SpaceXFalcon 9 Block 5Launch Complex 39A, Kennedy Space Center, FL, USA
Starlink Group 4-5
Launched
January 6, 2022
Image: SpaceX
Summary
Starlink Group 4-5 launched on a SpaceX Falcon 9 Block 5 from Launch Complex 39A, Kennedy Space Center, FL, USA on January 6, 2022. It was SpaceX's 153rd launch, 1st this year and humanity's 6,183rd orbital launch attempt. It was the 79th Falcon 9 Block 5 flight and the 1st this year. Booster B1062 flew for the 4th time and landed at A Shortfall of Gravitas. The payload was bound for low Earth orbit (LEO). The tracked orbit of Starlink 3321, one of 53 catalogued objects, from January 11, 2022, was 261 × 333 km inclined 53.2°. 53 objects from this launch are catalogued, 49 of them payloads.
- Watch
- Falcon 9 Starlink 4-5The Space Devs
- Starlink MissionSpaceX
- Vehicle
- Falcon 9 Block 5 · SpaceXStarlink
- Booster
- B1062 · flight 4 · Autonomous Spaceport Drone Ship at A Shortfall of Gravitas · landed161/162 landed here · 112 days after its previous flight, Inspiration4 · 637 km downrange
- Mission
- Communications · Low Earth Orbit (LEO)
- Milestone
- 79th Falcon 9 Block 5 flight · 1st this yearSpaceX's 153rd launch1st this yearhumanity's 6,183rd orbital launch attempt1st orbital launch attempt this year
Webcast
Flight preview
Orbit: as tracked
Starlink 3321 · NORAD 50803 · 2022-001 · Space-Track · tracking 1 of 53 objects
Show the numbers for orbit elements
- Object
- TBA - TO BE ASSIGNED
- Object ID
- 2022-001A
- Epoch
- 2022-01-11 20:00:01 UTC
- Mean motion
- 15.94459142 rev/day
- Eccentricity
- 0.0053823
- Inclination
- 53.2176°
- Ascending node
- 175.5863°
- Arg. of perigee
- 179.7175°
- Mean anomaly
- 211.9048°
- Element set
- 999
- Rev at epoch
- 207
- B*
- -0.0020449
Perigee, apogee and period are Kepler figures from the catalogued mean elements, not a propagated state. Published orbit: LEO.
Catalogued objects
53 catalogued: 49 payloads, 4 components; 39 still in orbit
- Starlink 3321 · NORAD 50803 · re-entered February 3, 2025
- Starlink 3323 · NORAD 50804 · in orbit
- Starlink 3333 · NORAD 50805 · in orbit
- Starlink 3335 · NORAD 50806 · in orbit
- Starlink 3353 · NORAD 50807 · re-entered May 24, 2024
- Starlink 3355 · NORAD 50808 · in orbit
- Starlink 3232 · NORAD 50809 · in orbit
- Starlink 3348 · NORAD 50810 · re-entered July 25, 2024
- Starlink 3347 · NORAD 50811 · re-entered December 26, 2024
- Starlink 3338 · NORAD 50812 · in orbit
- Starlink 3349 · NORAD 50813 · in orbit
- Starlink 3324 · NORAD 50814 · in orbit
Show 37 more payloads
- Starlink 3234 · NORAD 50815 · in orbit
- Starlink 3342 · NORAD 50816 · in orbit
- Starlink 3341 · NORAD 50817 · in orbit
- Starlink 3336 · NORAD 50818 · in orbit
- Starlink 3327 · NORAD 50819 · in orbit
- Starlink 3339 · NORAD 50820 · in orbit
- Starlink 3346 · NORAD 50821 · in orbit
- Starlink 3343 · NORAD 50822 · in orbit
- Starlink 3334 · NORAD 50823 · in orbit
- Starlink 3340 · NORAD 50824 · re-entered September 23, 2024
- Starlink 3332 · NORAD 50825 · in orbit
- Starlink 3337 · NORAD 50826 · re-entered September 5, 2024
- Starlink 3329 · NORAD 50827 · in orbit
- Starlink 3290 · NORAD 50828 · in orbit
- Starlink 3294 · NORAD 50829 · in orbit
- Starlink 3278 · NORAD 50830 · in orbit
- Starlink 3299 · NORAD 50831 · in orbit
- Starlink 3328 · NORAD 50832 · in orbit
- Starlink 3316 · NORAD 50833 · re-entered September 29, 2024
- Starlink 3331 · NORAD 50834 · in orbit
- Starlink 3310 · NORAD 50835 · in orbit
- Starlink 3330 · NORAD 50836 · in orbit
- Starlink 3318 · NORAD 50837 · in orbit
- Starlink 3322 · NORAD 50838 · re-entered December 6, 2025
- Starlink 3320 · NORAD 50839 · in orbit
- Starlink 3295 · NORAD 50840 · in orbit
- Starlink 3300 · NORAD 50841 · in orbit
- Starlink 3302 · NORAD 50842 · in orbit
- Starlink 3325 · NORAD 50843 · re-entered May 25, 2026
- Starlink 3326 · NORAD 50844 · in orbit
- Starlink 3230 · NORAD 50845 · in orbit
- Starlink 3308 · NORAD 50846 · in orbit
- Starlink 3319 · NORAD 50847 · re-entered December 19, 2024
- Starlink 3315 · NORAD 50848 · in orbit
- Starlink 3311 · NORAD 50849 · in orbit
- Starlink 3312 · NORAD 50850 · in orbit
- Starlink 3314 · NORAD 50851 · in orbit
Data from J. McDowell, planet4589.org
About this launch
A batch of 49 satellites for Starlink mega-constellation - SpaceX's project for space-based Internet communication system.
Pad
Launch Complex 39A, Kennedy Space Center, FL, USA
138th launch from Launch Complex 39A, 1st this year · 195th from Kennedy Space Center, FL, USA
224 launches from this pad · 283 from Kennedy Space Center, FL, USA
16 days after the previous launch from this pad
Updates
Questions
When did Starlink Group 4-5 launch?
Starlink Group 4-5 launched on January 6, 2022. The time is known to the hour, not the minute.
Where can I watch Starlink Group 4-5?
Coverage: Falcon 9 Starlink 4-5; Starlink Mission. Watch the replay
What rocket launched Starlink Group 4-5?
Falcon 9 Block 5, flown by SpaceX. Falcon 9 Block 5 spec sheet
Where did Starlink Group 4-5 launch from?
Launch Complex 39A, Kennedy Space Center, FL, USA.
Did the booster land?
Booster B1062 flew for the 4th time and landed at A Shortfall of Gravitas.
What orbit did Starlink Group 4-5 reach?
The tracked orbit of Starlink 3321, one of 53 catalogued objects, from January 11, 2022, was 261 × 333 km inclined 53.2°.
How many satellites did Starlink Group 4-5 launch?
49 payloads from this launch are catalogued, 39 of them still in orbit (Data from J. McDowell, planet4589.org).
Which program is Starlink Group 4-5 part of?
Starlink. About Starlink