SpaceXFalcon 9 Block 5Launch Complex 39A, Kennedy Space Center, FL, USA
Starlink Group 4-6
Launched
January 19, 2022
Image: SpaceX
Summary
Starlink Group 4-6 launched on a SpaceX Falcon 9 Block 5 from Launch Complex 39A, Kennedy Space Center, FL, USA on January 19, 2022. It was SpaceX's 155th launch, 3rd this year and humanity's 6,187th orbital launch attempt. It was the 81st Falcon 9 Block 5 flight and the 3rd this year. Booster B1060 flew for the 10th time and landed at A Shortfall of Gravitas. The payload was bound for low Earth orbit (LEO). The tracked orbit of Starlink 3366, one of 53 catalogued objects, from January 24, 2022, was 261 × 334 km inclined 53.2°. 53 objects from this launch are catalogued, 49 of them payloads.
- Watch
- Falcon 9 Starlink 4-6The Space Devs
- Starlink MissionSpaceX
- Vehicle
- Falcon 9 Block 5 · SpaceXStarlink
- Booster
- B1060 · flight 10 · Autonomous Spaceport Drone Ship at A Shortfall of Gravitas · landed161/162 landed here · 47 days after its previous flight, Starlink Group 4-3 · 654 km downrange
- Mission
- Communications · Low Earth Orbit (LEO)
- Milestone
- 81st Falcon 9 Block 5 flight · 3rd this yearSpaceX's 155th launch3rd this yearhumanity's 6,187th orbital launch attempt5th orbital launch attempt this year
Webcast
Flight preview
Simulate in Flight ClubOrbit: as tracked
Starlink 3366 · NORAD 51104 · 2022-005 · Space-Track · tracking 1 of 53 objects
Show the numbers for orbit elements
- Object
- TBA - TO BE ASSIGNED
- Object ID
- 2022-005A
- Epoch
- 2022-01-24 16:00:00 UTC
- Mean motion
- 15.94242985 rev/day
- Eccentricity
- 0.0054136
- Inclination
- 53.2186°
- Ascending node
- 247.5781°
- Arg. of perigee
- 184.4741°
- Mean anomaly
- 34.8658°
- Element set
- 999
- Rev at epoch
- 219
- B*
- -0.0016482
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; 43 still in orbit
- Starlink 3366 · NORAD 51104 · in orbit
- Starlink 3350 · NORAD 51105 · in orbit
- Starlink 3176 · NORAD 51106 · in orbit
- Starlink 3368 · NORAD 51107 · re-entered December 25, 2024
- Starlink 3362 · NORAD 51108 · in orbit
- Starlink 3358 · NORAD 51109 · in orbit
- Starlink 3344 · NORAD 51110 · in orbit
- Starlink 3173 · NORAD 51111 · in orbit
- Starlink 3374 · NORAD 51112 · in orbit
- Starlink 3372 · NORAD 51113 · in orbit
- Starlink 3375 · NORAD 51114 · in orbit
- Starlink 3397 · NORAD 51115 · in orbit
Show 37 more payloads
- Starlink 3243 · NORAD 51116 · in orbit
- Starlink 3391 · NORAD 51117 · in orbit
- Starlink 3394 · NORAD 51118 · in orbit
- Starlink 3390 · NORAD 51119 · re-entered July 26, 2024
- Starlink 3398 · NORAD 51120 · in orbit
- Starlink 3399 · NORAD 51121 · in orbit
- Starlink 3373 · NORAD 51122 · re-entered July 4, 2024
- Starlink 3392 · NORAD 51123 · in orbit
- Starlink 3389 · NORAD 51124 · in orbit
- Starlink 3387 · NORAD 51125 · in orbit
- Starlink 3386 · NORAD 51126 · in orbit
- Starlink 3370 · NORAD 51127 · in orbit
- Starlink 3400 · NORAD 51128 · in orbit
- Starlink 3396 · NORAD 51129 · in orbit
- Starlink 3395 · NORAD 51130 · in orbit
- Starlink 3388 · NORAD 51131 · in orbit
- Starlink 3393 · NORAD 51132 · in orbit
- Starlink 3356 · NORAD 51133 · in orbit
- Starlink 3183 · NORAD 51134 · re-entered November 16, 2025
- Starlink 3363 · NORAD 51135 · in orbit
- Starlink 3253 · NORAD 51136 · in orbit
- Starlink 3180 · NORAD 51137 · in orbit
- Starlink 3177 · NORAD 51138 · in orbit
- Starlink 3172 · NORAD 51139 · in orbit
- Starlink 3175 · NORAD 51140 · in orbit
- Starlink 3179 · NORAD 51141 · in orbit
- Starlink 3369 · NORAD 51142 · in orbit
- Starlink 3184 · NORAD 51143 · in orbit
- Starlink 3185 · NORAD 51144 · in orbit
- Starlink 3365 · NORAD 51145 · re-entered December 29, 2024
- Starlink 3354 · NORAD 51146 · in orbit
- Starlink 3352 · NORAD 51147 · in orbit
- Starlink 3359 · NORAD 51148 · in orbit
- Starlink 3360 · NORAD 51149 · in orbit
- Starlink 3357 · NORAD 51150 · in orbit
- Starlink 3361 · NORAD 51151 · re-entered November 11, 2025
- Starlink 3364 · NORAD 51152 · 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
139th launch from Launch Complex 39A, 2nd this year · 196th from Kennedy Space Center, FL, USA
224 launches from this pad · 283 from Kennedy Space Center, FL, USA
12 days after the previous launch from this pad
Updates
Starlink deployment confirmed.
Show 9 earlier updates
New launch time.
Cosmic_Penguin · 1/18/2022 · source
New launch time.
Cosmic_Penguin · 1/18/2022 · source
Updating T-0
SwGustav · 1/18/2022 · source
Adding seconds to T-0
Nosu · 1/18/2022 · source
Delayed by a day for more favorable weather (>90 %).
Nosu · 1/17/2022 · source
Weather 80%
Nosu · 1/17/2022 · source
Go for launch.
Jay · 1/17/2022 · source
Weather 70%
Nosu · 1/15/2022 · source
Adding a preliminary launch window based on the ATCSCC advisory.
Nosu · 1/12/2022 · source
Questions
When did Starlink Group 4-6 launch?
Starlink Group 4-6 launched on January 19, 2022. The time is known to the hour, not the minute.
Where can I watch Starlink Group 4-6?
Coverage: Falcon 9 Starlink 4-6; Starlink Mission. Watch the replay
What rocket launched Starlink Group 4-6?
Falcon 9 Block 5, flown by SpaceX. Falcon 9 Block 5 spec sheet
Where did Starlink Group 4-6 launch from?
Launch Complex 39A, Kennedy Space Center, FL, USA.
Did the booster land?
Booster B1060 flew for the 10th time and landed at A Shortfall of Gravitas.
What orbit did Starlink Group 4-6 reach?
The tracked orbit of Starlink 3366, one of 53 catalogued objects, from January 24, 2022, was 261 × 334 km inclined 53.2°.
How many satellites did Starlink Group 4-6 launch?
49 payloads from this launch are catalogued, 43 of them still in orbit (Data from J. McDowell, planet4589.org).
Which program is Starlink Group 4-6 part of?
Starlink. About Starlink