SpaceXFalcon 9 Block 5Space Launch Complex 40, Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA
Starlink Group 12-22
Launched
May 24, 2025 · 17:19 UTC
Image: SpaceX
Summary
Starlink Group 12-22 launched on a SpaceX Falcon 9 Block 5 from Space Launch Complex 40, Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA on May 24, 2025 at 17:19 UTC. The launch window ran from 17:19 to 21:04 UTC. It was SpaceX's 513th launch, 64th this year and humanity's 6,964th orbital launch attempt. It was the 423rd Falcon 9 Block 5 flight and the 62nd this year. Booster B1069 flew for the 24th time and landed at A Shortfall of Gravitas. The payload was bound for low Earth orbit (LEO). The tracked orbit of Starlink 11727, one of 23 catalogued objects, from June 2, 2025, was 327 × 329 km inclined 43.0°. 23 objects from this launch are catalogued, all of them payloads.
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- SpaceX Starlink Group 12-22The Space Devs
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- Vehicle
- Falcon 9 Block 5 · SpaceXStarlink
- Booster
- B1069 · flight 24 · Autonomous Spaceport Drone Ship at A Shortfall of Gravitas · landed161/162 landed here · 29 days after its previous flight, Starlink Group 6-74 · 600 km downrange
- Mission
- Communications · Low Earth Orbit (LEO)for SpX
- Milestone
- 423rd Falcon 9 Block 5 flight · 62nd this yearSpaceX's 513th launch64th this yearhumanity's 6,964th orbital launch attempt115th orbital launch attempt this year
Flight preview
Simulate in Flight ClubOrbit: as tracked
Starlink 11727 · NORAD 64123 · 2025-111 · Space-Track · tracking 1 of 23 objects
Show the numbers for orbit elements
- Object
- TBA - TO BE ASSIGNED
- Object ID
- 2025-111A
- Epoch
- 2025-06-02 20:00:01 UTC
- Mean motion
- 15.83466392 rev/day
- Eccentricity
- 0.0001514
- Inclination
- 43.0027°
- Ascending node
- 223.1736°
- Arg. of perigee
- 285.3169°
- Mean anomaly
- 226.1535°
- Element set
- 999
- Rev at epoch
- 259
- B*
- -0.0046257
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+2M29SStage 2 Separation
- T+2M36SSES-1
- T+3M5SFairing Separation
- T+6M2SEntry Burn Startup
- T+6M26SEntry Burn Shutdown
- T+7M48SStage 1 Landing Burn
- T+8M11SStage 1 Landing
- T+8M39SSECO-1
- T+53M54SSES-2
- T+53M55SSECO-2
- T+1H5M2SStarlink Deployment
Catalogued objects
23 catalogued: 23 payloads; 22 still in orbit
- Starlink 11727 · NORAD 64123 · in orbit
- Starlink 11724 · NORAD 64124 · in orbit
- Starlink 11725 · NORAD 64125 · in orbit
- Starlink 11717 · NORAD 64126 · in orbit
- Starlink 11721 · NORAD 64127 · in orbit
- Starlink 11722 · NORAD 64128 · in orbit
- Starlink 11679 · NORAD 64129 · in orbit
- Starlink 11735 · NORAD 64130 · in orbit
- Starlink 11720 · NORAD 64131 · in orbit
- Starlink 11718 · NORAD 64132 · in orbit
- Starlink 11716 · NORAD 64133 · in orbit
- Starlink 11714 · NORAD 64134 · in orbit
Show 11 more payloads
- Starlink 11712 · NORAD 64135 · in orbit
- Starlink 34254 · NORAD 64136 · in orbit
- Starlink 34230 · NORAD 64137 · re-entered July 17, 2026
- Starlink 34129 · NORAD 64138 · in orbit
- Starlink 34212 · NORAD 64139 · in orbit
- Starlink 34149 · NORAD 64140 · in orbit
- Starlink 34054 · NORAD 64141 · in orbit
- Starlink 34195 · NORAD 64142 · in orbit
- Starlink 34133 · NORAD 64143 · in orbit
- Starlink 34181 · NORAD 64144 · in orbit
- Starlink 34186 · NORAD 64145 · 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
309th launch from Space Launch Complex 40, 29th this year · 1,025th from Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA
Local pad time at liftoff: May 24, 1:19 PM EDT, in daylight
403 launches from this pad · 1,131 from Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA
3 days 14 hours after the previous launch from this pad
Updates
Launch success.
Show 6 earlier updates
Liftoff!
hitura-nobad · 5/24/2025 · source
Unofficial Re-stream by SPACE AFFAIRS has started
LL2 · 5/24/2025 · source
GO for launch.
Cosmic_Penguin · 5/24/2025 · source
Updated launch weather.
Cosmic_Penguin · 5/23/2025 · source
Changed launch pad.
Cosmic_Penguin · 5/17/2025 · source
Added launch per NOTAMs.
Cosmic_Penguin · 5/17/2025 · source
Questions
When did Starlink Group 12-22 launch?
Starlink Group 12-22 launched on May 24, 2025 at 17:19 UTC. The launch window ran from 17:19 to 21:04 UTC.
Where can I watch Starlink Group 12-22?
Coverage: SpaceX Starlink Group 12-22; SpaceX Starlink Group 12-22; Watch live: SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket launches from Cape Canaveral with Starlink satellites. Watch the replay
What rocket launched Starlink Group 12-22?
Falcon 9 Block 5, flown by SpaceX. Falcon 9 Block 5 spec sheet
Where did Starlink Group 12-22 launch from?
Space Launch Complex 40, Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA. Liftoff was May 24, 1:19 PM EDT local time at the pad.
Did the booster land?
Booster B1069 flew for the 24th time and landed at A Shortfall of Gravitas.
What orbit did Starlink Group 12-22 reach?
The tracked orbit of Starlink 11727, one of 23 catalogued objects, from June 2, 2025, was 327 × 329 km inclined 43.0°.
How many satellites did Starlink Group 12-22 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 12-22 part of?
Starlink. About Starlink