SpaceXFalcon 9 Block 5Launch Complex 39A, Kennedy Space Center, FL, USA
Starlink Group 12-2
Launched
December 23, 2024 · 05:35 UTC
Image: SpaceX
Summary
Starlink Group 12-2 launched on a SpaceX Falcon 9 Block 5 from Launch Complex 39A, Kennedy Space Center, FL, USA on December 23, 2024 at 05:35 UTC. The launch window ran from 05:35 to 08:21 UTC. It was SpaceX's 446th launch, 135th this year and humanity's 6,843rd orbital launch attempt. It was the 358th Falcon 9 Block 5 flight and the 129th this year. Booster B1080 flew for the 14th time and landed at Just Read the Instructions. The payload was bound for low Earth orbit (LEO). The tracked orbit of Starlink 11444, one of 21 catalogued objects, from January 7, 2025, was 343 × 345 km inclined 43.0°. 21 objects from this launch are catalogued, all of them payloads.
- Watch
- SpaceX Starlink Group 12-2The Space Devs
- SpaceX Starlink Group 12-2The Space Devs
- Watch live: SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket launches from Cape Canaveral with 21 Starlink satellitesSpaceflight Now
- Vehicle
- Falcon 9 Block 5 · SpaceXStarlink
- Booster
- B1080 · flight 14 · Autonomous Spaceport Drone Ship at Just Read the Instructions · landed156/157 landed here · 27 days after its previous flight, Starlink Group 12-1 · 600 km downrange
- Mission
- Communications · Low Earth Orbit (LEO)for SpX
- Milestone
- 358th Falcon 9 Block 5 flight · 129th this yearSpaceX's 446th launch135th this yearhumanity's 6,843rd orbital launch attempt254th orbital launch attempt this year
Flight preview
Simulate in Flight ClubOrbit: as tracked
Starlink 11444 · NORAD 62409 · 2024-249 · Space-Track · tracking 1 of 21 objects
Show the numbers for orbit elements
- Object
- TBA - TO BE ASSIGNED
- Object ID
- 2024-249A
- Epoch
- 2025-01-07 16:00:00 UTC
- Mean motion
- 15.77882466 rev/day
- Eccentricity
- 0.0001463
- Inclination
- 43.0009°
- Ascending node
- 218.2451°
- Arg. of perigee
- 259.2854°
- Mean anomaly
- 283.094°
- Element set
- 999
- Rev at epoch
- 250
- B*
- -0.00015691
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−1MStartup
- T−1MTank Press
- T−45SGO for Launch
- T−3SIgnition
- T−0Liftoff
- T+1M10SMax-Q
- T+2M25SMECO
- T+2M29SStage 2 Separation
- T+2M36SSES-1
- T+3M6SFairing Separation
- T+6MEntry Burn Startup
- T+6M24SEntry Burn Shutdown
- T+7M47SStage 1 Landing Burn
- T+8M10SStage 1 Landing
- T+8M37SSECO-1
- T+53M57SSES-2
- T+53M59SSECO-2
- T+1H5M6SStarlink Deployment
Catalogued objects
21 catalogued: 21 payloads; 19 still in orbit
- Starlink 11444 · NORAD 62409 · in orbit
- Starlink 11493 · NORAD 62410 · in orbit
- Starlink 11453 · NORAD 62411 · in orbit
- Starlink 11462 · NORAD 62412 · re-entered May 29, 2026
- Starlink 11441 · NORAD 62413 · in orbit
- Starlink 11445 · NORAD 62414 · in orbit
- Starlink 11355 · NORAD 62415 · in orbit
- Starlink 11446 · NORAD 62416 · in orbit
- Starlink 11428 · NORAD 62417 · in orbit
- Starlink 11447 · NORAD 62418 · in orbit
- Starlink 11439 · NORAD 62419 · re-entered February 13, 2026
- Starlink 11434 · NORAD 62420 · in orbit
Show 9 more payloads
- Starlink 11461 · NORAD 62421 · in orbit
- Starlink 32692 · NORAD 62422 · in orbit
- Starlink 32680 · NORAD 62423 · in orbit
- Starlink 32638 · NORAD 62424 · in orbit
- Starlink 32283 · NORAD 62425 · in orbit
- Starlink 32676 · NORAD 62426 · in orbit
- Starlink 32659 · NORAD 62427 · in orbit
- Starlink 32614 · NORAD 62428 · in orbit
- Starlink 32418 · NORAD 62429 · 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
Launch Complex 39A, Kennedy Space Center, FL, USA
193rd launch from Launch Complex 39A, 25th this year · 251st from Kennedy Space Center, FL, USA
Local pad time at liftoff: Dec 23, 12:35 AM EST, at night
224 launches from this pad · 283 from Kennedy Space Center, FL, USA
5 days 7 hours after the previous launch from this pad
Updates
Launch success.
Show 7 earlier updates
Liftoff!
hitura-nobad · 12/23/2024 · source
Unofficial Re-stream by SPACE AFFAIRS has started
LL2 · 12/23/2024 · source
Updated launch weather.
Cosmic_Penguin · 12/22/2024 · source
GO for launch.
Cosmic_Penguin · 12/22/2024 · source
Tweaked T-0.
Cosmic_Penguin · 12/21/2024 · source
Delayed to December 23 per NOTAMs F4917/24.
Cosmic_Penguin · 12/18/2024 · source
Added launch.
Cosmic_Penguin · 12/13/2024 · source
Questions
When did Starlink Group 12-2 launch?
Starlink Group 12-2 launched on December 23, 2024 at 05:35 UTC. The launch window ran from 05:35 to 08:21 UTC.
Where can I watch Starlink Group 12-2?
Coverage: SpaceX Starlink Group 12-2; SpaceX Starlink Group 12-2; Watch live: SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket launches from Cape Canaveral with 21 Starlink satellites. Watch the replay
What rocket launched Starlink Group 12-2?
Falcon 9 Block 5, flown by SpaceX. Falcon 9 Block 5 spec sheet
Where did Starlink Group 12-2 launch from?
Launch Complex 39A, Kennedy Space Center, FL, USA. Liftoff was Dec 23, 12:35 AM EST local time at the pad.
Did the booster land?
Booster B1080 flew for the 14th time and landed at Just Read the Instructions.
What orbit did Starlink Group 12-2 reach?
The tracked orbit of Starlink 11444, one of 21 catalogued objects, from January 7, 2025, was 343 × 345 km inclined 43.0°.
How many satellites did Starlink Group 12-2 launch?
21 payloads from this launch are catalogued, 19 of them still in orbit (Data from J. McDowell, planet4589.org).
Which program is Starlink Group 12-2 part of?
Starlink. About Starlink