SpaceXFalcon 9 Block 5Launch Complex 39A, Kennedy Space Center, FL, USA
Starlink Group 4-17
Launched
May 6, 2022
Image: SpaceX
Summary
Starlink Group 4-17 launched on a SpaceX Falcon 9 Block 5 from Launch Complex 39A, Kennedy Space Center, FL, USA on May 6, 2022. It was SpaceX's 170th launch, 18th this year and humanity's 6,232nd orbital launch attempt. It was the 96th Falcon 9 Block 5 flight and the 18th this year. Booster B1058 flew for the 12th time and landed at A Shortfall of Gravitas. The payload was bound for low Earth orbit (LEO). The tracked orbit of Starlink 3870, one of 57 catalogued objects, from May 13, 2022, was 338 × 340 km inclined 53.2°. 57 objects from this launch are catalogued, 53 of them payloads.
- Watch
- Falcon 9 Starlink 4-17The Space Devs
- Starlink MissionSpaceX
- Vehicle
- Falcon 9 Block 5 · SpaceXStarlink
- Booster
- B1058 · flight 12 · Autonomous Spaceport Drone Ship at A Shortfall of Gravitas · landed161/162 landed here · 73 days after its previous flight, Starlink Group 4-8 · 634 km downrange
- Mission
- Communications · Low Earth Orbit (LEO)
- Milestone
- 96th Falcon 9 Block 5 flight · 18th this yearSpaceX's 170th launch18th this yearhumanity's 6,232nd orbital launch attempt50th orbital launch attempt this year
Webcast
Flight preview
Simulate in Flight ClubOrbit: as tracked
Starlink 3870 · NORAD 52451 · 2022-049 · Space-Track · tracking 1 of 57 objects
Show the numbers for orbit elements
- Object
- TBA - TO BE ASSIGNED
- Object ID
- 2022-049A
- Epoch
- 2022-05-13 14:00:01 UTC
- Mean motion
- 15.79637486 rev/day
- Eccentricity
- 0.0001384
- Inclination
- 53.2176°
- Ascending node
- 230.8851°
- Arg. of perigee
- 42.0568°
- Mean anomaly
- 288.5991°
- Element set
- 999
- Rev at epoch
- 130
- B*
- -0.0052216
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; 46 still in orbit
- Starlink 3870 · NORAD 52451 · re-entered May 26, 2026
- Starlink 3909 · NORAD 52452 · in orbit
- Starlink 3872 · NORAD 52453 · in orbit
- Starlink 3888 · NORAD 52454 · in orbit
- Starlink 3890 · NORAD 52455 · in orbit
- Starlink 3896 · NORAD 52456 · in orbit
- Starlink 3899 · NORAD 52457 · in orbit
- Starlink 3898 · NORAD 52458 · in orbit
- Starlink 3856 · NORAD 52459 · in orbit
- Starlink 3865 · NORAD 52460 · re-entered January 1, 2025
- Starlink 3900 · NORAD 52461 · in orbit
- Starlink 3903 · NORAD 52462 · in orbit
Show 41 more payloads
- Starlink 3885 · NORAD 52463 · in orbit
- Starlink 3904 · NORAD 52464 · in orbit
- Starlink 3863 · NORAD 52465 · in orbit
- Starlink 3840 · NORAD 52466 · re-entered May 17, 2025
- Starlink 3873 · NORAD 52467 · in orbit
- Starlink 3864 · NORAD 52468 · in orbit
- Starlink 3828 · NORAD 52469 · in orbit
- Starlink 3859 · NORAD 52470 · in orbit
- Starlink 3862 · NORAD 52471 · in orbit
- Starlink 3881 · NORAD 52472 · in orbit
- Starlink 3879 · NORAD 52473 · in orbit
- Starlink 3855 · NORAD 52474 · re-entered March 25, 2026
- Starlink 3882 · NORAD 52475 · in orbit
- Starlink 3835 · NORAD 52476 · in orbit
- Starlink 3860 · NORAD 52477 · in orbit
- Starlink 3825 · NORAD 52478 · in orbit
- Starlink 3878 · NORAD 52479 · in orbit
- Starlink 3839 · NORAD 52480 · in orbit
- Starlink 3842 · NORAD 52481 · re-entered December 16, 2024
- Starlink 3813 · NORAD 52482 · in orbit
- Starlink 3875 · NORAD 52483 · in orbit
- Starlink 3887 · NORAD 52484 · in orbit
- Starlink 3913 · NORAD 52485 · in orbit
- Starlink 3918 · NORAD 52486 · in orbit
- Starlink 3902 · NORAD 52487 · in orbit
- Starlink 3892 · NORAD 52488 · in orbit
- Starlink 3923 · NORAD 52489 · in orbit
- Starlink 3914 · NORAD 52490 · in orbit
- Starlink 3908 · NORAD 52491 · in orbit
- Starlink 3916 · NORAD 52492 · in orbit
- Starlink 3883 · NORAD 52493 · in orbit
- Starlink 3857 · NORAD 52494 · in orbit
- Starlink 3905 · NORAD 52495 · re-entered March 27, 2025
- Starlink 3871 · NORAD 52496 · in orbit
- Starlink 3884 · NORAD 52497 · in orbit
- Starlink 3925 · NORAD 52498 · in orbit
- Starlink 3894 · NORAD 52499 · re-entered July 17, 2026
- Starlink 3866 · NORAD 52500 · in orbit
- Starlink 3907 · NORAD 52501 · in orbit
- Starlink 3912 · NORAD 52502 · in orbit
- Starlink 3861 · NORAD 52503 · 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
Launch Complex 39A, Kennedy Space Center, FL, USA
144th launch from Launch Complex 39A, 7th this year · 201st from Kennedy Space Center, FL, USA
224 launches from this pad · 283 from Kennedy Space Center, FL, USA
9 days 1 hour after the previous launch from this pad
Updates
Successful deployment confirmed
Show 9 earlier updates
Liftoff
SwGustav · 5/6/2022
Weather >90%
Jay · 5/6/2022 · source
Adjusting T-0
Jay · 5/4/2022 · source
Updating T-0
Nosu · 5/4/2022 · source
Weather 90%
Nosu · 5/3/2022 · source
Updating T-0
Nosu · 5/2/2022 · source
NET May 6
Cosmic_Penguin · 5/2/2022 · source
New launch date
Cosmic_Penguin · 4/28/2022 · source
NET May 8
Nosu · 4/22/2022 · source
Questions
When did Starlink Group 4-17 launch?
Starlink Group 4-17 launched on May 6, 2022. The time is known to the hour, not the minute.
Where can I watch Starlink Group 4-17?
Coverage: Falcon 9 Starlink 4-17; Starlink Mission. Watch the replay
What rocket launched Starlink Group 4-17?
Falcon 9 Block 5, flown by SpaceX. Falcon 9 Block 5 spec sheet
Where did Starlink Group 4-17 launch from?
Launch Complex 39A, Kennedy Space Center, FL, USA.
Did the booster land?
Booster B1058 flew for the 12th time and landed at A Shortfall of Gravitas.
What orbit did Starlink Group 4-17 reach?
The tracked orbit of Starlink 3870, one of 57 catalogued objects, from May 13, 2022, was 338 × 340 km inclined 53.2°.
How many satellites did Starlink Group 4-17 launch?
53 payloads from this launch are catalogued, 46 of them still in orbit (Data from J. McDowell, planet4589.org).
Which program is Starlink Group 4-17 part of?
Starlink. About Starlink