SpaceXFalcon 9 Block 5Space Launch Complex 40, Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA
Starlink Group 12-13
Launched
February 27, 2025 · 03:34 UTC
Image: SpaceX
Summary
Starlink Group 12-13 launched on a SpaceX Falcon 9 Block 5 from Space Launch Complex 40, Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA on February 27, 2025 at 03:34 UTC. The launch window ran from 03:34 to 07:34 UTC. It was SpaceX's 475th launch, 26th this year and humanity's 6,888th orbital launch attempt. It was the 386th Falcon 9 Block 5 flight and the 25th this year. Booster B1092 flew for the 1st time and landed at Just Read the Instructions. The payload was bound for low Earth orbit (LEO). The tracked orbit of Starlink 11629, one of 21 catalogued objects, from March 5, 2025, was 311 × 313 km inclined 43.0°. 21 objects from this launch are catalogued, all of them payloads.
- Watch
- Vehicle
- Falcon 9 Block 5 · SpaceXStarlink
- Booster
- B1092 · flight 1 · Autonomous Spaceport Drone Ship at Just Read the Instructions · landed156/157 landed here · 600 km downrange
- Mission
- Communications · Low Earth Orbit (LEO)for SpX
- Milestone
- 386th Falcon 9 Block 5 flight · 25th this yearSpaceX's 475th launch26th this yearhumanity's 6,888th orbital launch attempt39th orbital launch attempt this year
Flight preview
Simulate in Flight ClubOrbit: as tracked
Starlink 11629 · NORAD 63104 · 2025-039 · Space-Track · tracking 1 of 21 objects
Show the numbers for orbit elements
- Object
- TBA - TO BE ASSIGNED
- Object ID
- 2025-039A
- Epoch
- 2025-03-05 20:00:01 UTC
- Mean motion
- 15.88971934 rev/day
- Eccentricity
- 0.0001524
- Inclination
- 43.0033°
- Ascending node
- 306.52°
- Arg. of perigee
- 255.5909°
- Mean anomaly
- 95.6031°
- Element set
- 999
- Rev at epoch
- 225
- B*
- -0.0032861
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+1M12SMax-Q
- T+2M25SMECO
- T+2M29SStage 2 Separation
- T+2M36SSES-1
- T+3M5SFairing Separation
- T+6M3SEntry Burn Startup
- T+6M27SEntry Burn Shutdown
- T+7M48SStage 1 Landing Burn
- T+8M14SStage 1 Landing
- T+8M41SSECO-1
- T+54M5SSES-2
- T+54M7SSECO-2
- T+1H5M14SStarlink Deployment
Catalogued objects
21 catalogued: 21 payloads; 20 still in orbit
- Starlink 11629 · NORAD 63104 · in orbit
- Starlink 11624 · NORAD 63105 · in orbit
- Starlink 11584 · NORAD 63106 · in orbit
- Starlink 11627 · NORAD 63107 · in orbit
- Starlink 11632 · NORAD 63108 · in orbit
- Starlink 11625 · NORAD 63109 · in orbit
- Starlink 11601 · NORAD 63110 · in orbit
- Starlink 11630 · NORAD 63111 · in orbit
- Starlink 11590 · NORAD 63112 · in orbit
- Starlink 11598 · NORAD 63113 · in orbit
- Starlink 11600 · NORAD 63114 · in orbit
- Starlink 11597 · NORAD 63115 · in orbit
Show 9 more payloads
- Starlink 11591 · NORAD 63116 · in orbit
- Starlink 32955 · NORAD 63117 · re-entered September 15, 2026
- Starlink 32945 · NORAD 63118 · in orbit
- Starlink 32941 · NORAD 63119 · in orbit
- Starlink 32942 · NORAD 63120 · in orbit
- Starlink 32947 · NORAD 63121 · in orbit
- Starlink 32961 · NORAD 63122 · in orbit
- Starlink 32948 · NORAD 63123 · in orbit
- Starlink 32957 · NORAD 63124 · in orbit
Data from J. McDowell, planet4589.org
About this launch
A batch of 21 satellites for the Starlink mega-constellation - SpaceX's project for space-based Internet communication system.
Pad
Space Launch Complex 40, Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA
292nd launch from Space Launch Complex 40, 12th this year · 1,007th from Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA
Local pad time at liftoff: Feb 26, 10:34 PM EST, at night
403 launches from this pad · 1,131 from Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA
5 days 12 hours after the previous launch from this pad
Updates
Launch success.
Show 9 earlier updates
Liftoff.
Cosmic_Penguin · 2/27/2025 · source
Unofficial Re-stream by SPACE AFFAIRS has started
LL2 · 2/27/2025 · source
Tweaked T-0.
Cosmic_Penguin · 2/26/2025 · source
Scrubbed for the day.
Cosmic_Penguin · 2/26/2025 · source
New T-0.
Cosmic_Penguin · 2/26/2025 · source
New T-0.
Cosmic_Penguin · 2/25/2025 · source
Weather is 95% GO for launch.
hitura-nobad · 2/25/2025 · source
Now targeting Feb 26 at 03:47 UTC
hitura-nobad · 2/25/2025 · source
Now targeting Feb 25 at 08:02 UTC
hitura-nobad · 2/25/2025 · source
Questions
When did Starlink Group 12-13 launch?
Starlink Group 12-13 launched on February 27, 2025 at 03:34 UTC. The launch window ran from 03:34 to 07:34 UTC.
Where can I watch Starlink Group 12-13?
Coverage: SpaceX Starlink Group 12-13; SpaceX - Falcon 9 - Starlink 12-13 - SLC-40 - Cape Canaveral SFS - February 26, 2025; Watch live: SpaceX launches 21 Starlink satellites from Cape Canaveral on Falcon 9 rocket. Watch the replay
What rocket launched Starlink Group 12-13?
Falcon 9 Block 5, flown by SpaceX. Falcon 9 Block 5 spec sheet
Where did Starlink Group 12-13 launch from?
Space Launch Complex 40, Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA. Liftoff was Feb 26, 10:34 PM EST local time at the pad.
Did the booster land?
Booster B1092 flew for the 1st time and landed at Just Read the Instructions.
What orbit did Starlink Group 12-13 reach?
The tracked orbit of Starlink 11629, one of 21 catalogued objects, from March 5, 2025, was 311 × 313 km inclined 43.0°.
How many satellites did Starlink Group 12-13 launch?
21 payloads from this launch are catalogued, 20 of them still in orbit (Data from J. McDowell, planet4589.org).
Which program is Starlink Group 12-13 part of?
Starlink. About Starlink