SpaceXFalcon 9 Block 5Space Launch Complex 40, Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA
Starlink Group 4-3
Launched
December 2, 2021
Image: SpaceX
Summary
Starlink Group 4-3 launched on a SpaceX Falcon 9 Block 5 from Space Launch Complex 40, Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA on December 2, 2021. It was SpaceX's 148th launch, 31st this year and humanity's 6,160th orbital launch attempt. It was the 74th Falcon 9 Block 5 flight and the 27th this year. Booster B1060 flew for the 9th time and landed at A Shortfall of Gravitas. The payload was bound for low Earth orbit (LEO). The tracked orbit of Starlink 3219, one of 55 catalogued objects, from December 8, 2021, was 442 × 448 km inclined 53.2°. 55 objects from this launch are catalogued, 50 of them payloads.
- Watch
- Falcon 9 Starlink 4-3The Space Devs
- Starlink MissionSpaceX
- Vehicle
- Falcon 9 Block 5 · SpaceXStarlink
- Booster
- B1060 · flight 9 · Autonomous Spaceport Drone Ship at A Shortfall of Gravitas · landed161/162 landed here · 155 days after its previous flight, Transporter 2 (Dedicated SSO Rideshare) · 639 km downrange
- Mission
- Communications · Low Earth Orbit (LEO)
- Milestone
- 74th Falcon 9 Block 5 flight · 27th this yearSpaceX's 148th launch31st this yearhumanity's 6,160th orbital launch attempt123rd orbital launch attempt this year
Webcast
Flight preview
Orbit: as tracked
Starlink 3219 · NORAD 49724 · 2021-115 · Space-Track · tracking 1 of 55 objects
Show the numbers for orbit elements
- Object
- STARLINK-3219
- Object ID
- 2021-115A
- Epoch
- 2021-12-08 12:00:00 UTC
- Mean motion
- 15.42784947 rev/day
- Eccentricity
- 0.0004828
- Inclination
- 53.2173°
- Ascending node
- 291.0702°
- Arg. of perigee
- 270.1501°
- Mean anomaly
- 294.4939°
- Element set
- 999
- Rev at epoch
- 212
- B*
- -0.020446
Perigee, apogee and period are Kepler figures from the catalogued mean elements, not a propagated state. Published orbit: LEO.
Catalogued objects
55 catalogued: 50 payloads, 5 components; 47 still in orbit
- Starlink 3219 · NORAD 49724 · in orbit
- Starlink 3218 · NORAD 49725 · in orbit
- Starlink 3237 · NORAD 49726 · re-entered September 14, 2024
- Starlink 3242 · NORAD 49727 · in orbit
- Starlink 3240 · NORAD 49728 · in orbit
- Starlink 3251 · NORAD 49729 · in orbit
- Starlink 3249 · NORAD 49730 · in orbit
- Starlink 3228 · NORAD 49731 · re-entered April 27, 2024
- Starlink 3246 · NORAD 49732 · in orbit
- Starlink 3252 · NORAD 49733 · in orbit
- Starlink 3238 · NORAD 49734 · in orbit
- Starlink 3113 · NORAD 49735 · in orbit
Show 38 more payloads
- Starlink 3148 · NORAD 49736 · in orbit
- Starlink 3225 · NORAD 49737 · in orbit
- Starlink 3143 · NORAD 49738 · in orbit
- Starlink 3155 · NORAD 49739 · in orbit
- Starlink 3226 · NORAD 49740 · in orbit
- Starlink 3244 · NORAD 49741 · in orbit
- Starlink 3202 · NORAD 49742 · in orbit
- Starlink 3239 · NORAD 49743 · in orbit
- Starlink 3231 · NORAD 49744 · in orbit
- Starlink 3241 · NORAD 49745 · in orbit
- Starlink 3233 · NORAD 49746 · in orbit
- Starlink 3247 · NORAD 49747 · in orbit
- Starlink 3248 · NORAD 49748 · in orbit
- Starlink 3250 · NORAD 49749 · in orbit
- Starlink 3236 · NORAD 49750 · in orbit
- Starlink 3229 · NORAD 49751 · in orbit
- Starlink 3209 · NORAD 49752 · in orbit
- Starlink 3200 · NORAD 49753 · in orbit
- Starlink 3193 · NORAD 49754 · in orbit
- Starlink 3210 · NORAD 49755 · in orbit
- Starlink 3207 · NORAD 49756 · in orbit
- Starlink 3197 · NORAD 49757 · in orbit
- Starlink 3194 · NORAD 49758 · in orbit
- Starlink 3204 · NORAD 49759 · in orbit
- Starlink 3199 · NORAD 49760 · in orbit
- Starlink 3203 · NORAD 49761 · in orbit
- Starlink 3195 · NORAD 49762 · in orbit
- Starlink 3198 · NORAD 49763 · in orbit
- Starlink 3206 · NORAD 49764 · re-entered August 10, 2024
- Starlink 3227 · NORAD 49765 · in orbit
- Starlink 3190 · NORAD 49766 · in orbit
- Starlink 3192 · NORAD 49767 · in orbit
- Starlink 3196 · NORAD 49768 · in orbit
- Starlink 3208 · NORAD 49769 · in orbit
- Starlink 3191 · NORAD 49770 · in orbit
- Starlink 3201 · NORAD 49771 · in orbit
- Global-12 · NORAD 49772 · in orbit
- Global-13 · NORAD 49773 · in orbit
Data from J. McDowell, planet4589.org
About this launch
A batch of 48 satellites for the Starlink mega-constellation - SpaceX's project for space-based Internet communication system - as well as 2 BlackSky Earth observation satellites as rideshare payloads.
Pad
Space Launch Complex 40, Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA
132nd launch from Space Launch Complex 40, 15th this year · 828th from Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA
403 launches from this pad · 1,131 from Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA
19 days after the previous launch from this pad
Updates
BlackSky rideshare and Starlink stack were both successfully deployed
Show 9 earlier updates
Launch is confirmed
SwGustav · 12/2/2021 · source
Updating T-0
Nosu · 12/1/2021 · source
Weather >90%
Nosu · 12/1/2021 · source
New marine space closure zones are for 24 hours slip.
Cosmic_Penguin · 12/1/2021 · source
Delaying due to TFR withdrawal and rideshare provider not specifying launch date
SwGustav · 11/30/2021 · source
Weather >90%
Nosu · 11/30/2021 · source
Weather 90%
Nosu · 11/28/2021 · source
Updating T-0
Nosu · 11/20/2021 · source
Adding launch
Nosu · 11/17/2021 · source
Questions
When did Starlink Group 4-3 launch?
Starlink Group 4-3 launched on December 2, 2021. The time is known to the hour, not the minute.
Where can I watch Starlink Group 4-3?
Coverage: Falcon 9 Starlink 4-3; Starlink Mission. Watch the replay
What rocket launched Starlink Group 4-3?
Falcon 9 Block 5, flown by SpaceX. Falcon 9 Block 5 spec sheet
Where did Starlink Group 4-3 launch from?
Space Launch Complex 40, Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA.
Did the booster land?
Booster B1060 flew for the 9th time and landed at A Shortfall of Gravitas.
What orbit did Starlink Group 4-3 reach?
The tracked orbit of Starlink 3219, one of 55 catalogued objects, from December 8, 2021, was 442 × 448 km inclined 53.2°.
How many satellites did Starlink Group 4-3 launch?
50 payloads from this launch are catalogued, 47 of them still in orbit (Data from J. McDowell, planet4589.org).
Which program is Starlink Group 4-3 part of?
Starlink. About Starlink