SpaceXFalcon 9 Block 5Space Launch Complex 40, Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA
Starlink Group 4-20 & Varuna-TDM
Launched
September 5, 2022
Image: SpaceX
Summary
Starlink Group 4-20 & Varuna-TDM launched on a SpaceX Falcon 9 Block 5 from Space Launch Complex 40, Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA on September 5, 2022. It was SpaceX's 192nd launch, 40th this year and humanity's 6,293rd orbital launch attempt. It was the 118th Falcon 9 Block 5 flight and the 40th this year. Booster B1052 flew for the 7th time and landed at Just Read the Instructions. The payload was bound for low Earth orbit (LEO). The tracked orbit of Starlink 4725, one of 57 catalogued objects, from September 12, 2022, was 339 × 340 km inclined 53.2°. 57 objects from this launch are catalogued, 52 of them payloads.
- Watch
- Starlink MissionSpaceX
- Vehicle
- Falcon 9 Block 5 · SpaceXStarlink
- Booster
- B1052 · flight 7 · Autonomous Spaceport Drone Ship at Just Read the Instructions · landed156/157 landed here · 31 days after its previous flight, Danuri (KPLO - Korean Pathfinder Lunar Orbiter) · 640 km downrange
- Mission
- Communications · Low Earth Orbit (LEO)
- Milestone
- 118th Falcon 9 Block 5 flight · 40th this yearSpaceX's 192nd launch40th this yearhumanity's 6,293rd orbital launch attempt111th orbital launch attempt this year
Webcast
Flight preview
Simulate in Flight ClubOrbit: as tracked
Starlink 4725 · NORAD 53700 · 2022-107 · Space-Track · tracking 1 of 57 objects
Show the numbers for orbit elements
- Object
- TBA - TO BE ASSIGNED
- Object ID
- 2022-107A
- Epoch
- 2022-09-12 14:00:01 UTC
- Mean motion
- 15.79267227 rev/day
- Eccentricity
- 0.0000938
- Inclination
- 53.2172°
- Ascending node
- 236.0957°
- Arg. of perigee
- 96.0237°
- Mean anomaly
- 252.7697°
- Element set
- 999
- Rev at epoch
- 130
- B*
- -0.0073446
Perigee, apogee and period are Kepler figures from the catalogued mean elements, not a propagated state. Published orbit: LEO.
Catalogued objects
57 catalogued: 52 payloads, 5 components; 41 still in orbit
- Starlink 4725 · NORAD 53700 · in orbit
- Starlink 4711 · NORAD 53701 · in orbit
- Starlink 4724 · NORAD 53702 · in orbit
- Starlink 4731 · NORAD 53703 · in orbit
- Starlink 4714 · NORAD 53704 · in orbit
- Starlink 4717 · NORAD 53705 · in orbit
- Starlink 4716 · NORAD 53706 · in orbit
- Starlink 4667 · NORAD 53707 · in orbit
- Starlink 4694 · NORAD 53708 · in orbit
- Starlink 4685 · NORAD 53709 · in orbit
- Starlink 4696 · NORAD 53710 · re-entered October 24, 2022
- Starlink 4627 · NORAD 53711 · in orbit
Show 40 more payloads
- Starlink 4683 · NORAD 53712 · in orbit
- Starlink 4698 · NORAD 53713 · re-entered August 30, 2025
- Starlink 4688 · NORAD 53714 · re-entered January 1, 2025
- Starlink 4686 · NORAD 53715 · in orbit
- Starlink 4699 · NORAD 53716 · in orbit
- Starlink 4702 · NORAD 53717 · re-entered October 24, 2022
- Starlink 4695 · NORAD 53718 · in orbit
- Starlink 4644 · NORAD 53719 · in orbit
- Starlink 4642 · NORAD 53720 · in orbit
- Starlink 4707 · NORAD 53721 · in orbit
- Starlink 4700 · NORAD 53722 · in orbit
- Starlink 4705 · NORAD 53723 · in orbit
- Starlink 4663 · NORAD 53724 · in orbit
- Starlink 4704 · NORAD 53725 · re-entered October 30, 2022
- Starlink 4697 · NORAD 53726 · in orbit
- Starlink 4701 · NORAD 53727 · in orbit
