SpaceXFalcon 9 Block 5Space Launch Complex 4E, Vandenberg SFB, CA, USA
Starlink Group 4-31
Launched
October 28, 2022
Image: SpaceX
Summary
Starlink Group 4-31 launched on a SpaceX Falcon 9 Block 5 from Space Launch Complex 4E, Vandenberg SFB, CA, USA on October 28, 2022. It was SpaceX's 201st launch, 49th this year and humanity's 6,328th orbital launch attempt. It was the 127th Falcon 9 Block 5 flight and the 49th this year. Booster B1063 flew for the 8th time and landed at Of Course I Still Love You. The payload was bound for low Earth orbit (LEO). The tracked orbit of Starlink 5290, one of 57 catalogued objects, from November 3, 2022, was 302 × 329 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
- B1063 · flight 8 · Autonomous Spaceport Drone Ship at Of Course I Still Love You · landed209/217 landed here · 57 days after its previous flight, Starlink Group 3-4 · 673 km downrange
- Mission
- Communications · Low Earth Orbit (LEO)
- Milestone
- 127th Falcon 9 Block 5 flight · 49th this yearSpaceX's 201st launch49th this yearhumanity's 6,328th orbital launch attempt146th orbital launch attempt this year
Webcast
Flight preview
Orbit: as tracked
Starlink 5290 · NORAD 54157 · 2022-141 · Space-Track · tracking 1 of 57 objects
Show the numbers for orbit elements
- Object
- TBA - TO BE ASSIGNED
- Object ID
- 2022-017A
- Epoch
- 2022-11-03 14:00:01 UTC
- Mean motion
- 15.87662783 rev/day
- Eccentricity
- 0.0020218
- Inclination
- 53.2175°
- Ascending node
- 111.845°
- Arg. of perigee
- 196.8087°
- Mean anomaly
- 357.7441°
- Element set
- 999
- Rev at epoch
- 105
- B*
- -0.0046807
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 5290 · NORAD 54157 · in orbit
- Starlink 5297 · NORAD 54158 · in orbit
- Starlink 5294 · NORAD 54159 · in orbit
- Starlink 5233 · NORAD 54160 · in orbit
- Starlink 5269 · NORAD 54161 · in orbit
- Starlink 5273 · NORAD 54162 · in orbit
- Starlink 5161 · NORAD 54163 · in orbit
- Starlink 5278 · NORAD 54164 · in orbit
- Starlink 5279 · NORAD 54165 · in orbit
- Starlink 5280 · NORAD 54166 · in orbit
- Starlink 5243 · NORAD 54167 · in orbit
- Starlink 5245 · NORAD 54168 · in orbit
Show 41 more payloads
- Starlink 5282 · NORAD 54169 · in orbit
- Starlink 5155 · NORAD 54170 · in orbit
- Starlink 5229 · NORAD 54171 · re-entered May 16, 2025
- Starlink 5117 · NORAD 54172 · in orbit
- Starlink 5242 · NORAD 54173 · in orbit
- Starlink 5248 · NORAD 54174 · in orbit
- Starlink 5256 · NORAD 54175 · in orbit
- Starlink 5154 · NORAD 54176 · in orbit
- Starlink 5186 · NORAD 54177 · in orbit
- Starlink 5164 · NORAD 54178 · in orbit
- Starlink 5122 · NORAD 54179 · in orbit
- Starlink 5228 · NORAD 54180 · re-entered May 4, 2026
- Starlink 5227 · NORAD 54181 · in orbit
- Starlink 5231 · NORAD 54182 · in orbit
- Starlink 5239 · NORAD 54183 · in orbit
- Starlink 5162 · NORAD 54184 · in orbit
- Starlink 5235 · NORAD 54185 · in orbit
- Starlink 5194 · NORAD 54186 · re-entered October 23, 2025
- Starlink 5240 · NORAD 54187 · in orbit
- Starlink 5238 · NORAD 54188 · in orbit
- Starlink 5182 · NORAD 54189 · re-entered June 24, 2024
- Starlink 5281 · NORAD 54190 · in orbit
- Starlink 4619 · NORAD 54191 · in orbit
- Starlink 5268 · NORAD 54192 · in orbit
- Starlink 5263 · NORAD 54193 · in orbit
- Starlink 5271 · NORAD 54194 · in orbit
- Starlink 5258 · NORAD 54195 · in orbit
- Starlink 5237 · NORAD 54196 · in orbit
- Starlink 5234 · NORAD 54197 · re-entered April 15, 2024
- Starlink 5246 · NORAD 54198 · in orbit
- Starlink 5244 · NORAD 54199 · in orbit
- Starlink 5250 · NORAD 54200 · in orbit
- Starlink 5199 · NORAD 54201 · in orbit
- Starlink 5205 · NORAD 54202 · in orbit
- Starlink 5247 · NORAD 54203 · in orbit
- Starlink 5241 · NORAD 54204 · in orbit
- Starlink 5249 · NORAD 54205 · in orbit
- Starlink 5264 · NORAD 54206 · in orbit
- Starlink 5262 · NORAD 54207 · in orbit
- Starlink 5255 · NORAD 54208 · in orbit
- Starlink 5259 · NORAD 54209 · 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 4E, Vandenberg SFB, CA, USA
98th launch from Space Launch Complex 4E, 11th this year · 706th from Vandenberg SFB, CA, USA
303 launches from this pad · 919 from Vandenberg SFB, CA, USA
22 days after the previous launch from this pad
Updates
Successful deployment of 53 Starlink satellites
Show 9 earlier updates
Liftoff
SwGustav · 10/28/2022 · source
Webcast live
Cosmic_Penguin · 10/28/2022 · source
Coverage live
SwGustav · 10/28/2022 · source
Go for launch.
Cosmic_Penguin · 10/26/2022 · source
Updated T-0
Cosmic_Penguin · 10/26/2022 · source
Adjusting T-0
Nosu · 10/25/2022 · source
Fixed launch date
Cosmic_Penguin · 10/23/2022 · source
Updating launch day. Launch time expected between 00:01 and 01:00 UTC.
Nosu · 10/22/2022 · source
Launch date and time confirmed by marine space closure notices.
Cosmic_Penguin · 10/21/2022 · source
Questions
When did Starlink Group 4-31 launch?
Starlink Group 4-31 launched on October 28, 2022. The time is known to the hour, not the minute.
Where can I watch Starlink Group 4-31?
Coverage: Starlink Mission. Watch the replay
What rocket launched Starlink Group 4-31?
Falcon 9 Block 5, flown by SpaceX. Falcon 9 Block 5 spec sheet
Where did Starlink Group 4-31 launch from?
Space Launch Complex 4E, Vandenberg SFB, CA, USA.
Did the booster land?
Booster B1063 flew for the 8th time and landed at Of Course I Still Love You.
What orbit did Starlink Group 4-31 reach?
The tracked orbit of Starlink 5290, one of 57 catalogued objects, from November 3, 2022, was 302 × 329 km inclined 53.2°.
How many satellites did Starlink Group 4-31 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 4-31 part of?
Starlink. About Starlink