SpaceXFalcon 9 Block 5Space Launch Complex 4E, Vandenberg SFB, CA, USA
Starlink Group 11-9
Launched
April 28, 2025 · 20:42 UTC
Image: SpaceX
Summary
Starlink Group 11-9 launched on a SpaceX Falcon 9 Block 5 from Space Launch Complex 4E, Vandenberg SFB, CA, USA on April 28, 2025 at 20:42 UTC. The launch window ran from 20:39 to 00:25 UTC. It was SpaceX's 500th launch, 51st this year and humanity's 6,938th orbital launch attempt. It was the 410th Falcon 9 Block 5 flight and the 49th this year. Booster B1063 flew for the 25th time and landed at Of Course I Still Love You. The payload was bound for low Earth orbit (LEO). The tracked orbit of Starlink 33894, one of 27 catalogued objects, from May 5, 2025, was 292 × 293 km inclined 53.2°. 27 objects from this launch are catalogued, all of them payloads.
- Watch
- Vehicle
- Falcon 9 Block 5 · SpaceXStarlink
- Booster
- B1063 · flight 25 · Autonomous Spaceport Drone Ship at Of Course I Still Love You · landed209/217 landed here · 32 days after its previous flight, Starlink Group 11-7 · 574 km downrange
- Mission
- Communications · Low Earth Orbit (LEO)for SpX
- Milestone
- 410th Falcon 9 Block 5 flight · 49th this yearSpaceX's 500th launch51st this yearhumanity's 6,938th orbital launch attempt89th orbital launch attempt this year
Flight preview
Simulate in Flight ClubOrbit: as tracked
Starlink 33894 · NORAD 63697 · 2025-087 · Space-Track · tracking 1 of 27 objects
Show the numbers for orbit elements
- Object
- STARLINK-33894
- Object ID
- 2025-087A
- Epoch
- 2025-05-05 12:38:35 UTC
- Mean motion
- 15.96088551 rev/day
- Eccentricity
- 0.0000446
- Inclination
- 53.1566°
- Ascending node
- 223.4704°
- Arg. of perigee
- 9.2403°
- Mean anomaly
- 350.8634°
- Element set
- 999
- Rev at epoch
- 184
- B*
- -0.00057991
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+2M25SMECO
- T+2M28SStage 2 Separation
- T+2M36SSES-1
- T+2M55SFairing Separation
- T+6M3SEntry Burn Startup
- T+6M28SEntry Burn Shutdown
- T+7M49SStage 1 Landing Burn
- T+8M13SStage 1 Landing
- T+8M39SSECO-1
- T+53M1SSES-2
- T+53M2SSECO-2
- T+59M54SStarlink Deployment
Catalogued objects
27 catalogued: 27 payloads; 27 still in orbit
- Starlink 33894 · NORAD 63697 · in orbit
- Starlink 33922 · NORAD 63698 · in orbit
- Starlink 33919 · NORAD 63699 · in orbit
- Starlink 33908 · NORAD 63700 · in orbit
- Starlink 33950 · NORAD 63701 · in orbit
- Starlink 33939 · NORAD 63702 · in orbit
- Starlink 33868 · NORAD 63703 · in orbit
- Starlink 33937 · NORAD 63704 · in orbit
- Starlink 33848 · NORAD 63705 · in orbit
- Starlink 33995 · NORAD 63706 · in orbit
- Starlink 33982 · NORAD 63707 · in orbit
- Starlink 33915 · NORAD 63708 · in orbit
Show 15 more payloads
- Starlink 33862 · NORAD 63709 · in orbit
- Starlink 33920 · NORAD 63710 · in orbit
- Starlink 33580 · NORAD 63711 · in orbit
- Starlink 33783 · NORAD 63712 · in orbit
- Starlink 33773 · NORAD 63713 · in orbit
- Starlink 33745 · NORAD 63714 · in orbit
- Starlink 33728 · NORAD 63715 · in orbit
- Starlink 33749 · NORAD 63716 · in orbit
- Starlink 33725 · NORAD 63717 · in orbit
- Starlink 33641 · NORAD 63718 · in orbit
- Starlink 33727 · NORAD 63719 · in orbit
- Starlink 33757 · NORAD 63720 · in orbit
- Starlink 33774 · NORAD 63721 · in orbit
- Starlink 33767 · NORAD 63722 · in orbit
- Starlink 33806 · NORAD 63723 · 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
190th launch from Space Launch Complex 4E, 16th this year · 803rd from Vandenberg SFB, CA, USA
Local pad time at liftoff: Apr 28, 1:42 PM PDT, in daylight
303 launches from this pad · 919 from Vandenberg SFB, CA, USA
8 days 8 hours after the previous launch from this pad
Updates
Launch success.
Show 9 earlier updates
Unofficial Re-stream by SPACE AFFAIRS has started
LL2 · 4/28/2025 · source
Liftoff.
Cosmic_Penguin · 4/28/2025 · source
Tweaked T-0.
Cosmic_Penguin · 4/28/2025 · source
Delayed to later in the day UTC
SwGustav · 4/28/2025 · source
New T-0.
Cosmic_Penguin · 4/27/2025 · source
New T-0.
Cosmic_Penguin · 4/27/2025 · source
GO for launch.
Cosmic_Penguin · 4/26/2025 · source
Tweaked T-0.
Cosmic_Penguin · 4/25/2025 · source
Delayed to NET April 27.
Cosmic_Penguin · 4/23/2025 · source
Questions
When did Starlink Group 11-9 launch?
Starlink Group 11-9 launched on April 28, 2025 at 20:42 UTC. The launch window ran from 20:39 to 00:25 UTC.
Where can I watch Starlink Group 11-9?
Coverage: SpaceX Starlink Group 11-9; SpaceX - Falcon 9 - Starlink 11-9 - SLC-4E - Vandenberg SFB - April 28, 2025; Watch live: SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket launches 27 Starlink satellites from Vandenberg, California. Watch the replay
What rocket launched Starlink Group 11-9?
Falcon 9 Block 5, flown by SpaceX. Falcon 9 Block 5 spec sheet
Where did Starlink Group 11-9 launch from?
Space Launch Complex 4E, Vandenberg SFB, CA, USA. Liftoff was Apr 28, 1:42 PM PDT local time at the pad.
Did the booster land?
Booster B1063 flew for the 25th time and landed at Of Course I Still Love You.
What orbit did Starlink Group 11-9 reach?
The tracked orbit of Starlink 33894, one of 27 catalogued objects, from May 5, 2025, was 292 × 293 km inclined 53.2°.
How many satellites did Starlink Group 11-9 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 11-9 part of?
Starlink. About Starlink