SpaceXFalcon 9 Block 5Space Launch Complex 40, Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA
Starlink Group 4-22
Launched
July 17, 2022
Image: SpaceX
Summary
Starlink Group 4-22 launched on a SpaceX Falcon 9 Block 5 from Space Launch Complex 40, Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA on July 17, 2022. It was SpaceX's 183rd launch, 31st this year and humanity's 6,268th orbital launch attempt. It was the 109th Falcon 9 Block 5 flight and the 31st this year. Booster B1051 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 4063, one of 57 catalogued objects, from July 21, 2022, was 289 × 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
- B1051 · flight 13 · Autonomous Spaceport Drone Ship at Just Read the Instructions · landed156/157 landed here · 120 days after its previous flight, Starlink Group 4-12 · 657 km downrange
- Mission
- Communications · Low Earth Orbit (LEO)
- Milestone
- 109th Falcon 9 Block 5 flight · 31st this yearSpaceX's 183rd launch31st this yearhumanity's 6,268th orbital launch attempt86th orbital launch attempt this year
Webcast
Flight preview
Simulate in Flight ClubOrbit: as tracked
Starlink 4063 · NORAD 53132 · 2022-083 · Space-Track · tracking 1 of 57 objects
Show the numbers for orbit elements
- Object
- TBA - TO BE ASSIGNED
- Object ID
- 2022-083A
- Epoch
- 2022-07-21 18:00:00 UTC
- Mean motion
- 15.88814193 rev/day
- Eccentricity
- 0.0035621
- Inclination
- 53.2174°
- Ascending node
- 26.5964°
- Arg. of perigee
- 52.3918°
- Mean anomaly
- 44.0665°
- Element set
- 999
- Rev at epoch
- 130
- B*
- -0.0042664
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; 45 still in orbit
- Starlink 4063 · NORAD 53132 · re-entered December 30, 2025
- Starlink 4154 · NORAD 53133 · re-entered December 29, 2024
- Starlink 4150 · NORAD 53134 · in orbit
- Starlink 4023 · NORAD 53135 · in orbit
- Starlink 4152 · NORAD 53136 · in orbit
- Starlink 4145 · NORAD 53137 · in orbit
- Starlink 4141 · NORAD 53138 · in orbit
- Starlink 4185 · NORAD 53139 · in orbit
- Starlink 4170 · NORAD 53140 · in orbit
- Starlink 4103 · NORAD 53141 · in orbit
- Starlink 4101 · NORAD 53142 · in orbit
- Starlink 4102 · NORAD 53143 · in orbit
Show 41 more payloads
- Starlink 4100 · NORAD 53144 · in orbit
- Starlink 4106 · NORAD 53145 · in orbit
- Starlink 4099 · NORAD 53146 · re-entered June 5, 2025
- Starlink 4094 · NORAD 53147 · in orbit
- Starlink 4066 · NORAD 53148 · re-entered June 24, 2024
- Starlink 4021 · NORAD 53149 · in orbit
- Starlink 4038 · NORAD 53150 · re-entered March 31, 2026
- Starlink 4040 · NORAD 53151 · in orbit
- Starlink 4045 · NORAD 53152 · re-entered September 27, 2026
- Starlink 4098 · NORAD 53153 · in orbit
- Starlink 4077 · NORAD 53154 · in orbit
- Starlink 4088 · NORAD 53155 · in orbit
- Starlink 4087 · NORAD 53156 · in orbit
- Starlink 4093 · NORAD 53157 · re-entered August 8, 2025
- Starlink 4054 · NORAD 53158 · in orbit
- Starlink 4111 · NORAD 53159 · in orbit
- Starlink 4096 · NORAD 53160 · in orbit
- Starlink 4055 · NORAD 53161 · in orbit
- Starlink 4114 · NORAD 53162 · in orbit
- Starlink 4104 · NORAD 53163 · in orbit
- Starlink 4116 · NORAD 53164 · in orbit
- Starlink 4090 · NORAD 53165 · in orbit
- Starlink 4110 · NORAD 53166 · in orbit
- Starlink 3683 · NORAD 53167 · in orbit
- Starlink 4105 · NORAD 53168 · in orbit
- Starlink 4117 · NORAD 53169 · in orbit
- Starlink 4095 · NORAD 53170 · in orbit
- Starlink 4052 · NORAD 53171 · in orbit
- Starlink 4299 · NORAD 53172 · in orbit
- Starlink 4300 · NORAD 53173 · in orbit
- Starlink 4205 · NORAD 53174 · in orbit
- Starlink 4292 · NORAD 53175 · in orbit
- Starlink 4294 · NORAD 53176 · in orbit
- Starlink 4298 · NORAD 53177 · in orbit
- Starlink 4280 · NORAD 53178 · in orbit
- Starlink 4276 · NORAD 53179 · in orbit
- Starlink 4258 · NORAD 53180 · in orbit
- Starlink 4273 · NORAD 53181 · re-entered May 17, 2025
- Starlink 4278 · NORAD 53182 · in orbit
- Starlink 4268 · NORAD 53183 · in orbit
- Starlink 4257 · NORAD 53184 · 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
148th launch from Space Launch Complex 40, 15th this year · 851st from Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA
403 launches from this pad · 1,131 from Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA
10 days after the previous launch from this pad
Updates
Deployment confirmed, launch is successful
Show 9 earlier updates
Liftoff
spacevogel · 7/17/2022
Weather forecast is up to 60% favorable, coverage is live
spacevogel · 7/17/2022 · source
Adjusting T-0
Jay · 7/17/2022 · source
Setting GO
spacevogel · 7/15/2022 · source
Weather 50%
Jay · 7/15/2022 · source
Weather 60%
Jay · 7/14/2022 · source
Adjusting T-0
Nosu · 7/13/2022 · source
Adjusting T-0
Nosu · 7/12/2022 · source
Adding launch window per FAA ATCSCC Current Operations Plan Advisory
Nosu · 7/12/2022 · source
Questions
When did Starlink Group 4-22 launch?
Starlink Group 4-22 launched on July 17, 2022. The time is known to the hour, not the minute.
Where can I watch Starlink Group 4-22?
Coverage: Starlink Mission. Watch the replay
What rocket launched Starlink Group 4-22?
Falcon 9 Block 5, flown by SpaceX. Falcon 9 Block 5 spec sheet
Where did Starlink Group 4-22 launch from?
Space Launch Complex 40, Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA.
Did the booster land?
Booster B1051 flew for the 13th time and landed at Just Read the Instructions.
What orbit did Starlink Group 4-22 reach?
The tracked orbit of Starlink 4063, one of 57 catalogued objects, from July 21, 2022, was 289 × 337 km inclined 53.2°.
How many satellites did Starlink Group 4-22 launch?
53 payloads from this launch are catalogued, 45 of them still in orbit (Data from J. McDowell, planet4589.org).
Which program is Starlink Group 4-22 part of?
Starlink. About Starlink