SpaceXFalcon 9 Block 5Space Launch Complex 4E, Vandenberg SFB, CA, USA
Starlink Group 2-1
Launched
September 14, 2021 · 03:55 UTC
Image: SpaceX
Summary
Starlink Group 2-1 launched on a SpaceX Falcon 9 Block 5 from Space Launch Complex 4E, Vandenberg SFB, CA, USA on September 14, 2021 at 03:55 UTC. It was SpaceX's 143rd launch, 26th this year and humanity's 6,126th orbital launch attempt. It was the 69th Falcon 9 Block 5 flight and the 22nd this year. Booster B1049 flew for the 10th time and landed at Of Course I Still Love You. The payload was bound for Polar Orbit (PO). The tracked orbit of Starlink 3096, one of 56 catalogued objects, from September 20, 2021, was 290 × 344 km inclined 70.0°. 56 objects from this launch are catalogued, 51 of them payloads.
- Watch
- Falcon 9 Starlink Group 2-1The Space Devs
- Starlink MissionSpaceX
- Vehicle
- Falcon 9 Block 5 · SpaceXStarlink
- Booster
- B1049 · flight 10 · Autonomous Spaceport Drone Ship at Of Course I Still Love You · landed209/217 landed here · 132 days after its previous flight, Starlink 25 · 640 km downrange
- Mission
- Communications · Polar Orbit (PO)
- Milestone
- 69th Falcon 9 Block 5 flight · 22nd this yearSpaceX's 143rd launch26th this yearhumanity's 6,126th orbital launch attempt89th orbital launch attempt this year
Webcast
Flight preview
Orbit: as tracked
Starlink 3096 · NORAD 49131 · 2021-082 · Space-Track · tracking 1 of 56 objects
Show the numbers for orbit elements
- Object
- TBA - TO BE ASSIGNED
- Object ID
- 2021-082B
- Epoch
- 2021-09-20 14:00:01 UTC
- Mean motion
- 15.87337259 rev/day
- Eccentricity
- 0.0040588
- Inclination
- 70.0004°
- Ascending node
- 109.0066°
- Arg. of perigee
- 160.0176°
- Mean anomaly
- 81.207°
- Element set
- 999
- Rev at epoch
- 111
- B*
- -0.0043761
Perigee, apogee and period are Kepler figures from the catalogued mean elements, not a propagated state. Published orbit: PO.
Catalogued objects
56 catalogued: 51 payloads, 1 rocket stage, 4 components; 36 still in orbit
- Starlink 3096 · NORAD 49131 · re-entered May 20, 2026
- Starlink 3090 · NORAD 49132 · in orbit
- Starlink 3077 · NORAD 49133 · in orbit
- Starlink 3078 · NORAD 49134 · in orbit
- Starlink 3073 · NORAD 49135 · in orbit
- Starlink 3084 · NORAD 49136 · re-entered October 7, 2025
- Starlink 3055 · NORAD 49137 · in orbit
- Starlink 3058 · NORAD 49138 · in orbit
- Starlink 3057 · NORAD 49139 · in orbit
- Starlink 3118 · NORAD 49140 · re-entered October 7, 2024
- Starlink 3093 · NORAD 49141 · in orbit
- Starlink 3042 · NORAD 49142 · re-entered May 21, 2025
Show 39 more payloads
- Starlink 3109 · NORAD 49143 · in orbit
- Starlink 3100 · NORAD 49144 · in orbit
- Starlink 3119 · NORAD 49145 · in orbit
- Starlink 3116 · NORAD 49146 · in orbit
- Starlink 3071 · NORAD 49147 · in orbit
- Starlink 3048 · NORAD 49148 · in orbit
- Starlink 3053 · NORAD 49149 · re-entered April 10, 2025
- Starlink 3104 · NORAD 49150 · re-entered April 19, 2025
- Starlink 3102 · NORAD 49151 · in orbit
- Starlink 3081 · NORAD 49152 · re-entered April 15, 2025
- Starlink 3072 · NORAD 49153 · in orbit
- Starlink 3068 · NORAD 49154 · in orbit
- Starlink 3060 · NORAD 49155 · in orbit
- Starlink 3085 · NORAD 49156 · in orbit
- Starlink 3051 · NORAD 49157 · in orbit
- Starlink 3083 · NORAD 49158 · re-entered October 2, 2026
- Starlink 3056 · NORAD 49159 · in orbit
- Starlink 3095 · NORAD 49160 · in orbit
- Starlink 3080 · NORAD 49161 · in orbit
- Starlink 3082 · NORAD 49162 · re-entered November 7, 2024
- Starlink 3088 · NORAD 49163 · in orbit
- Starlink 3106 · NORAD 49164 · in orbit
- Starlink 3052 · NORAD 49165 · in orbit
- Starlink 3089 · NORAD 49166 · in orbit
- Starlink 3054 · NORAD 49167 · in orbit
- Starlink 3101 · NORAD 49168 · re-entered April 13, 2025
- Starlink 3046 · NORAD 49169 · in orbit
- Starlink 3074 · NORAD 49170 · re-entered December 17, 2024
- Starlink 3107 · NORAD 49171 · in orbit
- Starlink 3091 · NORAD 49172 · re-entered May 27, 2025
- Starlink 3045 · NORAD 49173 · in orbit
- Starlink 3047 · NORAD 49174 · re-entered October 30, 2025
- Starlink 3087 · NORAD 49175 · in orbit
- Starlink 3069 · NORAD 49176 · re-entered September 25, 2026
- Starlink 3103 · NORAD 49177 · in orbit
- Starlink 3086 · NORAD 49178 · in orbit
- Starlink 3043 · NORAD 49179 · in orbit
- Starlink 3050 · NORAD 49180 · re-entered March 25, 2026
- Starlink 3059 · NORAD 49181 · in orbit
Falcon 9-125 Stage 2 · re-entered September 29, 2021
Data from J. McDowell, planet4589.org
About this launch
A batch of 51 satellites for Starlink mega-constellation - SpaceX's project for space-based Internet communication system.
Pad
Space Launch Complex 4E, Vandenberg SFB, CA, USA
85th launch from Space Launch Complex 4E, 1st this year · 690th from Vandenberg SFB, CA, USA
Local pad time at liftoff: Sep 13, 8:55 PM PDT, at night
303 launches from this pad · 919 from Vandenberg SFB, CA, USA
296 days after the previous launch from this pad
Updates
Questions
When did Starlink Group 2-1 launch?
Starlink Group 2-1 launched on September 14, 2021 at 03:55 UTC.
Where can I watch Starlink Group 2-1?
Coverage: Falcon 9 Starlink Group 2-1; Starlink Mission. Watch the replay
What rocket launched Starlink Group 2-1?
Falcon 9 Block 5, flown by SpaceX. Falcon 9 Block 5 spec sheet
Where did Starlink Group 2-1 launch from?
Space Launch Complex 4E, Vandenberg SFB, CA, USA. Liftoff was Sep 13, 8:55 PM PDT local time at the pad.
Did the booster land?
Booster B1049 flew for the 10th time and landed at Of Course I Still Love You.
What orbit did Starlink Group 2-1 reach?
The tracked orbit of Starlink 3096, one of 56 catalogued objects, from September 20, 2021, was 290 × 344 km inclined 70.0°.
How many satellites did Starlink Group 2-1 launch?
51 payloads from this launch are catalogued, 36 of them still in orbit (Data from J. McDowell, planet4589.org).
Which program is Starlink Group 2-1 part of?
Starlink. About Starlink