SpaceXFalcon 9 Block 5Space Launch Complex 40, Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA
Starlink Group 4-21
Launched
July 7, 2022
Image: SpaceX
Summary
Starlink Group 4-21 launched on a SpaceX Falcon 9 Block 5 from Space Launch Complex 40, Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA on July 7, 2022. It was SpaceX's 180th launch, 28th this year and humanity's 6,261st orbital launch attempt. It was the 106th Falcon 9 Block 5 flight and the 28th this year. Booster B1058 flew for the 13th time and landed at Just Read the Instructions. The payload was bound for low Earth orbit (LEO). The tracked orbit of Starlink 4260, one of 57 catalogued objects, from July 12, 2022, was 295 × 337 km inclined 53.2°. 57 objects from this launch are catalogued, 53 of them payloads.
- Watch
- Starlink MissionSpaceX
- Vehicle
- Falcon 9 Block 5 · SpaceXStarlink
- Booster
- B1058 · flight 13 · Autonomous Spaceport Drone Ship at Just Read the Instructions · landed156/157 landed here · 62 days after its previous flight, Starlink Group 4-17 · 664 km downrange
- Mission
- Communications · Low Earth Orbit (LEO)
- Milestone
- 106th Falcon 9 Block 5 flight · 28th this yearSpaceX's 180th launch28th this yearhumanity's 6,261st orbital launch attempt79th orbital launch attempt this year
Webcast
Flight preview
Simulate in Flight ClubOrbit: as tracked
Starlink 4260 · NORAD 52986 · 2022-076 · Space-Track · tracking 1 of 57 objects
Show the numbers for orbit elements
- Object
- TBA - TO BE ASSIGNED
- Object ID
- 2022-076A
- Epoch
- 2022-07-12 16:00:00 UTC
- Mean motion
- 15.87788818 rev/day
- Eccentricity
- 0.0031363
- Inclination
- 53.2174°
- Ascending node
- 354.594°
- Arg. of perigee
- 54.5186°
- Mean anomaly
- 168.3452°
- Element set
- 999
- Rev at epoch
- 130
- B*
- -0.0041549
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; 48 still in orbit
- Starlink 4260 · NORAD 52986 · in orbit
- Starlink 4259 · NORAD 52987 · in orbit
- Starlink 4291 · NORAD 52988 · in orbit
- Starlink 4293 · NORAD 52989 · re-entered October 7, 2026
- Starlink 4286 · NORAD 52990 · in orbit
- Starlink 4285 · NORAD 52991 · in orbit
- Starlink 4269 · NORAD 52992 · in orbit
- Starlink 4264 · NORAD 52993 · re-entered January 31, 2026
- Starlink 4256 · NORAD 52994 · in orbit
- Starlink 4296 · NORAD 52995 · in orbit
- Starlink 4295 · NORAD 52996 · in orbit
- Starlink 4301 · NORAD 52997 · re-entered February 5, 2025
Show 41 more payloads
- Starlink 4254 · NORAD 52998 · in orbit
- Starlink 4217 · NORAD 52999 · in orbit
- Starlink 4194 · NORAD 53000 · in orbit
- Starlink 4190 · NORAD 53001 · in orbit
- Starlink 4121 · NORAD 53002 · in orbit
- Starlink 4255 · NORAD 53003 · in orbit
- Starlink 4253 · NORAD 53004 · in orbit
- Starlink 4288 · NORAD 53005 · in orbit
- Starlink 4290 · NORAD 53006 · in orbit
- Starlink 4215 · NORAD 53007 · in orbit
- Starlink 4275 · NORAD 53008 · in orbit
- Starlink 4277 · NORAD 53009 · in orbit
- Starlink 4263 · NORAD 53010 · in orbit
- Starlink 4265 · NORAD 53011 · in orbit
- Starlink 4271 · NORAD 53012 · in orbit
- Starlink 4177 · NORAD 53013 · in orbit
- Starlink 4183 · NORAD 53014 · in orbit
- Starlink 4262 · NORAD 53015 · in orbit
- Starlink 4283 · NORAD 53016 · in orbit
- Starlink 4281 · NORAD 53017 · in orbit
- Starlink 4279 · NORAD 53018 · in orbit
- Starlink 4282 · NORAD 53019 · in orbit
- Starlink 4287 · NORAD 53020 · in orbit
- Starlink 4203 · NORAD 53021 · re-entered December 18, 2024
- Starlink 4216 · NORAD 53022 · in orbit
- Starlink 4284 · NORAD 53023 · in orbit
- Starlink 4289 · NORAD 53024 · in orbit
- Starlink 4218 · NORAD 53025 · in orbit
- Starlink 4119 · NORAD 53026 · in orbit
- Starlink 4158 · NORAD 53027 · in orbit
- Starlink 4161 · NORAD 53028 · re-entered November 14, 2022
- Starlink 4143 · NORAD 53029 · in orbit
- Starlink 4160 · NORAD 53030 · in orbit
- Starlink 4137 · NORAD 53031 · in orbit
- Starlink 4115 · NORAD 53032 · in orbit
- Starlink 4167 · NORAD 53033 · in orbit
- Starlink 4151 · NORAD 53034 · in orbit
- Starlink 4157 · NORAD 53035 · in orbit
- Starlink 4155 · NORAD 53036 · in orbit
- Starlink 4153 · NORAD 53037 · in orbit
- Starlink 4156 · NORAD 53038 · 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 40, Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA
147th launch from Space Launch Complex 40, 14th this year · 850th from Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA
403 launches from this pad · 1,131 from Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA
7 days 16 hours after the previous launch from this pad
Updates
Successful deployment of 53 Starlink satellites confirmed
Show 9 earlier updates
Liftoff
Nosu · 7/7/2022 · source
Webcast live
Nosu · 7/7/2022 · source
Setting GO
SwGustav · 7/6/2022 · source
Adjusting T-0
Nosu · 7/6/2022 · source
Weather 80%
Nosu · 7/4/2022 · source
Targeting approximately 13:00 UTC
Nosu · 7/2/2022 · source
Targeting July 7 at approximately 22:30 UTC.
Nosu · 6/22/2022 · source
Targeting June 26 at 00:43 UTC (8:43pm EDT on the 25th)
Nosu · 6/19/2022 · source
Moved forward to late June
Nosu · 6/17/2022 · source
Questions
When did Starlink Group 4-21 launch?
Starlink Group 4-21 launched on July 7, 2022. The time is known to the hour, not the minute.
Where can I watch Starlink Group 4-21?
Coverage: Starlink Mission. Watch the replay
What rocket launched Starlink Group 4-21?
Falcon 9 Block 5, flown by SpaceX. Falcon 9 Block 5 spec sheet
Where did Starlink Group 4-21 launch from?
Space Launch Complex 40, Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA.
Did the booster land?
Booster B1058 flew for the 13th time and landed at Just Read the Instructions.
What orbit did Starlink Group 4-21 reach?
The tracked orbit of Starlink 4260, one of 57 catalogued objects, from July 12, 2022, was 295 × 337 km inclined 53.2°.
How many satellites did Starlink Group 4-21 launch?
53 payloads from this launch are catalogued, 48 of them still in orbit (Data from J. McDowell, planet4589.org).
Which program is Starlink Group 4-21 part of?
Starlink. About Starlink