SpaceXFalcon 9 Block 5Space Launch Complex 4E, Vandenberg SFB, CA, USA
Starlink Group 3-5
Launched
April 27, 2023 · 13:40 UTC
Image: SpaceX
Summary
Starlink Group 3-5 launched on a SpaceX Falcon 9 Block 5 from Space Launch Complex 4E, Vandenberg SFB, CA, USA on April 27, 2023 at 13:40 UTC. It was SpaceX's 240th launch, 27th this year and humanity's 6,431st orbital launch attempt. It was the 163rd Falcon 9 Block 5 flight and the 25th this year. Booster B1061 flew for the 13th time and landed at Of Course I Still Love You. The payload was bound for low Earth orbit (LEO). The tracked orbit of Starlink 6038, one of 50 catalogued objects, from May 3, 2023, was 353 × 357 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
- B1061 · flight 13 · Autonomous Spaceport Drone Ship at Of Course I Still Love You · landed209/217 landed here · 54 days after its previous flight, Starlink Group 2-7 · 635 km downrange
- Mission
- Communications · Low Earth Orbit (LEO)
- Milestone
- 163rd Falcon 9 Block 5 flight · 25th this yearSpaceX's 240th launch27th this yearhumanity's 6,431st orbital launch attempt63rd orbital launch attempt this year
Webcast
Flight preview
Simulate in Flight ClubOrbit: as tracked
Starlink 6038 · NORAD 56317 · 2023-058 · Space-Track · tracking 1 of 50 objects
Show the numbers for orbit elements
- Object
- TBA - TO BE ASSIGNED
- Object ID
- 2023-058A
- Epoch
- 2023-05-03 18:00:00 UTC
- Mean motion
- 15.73768612 rev/day
- Eccentricity
- 0.0002676
- Inclination
- 97.6572°
- Ascending node
- 122.903°
- Arg. of perigee
- 246.0027°
- Mean anomaly
- 70.7912°
- Element set
- 999
- Rev at epoch
- 130
- B*
- -0.0063436
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; 44 still in orbit
- Starlink 6038 · NORAD 56317 · in orbit
- Starlink 5954 · NORAD 56318 · in orbit
- Starlink 6039 · NORAD 56319 · in orbit
- Starlink 5988 · NORAD 56320 · in orbit
- Starlink 5876 · NORAD 56321 · in orbit
- Starlink 6033 · NORAD 56322 · in orbit
- Starlink 6035 · NORAD 56323 · in orbit
- Starlink 6034 · NORAD 56324 · in orbit
- Starlink 5981 · NORAD 56325 · in orbit
- Starlink 5980 · NORAD 56326 · in orbit
- Starlink 5997 · NORAD 56327 · in orbit
- Starlink 5992 · NORAD 56328 · in orbit
Show 34 more payloads
- Starlink 5984 · NORAD 56329 · in orbit
- Starlink 5967 · NORAD 56330 · re-entered May 1, 2025
- Starlink 5991 · NORAD 56331 · in orbit
- Starlink 5093 · NORAD 56332 · in orbit
- Starlink 5553 · NORAD 56333 · in orbit
- Starlink 5548 · NORAD 56334 · in orbit
- Starlink 5559 · NORAD 56335 · in orbit
- Starlink 5562 · NORAD 56336 · in orbit
- Starlink 5561 · NORAD 56337 · in orbit
- Starlink 5554 · NORAD 56338 · in orbit
- Starlink 5552 · NORAD 56339 · in orbit
- Starlink 5540 · NORAD 56340 · in orbit
- Starlink 5543 · NORAD 56341 · in orbit
- Starlink 5955 · NORAD 56342 · in orbit
- Starlink 5976 · NORAD 56343 · in orbit
- Starlink 5974 · NORAD 56344 · in orbit
- Starlink 5979 · NORAD 56345 · in orbit
- Starlink 5837 · NORAD 56346 · in orbit
- Starlink 5829 · NORAD 56347 · in orbit
- Starlink 5888 · NORAD 56348 · in orbit
- Starlink 5887 · NORAD 56349 · in orbit
- Starlink 5886 · NORAD 56350 · in orbit
- Starlink 5891 · NORAD 56351 · in orbit
- Starlink 5885 · NORAD 56352 · in orbit
- Starlink 5874 · NORAD 56353 · in orbit
- Starlink 5877 · NORAD 56354 · in orbit
- Starlink 5533 · NORAD 56355 · re-entered August 28, 2026
- Starlink 5535 · NORAD 56356 · in orbit
- Starlink 5538 · NORAD 56357 · in orbit
- Starlink 5482 · NORAD 56358 · in orbit
- Starlink 5551 · NORAD 56359 · in orbit
- Starlink 5549 · NORAD 56360 · in orbit
- Starlink 5550 · NORAD 56361 · in orbit
- Starlink 5972 · NORAD 56362 · in orbit
Data from J. McDowell, planet4589.org
About this launch
A batch of 46 satellites for the Starlink mega-constellation - SpaceX's project for space-based Internet communication system.
Pad
Space Launch Complex 4E, Vandenberg SFB, CA, USA
108th launch from Space Launch Complex 4E, 8th this year · 717th from Vandenberg SFB, CA, USA
Local pad time at liftoff: Apr 27, 6:40 AM PDT, in daylight
303 launches from this pad · 919 from Vandenberg SFB, CA, USA
12 days after the previous launch from this pad
Updates
Launch success.
Show 9 earlier updates
Liftoff
Nosu · 4/27/2023 · source
Livestream has started
LL2 · 4/27/2023 · source
Confirmed targeting April 27.
Cosmic_Penguin · 4/26/2023 · source
Scrub. Next opportunity 24 hours later TBC.
Nosu · 4/26/2023 · source
Hold at T-16 s
Cosmic_Penguin · 4/26/2023 · source
Livestream has started
LL2 · 4/26/2023 · source
Delayed by 1 day.
Cosmic_Penguin · 4/25/2023 · source
Refined T-0.
Cosmic_Penguin · 4/25/2023 · source
Adjusting T-0 and setting GO
Jay · 4/24/2023 · source
Questions
When did Starlink Group 3-5 launch?
Starlink Group 3-5 launched on April 27, 2023 at 13:40 UTC.
Where can I watch Starlink Group 3-5?
Coverage: Starlink Mission. Watch the replay
What rocket launched Starlink Group 3-5?
Falcon 9 Block 5, flown by SpaceX. Falcon 9 Block 5 spec sheet
Where did Starlink Group 3-5 launch from?
Space Launch Complex 4E, Vandenberg SFB, CA, USA. Liftoff was Apr 27, 6:40 AM PDT local time at the pad.
Did the booster land?
Booster B1061 flew for the 13th time and landed at Of Course I Still Love You.
What orbit did Starlink Group 3-5 reach?
The tracked orbit of Starlink 6038, one of 50 catalogued objects, from May 3, 2023, was 353 × 357 km inclined 97.7°.
How many satellites did Starlink Group 3-5 launch?
46 payloads from this launch are catalogued, 44 of them still in orbit (Data from J. McDowell, planet4589.org).
Which program is Starlink Group 3-5 part of?
Starlink. About Starlink