SpaceXFalcon 9 Block 5Space Launch Complex 40, Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA
Starlink Group 12-5
Launched
December 8, 2024 · 05:12 UTC
Image: SpaceX
Summary
Starlink Group 12-5 launched on a SpaceX Falcon 9 Block 5 from Space Launch Complex 40, Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA on December 8, 2024 at 05:12 UTC. The launch window ran from 05:12 to 09:02 UTC. It was SpaceX's 440th launch, 129th this year and humanity's 6,830th orbital launch attempt. It was the 352nd Falcon 9 Block 5 flight and the 123rd this year. Booster B1086 flew for the 2nd time and landed at A Shortfall of Gravitas. The payload was bound for low Earth orbit (LEO). The tracked orbit of Starlink 11496, one of 23 catalogued objects, from December 13, 2024, was 311 × 313 km inclined 43.0°. 23 objects from this launch are catalogued, all of them payloads.
- Watch
- Vehicle
- Falcon 9 Block 5 · SpaceXStarlink
- Booster
- Mission
- Communications · Low Earth Orbit (LEO)for SpX
- Milestone
- 352nd Falcon 9 Block 5 flight · 123rd this yearSpaceX's 440th launch129th this yearhumanity's 6,830th orbital launch attempt241st orbital launch attempt this year
Flight preview
Simulate in Flight ClubOrbit: as tracked
Starlink 11496 · NORAD 62267 · 2024-237 · Space-Track · tracking 1 of 23 objects
Show the numbers for orbit elements
- Object
- TBA - TO BE ASSIGNED
- Object ID
- 2024-237A
- Epoch
- 2024-12-13 20:00:01 UTC
- Mean motion
- 15.89027453 rev/day
- Eccentricity
- 0.0001802
- Inclination
- 42.9999°
- Ascending node
- 257.9774°
- Arg. of perigee
- 250.9271°
- Mean anomaly
- 67.8195°
- Element set
- 999
- Rev at epoch
- 210
- B*
- 0.00093426
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−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+3M3SFairing Separation
- T+6M6SEntry Burn Startup
- T+6M30SEntry Burn Shutdown
- T+7M53SStage 1 Landing Burn
- T+8M17SStage 1 Landing
- T+8M39SSECO-1
- T+54MSES-2
- T+54M2SSECO-2
- T+1H5M9SStarlink Deployment
Catalogued objects
23 catalogued: 23 payloads; 23 still in orbit
- Starlink 11496 · NORAD 62267 · in orbit
- Starlink 11501 · NORAD 62268 · in orbit
- Starlink 11491 · NORAD 62269 · in orbit
- Starlink 11479 · NORAD 62270 · in orbit
- Starlink 11489 · NORAD 62271 · in orbit
- Starlink 11494 · NORAD 62272 · in orbit
- Starlink 11333 · NORAD 62273 · in orbit
- Starlink 11504 · NORAD 62274 · in orbit
- Starlink 11495 · NORAD 62275 · in orbit
- Starlink 11498 · NORAD 62276 · in orbit
- Starlink 11484 · NORAD 62277 · in orbit
- Starlink 11487 · NORAD 62278 · in orbit
Show 11 more payloads
- Starlink 11499 · NORAD 62279 · in orbit
- Starlink 33548 · NORAD 62280 · in orbit
- Starlink 33544 · NORAD 62281 · in orbit
- Starlink 33560 · NORAD 62282 · in orbit
- Starlink 33547 · NORAD 62283 · in orbit
- Starlink 33563 · NORAD 62284 · in orbit
- Starlink 33550 · NORAD 62285 · in orbit
- Starlink 33564 · NORAD 62286 · in orbit
- Starlink 33546 · NORAD 62287 · in orbit
- Starlink 33565 · NORAD 62288 · in orbit
- Starlink 33549 · NORAD 62289 · 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
278th launch from Space Launch Complex 40, 60th this year · 992nd from Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA
Local pad time at liftoff: Dec 8, 12:12 AM EST, at night
403 launches from this pad · 1,131 from Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA
3 days 18 hours after the previous launch from this pad
Updates
Launch success.
Show 7 earlier updates
Unofficial Re-stream by SPACE AFFAIRS has started
LL2 · 12/8/2024 · source
Liftoff.
Cosmic_Penguin · 12/8/2024 · source
Unofficial Re-stream by SPACE AFFAIRS has started
LL2 · 12/8/2024 · source
Tweaked launch window.
Cosmic_Penguin · 12/7/2024 · source
Updating launch weather.
Cosmic_Penguin · 12/7/2024 · source
GO for launch.
Cosmic_Penguin · 12/7/2024 · source
Targeting NET December 8 per NOTAMs A3912/24 & F4654/24.
Cosmic_Penguin · 12/1/2024 · source
Questions
When did Starlink Group 12-5 launch?
Starlink Group 12-5 launched on December 8, 2024 at 05:12 UTC. The launch window ran from 05:12 to 09:02 UTC.
Where can I watch Starlink Group 12-5?
Coverage: SpaceX Starlink Group 12-5; SpaceX - Falcon 9 - Starlink 12-5 - SLC-40 - Cape Canaveral SFS - December 8, 2024; Watch live: SpaceX launches 23 Starlink satellites from Cape Canaveral on Falcon 9 rocket. Watch the replay
What rocket launched Starlink Group 12-5?
Falcon 9 Block 5, flown by SpaceX. Falcon 9 Block 5 spec sheet
Where did Starlink Group 12-5 launch from?
Space Launch Complex 40, Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA. Liftoff was Dec 8, 12:12 AM EST local time at the pad.
Did the booster land?
Booster B1086 flew for the 2nd time and landed at A Shortfall of Gravitas.
What orbit did Starlink Group 12-5 reach?
The tracked orbit of Starlink 11496, one of 23 catalogued objects, from December 13, 2024, was 311 × 313 km inclined 43.0°.
How many satellites did Starlink Group 12-5 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 12-5 part of?
Starlink. About Starlink