SpaceXFalcon 9 Block 5Space Launch Complex 40, Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA
Starlink Group 12-25
Launched
March 18, 2025 · 19:57 UTC
Image: SpaceX
Summary
Starlink Group 12-25 launched on a SpaceX Falcon 9 Block 5 from Space Launch Complex 40, Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA on March 18, 2025 at 19:57 UTC. The launch window ran from 18:09 to 22:40 UTC. It was SpaceX's 483rd launch, 34th this year and humanity's 6,907th orbital launch attempt. It was the 393rd Falcon 9 Block 5 flight and the 32nd this year. Booster B1077 flew for the 19th time and landed at A Shortfall of Gravitas. The payload was bound for low Earth orbit (LEO). The tracked orbit of Starlink 11568, one of 23 catalogued objects, from March 21, 2025, was 294 × 296 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
- B1077 · flight 19 · Autonomous Spaceport Drone Ship at A Shortfall of Gravitas · landed161/162 landed here · 35 days after its previous flight, Starlink Group 12-18 · 600 km downrange
- Mission
- Communications · Low Earth Orbit (LEO)for SpX
- Milestone
- 393rd Falcon 9 Block 5 flight · 32nd this yearSpaceX's 483rd launch34th this yearhumanity's 6,907th orbital launch attempt58th orbital launch attempt this year
Flight preview
Simulate in Flight ClubOrbit: as tracked
Starlink 11568 · NORAD 63307 · 2025-057 · Space-Track · tracking 1 of 23 objects
Show the numbers for orbit elements
- Object
- TBA - TO BE ASSIGNED
- Object ID
- 2025-057A
- Epoch
- 2025-03-21 20:00:01 UTC
- Mean motion
- 15.95034406 rev/day
- Eccentricity
- 0.0001707
- Inclination
- 43.005°
- Ascending node
- 234.6793°
- Arg. of perigee
- 271.5033°
- Mean anomaly
- 188.7597°
- Element set
- 999
- Rev at epoch
- 48
- B*
- -0.00076996
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−1MTank Press
- T−1MStartup
- T−45SGO for Launch
- T−3SIgnition
- T−0Liftoff
- T+1M10SMax-Q
- T+2M25SMECO
- T+2M29SStage 2 Separation
- T+2M36SSES-1
- T+3M4SFairing Separation
- T+6M4SEntry Burn Startup
- T+6M29SEntry Burn Shutdown
- T+7M50SStage 1 Landing Burn
- T+8M13SStage 1 Landing
- T+8M39SSECO-1
- T+53M59SSES-2
- T+54M1SSECO-2
- T+1H5M8SStarlink Deployment
Catalogued objects
23 catalogued: 23 payloads; 23 still in orbit
- Starlink 11568 · NORAD 63307 · in orbit
- Starlink 11575 · NORAD 63308 · in orbit
- Starlink 11585 · NORAD 63309 · in orbit
- Starlink 11587 · NORAD 63310 · in orbit
- Starlink 11589 · NORAD 63311 · in orbit
- Starlink 11650 · NORAD 63312 · in orbit
- Starlink 11648 · NORAD 63313 · in orbit
- Starlink 11640 · NORAD 63314 · in orbit
- Starlink 11652 · NORAD 63315 · in orbit
- Starlink 11645 · NORAD 63316 · in orbit
- Starlink 11633 · NORAD 63317 · in orbit
- Starlink 11593 · NORAD 63318 · in orbit
Show 11 more payloads
- Starlink 11588 · NORAD 63319 · in orbit
- Starlink 33671 · NORAD 63320 · in orbit
- Starlink 33650 · NORAD 63321 · in orbit
- Starlink 33689 · NORAD 63322 · in orbit
- Starlink 33607 · NORAD 63323 · in orbit
- Starlink 33619 · NORAD 63324 · in orbit
- Starlink 33612 · NORAD 63325 · in orbit
- Starlink 33672 · NORAD 63326 · in orbit
- Starlink 33625 · NORAD 63327 · in orbit
- Starlink 33699 · NORAD 63328 · in orbit
- Starlink 33674 · NORAD 63329 · 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
296th launch from Space Launch Complex 40, 16th this year · 1,011th from Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA
Local pad time at liftoff: Mar 18, 3:57 PM EDT, in daylight
403 launches from this pad · 1,131 from Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA
3 days 8 hours after the previous launch from this pad
Updates
Launch success
Show 9 earlier updates
Liftoff
Nosu · 3/18/2025 · source
Unofficial Re-stream by SPACE AFFAIRS has started
LL2 · 3/18/2025 · source
GO for launch.
Cosmic_Penguin · 3/18/2025 · source
Updated T-0.
Cosmic_Penguin · 3/17/2025 · source
Updated launch weather.
Cosmic_Penguin · 3/17/2025 · source
Updated launch weather.
Cosmic_Penguin · 3/16/2025 · source
NET March 18.
Cosmic_Penguin · 3/13/2025 · source
NET March 17.
Cosmic_Penguin · 3/13/2025 · source
NET March 16.
Cosmic_Penguin · 3/11/2025 · source
Questions
When did Starlink Group 12-25 launch?
Starlink Group 12-25 launched on March 18, 2025 at 19:57 UTC. The launch window ran from 18:09 to 22:40 UTC.
Where can I watch Starlink Group 12-25?
Coverage: SpaceX Starlink Group 12-25; SpaceX - Falcon 9 - Starlink 12-25 - SLC-40 - Cape Canaveral SFS - March 18, 2025; Watch live: SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket launches from Cape Canaveral with 23 Starlink satellites. Watch the replay
What rocket launched Starlink Group 12-25?
Falcon 9 Block 5, flown by SpaceX. Falcon 9 Block 5 spec sheet
Where did Starlink Group 12-25 launch from?
Space Launch Complex 40, Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA. Liftoff was Mar 18, 3:57 PM EDT local time at the pad.
Did the booster land?
Booster B1077 flew for the 19th time and landed at A Shortfall of Gravitas.
What orbit did Starlink Group 12-25 reach?
The tracked orbit of Starlink 11568, one of 23 catalogued objects, from March 21, 2025, was 294 × 296 km inclined 43.0°.
How many satellites did Starlink Group 12-25 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 12-25 part of?
Starlink. About Starlink