- Starlink 4640 · NORAD 53728 · in orbit
- Starlink 4651 · NORAD 53729 · in orbit
- Starlink 4641 · NORAD 53730 · in orbit
- Starlink 4636 · NORAD 53731 · in orbit
- Starlink 4661 · NORAD 53732 · in orbit
- Starlink 4574 · NORAD 53733 · in orbit
- Starlink 4616 · NORAD 53734 · in orbit
- Starlink 4618 · NORAD 53735 · in orbit
- Starlink 4652 · NORAD 53736 · in orbit
- Starlink 4646 · NORAD 53737 · re-entered February 10, 2026
- Starlink 4662 · NORAD 53738 · in orbit
- Starlink 4613 · NORAD 53739 · re-entered October 17, 2022
- Starlink 4607 · NORAD 53740 · in orbit
- Starlink 4614 · NORAD 53741 · re-entered August 2, 2025
- Starlink 4637 · NORAD 53742 · in orbit
- Starlink 4645 · NORAD 53743 · in orbit
- Starlink 4670 · NORAD 53744 · in orbit
- Starlink 4656 · NORAD 53745 · in orbit
- Starlink 4589 · NORAD 53746 · in orbit
- Starlink 4657 · NORAD 53747 · re-entered October 7, 2022
- Starlink 4669 · NORAD 53748 · re-entered February 7, 2025
- Starlink 4680 · NORAD 53749 · re-entered April 22, 2025
- Starlink 4612 · NORAD 53750 · in orbit
- Varuna TDM · NORAD 53754 · in orbit
Data from J. McDowell, planet4589.org
About this launch
A batch of 51 satellites for Starlink mega-constellation - SpaceX's project for space-based Internet communication system. Spaceflight's propulsive Sherpa-LTC2 space tug is also onboard as a rideshare to deploy into Boeing’s Varuna Technology Demonstration Mission in a higher orbit.
Pad
Space Launch Complex 40, Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA
152nd launch from Space Launch Complex 40, 19th this year · 856th from Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA
403 launches from this pad · 1,131 from Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA
7 days 22 hours after the previous launch from this pad
Updates
Successful deployment of 51 Starlink satellites and Sherpa-LTC rideshare
Show 9 earlier updates
Liftoff
SwGustav · 9/5/2022 · source
Coverage is live
SwGustav · 9/5/2022 · source
Setting GO
SwGustav · 9/3/2022 · source
New launch time
Cosmic_Penguin · 9/3/2022 · source
Weather 80%
Nosu · 9/1/2022 · source
Adjusting T-0
Cosmic_Penguin · 8/23/2022 · source
Targeting September 4 evening EDT.
Nosu · 8/22/2022 · source
Targeting September 4
Nosu · 8/19/2022 · source
Adding rideshare payload
Nosu · 8/16/2022 · source
Questions
When did Starlink Group 4-20 & Varuna-TDM launch?
Starlink Group 4-20 & Varuna-TDM launched on September 5, 2022. The time is known to the hour, not the minute.
Where can I watch Starlink Group 4-20 & Varuna-TDM?
Coverage: Starlink Mission. Watch the replay
What rocket launched Starlink Group 4-20 & Varuna-TDM?
Falcon 9 Block 5, flown by SpaceX. Falcon 9 Block 5 spec sheet
Where did Starlink Group 4-20 & Varuna-TDM launch from?
Space Launch Complex 40, Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA.
Did the booster land?
Booster B1052 flew for the 7th time and landed at Just Read the Instructions.
What orbit did Starlink Group 4-20 & Varuna-TDM reach?
The tracked orbit of Starlink 4725, one of 57 catalogued objects, from September 12, 2022, was 339 × 340 km inclined 53.2°.
How many satellites did Starlink Group 4-20 & Varuna-TDM launch?
52 payloads from this launch are catalogued, 41 of them still in orbit (Data from J. McDowell, planet4589.org).
Which program is Starlink Group 4-20 & Varuna-TDM part of?
Starlink. About Starlink