SpaceXFalcon 9 Block 5Space Launch Complex 40, Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA
Starlink Group 12-3
Launched
February 4, 2025 · 10:15 UTC
Image: SpaceX
Summary
Starlink Group 12-3 launched on a SpaceX Falcon 9 Block 5 from Space Launch Complex 40, Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA on February 4, 2025 at 10:15 UTC. The launch window ran from 08:27 to 11:24 UTC. It was SpaceX's 465th launch, 16th this year and humanity's 6,873rd orbital launch attempt. It was the 376th Falcon 9 Block 5 flight and the 15th this year. Booster B1069 flew for the 21st time and landed at Just Read the Instructions. The payload was bound for low Earth orbit (LEO). The tracked orbit of Starlink 11371, one of 21 catalogued objects, from February 10, 2025, was 319 × 321 km inclined 43.0°. 21 objects from this launch are catalogued, all of them payloads.
- Watch
- SpaceX Starlink Group 12-3The Space Devs
- SpaceX Starlink Group 12-3The Space Devs
- Watch live: SpaceX launches 21 Starlink satellites from Cape Canaveral on Falcon 9 rocketSpaceflight Now
- Vehicle
- Falcon 9 Block 5 · SpaceXStarlink
- Booster
- B1069 · flight 21 · Autonomous Spaceport Drone Ship at Just Read the Instructions · landed156/157 landed here · 74 days after its previous flight, Starlink Group 6-66 · 600 km downrange
- Mission
- Communications · Low Earth Orbit (LEO)for SpX
- Milestone
- 376th Falcon 9 Block 5 flight · 15th this yearSpaceX's 465th launch16th this yearhumanity's 6,873rd orbital launch attempt24th orbital launch attempt this year
Flight preview
Simulate in Flight ClubOrbit: as tracked
Starlink 11371 · NORAD 62879 · 2025-024 · Space-Track · tracking 1 of 21 objects
Show the numbers for orbit elements
- Object
- TBA - TO BE ASSIGNED
- Object ID
- 2025-024A
- Epoch
- 2025-02-10 20:00:01 UTC
- Mean motion
- 15.8625581 rev/day
- Eccentricity
- 0.0001155
- Inclination
- 43.0034°
- Ascending node
- 26.1039°
- Arg. of perigee
- 265.3234°
- Mean anomaly
- 255.9366°
- Element set
- 999
- Rev at epoch
- 221
- B*
- -0.0042392
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+2M35SSES-1
- T+3M5SFairing Separation
- T+5M59SEntry Burn Startup
- T+6M25SEntry Burn Shutdown
- T+7M46SStage 1 Landing Burn
- T+8M9SStage 1 Landing
- T+8M39SSECO-1
- T+53M59SSES-2
- T+54M1SSECO-2
- T+1H5M8SStarlink Deployment
Catalogued objects
21 catalogued: 21 payloads; 21 still in orbit
- Starlink 11371 · NORAD 62879 · in orbit
- Starlink 11352 · NORAD 62880 · in orbit
- Starlink 11382 · NORAD 62881 · in orbit
- Starlink 11432 · NORAD 62882 · in orbit
- Starlink 11419 · NORAD 62883 · in orbit
- Starlink 11437 · NORAD 62884 · in orbit
- Starlink 11442 · NORAD 62885 · in orbit
- Starlink 11365 · NORAD 62886 · in orbit
- Starlink 11436 · NORAD 62887 · in orbit
- Starlink 11438 · NORAD 62888 · in orbit
- Starlink 11391 · NORAD 62889 · in orbit
- Starlink 11431 · NORAD 62890 · in orbit
Show 9 more payloads
- Starlink 11435 · NORAD 62891 · in orbit
- Starlink 32878 · NORAD 62892 · in orbit
- Starlink 32892 · NORAD 62893 · in orbit
- Starlink 32909 · NORAD 62894 · in orbit
- Starlink 32901 · NORAD 62895 · in orbit
- Starlink 32890 · NORAD 62896 · in orbit
- Starlink 32893 · NORAD 62897 · in orbit
- Starlink 32902 · NORAD 62898 · in orbit
- Starlink 32661 · NORAD 62899 · 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
286th launch from Space Launch Complex 40, 6th this year · 1,001st from Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA
Local pad time at liftoff: Feb 4, 5:15 AM EST, at night
403 launches from this pad · 1,131 from Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA
7 days 12 hours after the previous launch from this pad
Updates
Launch success.
Show 9 earlier updates
Liftoff!
hitura-nobad · 2/4/2025 · source
Unofficial Re-stream by SPACE AFFAIRS has started
LL2 · 2/4/2025 · source
New T-0.
Cosmic_Penguin · 2/4/2025 · source
Tweaked T-0.
Cosmic_Penguin · 2/3/2025 · source
Scrubbed for the day.
Cosmic_Penguin · 2/3/2025 · source
New T-0.
Cosmic_Penguin · 2/2/2025 · source
Weather is 95% favorable for launch.
hitura-nobad · 2/2/2025 · source
Tweaked T-0.
Cosmic_Penguin · 2/2/2025 · source
GO for launch.
Cosmic_Penguin · 2/1/2025 · source
Questions
When did Starlink Group 12-3 launch?
Starlink Group 12-3 launched on February 4, 2025 at 10:15 UTC. The launch window ran from 08:27 to 11:24 UTC.
Where can I watch Starlink Group 12-3?
Coverage: SpaceX Starlink Group 12-3; SpaceX Starlink Group 12-3; Watch live: SpaceX launches 21 Starlink satellites from Cape Canaveral on Falcon 9 rocket. Watch the replay
What rocket launched Starlink Group 12-3?
Falcon 9 Block 5, flown by SpaceX. Falcon 9 Block 5 spec sheet
Where did Starlink Group 12-3 launch from?
Space Launch Complex 40, Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA. Liftoff was Feb 4, 5:15 AM EST local time at the pad.
Did the booster land?
Booster B1069 flew for the 21st time and landed at Just Read the Instructions.
What orbit did Starlink Group 12-3 reach?
The tracked orbit of Starlink 11371, one of 21 catalogued objects, from February 10, 2025, was 319 × 321 km inclined 43.0°.
How many satellites did Starlink Group 12-3 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 12-3 part of?
Starlink. About Starlink