SpaceXFalcon 9 Block 5Space Launch Complex 4E, Vandenberg SFB, CA, USA
Starlink Group 2-7
Launched
March 3, 2023 · 18:38 UTC
Image: SpaceX
Summary
Starlink Group 2-7 launched on a SpaceX Falcon 9 Block 5 from Space Launch Complex 4E, Vandenberg SFB, CA, USA on March 3, 2023 at 18:38 UTC. It was SpaceX's 228th launch, 15th this year and humanity's 6,398th orbital launch attempt. It was the 152nd Falcon 9 Block 5 flight and the 14th this year. Booster B1061 flew for the 12th time and landed at Of Course I Still Love You. The payload was bound for low Earth orbit (LEO). The tracked orbit of Starlink 5592, one of 55 catalogued objects, from March 8, 2023, was 274 × 319 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
- Mission
- Communications · Low Earth Orbit (LEO)
- Milestone
- 152nd Falcon 9 Block 5 flight · 14th this yearSpaceX's 228th launch15th this yearhumanity's 6,398th orbital launch attempt30th orbital launch attempt this year
Webcast
Flight preview
Simulate in Flight ClubOrbit: as tracked
Starlink 5592 · NORAD 55741 · 2023-028 · Space-Track · tracking 1 of 55 objects
Show the numbers for orbit elements
- Object
- TBA - TO BE ASSIGNED
- Object ID
- 2023-028A
- Epoch
- 2023-03-08 20:00:01 UTC
- Mean motion
- 15.94633569 rev/day
- Eccentricity
- 0.0033432
- Inclination
- 69.9999°
- Ascending node
- 141.61°
- Arg. of perigee
- 164.7448°
- Mean anomaly
- 248.6227°
- Element set
- 999
- Rev at epoch
- 145
- B*
- -0.0025007
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; 45 still in orbit
- Starlink 5592 · NORAD 55741 · in orbit
- Starlink 5594 · NORAD 55742 · in orbit
- Starlink 5602 · NORAD 55743 · in orbit
- Starlink 5601 · NORAD 55744 · in orbit
- Starlink 5565 · NORAD 55745 · re-entered February 21, 2025
- Starlink 5579 · NORAD 55746 · in orbit
- Starlink 5539 · NORAD 55747 · in orbit
- Starlink 5580 · NORAD 55748 · in orbit
- Starlink 5560 · NORAD 55749 · re-entered July 7, 2025
- Starlink 5573 · NORAD 55750 · in orbit
- Starlink 5577 · NORAD 55751 · in orbit
- Starlink 5613 · NORAD 55752 · in orbit
Show 39 more payloads
- Starlink 5617 · NORAD 55753 · in orbit
- Starlink 5612 · NORAD 55754 · in orbit
- Starlink 5619 · NORAD 55755 · re-entered February 7, 2026
- Starlink 5614 · NORAD 55756 · in orbit
- Starlink 5544 · NORAD 55757 · in orbit
- Starlink 5072 · NORAD 55758 · in orbit
- Starlink 5081 · NORAD 55759 · re-entered March 15, 2025
- Starlink 5532 · NORAD 55760 · in orbit
- Starlink 5611 · NORAD 55761 · in orbit
- Starlink 5603 · NORAD 55762 · in orbit
- Starlink 5593 · NORAD 55763 · in orbit
- Starlink 5499 · NORAD 55764 · in orbit
- Starlink 5595 · NORAD 55765 · in orbit
- Starlink 5599 · NORAD 55766 · in orbit
- Starlink 5606 · NORAD 55767 · in orbit
- Starlink 5583 · NORAD 55768 · re-entered May 28, 2025
- Starlink 5584 · NORAD 55769 · in orbit
- Starlink 5557 · NORAD 55770 · in orbit
- Starlink 5591 · NORAD 55771 · in orbit
- Starlink 5835 · NORAD 55772 · in orbit
- Starlink 5833 · NORAD 55773 · in orbit
- Starlink 5812 · NORAD 55774 · in orbit
- Starlink 5809 · NORAD 55775 · in orbit
- Starlink 5810 · NORAD 55776 · re-entered December 1, 2025
- Starlink 5814 · NORAD 55777 · in orbit
- Starlink 5816 · NORAD 55778 · in orbit
- Starlink 5817 · NORAD 55779 · in orbit
- Starlink 5819 · NORAD 55780 · in orbit
- Starlink 5820 · NORAD 55781 · in orbit
- Starlink 5826 · NORAD 55782 · in orbit
- Starlink 5825 · NORAD 55783 · in orbit
- Starlink 5797 · NORAD 55784 · in orbit
- Starlink 5818 · NORAD 55785 · in orbit
- Starlink 5823 · NORAD 55786 · in orbit
- Starlink 5811 · NORAD 55787 · in orbit
- Starlink 5804 · NORAD 55788 · in orbit
- Starlink 5815 · NORAD 55789 · in orbit
- Starlink 5813 · NORAD 55790 · in orbit
- Starlink 5807 · NORAD 55791 · in orbit
Data from J. McDowell, planet4589.org
About this launch
A batch of 51 satellites for the Starlink mega-constellation - SpaceX's project for space-based Internet communication system.
Pad
Space Launch Complex 4E, Vandenberg SFB, CA, USA
104th launch from Space Launch Complex 4E, 4th this year · 713th from Vandenberg SFB, CA, USA
Local pad time at liftoff: Mar 3, 10:38 AM PST, in daylight
303 launches from this pad · 919 from Vandenberg SFB, CA, USA
13 days after the previous launch from this pad
Updates
Successful launch of 51 Starlink satellites
Show 9 earlier updates
End of live coverage. Deployment at T+15:22
Nosu · 3/3/2023 · source
Liftoff
Nosu · 3/3/2023 · source
Livestream has started
Nosu · 3/3/2023 · source
Adding seconds to T-0
Nosu · 3/2/2023 · source
Delayed to March 3 at 18:38 UTC
Nosu · 3/2/2023 · source
Launch slipped for several hours.
Cosmic_Penguin · 3/2/2023 · source
Go for launch.
Cosmic_Penguin · 3/1/2023 · source
Moved by one more day.
Cosmic_Penguin · 3/1/2023 · source
Delayed to March 1, with a likely further delay if Crew-6 proceeds on March 2.
Nosu · 2/28/2023 · source
Questions
When did Starlink Group 2-7 launch?
Starlink Group 2-7 launched on March 3, 2023 at 18:38 UTC.
Where can I watch Starlink Group 2-7?
Coverage: Starlink Mission. Watch the replay
What rocket launched Starlink Group 2-7?
Falcon 9 Block 5, flown by SpaceX. Falcon 9 Block 5 spec sheet
Where did Starlink Group 2-7 launch from?
Space Launch Complex 4E, Vandenberg SFB, CA, USA. Liftoff was Mar 3, 10:38 AM PST local time at the pad.
Did the booster land?
Booster B1061 flew for the 12th time and landed at Of Course I Still Love You.
What orbit did Starlink Group 2-7 reach?
The tracked orbit of Starlink 5592, one of 55 catalogued objects, from March 8, 2023, was 274 × 319 km inclined 70.0°.
How many satellites did Starlink Group 2-7 launch?
51 payloads from this launch are catalogued, 45 of them still in orbit (Data from J. McDowell, planet4589.org).
Which program is Starlink Group 2-7 part of?
Starlink. About Starlink