SpaceXFalcon 9 Block 5Space Launch Complex 40, Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA
Starlink Group 12-9
Launched
February 8, 2025 · 19:18 UTC
Image: SpaceX
Summary
Starlink Group 12-9 launched on a SpaceX Falcon 9 Block 5 from Space Launch Complex 40, Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA on February 8, 2025 at 19:18 UTC. The launch window ran from 18:23 to 22:08 UTC. It was SpaceX's 467th launch, 18th this year and humanity's 6,876th orbital launch attempt. It was the 378th Falcon 9 Block 5 flight and the 17th this year. Booster B1078 flew for the 17th time and landed at A Shortfall of Gravitas. The payload was bound for low Earth orbit (LEO). The tracked orbit of Starlink 11552, one of 21 catalogued objects, from February 13, 2025, was 306 × 308 km inclined 43.0°. 21 objects from this launch are catalogued, all of them payloads.
- Watch
- SpaceX Starlink Group 12-9The Space Devs
- Watch live: SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket launches 21 Starlink satellites from Cape CanaveralSpaceflight Now
- 🚀SpaceX Falcon 9 Launches Starlink Group 12-9NASASpaceflight
- Vehicle
- Falcon 9 Block 5 · SpaceXStarlink
- Booster
- B1078 · flight 17 · Autonomous Spaceport Drone Ship at A Shortfall of Gravitas · landed161/162 landed here · 39 days after its previous flight, Starlink Group 12-6 · 600 km downrange
- Mission
- Communications · Low Earth Orbit (LEO)for SpX
- Milestone
- 378th Falcon 9 Block 5 flight · 17th this yearSpaceX's 467th launch18th this yearhumanity's 6,876th orbital launch attempt27th orbital launch attempt this year
Flight preview
Simulate in Flight ClubOrbit: as tracked
Starlink 11552 · NORAD 62907 · 2025-027 · Space-Track · tracking 1 of 21 objects
Show the numbers for orbit elements
- Object
- TBA - TO BE ASSIGNED
- Object ID
- 2025-027A
- Epoch
- 2025-02-13 14:00:03 UTC
- Mean motion
- 15.9085431 rev/day
- Eccentricity
- 0.0002051
- Inclination
- 43.0065°
- Ascending node
- 176.3201°
- Arg. of perigee
- 268.9897°
- Mean anomaly
- 308.4595°
- Element set
- 999
- Rev at epoch
- 195
- B*
- -0.0028593
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+2M24SMECO
- T+2M27SStage 2 Separation
- T+2M35SSES-1
- T+3M3SFairing Separation
- T+6MEntry Burn Startup
- T+6M29SEntry Burn Shutdown
- T+7M48SStage 1 Landing Burn
- T+8M13SStage 1 Landing
- T+8M38SSECO-1
- T+53M58SSES-2
- T+54MSECO-2
- T+1H5M7SStarlink Deployment
Catalogued objects
21 catalogued: 21 payloads; 21 still in orbit
- Starlink 11552 · NORAD 62907 · in orbit
- Starlink 11561 · NORAD 62908 · in orbit
- Starlink 11567 · NORAD 62909 · in orbit
- Starlink 11569 · NORAD 62910 · in orbit
- Starlink 11537 · NORAD 62911 · in orbit
- Starlink 11565 · NORAD 62912 · in orbit
- Starlink 11564 · NORAD 62913 · in orbit
- Starlink 11566 · NORAD 62914 · in orbit
- Starlink 11555 · NORAD 62915 · in orbit
- Starlink 11430 · NORAD 62916 · in orbit
- Starlink 11560 · NORAD 62917 · in orbit
- Starlink 11562 · NORAD 62918 · in orbit
Show 9 more payloads
- Starlink 11457 · NORAD 62919 · in orbit
- Starlink 32921 · NORAD 62920 · in orbit
- Starlink 32917 · NORAD 62921 · in orbit
- Starlink 32916 · NORAD 62922 · in orbit
- Starlink 32905 · NORAD 62923 · in orbit
- Starlink 32871 · NORAD 62924 · in orbit
- Starlink 32920 · NORAD 62925 · in orbit
- Starlink 32922 · NORAD 62926 · in orbit
- Starlink 32891 · NORAD 62927 · 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
287th launch from Space Launch Complex 40, 7th this year · 1,002nd from Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA
Local pad time at liftoff: Feb 8, 2:18 PM EST, in daylight
403 launches from this pad · 1,131 from Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA
4 days 9 hours after the previous launch from this pad
Updates
Launch successful.
Show 9 earlier updates
Liftoff!
hitura-nobad · 2/8/2025 · source
Unofficial Re-stream by SPACE AFFAIRS has started
LL2 · 2/8/2025 · source
Now targeting Feb 08 at 19:18 UTC
hitura-nobad · 2/8/2025 · source
Launch time is accurate to the second
Nosu · 2/7/2025 · source
Now targeting Feb 08 at 18:23 UTC
hitura-nobad · 2/7/2025 · source
GO for launch.
Cosmic_Penguin · 2/7/2025 · source
Updated launch weather.
Cosmic_Penguin · 2/7/2025 · source
Tweaked T-0.
Cosmic_Penguin · 2/6/2025 · source
Marked launch pad to be used.
Cosmic_Penguin · 2/1/2025 · source
Questions
When did Starlink Group 12-9 launch?
Starlink Group 12-9 launched on February 8, 2025 at 19:18 UTC. The launch window ran from 18:23 to 22:08 UTC.
Where can I watch Starlink Group 12-9?
Coverage: SpaceX Starlink Group 12-9; Watch live: SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket launches 21 Starlink satellites from Cape Canaveral; 🚀SpaceX Falcon 9 Launches Starlink Group 12-9. Watch the replay
What rocket launched Starlink Group 12-9?
Falcon 9 Block 5, flown by SpaceX. Falcon 9 Block 5 spec sheet
Where did Starlink Group 12-9 launch from?
Space Launch Complex 40, Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA. Liftoff was Feb 8, 2:18 PM EST local time at the pad.
Did the booster land?
Booster B1078 flew for the 17th time and landed at A Shortfall of Gravitas.
What orbit did Starlink Group 12-9 reach?
The tracked orbit of Starlink 11552, one of 21 catalogued objects, from February 13, 2025, was 306 × 308 km inclined 43.0°.
How many satellites did Starlink Group 12-9 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 12-9 part of?
Starlink. About Starlink