
- Mean anomaly
- 114.0059°
- Element set
- 999
- Rev at epoch
- 168
- B*
- -0.000643
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+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
27 catalogued: 27 payloads; 27 still in orbit
- Starlink 33596 · NORAD 62758 · in orbit
- Starlink 33589 · NORAD 62759 · in orbit
- Starlink 33575 · NORAD 62760 · in orbit
- Starlink 33584 · NORAD 62761 · in orbit
- Starlink 33577 · NORAD 62762 · in orbit
- Starlink 33597 · NORAD 62763 · in orbit
- Starlink 33579 · NORAD 62764 · in orbit
- Starlink 33592 · NORAD 62765 · in orbit
- Starlink 33595 · NORAD 62766 · in orbit
- Starlink 33572 · NORAD 62767 · in orbit
- Starlink 33601 · NORAD 62768 · in orbit
- Starlink 33569 · NORAD 62769 · in orbit
Show 15 more payloads
- Starlink 33594 · NORAD 62770 · in orbit
- Starlink 33598 · NORAD 62771 · in orbit
- Starlink 33600 · NORAD 62772 · in orbit
- Starlink 33567 · NORAD 62773 · in orbit
- Starlink 33574 · NORAD 62774 · in orbit
- Starlink 33576 · NORAD 62775 · in orbit
- Starlink 33570 · NORAD 62776 · in orbit
- Starlink 33591 · NORAD 62777 · in orbit
- Starlink 33573 · NORAD 62778 · in orbit
- Starlink 33568 · NORAD 62779 · in orbit
- Starlink 33593 · NORAD 62780 · in orbit
- Starlink 33588 · NORAD 62781 · in orbit
- Starlink 33585 · NORAD 62782 · in orbit
- Starlink 33582 · NORAD 62783 · in orbit
- Starlink 33581 · NORAD 62784 · 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
177th launch from Space Launch Complex 4E, 3rd this year · 789th from Vandenberg SFB, CA, USA
Local pad time at liftoff: Jan 21, 7:45 AM PST, in daylight
303 launches from this pad · 919 from Vandenberg SFB, CA, USA
6 days 20 hours after the previous launch from this pad
Updates
Launch success.
Show 9 earlier updates
Unofficial Re-stream by SPACE AFFAIRS has started
LL2 · 1/21/2025 · source
Liftoff.
Cosmic_Penguin · 1/21/2025 · source
Unofficial Re-stream by SPACE AFFAIRS has started
LL2 · 1/21/2025 · source
Tweaked T-0.
Cosmic_Penguin · 1/21/2025 · source
Delayed to January 21.
Cosmic_Penguin · 1/20/2025 · source
New T-0.
Cosmic_Penguin · 1/20/2025 · source
Scrubbed for the day.
Cosmic_Penguin · 1/19/2025 · source
Hold at T-00:11 for intruding aircraft.
Cosmic_Penguin · 1/19/2025 · source
Unofficial Re-stream by SPACE AFFAIRS has started
LL2 · 1/19/2025 · source
Questions
When did Starlink Group 11-8 launch?
Starlink Group 11-8 launched on January 21, 2025 at 15:45 UTC. The launch window ran from 15:45 to 17:54 UTC.
Where can I watch Starlink Group 11-8?
Coverage: SpaceX Starlink Group 11-8; On Go! - SpaceX - Falcon 9 - Starlink 11-8 - SLC-4E - Vandenberg SFB - January 21, 2025; Watch live: SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket launches from California with 27 Starlink satellites. Watch the replay
What rocket launched Starlink Group 11-8?
Falcon 9 Block 5, flown by SpaceX. Falcon 9 Block 5 spec sheet
Where did Starlink Group 11-8 launch from?
Space Launch Complex 4E, Vandenberg SFB, CA, USA. Liftoff was Jan 21, 7:45 AM PST local time at the pad.
Did the booster land?
Booster B1082 flew for the 10th time and landed at Of Course I Still Love You.
What orbit did Starlink Group 11-8 reach?
The tracked orbit of Starlink 33596, one of 27 catalogued objects, from January 24, 2025, was 275 × 277 km inclined 53.2°.
How many satellites did Starlink Group 11-8 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 11-8 part of?
Starlink. About Starlink