SpaceXFalcon 9 Block 5Space Launch Complex 4E, Vandenberg SFB, CA, USA
Starlink Group 5-13
Launched
July 7, 2023 · 19:29 UTC
Image: SpaceX
Summary
Starlink Group 5-13 launched on a SpaceX Falcon 9 Block 5 from Space Launch Complex 4E, Vandenberg SFB, CA, USA on July 7, 2023 at 19:29 UTC. It was SpaceX's 259th launch, 46th this year and humanity's 6,468th orbital launch attempt. It was the 181st Falcon 9 Block 5 flight and the 43rd this year. Booster B1063 flew for the 12th time and landed at Of Course I Still Love You. The payload was bound for low Earth orbit (LEO). The tracked orbit of Starlink 5525, one of 52 catalogued objects, from July 14, 2023, was 288 × 323 km inclined 43.0°. 52 objects from this launch are catalogued, 48 of them payloads.
- Watch
- Starlink MissionSpaceX
- Vehicle
- Falcon 9 Block 5 · SpaceXStarlink
- Booster
- B1063 · flight 12 · Autonomous Spaceport Drone Ship at Of Course I Still Love You · landed209/217 landed here · 48 days after its previous flight, Iridium-9 & OneWeb 19 · 668 km downrange
- Mission
- Communications · Low Earth Orbit (LEO)
- Milestone
- 181st Falcon 9 Block 5 flight · 43rd this yearSpaceX's 259th launch46th this yearhumanity's 6,468th orbital launch attempt100th orbital launch attempt this year
Webcast
Flight preview
Simulate in Flight ClubOrbit: as tracked
Starlink 5525 · NORAD 57218 · 2023-094 · Space-Track · tracking 1 of 52 objects
Show the numbers for orbit elements
- Object
- TBA - TO BE ASSIGNED
- Object ID
- 2023-094A
- Epoch
- 2023-07-14 18:00:00 UTC
- Mean motion
- 15.91451673 rev/day
- Eccentricity
- 0.0026518
- Inclination
- 42.9966°
- Ascending node
- 276.0652°
- Arg. of perigee
- 199.8204°
- Mean anomaly
- 235.5658°
- Element set
- 999
- Rev at epoch
- 130
- B*
- -0.0031033
Perigee, apogee and period are Kepler figures from the catalogued mean elements, not a propagated state. Published orbit: LEO.
Catalogued objects
52 catalogued: 48 payloads, 4 components; 45 still in orbit
- Starlink 5525 · NORAD 57218 · in orbit
- Starlink 5520 · NORAD 57219 · in orbit
- Starlink 5880 · NORAD 57220 · in orbit
- Starlink 5875 · NORAD 57221 · re-entered July 3, 2026
- Starlink 5870 · NORAD 57222 · in orbit
- Starlink 5519 · NORAD 57223 · in orbit
- Starlink 5983 · NORAD 57224 · in orbit
- Starlink 6294 · NORAD 57225 · in orbit
- Starlink 6350 · NORAD 57226 · in orbit
- Starlink 5996 · NORAD 57227 · in orbit
- Starlink 6230 · NORAD 57228 · in orbit
- Starlink 6233 · NORAD 57229 · in orbit
Show 36 more payloads
- Starlink 6250 · NORAD 57230 · in orbit
- Starlink 5840 · NORAD 57231 · in orbit
- Starlink 5872 · NORAD 57232 · in orbit
- Starlink 5866 · NORAD 57233 · in orbit
- Starlink 6368 · NORAD 57234 · in orbit
- Starlink 6360 · NORAD 57235 · in orbit
- Starlink 6315 · NORAD 57236 · in orbit
- Starlink 6365 · NORAD 57237 · in orbit
- Starlink 6334 · NORAD 57238 · in orbit
- Starlink 6330 · NORAD 57239 · in orbit
- Starlink 6351 · NORAD 57240 · in orbit
- Starlink 6349 · NORAD 57241 · in orbit
- Starlink 6306 · NORAD 57242 · in orbit
- Starlink 6346 · NORAD 57243 · in orbit
- Starlink 5610 · NORAD 57244 · in orbit
- Starlink 5587 · NORAD 57245 · in orbit
- Starlink 5049 · NORAD 57246 · in orbit
- Starlink 5039 · NORAD 57247 · in orbit
- Starlink 5514 · NORAD 57248 · in orbit
- Starlink 5517 · NORAD 57249 · in orbit
- Starlink 5488 · NORAD 57250 · in orbit
- Starlink 5513 · NORAD 57251 · in orbit
- Starlink 5511 · NORAD 57252 · in orbit
- Starlink 5516 · NORAD 57253 · in orbit
- Starlink 5490 · NORAD 57254 · in orbit
- Starlink 5481 · NORAD 57255 · in orbit
- Starlink 5512 · NORAD 57256 · in orbit
- Starlink 5503 · NORAD 57257 · in orbit
- Starlink 5476 · NORAD 57258 · in orbit
- Starlink 5505 · NORAD 57259 · re-entered March 2, 2024
- Starlink 5026 · NORAD 57260 · in orbit
- Starlink 5485 · NORAD 57261 · in orbit
- Starlink 5504 · NORAD 57262 · in orbit
- Starlink 5509 · NORAD 57263 · in orbit
- Starlink 5858 · NORAD 57264 · in orbit
- Starlink 5890 · NORAD 57265 · re-entered February 18, 2026
Data from J. McDowell, planet4589.org
About this launch
A batch of 48 satellites for the Starlink mega-constellation - SpaceX's project for space-based Internet communication system.
Pad
Space Launch Complex 4E, Vandenberg SFB, CA, USA
114th launch from Space Launch Complex 4E, 14th this year · 723rd from Vandenberg SFB, CA, USA
Local pad time at liftoff: Jul 7, 12:29 PM PDT, in daylight
303 launches from this pad · 919 from Vandenberg SFB, CA, USA
15 days after the previous launch from this pad
Updates
Launch success.
Show 7 earlier updates
Liftoff
Nosu · 7/7/2023 · source
Livestream has started
LL2 · 7/7/2023 · source
Setting GO
hitura-nobad · 7/6/2023 · source
Tweaked T-0.
Cosmic_Penguin · 7/6/2023 · source
Added tentative launch window per marine navigation warnings.
Cosmic_Penguin · 7/2/2023 · source
NET July 6 per USCG District 11 Local Notice to Mariners
Nosu · 6/29/2023 · source
Adding launch
Nosu · 5/22/2023 · source
Questions
When did Starlink Group 5-13 launch?
Starlink Group 5-13 launched on July 7, 2023 at 19:29 UTC.
Where can I watch Starlink Group 5-13?
Coverage: Starlink Mission. Watch the replay
What rocket launched Starlink Group 5-13?
Falcon 9 Block 5, flown by SpaceX. Falcon 9 Block 5 spec sheet
Where did Starlink Group 5-13 launch from?
Space Launch Complex 4E, Vandenberg SFB, CA, USA. Liftoff was Jul 7, 12:29 PM PDT local time at the pad.
Did the booster land?
Booster B1063 flew for the 12th time and landed at Of Course I Still Love You.
What orbit did Starlink Group 5-13 reach?
The tracked orbit of Starlink 5525, one of 52 catalogued objects, from July 14, 2023, was 288 × 323 km inclined 43.0°.
How many satellites did Starlink Group 5-13 launch?
48 payloads from this launch are catalogued, 45 of them still in orbit (Data from J. McDowell, planet4589.org).
Which program is Starlink Group 5-13 part of?
Starlink. About Starlink