SpaceXFalcon 9 Block 5Space Launch Complex 40, Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA
Starlink Group 4-15
Launched
May 14, 2022
Image: SpaceX
Summary
Starlink Group 4-15 launched on a SpaceX Falcon 9 Block 5 from Space Launch Complex 40, Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA on May 14, 2022. It was SpaceX's 172nd launch, 20th this year and humanity's 6,236th orbital launch attempt. It was the 98th Falcon 9 Block 5 flight and the 20th this year. Booster B1073 flew for the 1st time and landed at Just Read the Instructions. The payload was bound for low Earth orbit (LEO). The tracked orbit of Starlink 4019, one of 57 catalogued objects, from May 20, 2022, was 337 × 338 km inclined 53.2°. 57 objects from this launch are catalogued, 53 of them payloads.
- Watch
- Falcon 9 Starlink 4-15The Space Devs
- Starlink MissionSpaceX
- Vehicle
- Falcon 9 Block 5 · SpaceXStarlink
- Booster
- B1073 · flight 1 · Autonomous Spaceport Drone Ship at Just Read the Instructions · landed156/157 landed here · 626 km downrange
- Mission
- Communications · Low Earth Orbit (LEO)
- Milestone
- 98th Falcon 9 Block 5 flight · 20th this yearSpaceX's 172nd launch20th this yearhumanity's 6,236th orbital launch attempt54th orbital launch attempt this year
Webcast
Flight preview
Simulate in Flight ClubOrbit: as tracked
Starlink 4019 · NORAD 52598 · 2022-052 · Space-Track · tracking 1 of 57 objects
Show the numbers for orbit elements
- Object
- TBA - TO BE ASSIGNED
- Object ID
- 2022-052A
- Epoch
- 2022-05-20 16:00:00 UTC
- Mean motion
- 15.80006826 rev/day
- Eccentricity
- 0.0000948
- Inclination
- 53.2173°
- Ascending node
- 50.8568°
- Arg. of perigee
- 90.5367°
- Mean anomaly
- 306.477°
- Element set
- 999
- Rev at epoch
- 130
- B*
- -0.0051046
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; 49 still in orbit
- Starlink 4019 · NORAD 52598 · in orbit
- Starlink 4024 · NORAD 52599 · in orbit
- Starlink 4026 · NORAD 52600 · in orbit
- Starlink 4027 · NORAD 52601 · in orbit
- Starlink 4012 · NORAD 52602 · in orbit
- Starlink 4016 · NORAD 52603 · in orbit
- Starlink 4013 · NORAD 52604 · in orbit
- Starlink 4000 · NORAD 52605 · in orbit
- Starlink 3928 · NORAD 52606 · in orbit
- Starlink 3947 · NORAD 52607 · in orbit
- Starlink 3979 · NORAD 52608 · in orbit
- Starlink 3997 · NORAD 52609 · in orbit
Show 41 more payloads
- Starlink 3998 · NORAD 52610 · in orbit
- Starlink 3980 · NORAD 52611 · in orbit
- Starlink 4002 · NORAD 52612 · in orbit
- Starlink 3921 · NORAD 52613 · re-entered September 18, 2024
- Starlink 3982 · NORAD 52614 · in orbit
- Starlink 4011 · NORAD 52615 · in orbit
- Starlink 4015 · NORAD 52616 · re-entered February 2, 2026
- Starlink 3996 · NORAD 52617 · in orbit
- Starlink 3983 · NORAD 52618 · in orbit
- Starlink 3741 · NORAD 52619 · in orbit
- Starlink 3975 · NORAD 52620 · in orbit
- Starlink 3984 · NORAD 52621 · in orbit
- Starlink 4008 · NORAD 52622 · in orbit
- Starlink 3986 · NORAD 52623 · in orbit
- Starlink 4009 · NORAD 52624 · re-entered January 5, 2025
- Starlink 3988 · NORAD 52625 · in orbit
- Starlink 3990 · NORAD 52626 · in orbit
- Starlink 3992 · NORAD 52627 · in orbit
- Starlink 4001 · NORAD 52628 · in orbit
- Starlink 4022 · NORAD 52629 · in orbit
- Starlink 3989 · NORAD 52630 · in orbit
- Starlink 3794 · NORAD 52631 · in orbit
- Starlink 3995 · NORAD 52632 · in orbit
- Starlink 3994 · NORAD 52633 · in orbit
- Starlink 3974 · NORAD 52634 · in orbit
- Starlink 3978 · NORAD 52635 · in orbit
- Starlink 3967 · NORAD 52636 · in orbit
- Starlink 3961 · NORAD 52637 · in orbit
- Starlink 3941 · NORAD 52638 · in orbit
- Starlink 3968 · NORAD 52639 · in orbit
- Starlink 3977 · NORAD 52640 · in orbit
- Starlink 3991 · NORAD 52641 · in orbit
- Starlink 3971 · NORAD 52642 · in orbit
- Starlink 3963 · NORAD 52643 · in orbit
- Starlink 3985 · NORAD 52644 · in orbit
- Starlink 3973 · NORAD 52645 · in orbit
- Starlink 3832 · NORAD 52646 · in orbit
- Starlink 3846 · NORAD 52647 · re-entered November 14, 2025
- Starlink 3854 · NORAD 52648 · in orbit
- Starlink 3868 · NORAD 52649 · in orbit
- Starlink 3891 · NORAD 52650 · in orbit
Data from J. McDowell, planet4589.org
About this launch
A batch of satellites for Starlink mega-constellation - SpaceX's project for space-based Internet communication system.
Pad
Space Launch Complex 40, Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA
142nd launch from Space Launch Complex 40, 9th this year · 842nd from Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA
403 launches from this pad · 1,131 from Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA
14 days after the previous launch from this pad
Updates
Successful deployment confirmed
Show 9 earlier updates
Liftoff
Nosu · 5/14/2022 · source
Webcast live
Nosu · 5/14/2022 · source
Adjusting T-0 and setting GO
Nosu · 5/13/2022 · source
Weather 80%
Nosu · 5/13/2022 · source
New launch time
Cosmic_Penguin · 5/13/2022 · source
Weather 70%
Jay · 5/11/2022 · source
Moved to May 14
Cosmic_Penguin · 5/10/2022 · source
Adjusting T-0
SwGustav · 5/8/2022 · source
Moved to May 13 at approximately 6:00 UTC
Nosu · 5/7/2022 · source
Questions
When did Starlink Group 4-15 launch?
Starlink Group 4-15 launched on May 14, 2022. The time is known to the hour, not the minute.
Where can I watch Starlink Group 4-15?
Coverage: Falcon 9 Starlink 4-15; Starlink Mission. Watch the replay
What rocket launched Starlink Group 4-15?
Falcon 9 Block 5, flown by SpaceX. Falcon 9 Block 5 spec sheet
Where did Starlink Group 4-15 launch from?
Space Launch Complex 40, Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA.
Did the booster land?
Booster B1073 flew for the 1st time and landed at Just Read the Instructions.
What orbit did Starlink Group 4-15 reach?
The tracked orbit of Starlink 4019, one of 57 catalogued objects, from May 20, 2022, was 337 × 338 km inclined 53.2°.
How many satellites did Starlink Group 4-15 launch?
53 payloads from this launch are catalogued, 49 of them still in orbit (Data from J. McDowell, planet4589.org).
Which program is Starlink Group 4-15 part of?
Starlink. About Starlink