SpaceXFalcon 9 Block 5Space Launch Complex 4E, Vandenberg SFB, CA, USA
Starlink Group 4-13
Launched
May 13, 2022 · 22:07 UTC
Image: SpaceX
Summary
Starlink Group 4-13 launched on a SpaceX Falcon 9 Block 5 from Space Launch Complex 4E, Vandenberg SFB, CA, USA on May 13, 2022 at 22:07 UTC. It was SpaceX's 171st launch, 19th this year and humanity's 6,235th orbital launch attempt. It was the 97th Falcon 9 Block 5 flight and the 19th this year. Booster B1063 flew for the 5th time and landed at Of Course I Still Love You. The payload was bound for low Earth orbit (LEO). The tracked orbit of Starlink 3951, one of 57 catalogued objects, from May 18, 2022, was 331 × 333 km inclined 53.2°. 57 objects from this launch are catalogued, 53 of them payloads.
- Watch
- Falcon 9 Starlink 4-13The Space Devs
- Starlink MissionSpaceX
- Vehicle
- Falcon 9 Block 5 · SpaceXStarlink
- Booster
- B1063 · flight 5 · Autonomous Spaceport Drone Ship at Of Course I Still Love You · landed209/217 landed here · 77 days after its previous flight, Starlink Group 4-11 · 642 km downrange
- Mission
- Communications · Low Earth Orbit (LEO)
- Milestone
- 97th Falcon 9 Block 5 flight · 19th this yearSpaceX's 171st launch19th this yearhumanity's 6,235th orbital launch attempt53rd orbital launch attempt this year
Webcast
Flight preview
Simulate in Flight ClubOrbit: as tracked
Starlink 3951 · NORAD 52533 · 2022-051 · Space-Track · tracking 1 of 57 objects
Show the numbers for orbit elements
- Object
- TBA - TO BE ASSIGNED
- Object ID
- 2022-051A
- Epoch
- 2022-05-18 18:00:00 UTC
- Mean motion
- 15.81961342 rev/day
- Eccentricity
- 0.0001165
- Inclination
- 53.2183°
- Ascending node
- 269.373°
- Arg. of perigee
- 54.0115°
- Mean anomaly
- 282.4811°
- Element set
- 999
- Rev at epoch
- 130
- B*
- -0.0044584
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; 41 still in orbit
- Starlink 3951 · NORAD 52533 · re-entered January 17, 2025
- Starlink 3952 · NORAD 52534 · re-entered April 17, 2025
- Starlink 3958 · NORAD 52535 · in orbit
- Starlink 3964 · NORAD 52536 · in orbit
- Starlink 3897 · NORAD 52537 · in orbit
- Starlink 3933 · NORAD 52538 · in orbit
- Starlink 3757 · NORAD 52539 · in orbit
- Starlink 3940 · NORAD 52540 · in orbit
- Starlink 3845 · NORAD 52541 · in orbit
- Starlink 3937 · NORAD 52542 · in orbit
- Starlink 3926 · NORAD 52543 · in orbit
- Starlink 3944 · NORAD 52544 · in orbit
Show 41 more payloads
- Starlink 3939 · NORAD 52545 · re-entered May 25, 2024
- Starlink 3948 · NORAD 52546 · in orbit
- Starlink 3869 · NORAD 52547 · re-entered April 23, 2025
- Starlink 3931 · NORAD 52548 · in orbit
- Starlink 3935 · NORAD 52549 · in orbit
- Starlink 3965 · NORAD 52550 · in orbit
- Starlink 3969 · NORAD 52551 · in orbit
- Starlink 3966 · NORAD 52552 · in orbit
- Starlink 3858 · NORAD 52553 · re-entered July 2, 2026
- Starlink 3770 · NORAD 52554 · in orbit
- Starlink 3949 · NORAD 52555 · re-entered September 10, 2025
- Starlink 3763 · NORAD 52556 · re-entered February 1, 2026
