SpaceXFalcon 9 Block 5Space Launch Complex 40, Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA
Starlink Group 12-12
Launched
January 10, 2025 · 19:11 UTC
Image: SpaceX
Summary
Starlink Group 12-12 launched on a SpaceX Falcon 9 Block 5 from Space Launch Complex 40, Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA on January 10, 2025 at 19:11 UTC. The launch window ran from 15:27 to 19:15 UTC. It was SpaceX's 454th launch, 5th this year and humanity's 6,855th orbital launch attempt. It was the 366th Falcon 9 Block 5 flight and the 5th this year. Booster B1067 flew for the 25th time and landed at Just Read the Instructions. The payload was bound for low Earth orbit (LEO). The tracked orbit of Starlink 11538, one of 21 catalogued objects, from January 17, 2025, was 320 × 322 km inclined 43.0°. 21 objects from this launch are catalogued, all of them payloads.
- Watch
- SpaceX Starlink Group 12-12The Space Devs
- 🚀SpaceX Falcon 9 Launches Starlink 12-12NASASpaceflight
- Starlink MissionSpaceX
- Vehicle
- Falcon 9 Block 5 · SpaceXStarlink
- Booster
- B1067 · flight 25 · Autonomous Spaceport Drone Ship at Just Read the Instructions · landed156/157 landed here · 37 days after its previous flight, Starlink Group 6-70 · 600 km downrange
- Mission
- Communications · Low Earth Orbit (LEO)for SpX
- Milestone
- 366th Falcon 9 Block 5 flight · 5th this yearSpaceX's 454th launch5th this yearhumanity's 6,855th orbital launch attempt6th orbital launch attempt this year
Flight preview
Simulate in Flight ClubOrbit: as tracked
Starlink 11538 · NORAD 62554 · 2025-006 · Space-Track · tracking 1 of 21 objects
Show the numbers for orbit elements
- Object
- TBA - TO BE ASSIGNED
- Object ID
- 2025-006A
- Epoch
- 2025-01-17 18:00:02 UTC
- Mean motion
- 15.85911158 rev/day
- Eccentricity
- 0.0001733
- Inclination
- 43.0069°
- Ascending node
- 132.5195°
- Arg. of perigee
- 277.2559°
- Mean anomaly
- 128.1723°
- Element set
- 999
- Rev at epoch
- 214
- B*
- -0.0038859
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+2M28SStage 2 Separation
- T+2M36SSES-1
- T+3M2SFairing Separation
- T+6M5SEntry Burn Startup
- T+6M32SEntry Burn Shutdown
- T+7M46SStage 1 Landing Burn
- T+8M16SStage 1 Landing
- T+8M39SSECO-1
- T+54M2SSES-2
- T+54M3SSECO-2
- T+1H5M10SStarlink Deployment
Catalogued objects
21 catalogued: 21 payloads; 21 still in orbit
- Starlink 11538 · NORAD 62554 · in orbit
- Starlink 11534 · NORAD 62555 · in orbit
- Starlink 11515 · NORAD 62556 · in orbit
- Starlink 11478 · NORAD 62557 · in orbit
- Starlink 11358 · NORAD 62558 · in orbit
- Starlink 11517 · NORAD 62559 · in orbit
- Starlink 11519 · NORAD 62560 · in orbit
- Starlink 11451 · NORAD 62561 · in orbit
- Starlink 11530 · NORAD 62562 · in orbit
- Starlink 11536 · NORAD 62563 · in orbit
- Starlink 11540 · NORAD 62564 · in orbit
- Starlink 11523 · NORAD 62565 · in orbit
Show 9 more payloads
- Starlink 11525 · NORAD 62566 · in orbit
- Starlink 32752 · NORAD 62567 · in orbit
- Starlink 32760 · NORAD 62568 · in orbit
- Starlink 32715 · NORAD 62569 · in orbit
- Starlink 32764 · NORAD 62570 · in orbit
- Starlink 32773 · NORAD 62571 · in orbit
- Starlink 32750 · NORAD 62572 · in orbit
- Starlink 32771 · NORAD 62573 · in orbit
- Starlink 32766 · NORAD 62574 · 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
283rd launch from Space Launch Complex 40, 3rd this year · 997th from Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA
Local pad time at liftoff: Jan 10, 2:11 PM EST, in daylight
403 launches from this pad · 1,131 from Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA
3 days 22 hours after the previous launch from this pad
Updates
Launch Successful.
Show 9 earlier updates
Liftoff!
hitura-nobad · 1/10/2025 · source
Unofficial Webcast by SPACE AFFAIRS has started
LL2 · 1/10/2025 · source
New T-0.
Cosmic_Penguin · 1/10/2025 · source
Now targeting Jan 10 at 18:05 UTC
hitura-nobad · 1/10/2025 · source
GO for launch.
Cosmic_Penguin · 1/10/2025 · source
Tweaked T-0.
Cosmic_Penguin · 1/9/2025 · source
Weather is >95% favorable for launch.
hitura-nobad · 1/9/2025 · source
Delayed to NET January 10.
Cosmic_Penguin · 1/3/2025 · source
Added launch.
Cosmic_Penguin · 1/3/2025 · source
Questions
When did Starlink Group 12-12 launch?
Starlink Group 12-12 launched on January 10, 2025 at 19:11 UTC. The launch window ran from 15:27 to 19:15 UTC.
Where can I watch Starlink Group 12-12?
Coverage: SpaceX Starlink Group 12-12; 🚀SpaceX Falcon 9 Launches Starlink 12-12; Starlink Mission. Watch the replay
What rocket launched Starlink Group 12-12?
Falcon 9 Block 5, flown by SpaceX. Falcon 9 Block 5 spec sheet
Where did Starlink Group 12-12 launch from?
Space Launch Complex 40, Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA. Liftoff was Jan 10, 2:11 PM EST local time at the pad.
Did the booster land?
Booster B1067 flew for the 25th time and landed at Just Read the Instructions.
What orbit did Starlink Group 12-12 reach?
The tracked orbit of Starlink 11538, one of 21 catalogued objects, from January 17, 2025, was 320 × 322 km inclined 43.0°.
How many satellites did Starlink Group 12-12 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 12-12 part of?
Starlink. About Starlink