SpaceXFalcon 9 Block 5Space Launch Complex 4E, Vandenberg SFB, CA, USA
Starlink Group 2-5
Launched
February 17, 2023 · 19:12 UTC
Image: SpaceX
Summary
Starlink Group 2-5 launched on a SpaceX Falcon 9 Block 5 from Space Launch Complex 4E, Vandenberg SFB, CA, USA on February 17, 2023 at 19:12 UTC. It was SpaceX's 224th launch, 11th this year and humanity's 6,391st orbital launch attempt. It was the 148th Falcon 9 Block 5 flight and the 10th this year. Booster B1063 flew for the 9th time and landed at Of Course I Still Love You. The payload was bound for low Earth orbit (LEO). The tracked orbit of Starlink 5484, one of 55 catalogued objects, from February 22, 2023, was 272 × 322 km inclined 70.0°. 55 objects from this launch are catalogued, 51 of them payloads.
- Watch
- Starlink MissionSpaceX
- Vehicle
- Falcon 9 Block 5 · SpaceXStarlink
- Booster
- B1063 · flight 9 · Autonomous Spaceport Drone Ship at Of Course I Still Love You · landed209/217 landed here · 112 days after its previous flight, Starlink Group 4-31 · 664 km downrange
- Mission
- Communications · Low Earth Orbit (LEO)
- Milestone
- 148th Falcon 9 Block 5 flight · 10th this yearSpaceX's 224th launch11th this yearhumanity's 6,391st orbital launch attempt23rd orbital launch attempt this year
Webcast
Flight preview
Simulate in Flight ClubOrbit: as tracked
Starlink 5484 · NORAD 55628 · 2023-021 · Space-Track · tracking 1 of 55 objects
Show the numbers for orbit elements
- Object
- TBA - TO BE ASSIGNED
- Object ID
- 2023-021A
- Epoch
- 2023-02-22 16:00:00 UTC
- Mean motion
- 15.94434231 rev/day
- Eccentricity
- 0.0037931
- Inclination
- 70°
- Ascending node
- 136.7865°
- Arg. of perigee
- 163.2836°
- Mean anomaly
- 234.4693°
- Element set
- 999
- Rev at epoch
- 130
- B*
- -0.0026954
Perigee, apogee and period are Kepler figures from the catalogued mean elements, not a propagated state. Published orbit: LEO.
Catalogued objects
55 catalogued: 51 payloads, 4 components; 44 still in orbit
- Starlink 5484 · NORAD 55628 · in orbit
- Starlink 5497 · NORAD 55629 · in orbit
- Starlink 5303 · NORAD 55630 · in orbit
- Starlink 5558 · NORAD 55631 · in orbit
- Starlink 5546 · NORAD 55632 · in orbit
- Starlink 5498 · NORAD 55633 · in orbit
- Starlink 5500 · NORAD 55634 · in orbit
- Starlink 5495 · NORAD 55635 · in orbit
- Starlink 5218 · NORAD 55636 · in orbit
- Starlink 5062 · NORAD 55637 · in orbit
- Starlink 5507 · NORAD 55638 · in orbit
- Starlink 5508 · NORAD 55639 · in orbit
Show 39 more payloads
- Starlink 5069 · NORAD 55640 · in orbit
- Starlink 5065 · NORAD 55641 · in orbit
- Starlink 5478 · NORAD 55642 · re-entered June 26, 2024
- Starlink 5483 · NORAD 55643 · in orbit
- Starlink 5502 · NORAD 55644 · in orbit
- Starlink 5102 · NORAD 55645 · re-entered August 21, 2024
- Starlink 5104 · NORAD 55646 · re-entered April 20, 2025
- Starlink 5510 · NORAD 55647 · in orbit
- Starlink 5501 · NORAD 55648 · in orbit
- Starlink 5469 · NORAD 55649 · in orbit
- Starlink 5494 · NORAD 55650 · in orbit
- Starlink 5506 · NORAD 55651 · in orbit
- Starlink 5487 · NORAD 55652 · in orbit
- Starlink 5067 · NORAD 55653 · in orbit
- Starlink 5070 · NORAD 55654 · in orbit
- Starlink 5267 · NORAD 55655 · in orbit
- Starlink 5326 · NORAD 55656 · re-entered December 2, 2025
- Starlink 5328 · NORAD 55657 · in orbit
- Starlink 5307 · NORAD 55658 · in orbit
- Starlink 5477 · NORAD 55659 · in orbit
- Starlink 5467 · NORAD 55660 · in orbit
- Starlink 5475 · NORAD 55661 · in orbit
- Starlink 5479 · NORAD 55662 · in orbit
- Starlink 5473 · NORAD 55663 · in orbit
- Starlink 5480 · NORAD 55664 · in orbit
- Starlink 5474 · NORAD 55665 · in orbit
- Starlink 5457 · NORAD 55666 · re-entered April 8, 2023
- Starlink 5456 · NORAD 55667 · in orbit
- Starlink 5455 · NORAD 55668 · in orbit
- Starlink 5459 · NORAD 55669 · in orbit
- Starlink 5423 · NORAD 55670 · in orbit
- Starlink 5460 · NORAD 55671 · in orbit
- Starlink 5461 · NORAD 55672 · re-entered August 21, 2024
- Starlink 5463 · NORAD 55673 · in orbit
- Starlink 5462 · NORAD 55674 · in orbit
- Starlink 5232 · NORAD 55675 · in orbit
- Starlink 5300 · NORAD 55676 · in orbit
- Starlink 5324 · NORAD 55677 · in orbit
- Starlink 5314 · NORAD 55678 · re-entered March 28, 2025
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
103rd launch from Space Launch Complex 4E, 3rd this year · 712th from Vandenberg SFB, CA, USA
Local pad time at liftoff: Feb 17, 11:12 AM PST, in daylight
303 launches from this pad · 919 from Vandenberg SFB, CA, USA
17 days after the previous launch from this pad
Updates
Successful deployment of 51 Starlink satellites
Show 9 earlier updates
Liftoff
SwGustav · 2/17/2023 · source
Coverage live
SwGustav · 2/17/2023 · source
Adding seconds to T-0
Nosu · 2/17/2023 · source
Setting GO
Nosu · 2/15/2023 · source
NET February 17
Cosmic_Penguin · 2/15/2023 · source
Delayed by a day
Nosu · 2/14/2023 · source
Updating window
Nosu · 2/11/2023 · source
Delayed to February 15
Nosu · 2/8/2023 · source
Adding primary launch window on February 13.
Nosu · 2/6/2023 · source
Questions
When did Starlink Group 2-5 launch?
Starlink Group 2-5 launched on February 17, 2023 at 19:12 UTC.
Where can I watch Starlink Group 2-5?
Coverage: Starlink Mission. Watch the replay
What rocket launched Starlink Group 2-5?
Falcon 9 Block 5, flown by SpaceX. Falcon 9 Block 5 spec sheet
Where did Starlink Group 2-5 launch from?
Space Launch Complex 4E, Vandenberg SFB, CA, USA. Liftoff was Feb 17, 11:12 AM PST local time at the pad.
Did the booster land?
Booster B1063 flew for the 9th time and landed at Of Course I Still Love You.
What orbit did Starlink Group 2-5 reach?
The tracked orbit of Starlink 5484, one of 55 catalogued objects, from February 22, 2023, was 272 × 322 km inclined 70.0°.
How many satellites did Starlink Group 2-5 launch?
51 payloads from this launch are catalogued, 44 of them still in orbit (Data from J. McDowell, planet4589.org).
Which program is Starlink Group 2-5 part of?
Starlink. About Starlink