SpaceXFalcon 9 Block 5Space Launch Complex 40, Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA
Starlink Group 12-14
Launched
February 21, 2025 · 15:19 UTC
Image: SpaceX
Summary
Starlink Group 12-14 launched on a SpaceX Falcon 9 Block 5 from Space Launch Complex 40, Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA on February 21, 2025 at 15:19 UTC. The launch window ran from 11:40 to 15:25 UTC. It was SpaceX's 472nd launch, 23rd this year and humanity's 6,884th orbital launch attempt. It was the 383rd Falcon 9 Block 5 flight and the 22nd this year. Booster B1076 flew for the 21st time and landed at A Shortfall of Gravitas. The payload was bound for low Earth orbit (LEO). The tracked orbit of Starlink 11550, one of 23 catalogued objects, from February 27, 2025, was 291 × 293 km inclined 43.0°. 23 objects from this launch are catalogued, all of them payloads.
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- Vehicle
- Falcon 9 Block 5 · SpaceXStarlink
- Booster
- B1076 · flight 21 · Autonomous Spaceport Drone Ship at A Shortfall of Gravitas · landed161/162 landed here · 24 days after its previous flight, Starlink Group 12-7 · 600 km downrange
- Mission
- Communications · Low Earth Orbit (LEO)for SpX
- Milestone
- 383rd Falcon 9 Block 5 flight · 22nd this yearSpaceX's 472nd launch23rd this yearhumanity's 6,884th orbital launch attempt35th orbital launch attempt this year
Flight preview
Simulate in Flight ClubOrbit: as tracked
Starlink 11550 · NORAD 63052 · 2025-035 · Space-Track · tracking 1 of 23 objects
Show the numbers for orbit elements
- Object
- TBA - TO BE ASSIGNED
- Object ID
- 2025-035A
- Epoch
- 2025-02-27 20:00:03 UTC
- Mean motion
- 15.96302911 rev/day
- Eccentricity
- 0.0001566
- Inclination
- 43.0031°
- Ascending node
- 119.9668°
- Arg. of perigee
- 289.3789°
- Mean anomaly
- 258.0804°
- Element set
- 999
- Rev at epoch
- 221
- B*
- -0.0014434
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+1M10SMax-Q
- T+2M25SMECO
- T+2M28SStage 2 Separation
- T+2M35SSES-1
- T+3M4SFairing Separation
- T+6M2SEntry Burn Startup
- T+6M26SEntry Burn Shutdown
- T+7M48SStage 1 Landing Burn
- T+8M13SStage 1 Landing
- T+8M39SSECO-1
- T+54M4SSES-2
- T+54M5SSECO-2
- T+1H5M12SStarlink Deployment
Catalogued objects
23 catalogued: 23 payloads; 23 still in orbit
- Starlink 11550 · NORAD 63052 · in orbit
- Starlink 11563 · NORAD 63053 · in orbit
- Starlink 11347 · NORAD 63054 · in orbit
- Starlink 11558 · NORAD 63055 · in orbit
- Starlink 11392 · NORAD 63056 · in orbit
- Starlink 11406 · NORAD 63057 · in orbit
- Starlink 11418 · NORAD 63058 · in orbit
- Starlink 11509 · NORAD 63059 · in orbit
- Starlink 11403 · NORAD 63060 · in orbit
- Starlink 11409 · NORAD 63061 · in orbit
- Starlink 11412 · NORAD 63062 · in orbit
- Starlink 11399 · NORAD 63063 · in orbit
Show 11 more payloads
- Starlink 11408 · NORAD 63064 · in orbit
- Starlink 33635 · NORAD 63065 · in orbit
- Starlink 33622 · NORAD 63066 · in orbit
- Starlink 33628 · NORAD 63067 · in orbit
- Starlink 33627 · NORAD 63068 · in orbit
- Starlink 33620 · NORAD 63069 · in orbit
- Starlink 33604 · NORAD 63070 · in orbit
- Starlink 33624 · NORAD 63071 · in orbit
- Starlink 33623 · NORAD 63072 · in orbit
- Starlink 33586 · NORAD 63073 · in orbit
- Starlink 33605 · NORAD 63074 · 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 40, Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA
291st launch from Space Launch Complex 40, 11th this year · 1,006th from Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA
Local pad time at liftoff: Feb 21, 10:19 AM EST, in daylight
403 launches from this pad · 1,131 from Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA
2 days 15 hours after the previous launch from this pad
Updates
Launch success.
Show 6 earlier updates
Liftoff.
Cosmic_Penguin · 2/21/2025 · source
Unofficial Re-stream by SPACE AFFAIRS has started
LL2 · 2/21/2025 · source
Updated launch weather.
Cosmic_Penguin · 2/21/2025 · source
GO for launch.
Cosmic_Penguin · 2/21/2025 · source
New launch window.
Cosmic_Penguin · 2/16/2025 · source
Added launch per NOTAMs A0683/25.
Cosmic_Penguin · 2/15/2025 · source
Questions
When did Starlink Group 12-14 launch?
Starlink Group 12-14 launched on February 21, 2025 at 15:19 UTC. The launch window ran from 11:40 to 15:25 UTC.
Where can I watch Starlink Group 12-14?
Coverage: SpaceX Starlink Group 12-14; SpaceX - Falcon 9 - Starlink 12-14 - SLC-40 - Cape Canaveral SFS - Space Affairs Live; Watch live: SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket launches from Cape Canaveral with 23 Starlink satellites. Watch the replay
What rocket launched Starlink Group 12-14?
Falcon 9 Block 5, flown by SpaceX. Falcon 9 Block 5 spec sheet
Where did Starlink Group 12-14 launch from?
Space Launch Complex 40, Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA. Liftoff was Feb 21, 10:19 AM EST local time at the pad.
Did the booster land?
Booster B1076 flew for the 21st time and landed at A Shortfall of Gravitas.
What orbit did Starlink Group 12-14 reach?
The tracked orbit of Starlink 11550, one of 23 catalogued objects, from February 27, 2025, was 291 × 293 km inclined 43.0°.
How many satellites did Starlink Group 12-14 launch?
23 payloads from this launch are catalogued, 23 of them still in orbit (Data from J. McDowell, planet4589.org).
Which program is Starlink Group 12-14 part of?
Starlink. About Starlink