SpaceXFalcon 9 Block 5Launch Complex 39A, Kennedy Space Center, FL, USA
Starlink Group 4-26
Launched
August 10, 2022 · 02:14 UTC
Image: SpaceX
Summary
Starlink Group 4-26 launched on a SpaceX Falcon 9 Block 5 from Launch Complex 39A, Kennedy Space Center, FL, USA on August 10, 2022 at 02:14 UTC. It was SpaceX's 187th launch, 35th this year and humanity's 6,283rd orbital launch attempt. It was the 113th Falcon 9 Block 5 flight and the 35th this year. Booster B1073 flew for the 3rd time and landed at A Shortfall of Gravitas. The payload was bound for low Earth orbit (LEO). The tracked orbit of Starlink 4522, one of 56 catalogued objects, from August 15, 2022, was 310 × 336 km inclined 53.2°. 56 objects from this launch are catalogued, 52 of them payloads.
- Watch
- Starlink MissionSpaceX
- Vehicle
- Falcon 9 Block 5 · SpaceXStarlink
- Booster
- Mission
- Communications · Low Earth Orbit (LEO)
- Milestone
- 113th Falcon 9 Block 5 flight · 35th this yearSpaceX's 187th launch35th this yearhumanity's 6,283rd orbital launch attempt101st orbital launch attempt this year
Webcast
Flight preview
Simulate in Flight ClubOrbit: as tracked
Starlink 4522 · NORAD 53388 · 2022-097 · Space-Track · tracking 1 of 56 objects
Show the numbers for orbit elements
- Object
- TBA - TO BE ASSIGNED
- Object ID
- 2022-097A
- Epoch
- 2022-08-15 18:00:00 UTC
- Mean motion
- 15.85170229 rev/day
- Eccentricity
- 0.0019004
- Inclination
- 53.2175°
- Ascending node
- 220.7728°
- Arg. of perigee
- 52.4196°
- Mean anomaly
- 5.2704°
- Element set
- 999
- Rev at epoch
- 130
- B*
- -0.0053194
Perigee, apogee and period are Kepler figures from the catalogued mean elements, not a propagated state. Published orbit: LEO.
Catalogued objects
56 catalogued: 52 payloads, 4 components; 47 still in orbit
- Starlink 4522 · NORAD 53388 · in orbit
- Starlink 4523 · NORAD 53389 · in orbit
- Starlink 4517 · NORAD 53390 · in orbit
- Starlink 4521 · NORAD 53391 · in orbit
- Starlink 4535 · NORAD 53392 · in orbit
- Starlink 4530 · NORAD 53393 · in orbit
- Starlink 4544 · NORAD 53394 · in orbit
- Starlink 4534 · NORAD 53395 · in orbit
- Starlink 4524 · NORAD 53396 · in orbit
- Starlink 4515 · NORAD 53397 · in orbit
- Starlink 4512 · NORAD 53398 · in orbit
- Starlink 4528 · NORAD 53399 · in orbit
Show 40 more payloads
- Starlink 4520 · NORAD 53400 · in orbit
- Starlink 4525 · NORAD 53401 · in orbit
- Starlink 4499 · NORAD 53402 · in orbit
- Starlink 4507 · NORAD 53403 · in orbit
- Starlink 4509 · NORAD 53404 · in orbit
- Starlink 4510 · NORAD 53405 · in orbit
- Starlink 4533 · NORAD 53406 · in orbit
- Starlink 4537 · NORAD 53407 · re-entered November 11, 2025
- Starlink 4491 · NORAD 53408 · in orbit
- Starlink 4490 · NORAD 53409 · in orbit
- Starlink 4492 · NORAD 53410 · in orbit
- Starlink 4497 · NORAD 53411 · in orbit
- Starlink 4496 · NORAD 53412 · in orbit
- Starlink 4500 · NORAD 53413 · in orbit
- Starlink 4304 · NORAD 53414 · in orbit
- Starlink 4479 · NORAD 53415 · in orbit