- Starlink 3943 · NORAD 52557 · in orbit
- Starlink 3954 · NORAD 52558 · re-entered May 31, 2025
- Starlink 3953 · NORAD 52559 · in orbit
- Starlink 3956 · NORAD 52560 · in orbit
- Starlink 3955 · NORAD 52561 · in orbit
- Starlink 3957 · NORAD 52562 · in orbit
- Starlink 3942 · NORAD 52563 · in orbit
- Starlink 3959 · NORAD 52564 · in orbit
- Starlink 3911 · NORAD 52565 · in orbit
- Starlink 3938 · NORAD 52566 · in orbit
- Starlink 3929 · NORAD 52567 · in orbit
- Starlink 3930 · NORAD 52568 · in orbit
- Starlink 3927 · NORAD 52569 · in orbit
- Starlink 3924 · NORAD 52570 · re-entered December 27, 2024
- Starlink 3901 · NORAD 52574 · in orbit
- Starlink 3920 · NORAD 52575 · re-entered February 19, 2026
- Starlink 3932 · NORAD 52576 · in orbit
- Starlink 3836 · NORAD 52577 · in orbit
- Starlink 3833 · NORAD 52578 · in orbit
- Starlink 3893 · NORAD 52579 · re-entered September 18, 2026
- Starlink 3919 · NORAD 52580 · in orbit
- Starlink 3915 · NORAD 52581 · in orbit
- Starlink 3886 · NORAD 52582 · re-entered January 7, 2025
- Starlink 3895 · NORAD 52583 · in orbit
- Starlink 3922 · NORAD 52584 · in orbit
- Starlink 3906 · NORAD 52585 · in orbit
- Starlink 3910 · NORAD 52586 · in orbit
- Starlink 3867 · NORAD 52587 · in orbit
- Starlink 3917 · NORAD 52588 · 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 4E, Vandenberg SFB, CA, USA
91st launch from Space Launch Complex 4E, 4th this year · 697th from Vandenberg SFB, CA, USA
Local pad time at liftoff: May 13, 3:07 PM PDT, in daylight
303 launches from this pad · 919 from Vandenberg SFB, CA, USA
26 days after the previous launch from this pad
Updates
Successful deployment confirmed
Show 8 earlier updates
Liftoff
Nosu · 5/13/2022 · source
Webcast live
Nosu · 5/13/2022 · source
Weather 40%
Jay · 5/12/2022 · source
Set GO for launch May 13
Cosmic_Penguin · 5/12/2022 · source
New launch time
Cosmic_Penguin · 5/10/2022 · source
NET May 12
Cosmic_Penguin · 5/9/2022 · source
New launch date.
Cosmic_Penguin · 4/28/2022 · source
Adding launch TBD May
Nosu · 3/25/2022 · source
Questions
When did Starlink Group 4-13 launch?
Starlink Group 4-13 launched on May 13, 2022 at 22:07 UTC.
Where can I watch Starlink Group 4-13?
Coverage: Falcon 9 Starlink 4-13; Starlink Mission. Watch the replay
What rocket launched Starlink Group 4-13?
Falcon 9 Block 5, flown by SpaceX. Falcon 9 Block 5 spec sheet
Where did Starlink Group 4-13 launch from?
Space Launch Complex 4E, Vandenberg SFB, CA, USA. Liftoff was May 13, 3:07 PM PDT local time at the pad.
Did the booster land?
Booster B1063 flew for the 5th time and landed at Of Course I Still Love You.
What orbit did Starlink Group 4-13 reach?
The tracked orbit of Starlink 3951, one of 57 catalogued objects, from May 18, 2022, was 331 × 333 km inclined 53.2°.
How many satellites did Starlink Group 4-13 launch?
53 payloads from this launch are catalogued, 41 of them still in orbit (Data from J. McDowell, planet4589.org).
Which program is Starlink Group 4-13 part of?
Starlink. About Starlink