SpaceXFalcon 9 Block 5Launch Complex 39A, Kennedy Space Center, FL, USA
Starlink Group 13-1
Launched
January 21, 2025 · 05:24 UTC
Image: SpaceX
Summary
Starlink Group 13-1 launched on a SpaceX Falcon 9 Block 5 from Launch Complex 39A, Kennedy Space Center, FL, USA on January 21, 2025 at 05:24 UTC. The launch window ran from 05:24 to 09:11 UTC. It was SpaceX's 459th launch, 10th this year and humanity's 6,863rd orbital launch attempt. It was the 370th Falcon 9 Block 5 flight and the 9th this year. Booster B1083 flew for the 8th time and landed at A Shortfall of Gravitas. The payload was bound for low Earth orbit (LEO). The tracked orbit of Starlink 32806, one of 23 catalogued objects, from January 24, 2025, was 318 × 324 km inclined 43.0°. 23 objects from this launch are catalogued, all of them payloads.
- Watch
- Vehicle
- Falcon 9 Block 5 · SpaceXStarlink
- Booster
- B1083 · flight 8 · Autonomous Spaceport Drone Ship at A Shortfall of Gravitas · landed161/162 landed here · 23 days after its previous flight, Astranis: From One to Many (4x Astranis MicroGEO) · 600 km downrange
- Mission
- Communications · Low Earth Orbit (LEO)for SpX
- Milestone
- 370th Falcon 9 Block 5 flight · 9th this yearSpaceX's 459th launch10th this yearhumanity's 6,863rd orbital launch attempt14th orbital launch attempt this year
Flight preview
Simulate in Flight ClubOrbit: as tracked
Starlink 32806 · NORAD 62735 · 2025-014 · Space-Track · tracking 1 of 23 objects
Show the numbers for orbit elements
- Object
- TBA - TO BE ASSIGNED
- Object ID
- 2025-014A
- Epoch
- 2025-01-24 17:28:34 UTC
- Mean motion
- 15.85825759 rev/day
- Eccentricity
- 0.000401
- Inclination
- 43.0096°
- Ascending node
- 317.7728°
- Arg. of perigee
- 230.9764°
- Mean anomaly
- 129.0752°
- Element set
- 999
- Rev at epoch
- 55
- B*
- 0.001084
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−1MStartup
- T−1MTank Press
- T−45SGO for Launch
- T−3SIgnition
- T−0Liftoff
- T+1M10SMax-Q
- T+2M25SMECO
- T+2M28SStage 2 Separation
- T+2M35SSES-1
- T+3M5SFairing Separation
- T+5M59SEntry Burn Startup
- T+6M27SEntry Burn Shutdown
- T+7M48SStage 1 Landing Burn
- T+8M10SStage 1 Landing
- T+8M38SSECO-1
- T+54M6SSES-2
- T+54M8SSECO-2
- T+1H5M15SStarlink Deployment
Catalogued objects
23 catalogued: 23 payloads; 23 still in orbit
- Starlink 32806 · NORAD 62735 · in orbit
- Starlink 32329 · NORAD 62736 · in orbit
- Starlink 32774 · NORAD 62737 · in orbit
- Starlink 32802 · NORAD 62738 · in orbit
- Starlink 32796 · NORAD 62739 · in orbit
- Starlink 32805 · NORAD 62740 · in orbit
- Starlink 32770 · NORAD 62741 · in orbit
- Starlink 32775 · NORAD 62742 · in orbit
- Starlink 32800 · NORAD 62743 · in orbit
- Starlink 32758 · NORAD 62744 · in orbit
- Starlink 32746 · NORAD 62745 · in orbit
- Starlink 32780 · NORAD 62746 · in orbit
Show 11 more payloads
- Starlink 32765 · NORAD 62747 · in orbit
- Starlink 32762 · NORAD 62748 · in orbit
- Starlink 32761 · NORAD 62749 · in orbit
- Starlink 32763 · NORAD 62750 · in orbit
- Starlink 32759 · NORAD 62751 · in orbit
- Starlink 32756 · NORAD 62752 · in orbit
- Starlink 32751 · NORAD 62753 · in orbit
- Starlink 32740 · NORAD 62754 · in orbit
- Starlink 32745 · NORAD 62755 · in orbit
- USA 485 · NORAD 62756 · in orbit
- USA 486 · NORAD 62757 · 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. 2 US military Starshield satellites are also on board.
Pad
Launch Complex 39A, Kennedy Space Center, FL, USA
197th launch from Launch Complex 39A, 3rd this year · 255th from Kennedy Space Center, FL, USA
Local pad time at liftoff: Jan 21, 12:24 AM EST, at night
224 launches from this pad · 283 from Kennedy Space Center, FL, USA
5 days 23 hours after the previous launch from this pad
Updates
Launch success.
Show 6 earlier updates
Liftoff.
Cosmic_Penguin · 1/21/2025 · source
Unofficial Re-stream by SPACE AFFAIRS has started
LL2 · 1/21/2025 · source
GO for launch.
Cosmic_Penguin · 1/21/2025 · source
Updated launch weather and tweaked T-0 per https://celestrak.org/NORAD/elements/supplemental/.
Cosmic_Penguin · 1/20/2025 · source
Tweaked T-0.
Cosmic_Penguin · 1/20/2025 · source
Added launch.
Cosmic_Penguin · 1/16/2025 · source
Questions
When did Starlink Group 13-1 launch?
Starlink Group 13-1 launched on January 21, 2025 at 05:24 UTC. The launch window ran from 05:24 to 09:11 UTC.
Where can I watch Starlink Group 13-1?
Coverage: SpaceX Starlink Group 13-1; SpaceX - Falcon 9 - Starlink 13-1 - LC-39A - Kennedy Space Center - January 21, 2025; Watch live: SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket launches from Kennedy Space Center with 21 Starlink satellites. Watch the replay
What rocket launched Starlink Group 13-1?
Falcon 9 Block 5, flown by SpaceX. Falcon 9 Block 5 spec sheet
Where did Starlink Group 13-1 launch from?
Launch Complex 39A, Kennedy Space Center, FL, USA. Liftoff was Jan 21, 12:24 AM EST local time at the pad.
Did the booster land?
Booster B1083 flew for the 8th time and landed at A Shortfall of Gravitas.
What orbit did Starlink Group 13-1 reach?
The tracked orbit of Starlink 32806, one of 23 catalogued objects, from January 24, 2025, was 318 × 324 km inclined 43.0°.
How many satellites did Starlink Group 13-1 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 13-1 part of?
Starlink. About Starlink