SpaceXFalcon 9 Block 5Space Launch Complex 40, Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA
Starlink Group 4-8
Launched
February 21, 2022
Image: SpaceX
Summary
Starlink Group 4-8 launched on a SpaceX Falcon 9 Block 5 from Space Launch Complex 40, Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA on February 21, 2022. It was SpaceX's 159th launch, 7th this year and humanity's 6,199th orbital launch attempt. It was the 85th Falcon 9 Block 5 flight and the 7th this year. Booster B1058 flew for the 11th time and landed at A Shortfall of Gravitas. The payload was bound for low Earth orbit (LEO). The tracked orbit of Starlink 3528, one of 50 catalogued objects, from February 25, 2022, was 346 × 347 km inclined 53.2°. 50 objects from this launch are catalogued, 46 of them payloads.
- Watch
- Falcon 9 Starlink 4-8The Space Devs
- Starlink MissionSpaceX
- Vehicle
- Falcon 9 Block 5 · SpaceXStarlink
- Booster
- B1058 · flight 11 · Autonomous Spaceport Drone Ship at A Shortfall of Gravitas · landed161/162 landed here · 38 days after its previous flight, Transporter 3 (Dedicated SSO Rideshare) · 636 km downrange
- Mission
- Communications · Low Earth Orbit (LEO)
- Milestone
- 85th Falcon 9 Block 5 flight · 7th this yearSpaceX's 159th launch7th this yearhumanity's 6,199th orbital launch attempt17th orbital launch attempt this year
Webcast
Flight preview
Orbit: as tracked
Starlink 3528 · NORAD 51714 · 2022-016 · Space-Track · tracking 1 of 50 objects
Show the numbers for orbit elements
- Object
- TBA - TO BE ASSIGNED
- Object ID
- 2022-016A
- Epoch
- 2022-02-25 16:00:01 UTC
- Mean motion
- 15.76835671 rev/day
- Eccentricity
- 0.0001259
- Inclination
- 53.2178°
- Ascending node
- 119.4652°
- Arg. of perigee
- 57.9922°
- Mean anomaly
- 82.0267°
- Element set
- 999
- Rev at epoch
- 186
- B*
- -0.0053735
Perigee, apogee and period are Kepler figures from the catalogued mean elements, not a propagated state. Published orbit: LEO.
Catalogued objects
50 catalogued: 46 payloads, 4 components; 43 still in orbit
- Starlink 3528 · NORAD 51714 · in orbit
- Starlink 3533 · NORAD 51715 · in orbit
- Starlink 3543 · NORAD 51716 · in orbit
- Starlink 3445 · NORAD 51717 · in orbit
- Starlink 3546 · NORAD 51718 · in orbit
- Starlink 3540 · NORAD 51719 · in orbit
- Starlink 3526 · NORAD 51720 · in orbit
- Starlink 3524 · NORAD 51721 · in orbit
- Starlink 3535 · NORAD 51722 · in orbit
- Starlink 3531 · NORAD 51723 · re-entered June 8, 2024
- Starlink 3529 · NORAD 51724 · in orbit
- Starlink 3522 · NORAD 51725 · in orbit
Show 34 more payloads
- Starlink 3527 · NORAD 51726 · in orbit
- Starlink 3532 · NORAD 51727 · in orbit
- Starlink 3448 · NORAD 51728 · re-entered April 14, 2025
- Starlink 3523 · NORAD 51729 · in orbit
- Starlink 3530 · NORAD 51730 · re-entered December 27, 2024
- Starlink 3514 · NORAD 51731 · in orbit
- Starlink 3518 · NORAD 51732 · in orbit
- Starlink 3525 · NORAD 51733 · in orbit
- Starlink 3450 · NORAD 51734 · in orbit
- Starlink 3517 · NORAD 51735 · in orbit
- Starlink 3447 · NORAD 51736 · in orbit
- Starlink 3509 · NORAD 51737 · in orbit
- Starlink 3515 · NORAD 51738 · in orbit
- Starlink 3516 · NORAD 51739 · in orbit
- Starlink 3500 · NORAD 51740 · in orbit
- Starlink 3520 · NORAD 51741 · in orbit
- Starlink 3521 · NORAD 51742 · in orbit
- Starlink 3512 · NORAD 51743 · in orbit
- Starlink 3452 · NORAD 51744 · in orbit
- Starlink 3449 · NORAD 51745 · in orbit
- Starlink 3502 · NORAD 51746 · in orbit
- Starlink 3446 · NORAD 51747 · in orbit
- Starlink 3501 · NORAD 51748 · in orbit
- Starlink 3451 · NORAD 51749 · in orbit
- Starlink 3505 · NORAD 51750 · in orbit
- Starlink 3506 · NORAD 51751 · in orbit
- Starlink 3511 · NORAD 51752 · in orbit
- Starlink 3507 · NORAD 51753 · in orbit
- Starlink 3457 · NORAD 51754 · in orbit
- Starlink 3460 · NORAD 51755 · in orbit
- Starlink 3513 · NORAD 51756 · in orbit
- Starlink 3459 · NORAD 51757 · in orbit
- Starlink 3458 · NORAD 51758 · in orbit
- Starlink 3456 · NORAD 51759 · in orbit
Data from J. McDowell, planet4589.org
About this launch
A batch of 46 satellites for Starlink mega-constellation - SpaceX's project for space-based Internet communication system.
Pad
Space Launch Complex 40, Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA
136th launch from Space Launch Complex 40, 3rd this year · 835th from Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA
403 launches from this pad · 1,131 from Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA
20 days after the previous launch from this pad
Updates
Successful deployment confirmed
Show 9 earlier updates
Liftoff
SwGustav · 2/21/2022
Reverting T-0 back
SwGustav · 2/21/2022 · source
Correcting T-0.
Jay · 2/21/2022 · source
One day slip
Cosmic_Penguin · 2/19/2022 · source
T-0 confirmed by SpaceX
Nosu · 2/18/2022 · source
Weather 90%
Nosu · 2/18/2022 · source
Updating T-0 and setting weather 80%
Nosu · 2/17/2022 · source
Updating T-0
Nosu · 2/15/2022 · source
New launch date.
Cosmic_Penguin · 2/8/2022 · source
Questions
When did Starlink Group 4-8 launch?
Starlink Group 4-8 launched on February 21, 2022. The time is known to the hour, not the minute.
Where can I watch Starlink Group 4-8?
Coverage: Falcon 9 Starlink 4-8; Starlink Mission. Watch the replay
What rocket launched Starlink Group 4-8?
Falcon 9 Block 5, flown by SpaceX. Falcon 9 Block 5 spec sheet
Where did Starlink Group 4-8 launch from?
Space Launch Complex 40, Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA.
Did the booster land?
Booster B1058 flew for the 11th time and landed at A Shortfall of Gravitas.
What orbit did Starlink Group 4-8 reach?
The tracked orbit of Starlink 3528, one of 50 catalogued objects, from February 25, 2022, was 346 × 347 km inclined 53.2°.
How many satellites did Starlink Group 4-8 launch?
46 payloads from this launch are catalogued, 43 of them still in orbit (Data from J. McDowell, planet4589.org).
Which program is Starlink Group 4-8 part of?
Starlink. About Starlink