SpaceXFalcon 9 Block 5Space Launch Complex 4E, Vandenberg SFB, CA, USA
Starlink Group 3-4
Launched
August 31, 2022
Image: SpaceX
Summary
Starlink Group 3-4 launched on a SpaceX Falcon 9 Block 5 from Space Launch Complex 4E, Vandenberg SFB, CA, USA on August 31, 2022. It was SpaceX's 191st launch, 39th this year and humanity's 6,291st orbital launch attempt. It was the 117th Falcon 9 Block 5 flight and the 39th this year. Booster B1063 flew for the 7th time and landed at Of Course I Still Love You. The payload was bound for low Earth orbit (LEO). The tracked orbit of Starlink 4622, one of 50 catalogued objects, from September 6, 2022, was 353 × 355 km inclined 97.7°. 50 objects from this launch are catalogued, 46 of them payloads.
- Watch
- Starlink MissionSpaceX
- Vehicle
- Falcon 9 Block 5 · SpaceXStarlink
- Booster
- B1063 · flight 7 · Autonomous Spaceport Drone Ship at Of Course I Still Love You · landed209/217 landed here · 51 days after its previous flight, Starlink Group 3-1 · 640 km downrange
- Mission
- Communications · Low Earth Orbit (LEO)
- Milestone
- 117th Falcon 9 Block 5 flight · 39th this yearSpaceX's 191st launch39th this yearhumanity's 6,291st orbital launch attempt109th orbital launch attempt this year
Webcast
Flight preview
Simulate in Flight ClubOrbit: as tracked
Starlink 4622 · NORAD 53648 · 2022-105 · Space-Track · tracking 1 of 50 objects
Show the numbers for orbit elements
- Object
- TBA - TO BE ASSIGNED
- Object ID
- 2022-105A
- Epoch
- 2022-09-06 16:00:00 UTC
- Mean motion
- 15.74121566 rev/day
- Eccentricity
- 0.0001627
- Inclination
- 97.6568°
- Ascending node
- 127.178°
- Arg. of perigee
- 116.9286°
- Mean anomaly
- 244.045°
- Element set
- 999
- Rev at epoch
- 131
- B*
- -0.0095378
Perigee, apogee and period are Kepler figures from the catalogued mean elements, not a propagated state. Published orbit: LEO.
Catalogued objects
50 catalogued: 46 payloads, 4 components; 36 still in orbit
- Starlink 4622 · NORAD 53648 · in orbit
- Starlink 4386 · NORAD 53649 · re-entered October 5, 2026
- Starlink 4380 · NORAD 53650 · in orbit
- Starlink 4388 · NORAD 53651 · in orbit
- Starlink 4374 · NORAD 53652 · in orbit
- Starlink 4390 · NORAD 53653 · re-entered October 4, 2026
- Starlink 4420 · NORAD 53654 · in orbit
- Starlink 4470 · NORAD 53655 · in orbit
- Starlink 4466 · NORAD 53656 · in orbit
- Starlink 4469 · NORAD 53657 · re-entered April 6, 2026
- Starlink 4452 · NORAD 53658 · in orbit
- Starlink 4463 · NORAD 53659 · re-entered February 7, 2026
Show 34 more payloads
- Starlink 4473 · NORAD 53660 · in orbit
- Starlink 4472 · NORAD 53661 · in orbit
- Starlink 4357 · NORAD 53662 · in orbit
- Starlink 4457 · NORAD 53663 · in orbit
- Starlink 4471 · NORAD 53664 · in orbit
- Starlink 4334 · NORAD 53665 · in orbit
- Starlink 4449 · NORAD 53666 · re-entered May 1, 2025
- Starlink 4406 · NORAD 53667 · in orbit
- Starlink 4458 · NORAD 53668 · in orbit
- Starlink 4464 · NORAD 53669 · re-entered October 11, 2026
- Starlink 4459 · NORAD 53670 · in orbit
- Starlink 4440 · NORAD 53671 · in orbit
- Starlink 4428 · NORAD 53672 · in orbit
- Starlink 4456 · NORAD 53673 · re-entered September 13, 2026
- Starlink 4620 · NORAD 53674 · in orbit
- Starlink 4617 · NORAD 53675 · in orbit
- Starlink 4621 · NORAD 53676 · in orbit
- Starlink 4579 · NORAD 53677 · in orbit
- Starlink 4418 · NORAD 53678 · re-entered May 8, 2025
- Starlink 4632 · NORAD 53679 · in orbit
- Starlink 4630 · NORAD 53680 · in orbit
- Starlink 4424 · NORAD 53681 · re-entered August 20, 2026
- Starlink 4438 · NORAD 53682 · in orbit
- Starlink 4625 · NORAD 53683 · in orbit
- Starlink 4624 · NORAD 53684 · in orbit
- Starlink 4626 · NORAD 53685 · in orbit
- Starlink 4467 · NORAD 53686 · in orbit
- Starlink 4569 · NORAD 53687 · in orbit
- Starlink 4571 · NORAD 53688 · in orbit
- Starlink 4562 · NORAD 53689 · re-entered April 23, 2025
- Starlink 4570 · NORAD 53690 · in orbit
- Starlink 4560 · NORAD 53691 · in orbit
- Starlink 4572 · NORAD 53692 · in orbit
- Starlink 4566 · NORAD 53693 · in orbit
Data from J. McDowell, planet4589.org
About this launch
A batch of 46 satellites for Starlink mega-constellation - SpaceX's project for space-based Internet communication system.
Pad
Space Launch Complex 4E, Vandenberg SFB, CA, USA
96th launch from Space Launch Complex 4E, 9th this year · 702nd from Vandenberg SFB, CA, USA
303 launches from this pad · 919 from Vandenberg SFB, CA, USA
18 days after the previous launch from this pad
Updates
Successful launch of 46 Starlink satellites.
Show 7 earlier updates
Liftoff
Nosu · 8/31/2022 · source
Webcast live
Nosu · 8/31/2022 · source
Adding seconds to T-0
Nosu · 8/30/2022 · source
Launch time confirmed by SpaceX
Cosmic_Penguin · 8/29/2022 · source
NET August 31 per marine space closure notices
Cosmic_Penguin · 8/23/2022 · source
Setting TBC per Hazardous Operations notice
Nosu · 8/22/2022 · source
Adding launch
Jay · 8/3/2022 · source
Questions
When did Starlink Group 3-4 launch?
Starlink Group 3-4 launched on August 31, 2022. The time is known to the hour, not the minute.
Where can I watch Starlink Group 3-4?
Coverage: Starlink Mission. Watch the replay
What rocket launched Starlink Group 3-4?
Falcon 9 Block 5, flown by SpaceX. Falcon 9 Block 5 spec sheet
Where did Starlink Group 3-4 launch from?
Space Launch Complex 4E, Vandenberg SFB, CA, USA.
Did the booster land?
Booster B1063 flew for the 7th time and landed at Of Course I Still Love You.
What orbit did Starlink Group 3-4 reach?
The tracked orbit of Starlink 4622, one of 50 catalogued objects, from September 6, 2022, was 353 × 355 km inclined 97.7°.
How many satellites did Starlink Group 3-4 launch?
46 payloads from this launch are catalogued, 36 of them still in orbit (Data from J. McDowell, planet4589.org).
Which program is Starlink Group 3-4 part of?
Starlink. About Starlink