SpaceXFalcon 9 Block 5Launch Complex 39A, Kennedy Space Center, FL, USA
Starlink Group 4-7
Launched
February 3, 2022 · 18:13 UTC
Image: SpaceX
Summary
Starlink Group 4-7 launched on a SpaceX Falcon 9 Block 5 from Launch Complex 39A, Kennedy Space Center, FL, USA on February 3, 2022 at 18:13 UTC. It was SpaceX's 158th launch, 6th this year and humanity's 6,192nd orbital launch attempt. It was the 84th Falcon 9 Block 5 flight and the 6th this year. Booster B1061 flew for the 6th time and landed at A Shortfall of Gravitas. The payload was bound for low Earth orbit (LEO). The tracked orbit of Starlink 3167, one of 21 catalogued objects, from February 8, 2022, was 251 × 323 km inclined 53.2°. 21 objects from this launch are catalogued, 17 of them payloads.
- Watch
- Falcon 9 Starlink 4-7The Space Devs
- Starlink MissionSpaceX
- Vehicle
- Falcon 9 Block 5 · SpaceXStarlink
- Booster
- B1061 · flight 6 · Autonomous Spaceport Drone Ship at A Shortfall of Gravitas · landed161/162 landed here · 56 days after its previous flight, X-Ray Polarimetry Explorer (IXPE) · 640 km downrange
- Mission
- Communications · Low Earth Orbit (LEO)
- Milestone
- 84th Falcon 9 Block 5 flight · 6th this yearSpaceX's 158th launch6th this yearhumanity's 6,192nd orbital launch attempt10th orbital launch attempt this year
Webcast
Flight preview
Simulate in Flight ClubOrbit: as tracked
Starlink 3167 · NORAD 51460 · 2022-010 · Space-Track · tracking 1 of 21 objects
Show the numbers for orbit elements
- Object
- TBA - TO BE ASSIGNED
- Object ID
- 2022-010E
- Epoch
- 2022-02-08 18:00:00 UTC
- Mean motion
- 15.98078309 rev/day
- Eccentricity
- 0.0053662
- Inclination
- 53.2172°
- Ascending node
- 148.6578°
- Arg. of perigee
- 179.729°
- Mean anomaly
- 281.5305°
- Element set
- 999
- Rev at epoch
- 203
- B*
- -0.0017121
Perigee, apogee and period are Kepler figures from the catalogued mean elements, not a propagated state. Published orbit: LEO.
Catalogued objects
21 catalogued: 17 payloads, 4 components; 9 still in orbit
- Starlink 3167 · NORAD 51460 · re-entered December 24, 2024
- Starlink 3181 · NORAD 51461 · in orbit
- Starlink 3166 · NORAD 51462 · in orbit
- Starlink 3419 · NORAD 51463 · in orbit
- Starlink 3189 · NORAD 51464 · in orbit
- Starlink 3401 · NORAD 51465 · in orbit
- Starlink 3418 · NORAD 51466 · re-entered February 9, 2022
- Starlink 3178 · NORAD 51467 · in orbit
- Starlink 3174 · NORAD 51468 · in orbit
- Starlink 3182 · NORAD 51469 · in orbit
- Starlink 3420 · NORAD 51470 · re-entered February 12, 2022
- Starlink 3165 · NORAD 51471 · re-entered October 17, 2023
Show 5 more payloads
- Starlink 3415 · NORAD 51472 · in orbit
- Starlink 3152 · re-entered February 6, 2022
- Starlink 3163 · re-entered February 6, 2022
- Starlink 3164 · re-entered February 6, 2022
- Starlink 3170 · re-entered February 7, 2022
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
140th launch from Launch Complex 39A, 3rd this year · 197th from Kennedy Space Center, FL, USA
Local pad time at liftoff: Feb 3, 1:13 PM EST, in daylight
224 launches from this pad · 283 from Kennedy Space Center, FL, USA
15 days after the previous launch from this pad
Updates
Success confirmed
Show 9 earlier updates
Weather 80%
Nosu · 2/2/2022 · source
Updating T-0
Nosu · 2/2/2022 · source
Delayed to February 3
Nosu · 2/2/2022 · source
New launch date.
Cosmic_Penguin · 2/1/2022 · source
New launch date confirmed.
Cosmic_Penguin · 1/31/2022 · source
Shifting by one day due to CSG-2 delay
Nosu · 1/29/2022 · source
Confirmed by SpaceX
SwGustav · 1/28/2022 · source
New launch date
Cosmic_Penguin · 1/28/2022 · source
Weather 80%
Nosu · 1/26/2022 · source
Questions
When did Starlink Group 4-7 launch?
Starlink Group 4-7 launched on February 3, 2022 at 18:13 UTC.
Where can I watch Starlink Group 4-7?
Coverage: Falcon 9 Starlink 4-7; Starlink Mission. Watch the replay
What rocket launched Starlink Group 4-7?
Falcon 9 Block 5, flown by SpaceX. Falcon 9 Block 5 spec sheet
Where did Starlink Group 4-7 launch from?
Launch Complex 39A, Kennedy Space Center, FL, USA. Liftoff was Feb 3, 1:13 PM EST local time at the pad.
Did the booster land?
Booster B1061 flew for the 6th time and landed at A Shortfall of Gravitas.
What orbit did Starlink Group 4-7 reach?
The tracked orbit of Starlink 3167, one of 21 catalogued objects, from February 8, 2022, was 251 × 323 km inclined 53.2°.
How many satellites did Starlink Group 4-7 launch?
17 payloads from this launch are catalogued, 9 of them still in orbit (Data from J. McDowell, planet4589.org).
Which program is Starlink Group 4-7 part of?
Starlink. About Starlink