SpaceXFalcon 9 Block 5Launch Complex 39A, Kennedy Space Center, FL, USA
Starlink Group 4-9
Launched
March 3, 2022
Image: SpaceX
Summary
Starlink Group 4-9 launched on a SpaceX Falcon 9 Block 5 from Launch Complex 39A, Kennedy Space Center, FL, USA on March 3, 2022. It was SpaceX's 161st launch, 9th this year and humanity's 6,205th orbital launch attempt. It was the 87th Falcon 9 Block 5 flight and the 9th this year. Booster B1060 flew for the 11th time and landed at Just Read the Instructions. The payload was bound for low Earth orbit (LEO). The tracked orbit of Starlink 3542, one of 51 catalogued objects, from March 7, 2022, was 333 × 334 km inclined 53.2°. 51 objects from this launch are catalogued, 47 of them payloads.
- Watch
- Falcon 9 Starlink 4-9The Space Devs
- Starlink MissionSpaceX
- Vehicle
- Falcon 9 Block 5 · SpaceXStarlink
- Booster
- B1060 · flight 11 · Autonomous Spaceport Drone Ship at Just Read the Instructions · landed156/157 landed here · 43 days after its previous flight, Starlink Group 4-6 · 642 km downrange
- Mission
- Communications · Low Earth Orbit (LEO)
- Milestone
- 87th Falcon 9 Block 5 flight · 9th this yearSpaceX's 161st launch9th this yearhumanity's 6,205th orbital launch attempt23rd orbital launch attempt this year
Webcast
Flight preview
Simulate in Flight ClubOrbit: as tracked
Starlink 3542 · NORAD 51852 · 2022-022 · Space-Track · tracking 1 of 51 objects
Show the numbers for orbit elements
- Object
- TBA - TO BE ASSIGNED
- Object ID
- 2022-022A
- Epoch
- 2022-03-07 20:00:01 UTC
- Mean motion
- 15.81509683 rev/day
- Eccentricity
- 0.000112
- Inclination
- 53.2174°
- Ascending node
- 123.3742°
- Arg. of perigee
- 75.5017°
- Mean anomaly
- 96.1659°
- Element set
- 999
- Rev at epoch
- 193
- B*
- -0.0047937
Perigee, apogee and period are Kepler figures from the catalogued mean elements, not a propagated state. Published orbit: LEO.
Catalogued objects
51 catalogued: 47 payloads, 4 components; 45 still in orbit
- Starlink 3542 · NORAD 51852 · in orbit
- Starlink 3539 · NORAD 51853 · re-entered June 26, 2025
- Starlink 3541 · NORAD 51854 · in orbit
- Starlink 3545 · NORAD 51855 · in orbit
- Starlink 3568 · NORAD 51856 · in orbit
- Starlink 3571 · NORAD 51857 · in orbit
- Starlink 3563 · NORAD 51858 · in orbit
- Starlink 3560 · NORAD 51859 · in orbit
- Starlink 3559 · NORAD 51860 · in orbit
- Starlink 3562 · NORAD 51861 · in orbit
- Starlink 3508 · NORAD 51862 · in orbit
- Starlink 3555 · NORAD 51863 · in orbit
Show 35 more payloads
- Starlink 3548 · NORAD 51864 · in orbit
- Starlink 3503 · NORAD 51865 · in orbit
- Starlink 3553 · NORAD 51866 · in orbit
- Starlink 3590 · NORAD 51867 · in orbit
- Starlink 3578 · NORAD 51868 · in orbit
- Starlink 3588 · NORAD 51869 · in orbit
- Starlink 3591 · NORAD 51870 · in orbit
- Starlink 3567 · NORAD 51871 · in orbit
- Starlink 3554 · NORAD 51872 · in orbit
- Starlink 3582 · NORAD 51873 · in orbit
- Starlink 3574 · NORAD 51874 · in orbit
- Starlink 3585 · NORAD 51875 · in orbit
- Starlink 3583 · NORAD 51876 · in orbit
- Starlink 3556 · NORAD 51877 · in orbit
- Starlink 3575 · NORAD 51878 · in orbit
- Starlink 3572 · NORAD 51879 · in orbit
- Starlink 3566 · NORAD 51880 · in orbit
- Starlink 3504 · NORAD 51881 · in orbit
- Starlink 3570 · NORAD 51882 · in orbit
- Starlink 3576 · NORAD 51883 · in orbit
- Starlink 3577 · NORAD 51884 · in orbit
- Starlink 3584 · NORAD 51885 · in orbit
- Starlink 3565 · NORAD 51886 · in orbit
- Starlink 3551 · NORAD 51887 · in orbit
- Starlink 3536 · NORAD 51888 · in orbit
- Starlink 3547 · NORAD 51889 · in orbit
- Starlink 3519 · NORAD 51890 · re-entered May 13, 2025
- Starlink 3549 · NORAD 51891 · in orbit
- Starlink 3587 · NORAD 51892 · in orbit
- Starlink 3579 · NORAD 51893 · in orbit
- Starlink 3595 · NORAD 51894 · in orbit
- Starlink 3594 · NORAD 51895 · in orbit
- Starlink 3593 · NORAD 51896 · in orbit
- Starlink 3598 · NORAD 51897 · in orbit
- Starlink 3597 · NORAD 51898 · in orbit
Data from J. McDowell, planet4589.org
About this launch
A batch of 47 satellites for Starlink mega-constellation - SpaceX's project for space-based Internet communication system.
Pad
Launch Complex 39A, Kennedy Space Center, FL, USA
141st launch from Launch Complex 39A, 4th this year · 198th from Kennedy Space Center, FL, USA
224 launches from this pad · 283 from Kennedy Space Center, FL, USA
27 days after the previous launch from this pad
Updates
Successful launch of 47 Starlink satellites
Show 8 earlier updates
Liftoff
Nosu · 3/3/2022 · source
Go for launch
Cosmic_Penguin · 3/1/2022 · source
Adjusting T-0
Nosu · 3/1/2022 · source
Weather 90%
Nosu · 2/28/2022 · source
New launch time.
Cosmic_Penguin · 2/24/2022 · source
Updating T-0
Nosu · 2/22/2022 · source
Adding a rough T-0 estimate
Nosu · 2/22/2022 · source
Added launch.
Cosmic_Penguin · 2/20/2022 · source
Questions
When did Starlink Group 4-9 launch?
Starlink Group 4-9 launched on March 3, 2022. The time is known to the hour, not the minute.
Where can I watch Starlink Group 4-9?
Coverage: Falcon 9 Starlink 4-9; Starlink Mission. Watch the replay
What rocket launched Starlink Group 4-9?
Falcon 9 Block 5, flown by SpaceX. Falcon 9 Block 5 spec sheet
Where did Starlink Group 4-9 launch from?
Launch Complex 39A, Kennedy Space Center, FL, USA.
Did the booster land?
Booster B1060 flew for the 11th time and landed at Just Read the Instructions.
What orbit did Starlink Group 4-9 reach?
The tracked orbit of Starlink 3542, one of 51 catalogued objects, from March 7, 2022, was 333 × 334 km inclined 53.2°.
How many satellites did Starlink Group 4-9 launch?
47 payloads from this launch are catalogued, 45 of them still in orbit (Data from J. McDowell, planet4589.org).
Which program is Starlink Group 4-9 part of?
Starlink. About Starlink