SpaceXFalcon 9 Block 5Space Launch Complex 40, Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA
Starlink Group 4-1
Launched
November 13, 2021 · 12:18 UTC
Image: SpaceX
Summary
Starlink Group 4-1 launched on a SpaceX Falcon 9 Block 5 from Space Launch Complex 40, Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA on November 13, 2021 at 12:18 UTC. It was SpaceX's 146th launch, 29th this year and humanity's 6,149th orbital launch attempt. It was the 72nd Falcon 9 Block 5 flight and the 25th this year. Booster B1058 flew for the 9th time and landed at Just Read the Instructions. The payload was bound for low Earth orbit (LEO). The tracked orbit of Starlink 3151, one of 57 catalogued objects, from November 17, 2021, was 253 × 337 km inclined 53.2°. 57 objects from this launch are catalogued, 53 of them payloads.
- Watch
- Falcon 9 Starlink 4-1The Space Devs
- Starlink MissionSpaceX
- Vehicle
- Falcon 9 Block 5 · SpaceXStarlink
- Booster
- B1058 · flight 9 · Autonomous Spaceport Drone Ship at Just Read the Instructions · landed156/157 landed here · 181 days after its previous flight, Starlink 26 · 634 km downrange
- Mission
- Communications · Low Earth Orbit (LEO)
- Milestone
- 72nd Falcon 9 Block 5 flight · 25th this yearSpaceX's 146th launch29th this yearhumanity's 6,149th orbital launch attempt112th orbital launch attempt this year
Webcast
Flight preview
Orbit: as tracked
Starlink 3151 · NORAD 49408 · 2021-104 · Space-Track · tracking 1 of 57 objects
Show the numbers for orbit elements
- Object
- TBA - TO BE ASSIGNED
- Object ID
- 2021-104A
- Epoch
- 2021-11-17 16:00:00 UTC
- Mean motion
- 15.95185642 rev/day
- Eccentricity
- 0.0062752
- Inclination
- 53.2175°
- Ascending node
- 113.6136°
- Arg. of perigee
- 56.5487°
- Mean anomaly
- 112.2057°
- Element set
- 999
- Rev at epoch
- 193
- B*
- -0.0014981
Perigee, apogee and period are Kepler figures from the catalogued mean elements, not a propagated state. Published orbit: LEO.
Catalogued objects
57 catalogued: 53 payloads, 4 components; 47 still in orbit
- Starlink 3151 · NORAD 49408 · re-entered June 24, 2026
- Starlink 3075 · NORAD 49409 · in orbit
- Starlink 3147 · NORAD 49410 · in orbit
- Starlink 3162 · NORAD 49411 · in orbit
- Starlink 3144 · NORAD 49412 · re-entered December 20, 2024
- Starlink 3157 · NORAD 49413 · in orbit
- Starlink 3146 · NORAD 49414 · in orbit
- Starlink 3159 · NORAD 49415 · in orbit
- Starlink 3133 · NORAD 49416 · in orbit
- Starlink 3154 · NORAD 49417 · in orbit
- Starlink 3111 · NORAD 49418 · in orbit
- Starlink 3120 · NORAD 49419 · in orbit
Show 41 more payloads
- Starlink 3110 · NORAD 49420 · in orbit
- Starlink 3112 · NORAD 49421 · in orbit
- Starlink 3161 · NORAD 49422 · in orbit
- Starlink 3149 · NORAD 49423 · re-entered April 1, 2026
- Starlink 3135 · NORAD 49424 · in orbit
- Starlink 3139 · NORAD 49425 · in orbit
- Starlink 3114 · NORAD 49426 · in orbit
- Starlink 3131 · NORAD 49427 · in orbit
- Starlink 3121 · NORAD 49428 · in orbit
- Starlink 3123 · NORAD 49429 · re-entered December 1, 2021
- Starlink 3138 · NORAD 49430 · in orbit
- Starlink 3153 · NORAD 49431 · in orbit
- Starlink 3158 · NORAD 49432 · in orbit