- Starlink 4480 · NORAD 53416 · in orbit
- Starlink 4484 · NORAD 53417 · in orbit
- Starlink 4481 · NORAD 53418 · in orbit
- Starlink 4476 · NORAD 53419 · in orbit
- Starlink 4552 · NORAD 53420 · in orbit
- Starlink 4545 · NORAD 53421 · in orbit
- Starlink 4546 · NORAD 53422 · in orbit
- Starlink 4539 · NORAD 53423 · in orbit
- Starlink 4532 · NORAD 53424 · in orbit
- Starlink 4531 · NORAD 53425 · in orbit
- Starlink 4558 · NORAD 53426 · in orbit
- Starlink 4541 · NORAD 53427 · re-entered March 13, 2025
- Starlink 4540 · NORAD 53428 · re-entered December 28, 2024
- Starlink 4543 · NORAD 53429 · in orbit
- Starlink 4538 · NORAD 53430 · in orbit
- Starlink 4548 · NORAD 53431 · in orbit
- Starlink 4557 · NORAD 53432 · in orbit
- Starlink 4549 · NORAD 53433 · in orbit
- Starlink 4498 · NORAD 53434 · re-entered July 2, 2026
- Starlink 4542 · NORAD 53435 · in orbit
- Starlink 4527 · NORAD 53436 · in orbit
- Starlink 4529 · NORAD 53437 · re-entered August 17, 2022
- Starlink 4526 · NORAD 53438 · in orbit
- Starlink 4519 · NORAD 53439 · in orbit
Data from J. McDowell, planet4589.org
About this launch
A batch of 52 satellites for Starlink mega-constellation - SpaceX's project for space-based Internet communication system.
Pad
Launch Complex 39A, Kennedy Space Center, FL, USA
149th launch from Launch Complex 39A, 12th this year · 206th from Kennedy Space Center, FL, USA
Local pad time at liftoff: Aug 9, 10:14 PM EDT, at night
224 launches from this pad · 283 from Kennedy Space Center, FL, USA
16 days after the previous launch from this pad
Updates
Payload deployment confirmed
Show 9 earlier updates
Liftoff
Jay · 8/10/2022
Webcast live
Jay · 8/10/2022 · source
Delayed to 02:14 UTC due to upper level winds.
Jay · 8/9/2022 · source
Setting GO
SwGustav · 8/8/2022 · source
Adjusting T-0
Nosu · 8/7/2022 · source
Weather 70%
Nosu · 8/6/2022 · source
Adjusting T-0
Nosu · 8/4/2022 · source
Targeting August 9 at approximately 23:00 UTC.
Nosu · 7/22/2022 · source
Adding launch NET August
Nosu · 5/23/2022 · source
Questions
When did Starlink Group 4-26 launch?
Starlink Group 4-26 launched on August 10, 2022 at 02:14 UTC.
Where can I watch Starlink Group 4-26?
Coverage: Starlink Mission. Watch the replay
What rocket launched Starlink Group 4-26?
Falcon 9 Block 5, flown by SpaceX. Falcon 9 Block 5 spec sheet
Where did Starlink Group 4-26 launch from?
Launch Complex 39A, Kennedy Space Center, FL, USA. Liftoff was Aug 9, 10:14 PM EDT local time at the pad.
Did the booster land?
Booster B1073 flew for the 3rd time and landed at A Shortfall of Gravitas.
What orbit did Starlink Group 4-26 reach?
The tracked orbit of Starlink 4522, one of 56 catalogued objects, from August 15, 2022, was 310 × 336 km inclined 53.2°.
How many satellites did Starlink Group 4-26 launch?
52 payloads from this launch are catalogued, 47 of them still in orbit (Data from J. McDowell, planet4589.org).
Which program is Starlink Group 4-26 part of?
Starlink. About Starlink