SpaceXFalcon 9 Block 5Space Launch Complex 40, Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA
Starlink Group 12-20
Launched
March 3, 2025 · 02:24 UTC
Image: SpaceX
Summary
Starlink Group 12-20 launched on a SpaceX Falcon 9 Block 5 from Space Launch Complex 40, Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA on March 3, 2025 at 02:24 UTC. The launch window ran from 02:24 to 05:21 UTC. It was SpaceX's 476th launch, 27th this year and humanity's 6,893rd orbital launch attempt. It was the 387th Falcon 9 Block 5 flight and the 26th this year. Booster B1086 flew for the 5th time and landed at Just Read the Instructions. The payload was bound for low Earth orbit (LEO). The tracked orbit of Starlink 11609, one of 21 catalogued objects, from March 7, 2025, was 302 × 303 km inclined 43.0°. 21 objects from this launch are catalogued, all of them payloads.
- Watch
- Vehicle
- Falcon 9 Block 5 · SpaceXStarlink
- Booster
- B1086 · flight 5 · Autonomous Spaceport Drone Ship at Just Read the Instructions · landed156/157 landed here · 26 days after its previous flight, WorldView Legion 5 & 6 · 600 km downrange
- Mission
- Communications · Low Earth Orbit (LEO)for SpX
- Milestone
- 387th Falcon 9 Block 5 flight · 26th this yearSpaceX's 476th launch27th this yearhumanity's 6,893rd orbital launch attempt44th orbital launch attempt this year
Flight preview
Simulate in Flight ClubOrbit: as tracked
Starlink 11609 · NORAD 63132 · 2025-043 · Space-Track · tracking 1 of 21 objects
Show the numbers for orbit elements
- Object
- TBA - TO BE ASSIGNED
- Object ID
- 2025-043A
- Epoch
- 2025-03-07 18:00:02 UTC
- Mean motion
- 15.92470914 rev/day
- Eccentricity
- 0.0001455
- Inclination
- 43.0044°
- Ascending node
- 305.4453°
- Arg. of perigee
- 253.1716°
- Mean anomaly
- 317.1097°
- Element set
- 999
- Rev at epoch
- 172
- B*
- -0.002868
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+1M11SMax-Q
- T+2M25SMECO
- T+2M28SStage 2 Separation
- T+2M36SSES-1
- T+3M5SFairing Separation
- T+6MEntry Burn Startup
- T+6M26SEntry Burn Shutdown
- T+7M47SStage 1 Landing Burn
- T+8M13SStage 1 Landing
- T+8M39SSECO-1
- T+53M58SSES-2
- T+54MSECO-2
- T+1H5M7SStarlink Deployment
Catalogued objects
21 catalogued: 21 payloads; 21 still in orbit
- Starlink 11609 · NORAD 63132 · in orbit
- Starlink 11604 · NORAD 63133 · in orbit
- Starlink 11605 · NORAD 63134 · in orbit
- Starlink 11610 · NORAD 63135 · in orbit
- Starlink 11613 · NORAD 63136 · in orbit
- Starlink 11616 · NORAD 63137 · in orbit
- Starlink 11611 · NORAD 63138 · in orbit
- Starlink 11628 · NORAD 63139 · in orbit
- Starlink 11607 · NORAD 63140 · in orbit
- Starlink 11522 · NORAD 63141 · in orbit
- Starlink 11503 · NORAD 63142 · in orbit
- Starlink 11579 · NORAD 63143 · in orbit
Show 9 more payloads
- Starlink 11581 · NORAD 63144 · in orbit
- Starlink 32949 · NORAD 63145 · in orbit
- Starlink 32952 · NORAD 63146 · in orbit
- Starlink 32936 · NORAD 63147 · in orbit
- Starlink 32937 · NORAD 63148 · in orbit
- Starlink 32939 · NORAD 63149 · in orbit
- Starlink 32919 · NORAD 63150 · in orbit
- Starlink 32876 · NORAD 63151 · in orbit
- Starlink 32915 · NORAD 63152 · 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
293rd launch from Space Launch Complex 40, 13th this year · 1,008th from Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA
Local pad time at liftoff: Mar 2, 9:24 PM EST, at night
403 launches from this pad · 1,131 from Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA
3 days 22 hours after the previous launch from this pad
Updates
Launch success.
Show 7 earlier updates
Liftoff.
Cosmic_Penguin · 3/3/2025 · source
Updated launch weather, 90% GO.
Cosmic_Penguin · 3/1/2025 · source
GO for launch.
Cosmic_Penguin · 3/1/2025 · source
Tweaked T-0.
Cosmic_Penguin · 2/28/2025 · source
Delayed to NET March 3 UTC.
Cosmic_Penguin · 2/28/2025 · source
NET March 1 EST.
Cosmic_Penguin · 2/26/2025 · source
Added launch.
Cosmic_Penguin · 2/18/2025 · source
Questions
When did Starlink Group 12-20 launch?
Starlink Group 12-20 launched on March 3, 2025 at 02:24 UTC. The launch window ran from 02:24 to 05:21 UTC.
Where can I watch Starlink Group 12-20?
Coverage: SpaceX Starlink Group 12-20; SpaceX - Falcon 9 - Starlink 12-20 - SLC-40 - Cape Canaveral SFS - March 2, 2025; Watch live: SpaceX launches 21 Starlink satellites from Cape Canaveral on Falcon 9 rocket. Watch the replay
What rocket launched Starlink Group 12-20?
Falcon 9 Block 5, flown by SpaceX. Falcon 9 Block 5 spec sheet
Where did Starlink Group 12-20 launch from?
Space Launch Complex 40, Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA. Liftoff was Mar 2, 9:24 PM EST local time at the pad.
Did the booster land?
Booster B1086 flew for the 5th time and landed at Just Read the Instructions.
What orbit did Starlink Group 12-20 reach?
The tracked orbit of Starlink 11609, one of 21 catalogued objects, from March 7, 2025, was 302 × 303 km inclined 43.0°.
How many satellites did Starlink Group 12-20 launch?
21 payloads from this launch are catalogued, 21 of them still in orbit (Data from J. McDowell, planet4589.org).
Which program is Starlink Group 12-20 part of?
Starlink. About Starlink