- Starlink 3079 · NORAD 49433 · in orbit
- Starlink 3134 · NORAD 49434 · in orbit
- Starlink 3117 · NORAD 49435 · in orbit
- Starlink 3049 · NORAD 49436 · in orbit
- Starlink 3130 · NORAD 49437 · in orbit
- Starlink 3044 · NORAD 49438 · in orbit
- Starlink 3108 · NORAD 49439 · re-entered May 16, 2024
- Starlink 3105 · NORAD 49440 · in orbit
- Starlink 3128 · NORAD 49441 · in orbit
- Starlink 3098 · NORAD 49442 · in orbit
- Starlink 3136 · NORAD 49443 · in orbit
- Starlink 3126 · NORAD 49444 · in orbit
- Starlink 3122 · NORAD 49445 · in orbit
- Starlink 3099 · NORAD 49446 · in orbit
- Starlink 3115 · NORAD 49447 · in orbit
- Starlink 3097 · NORAD 49448 · re-entered May 4, 2024
- Starlink 3137 · NORAD 49449 · in orbit
- Starlink 3127 · NORAD 49450 · in orbit
- Starlink 3125 · NORAD 49451 · in orbit
- Starlink 3150 · NORAD 49452 · in orbit
- Starlink 3129 · NORAD 49453 · in orbit
- Starlink 3160 · NORAD 49454 · in orbit
- Starlink 3145 · NORAD 49455 · in orbit
- Starlink 3124 · NORAD 49456 · in orbit
- Starlink 3132 · NORAD 49457 · in orbit
- Starlink 3156 · NORAD 49458 · in orbit
- Starlink 3141 · NORAD 49459 · in orbit
- Starlink 3140 · NORAD 49460 · in orbit
Data from J. McDowell, planet4589.org
About this launch
A batch of 53 satellites for Starlink mega-constellation - SpaceX's project for space-based Internet communication system.
Pad
Space Launch Complex 40, Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA
131st launch from Space Launch Complex 40, 14th this year · 827th from Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA
Local pad time at liftoff: Nov 13, 7:18 AM EST, in daylight
403 launches from this pad · 1,131 from Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA
135 days after the previous launch from this pad
Updates
Successful launch of 53 Starlink satellites
Show 5 earlier updates
24 hours turn around due to weather.
Cosmic_Penguin · 11/12/2021 · source
Added confirmation of using B1058.9.
Cosmic_Penguin · 11/12/2021 · source
Launch is GO
SwGustav · 11/11/2021 · source
Updating T-0
Nosu · 11/7/2021 · source
Next Starlink launch expected NET November 12 between 11:16 and 13:16 UTC.
Nosu · 11/5/2021 · source
Questions
When did Starlink Group 4-1 launch?
Starlink Group 4-1 launched on November 13, 2021 at 12:18 UTC.
Where can I watch Starlink Group 4-1?
Coverage: Falcon 9 Starlink 4-1; Starlink Mission. Watch the replay
What rocket launched Starlink Group 4-1?
Falcon 9 Block 5, flown by SpaceX. Falcon 9 Block 5 spec sheet
Where did Starlink Group 4-1 launch from?
Space Launch Complex 40, Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA. Liftoff was Nov 13, 7:18 AM EST local time at the pad.
Did the booster land?
Booster B1058 flew for the 9th time and landed at Just Read the Instructions.
What orbit did Starlink Group 4-1 reach?
The tracked orbit of Starlink 3151, one of 57 catalogued objects, from November 17, 2021, was 253 × 337 km inclined 53.2°.
How many satellites did Starlink Group 4-1 launch?
53 payloads from this launch are catalogued, 47 of them still in orbit (Data from J. McDowell, planet4589.org).
Which program is Starlink Group 4-1 part of?
Starlink. About Starlink