SpaceXFalcon 9 Block 5Space Launch Complex 40, Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA
Starlink Group 12-4
Launched
January 13, 2025 · 16:47 UTC
Image: SpaceX
Summary
Starlink Group 12-4 launched on a SpaceX Falcon 9 Block 5 from Space Launch Complex 40, Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA on January 13, 2025 at 16:47 UTC. The launch window ran from 14:59 to 18:45 UTC. It was SpaceX's 455th launch, 6th this year and humanity's 6,857th orbital launch attempt. It was the 367th Falcon 9 Block 5 flight and the 6th this year. Booster B1080 flew for the 15th time and landed at A Shortfall of Gravitas. The payload was bound for low Earth orbit (LEO). The tracked orbit of Starlink 11547, one of 21 catalogued objects, from January 17, 2025, was 303 × 306 km inclined 43.0°. 21 objects from this launch are catalogued, all of them payloads.
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- Vehicle
- Falcon 9 Block 5 · SpaceXStarlink
- Booster
- B1080 · flight 15 · Autonomous Spaceport Drone Ship at A Shortfall of Gravitas · landed161/162 landed here · 21 days after its previous flight, Starlink Group 12-2 · 600 km downrange
- Mission
- Communications · Low Earth Orbit (LEO)for SpX
- Milestone
- 367th Falcon 9 Block 5 flight · 6th this yearSpaceX's 455th launch6th this yearhumanity's 6,857th orbital launch attempt8th orbital launch attempt this year
Flight preview
Simulate in Flight ClubOrbit: as tracked
Starlink 11547 · NORAD 62587 · 2025-008 · Space-Track · tracking 1 of 21 objects
Show the numbers for orbit elements
- Object
- TBA - TO BE ASSIGNED
- Object ID
- 2025-008A
- Epoch
- 2025-01-17 20:00:01 UTC
- Mean motion
- 15.91673837 rev/day
- Eccentricity
- 0.0001937
- Inclination
- 43.0082°
- Ascending node
- 116.7688°
- Arg. of perigee
- 279.2515°
- Mean anomaly
- 193.6555°
- Element set
- 999
- Rev at epoch
- 183
- B*
- -0.0030059
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+2M24SMECO
- T+2M27SStage 2 Separation
- T+2M35SSES-1
- T+3M2SFairing Separation
- T+6M4SEntry Burn Startup
- T+6M32SEntry Burn Shutdown
- T+7M52SStage 1 Landing Burn
- T+8M16SStage 1 Landing
- T+8M38SSECO-1
- T+53M58SSES-2
- T+54MSECO-2
- T+1H5M7SStarlink Deployment
Catalogued objects
21 catalogued: 21 payloads; 19 still in orbit
- Starlink 11547 · NORAD 62587 · in orbit
- Starlink 11185 · NORAD 62588 · in orbit
- Starlink 11513 · NORAD 62589 · in orbit
- Starlink 11397 · NORAD 62590 · in orbit
- Starlink 11420 · NORAD 62591 · in orbit
- Starlink 11415 · NORAD 62592 · in orbit
- Starlink 11413 · NORAD 62593 · in orbit
- Starlink 11416 · NORAD 62594 · re-entered July 7, 2026
- Starlink 11535 · NORAD 62595 · in orbit
- Starlink 11532 · NORAD 62596 · re-entered August 2, 2025
- Starlink 11521 · NORAD 62597 · in orbit
- Starlink 11258 · NORAD 62598 · in orbit
Show 9 more payloads
- Starlink 11529 · NORAD 62599 · in orbit
- Starlink 32747 · NORAD 62600 · in orbit
- Starlink 32767 · NORAD 62601 · in orbit
- Starlink 32769 · NORAD 62602 · in orbit
- Starlink 32778 · NORAD 62603 · in orbit
- Starlink 32710 · NORAD 62604 · in orbit
- Starlink 32742 · NORAD 62605 · in orbit
- Starlink 32783 · NORAD 62606 · in orbit
- Starlink 32784 · NORAD 62607 · 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
284th launch from Space Launch Complex 40, 4th this year · 998th from Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA
Local pad time at liftoff: Jan 13, 11:47 AM EST, in daylight
403 launches from this pad · 1,131 from Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA
2 days 21 hours after the previous launch from this pad
Updates
Launch success.
Show 7 earlier updates
Liftoff!
hitura-nobad · 1/13/2025 · source
Unofficial Webcast by SPACE AFFAIRS has started
LL2 · 1/13/2025 · source
Now targeting Jan 13 at 16:47 UTC
hitura-nobad · 1/13/2025 · source
Now targeting Jan 13 at 16:43 UTC
hitura-nobad · 1/13/2025 · source
Setting GO
Nosu · 1/12/2025 · source
Tweaked T-0.
Cosmic_Penguin · 1/12/2025 · source
Added launch.
Cosmic_Penguin · 1/7/2025 · source
Questions
When did Starlink Group 12-4 launch?
Starlink Group 12-4 launched on January 13, 2025 at 16:47 UTC. The launch window ran from 14:59 to 18:45 UTC.
Where can I watch Starlink Group 12-4?
Coverage: SpaceX Starlink Group 12-4; SpaceX - Falcon 9 - Starlink 12-4 - SLC-40 - Cape Canaveral SFS - January 13, 2025; Watch live: SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket launches 21 Starlink satellites from Cape Canaveral. Watch the replay
What rocket launched Starlink Group 12-4?
Falcon 9 Block 5, flown by SpaceX. Falcon 9 Block 5 spec sheet
Where did Starlink Group 12-4 launch from?
Space Launch Complex 40, Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA. Liftoff was Jan 13, 11:47 AM EST local time at the pad.
Did the booster land?
Booster B1080 flew for the 15th time and landed at A Shortfall of Gravitas.
What orbit did Starlink Group 12-4 reach?
The tracked orbit of Starlink 11547, one of 21 catalogued objects, from January 17, 2025, was 303 × 306 km inclined 43.0°.
How many satellites did Starlink Group 12-4 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 12-4 part of?
Starlink. About Starlink