SpaceXFalcon 9 Block 5Space Launch Complex 40, Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA
Starlink Group 12-16
Launched
March 15, 2025 · 11:35 UTC
Image: SpaceX
Summary
Starlink Group 12-16 launched on a SpaceX Falcon 9 Block 5 from Space Launch Complex 40, Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA on March 15, 2025 at 11:35 UTC. The launch window ran from 10:28 to 14:59 UTC. It was SpaceX's 482nd launch, 33rd this year and humanity's 6,903rd orbital launch attempt. It was the 392nd Falcon 9 Block 5 flight and the 31st this year. Booster B1078 flew for the 18th time and landed at Just Read the Instructions. The payload was bound for low Earth orbit (LEO). Starlink 11654, one of 23 catalogued objects, reached a 291 × 299 km orbit inclined 43.0°. 23 objects from this launch are catalogued, all of them payloads.
- Watch
- Vehicle
- Falcon 9 Block 5 · SpaceXStarlink
- Booster
- B1078 · flight 18 · Autonomous Spaceport Drone Ship at Just Read the Instructions · landed156/157 landed here · 34 days after its previous flight, Starlink Group 12-9 · 600 km downrange
- Mission
- Communications · Low Earth Orbit (LEO)for SpX
- Milestone
- 392nd Falcon 9 Block 5 flight · 31st this yearSpaceX's 482nd launch33rd this yearhumanity's 6,903rd orbital launch attempt54th orbital launch attempt this year
Flight preview
Simulate in Flight ClubOrbit: as tracked
Starlink 11654 · NORAD 63265 · 2025-053 · Space-Track · tracking 1 of 23 objects
Show the numbers for orbit elements
- Object
- STARLINK-11654
- Object ID
- 2025-053A
- Epoch
- 2025-03-16 02:30:42 UTC
- Mean motion
- 15.95100812 rev/day
- Eccentricity
- 0.0006119
- Inclination
- 43.003°
- Ascending node
- 120.5892°
- Arg. of perigee
- 274.3021°
- Mean anomaly
- 178.527°
- Element set
- 999
- Rev at epoch
- 130
- B*
- 0.0025935
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−35MStage 1 LOX Load
- T−35MProp Load
- T−16MStage 2 LOX Load
- T−7MEngine Chill
- T−1MStartup
- T−1MTank Press
- T−45SGO for Launch
- T−3SIgnition
- T−0Liftoff
- T+1M11SMax-Q
- T+2M26SMECO
- T+2M29SStage 2 Separation
- T+2M36SSES-1
- T+3M5SFairing Separation
- T+6M2SEntry Burn Startup
- T+6M27SEntry Burn Shutdown
- T+7M46SStage 1 Landing Burn
- T+8M10SStage 1 Landing
- T+8M39SSECO-1
- T+54M1SSES-2
- T+54M3SSECO-2
- T+1H5M10SStarlink Deployment
Catalogued objects
23 catalogued: 23 payloads; 22 still in orbit
- Starlink 11654 · NORAD 63265 · in orbit
- Starlink 11659 · NORAD 63266 · in orbit
- Starlink 11653 · NORAD 63267 · in orbit
- Starlink 11641 · NORAD 63268 · in orbit
- Starlink 11638 · NORAD 63269 · in orbit
- Starlink 11614 · NORAD 63270 · in orbit
- Starlink 11620 · NORAD 63271 · in orbit
- Starlink 11619 · NORAD 63272 · in orbit
- Starlink 11621 · NORAD 63273 · in orbit
- Starlink 11615 · NORAD 63274 · in orbit
- Starlink 11608 · NORAD 63275 · in orbit
- Starlink 11623 · NORAD 63276 · in orbit
Show 11 more payloads
- Starlink 11612 · NORAD 63277 · re-entered December 5, 2025
- Starlink 33660 · NORAD 63278 · in orbit
- Starlink 33611 · NORAD 63279 · in orbit
- Starlink 33646 · NORAD 63280 · in orbit
- Starlink 33665 · NORAD 63281 · in orbit
- Starlink 33603 · NORAD 63282 · in orbit
- Starlink 33669 · NORAD 63283 · in orbit
- Starlink 33673 · NORAD 63284 · in orbit
- Starlink 33662 · NORAD 63285 · in orbit
- Starlink 33613 · NORAD 63286 · in orbit
- Starlink 33680 · NORAD 63287 · 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
295th launch from Space Launch Complex 40, 15th this year · 1,010th from Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA
Local pad time at liftoff: Mar 15, 7:35 AM EDT, in twilight
403 launches from this pad · 1,131 from Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA
2 days 8 hours after the previous launch from this pad
Updates
Launch successful
Show 9 earlier updates
Liftoff.
Cosmic_Penguin · 3/15/2025 · source
Unofficial Re-stream by SPACE AFFAIRS has started
LL2 · 3/15/2025 · source
GO for launch.
Cosmic_Penguin · 3/15/2025 · source
New T-0.
Cosmic_Penguin · 3/15/2025 · source
Updated launch weather.
Cosmic_Penguin · 3/14/2025 · source
Tweaked T-0.
Cosmic_Penguin · 3/14/2025 · source
NET March 15.
Cosmic_Penguin · 3/12/2025 · source
NET March 14.
Cosmic_Penguin · 3/11/2025 · source
Rescheduled for NET March 13.
Cosmic_Penguin · 3/10/2025 · source
Questions
When did Starlink Group 12-16 launch?
Starlink Group 12-16 launched on March 15, 2025 at 11:35 UTC. The launch window ran from 10:28 to 14:59 UTC.
Where can I watch Starlink Group 12-16?
Coverage: SpaceX Starlink Group 12-16; SpaceX - Falcon 9 - Starlink 12-16 - SLC-40 - Cape Canaveral SFS - March 15, 2025; Watch live: SpaceX launches 23 Starlink satellites from Cape Canaveral on Falcon 9 rocket. Watch the replay
What rocket launched Starlink Group 12-16?
Falcon 9 Block 5, flown by SpaceX. Falcon 9 Block 5 spec sheet
Where did Starlink Group 12-16 launch from?
Space Launch Complex 40, Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA. Liftoff was Mar 15, 7:35 AM EDT local time at the pad.
Did the booster land?
Booster B1078 flew for the 18th time and landed at Just Read the Instructions.
What orbit did Starlink Group 12-16 reach?
Starlink 11654, one of 23 catalogued objects, reached a 291 × 299 km orbit inclined 43.0°.
How many satellites did Starlink Group 12-16 launch?
23 payloads from this launch are catalogued, 22 of them still in orbit (Data from J. McDowell, planet4589.org).
Which program is Starlink Group 12-16 part of?
Starlink. About Starlink