SpaceXFalcon 9 Block 5Launch Complex 39A, Kennedy Space Center, FL, USA
Starlink Group 4-2 & BlueWalker 3
Launched
September 11, 2022
Image: SpaceX
Summary
Starlink Group 4-2 & BlueWalker 3 launched on a SpaceX Falcon 9 Block 5 from Launch Complex 39A, Kennedy Space Center, FL, USA on September 11, 2022. It was SpaceX's 193rd launch, 41st this year and humanity's 6,297th orbital launch attempt. It was the 119th Falcon 9 Block 5 flight and the 41st this year. Booster B1058 flew for the 14th time and landed at A Shortfall of Gravitas. The payload was bound for low Earth orbit (LEO). The tracked orbit of Starlink 4718, one of 41 catalogued objects, from September 19, 2022, was 356 × 358 km inclined 53.2°. 41 objects from this launch are catalogued, 35 of them payloads.
- Watch
- Starlink MissionSpaceX
- Vehicle
- Falcon 9 Block 5 · SpaceXStarlink
- Booster
- B1058 · flight 14 · Autonomous Spaceport Drone Ship at A Shortfall of Gravitas · landed161/162 landed here · 65 days after its previous flight, Starlink Group 4-21 · 657 km downrange
- Mission
- Communications · Low Earth Orbit (LEO)
- Milestone
- 119th Falcon 9 Block 5 flight · 41st this yearSpaceX's 193rd launch41st this yearhumanity's 6,297th orbital launch attempt115th orbital launch attempt this year
Webcast
Flight preview
Simulate in Flight ClubOrbit: as tracked
Starlink 4718 · NORAD 53773 · 2022-111 · Space-Track · tracking 1 of 41 objects
Show the numbers for orbit elements
- Object
- TBA - TO BE ASSIGNED
- Object ID
- 2022-111A
- Epoch
- 2022-09-19 18:00:00 UTC
- Mean motion
- 15.73183945 rev/day
- Eccentricity
- 0.0001093
- Inclination
- 53.2145°
- Ascending node
- 224.0967°
- Arg. of perigee
- 106.3637°
- Mean anomaly
- 310.3375°
- Element set
- 999
- Rev at epoch
- 130
- B*
- 0.000034272
Perigee, apogee and period are Kepler figures from the catalogued mean elements, not a propagated state. Published orbit: LEO.
Catalogued objects
41 catalogued: 35 payloads, 6 components; 28 still in orbit
- Starlink 4718 · NORAD 53773 · in orbit
- Starlink 4719 · NORAD 53774 · in orbit
- Starlink 4722 · NORAD 53775 · in orbit
- Starlink 4708 · NORAD 53776 · re-entered July 24, 2025
- Starlink 4664 · NORAD 53777 · in orbit
- Starlink 4709 · NORAD 53778 · in orbit
- Starlink 4706 · NORAD 53779 · in orbit
- Starlink 4678 · NORAD 53780 · in orbit
- Starlink 4462 · NORAD 53781 · in orbit
- Starlink 4679 · NORAD 53782 · re-entered July 1, 2026
- Starlink 4536 · NORAD 53783 · in orbit
- Starlink 4687 · NORAD 53784 · in orbit
Show 23 more payloads
- Starlink 4638 · NORAD 53785 · re-entered November 16, 2022
- Starlink 4631 · NORAD 53786 · re-entered August 23, 2025
- Starlink 4743 · NORAD 53787 · in orbit
- Starlink 4744 · NORAD 53788 · re-entered November 15, 2022
- Starlink 4666 · NORAD 53789 · in orbit
- Starlink 4734 · NORAD 53790 · in orbit
- Starlink 4736 · NORAD 53791 · re-entered November 14, 2022
- Starlink 4739 · NORAD 53792 · in orbit
- Starlink 4728 · NORAD 53793 · in orbit
- Starlink 4730 · NORAD 53794 · in orbit
- Starlink 4742 · NORAD 53795 · in orbit
- Starlink 4721 · NORAD 53796 · re-entered August 31, 2024
- Starlink 4723 · NORAD 53797 · in orbit
- Starlink 4712 · NORAD 53798 · in orbit
- Starlink 4710 · NORAD 53799 · in orbit
- Starlink 4720 · NORAD 53800 · in orbit
- Starlink 4715 · NORAD 53801 · in orbit
- Starlink 4726 · NORAD 53802 · in orbit
- Starlink 4727 · NORAD 53803 · in orbit
- Starlink 4729 · NORAD 53804 · in orbit
- Starlink 4763 · NORAD 53805 · in orbit
- Starlink 4768 · NORAD 53806 · in orbit
- BlueWalker 3 · NORAD 53807 · in orbit
Data from J. McDowell, planet4589.org
About this launch
A batch of 34 satellites for Starlink mega-constellation - SpaceX's project for space-based Internet communication system. BlueWalker 3 is a rideshare test satellite for AST SpaceMobile’s planned space-based cellular broadband network.
Pad
Launch Complex 39A, Kennedy Space Center, FL, USA
150th launch from Launch Complex 39A, 13th this year · 207th from Kennedy Space Center, FL, USA
224 launches from this pad · 283 from Kennedy Space Center, FL, USA
31 days after the previous launch from this pad
Updates
Successful deployment of Starlink satellites and BlueWalker 3
Show 9 earlier updates
Liftoff
SwGustav · 9/11/2022 · source
Coverage live
SwGustav · 9/11/2022 · source
Updating T-0
SwGustav · 9/11/2022 · source
Setting GO
Nosu · 9/9/2022 · source
Adjusting T-0
Nosu · 9/8/2022 · source
Adjusting T-0
Nosu · 9/8/2022 · source
Updating T-0 to approximately 01:00 UTC (9pm EDT).
Nosu · 9/8/2022 · source
Weather 60%
Nosu · 9/7/2022 · source
Adjusting T-0
Nosu · 9/3/2022 · source
Questions
When did Starlink Group 4-2 & BlueWalker 3 launch?
Starlink Group 4-2 & BlueWalker 3 launched on September 11, 2022. The time is known to the hour, not the minute.
Where can I watch Starlink Group 4-2 & BlueWalker 3?
Coverage: Starlink Mission. Watch the replay
What rocket launched Starlink Group 4-2 & BlueWalker 3?
Falcon 9 Block 5, flown by SpaceX. Falcon 9 Block 5 spec sheet
Where did Starlink Group 4-2 & BlueWalker 3 launch from?
Launch Complex 39A, Kennedy Space Center, FL, USA.
Did the booster land?
Booster B1058 flew for the 14th time and landed at A Shortfall of Gravitas.
What orbit did Starlink Group 4-2 & BlueWalker 3 reach?
The tracked orbit of Starlink 4718, one of 41 catalogued objects, from September 19, 2022, was 356 × 358 km inclined 53.2°.
How many satellites did Starlink Group 4-2 & BlueWalker 3 launch?
35 payloads from this launch are catalogued, 28 of them still in orbit (Data from J. McDowell, planet4589.org).
Which program is Starlink Group 4-2 & BlueWalker 3 part of?
Starlink. About Starlink