SpaceXFalcon 9 Block 5Space Launch Complex 40, Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA
Starlink Group 5-2
Launched
January 26, 2023 · 09:32 UTC
Image: SpaceX
Summary
Starlink Group 5-2 launched on a SpaceX Falcon 9 Block 5 from Space Launch Complex 40, Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA on January 26, 2023 at 09:32 UTC. The launch window ran from 09:02 to 11:24 UTC. It was SpaceX's 219th launch, 6th this year and humanity's 6,383rd orbital launch attempt. It was the 143rd Falcon 9 Block 5 flight and the 5th this year. Booster B1067 flew for the 9th time and landed at Just Read the Instructions. The payload was bound for low Earth orbit (LEO). The tracked orbit of Starlink 5492, one of 60 catalogued objects, from January 31, 2023, was 271 × 329 km inclined 43.0°. 60 objects from this launch are catalogued, 56 of them payloads.
- Watch
- Starlink MissionSpaceX
- Vehicle
- Falcon 9 Block 5 · SpaceXStarlink
- Booster
- B1067 · flight 9 · Autonomous Spaceport Drone Ship at Just Read the Instructions · landed156/157 landed here · 40 days after its previous flight, O3b mPower 1 & 2 · 660 km downrange
- Mission
- Communications · Low Earth Orbit (LEO)
- Milestone
- 143rd Falcon 9 Block 5 flight · 5th this yearSpaceX's 219th launch6th this yearhumanity's 6,383rd orbital launch attempt15th orbital launch attempt this year
Webcast
Flight preview
Simulate in Flight ClubOrbit: as tracked
Starlink 5492 · NORAD 55331 · 2023-013 · Space-Track · tracking 1 of 60 objects
Show the numbers for orbit elements
- Object
- TBA - TO BE ASSIGNED
- Object ID
- 2023-013A
- Epoch
- 2023-01-31 18:00:00 UTC
- Mean motion
- 15.93285571 rev/day
- Eccentricity
- 0.0043721
- Inclination
- 43.0001°
- Ascending node
- 12.1722°
- Arg. of perigee
- 190.8697°
- Mean anomaly
- 145.1593°
- Element set
- 999
- Rev at epoch
- 130
- B*
- -0.0021329
Perigee, apogee and period are Kepler figures from the catalogued mean elements, not a propagated state. Published orbit: LEO.
Catalogued objects
60 catalogued: 56 payloads, 4 components; 53 still in orbit
- Starlink 5492 · NORAD 55331 · in orbit
- Starlink 5491 · NORAD 55332 · in orbit
- Starlink 5493 · NORAD 55333 · in orbit
- Starlink 5652 · NORAD 55334 · in orbit
- Starlink 5660 · NORAD 55335 · in orbit
- Starlink 5655 · NORAD 55336 · in orbit
- Starlink 5667 · NORAD 55337 · in orbit
- Starlink 5658 · NORAD 55338 · in orbit
- Starlink 5671 · NORAD 55339 · in orbit
- Starlink 5675 · NORAD 55340 · in orbit
- Starlink 5670 · NORAD 55341 · in orbit
- Starlink 5657 · NORAD 55342 · in orbit
Show 44 more payloads
- Starlink 5661 · NORAD 55343 · in orbit
- Starlink 5662 · NORAD 55344 · re-entered November 28, 2024
- Starlink 5653 · NORAD 55345 · in orbit
- Starlink 5631 · NORAD 55346 · in orbit
- Starlink 5663 · NORAD 55347 · in orbit
- Starlink 5609 · NORAD 55348 · in orbit
- Starlink 5666 · NORAD 55349 · in orbit
- Starlink 5668 · NORAD 55350 · in orbit
- Starlink 5659 · NORAD 55351 · in orbit
- Starlink 5547 · NORAD 55352 · in orbit
- Starlink 5608 · NORAD 55353 · in orbit
- Starlink 5649 · NORAD 55354 · in orbit
- Starlink 5647 · NORAD 55355 · in orbit
- Starlink 5083 · NORAD 55356 · re-entered March 23, 2023
- Starlink 5651 · NORAD 55357 · in orbit
- Starlink 5622 · NORAD 55358 · in orbit
- Starlink 5641 · NORAD 55359 · in orbit
- Starlink 5664 · NORAD 55360 · in orbit
- Starlink 5665 · NORAD 55361 · in orbit
- Starlink 5574 · NORAD 55362 · in orbit
- Starlink 5648 · NORAD 55363 · re-entered April 3, 2025
- Starlink 5627 · NORAD 55364 · in orbit
- Starlink 5639 · NORAD 55365 · in orbit
- Starlink 5654 · NORAD 55366 · in orbit
- Starlink 5635 · NORAD 55367 · in orbit
- Starlink 5625 · NORAD 55368 · in orbit
- Starlink 5644 · NORAD 55369 · in orbit
- Starlink 5027 · NORAD 55370 · in orbit
- Starlink 5590 · NORAD 55371 · in orbit
- Starlink 5568 · NORAD 55372 · in orbit
- Starlink 5581 · NORAD 55373 · in orbit
- Starlink 5578 · NORAD 55374 · in orbit
- Starlink 5588 · NORAD 55375 · in orbit
- Starlink 5586 · NORAD 55376 · in orbit
- Starlink 5567 · NORAD 55377 · in orbit
- Starlink 5572 · NORAD 55378 · in orbit
- Starlink 5569 · NORAD 55379 · in orbit
- Starlink 5571 · NORAD 55380 · in orbit
- Starlink 5575 · NORAD 55381 · in orbit
- Starlink 5576 · NORAD 55382 · in orbit
- Starlink 5531 · NORAD 55383 · in orbit
- Starlink 5537 · NORAD 55384 · in orbit
- Starlink 5556 · NORAD 55385 · in orbit
- Starlink 5555 · NORAD 55386 · in orbit
Data from J. McDowell, planet4589.org
About this launch
A batch of 56 satellites for Starlink mega-constellation - SpaceX's project for space-based Internet communication system.
Pad
Space Launch Complex 40, Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA
167th launch from Space Launch Complex 40, 4th this year · 872nd from Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA
Local pad time at liftoff: Jan 26, 4:32 AM EST, at night
403 launches from this pad · 1,131 from Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA
7 days 21 hours after the previous launch from this pad
Updates
Launch success
Show 9 earlier updates
Liftoff
SwGustav · 1/26/2023 · source
Coverage live
SwGustav · 1/26/2023 · source
Updated T-0
Cosmic_Penguin · 1/26/2023 · source
Go for launch.
Cosmic_Penguin · 1/25/2023 · source
Weather 70%
Nosu · 1/23/2023 · source
Delayed to January 26 per a cancel-and-replace NGA notice
Nosu · 1/20/2023 · source
Refined launch window.
Cosmic_Penguin · 1/20/2023 · source
Added launch window based on marine navigation warnings.
Cosmic_Penguin · 1/19/2023 · source
Adding launch NET January 2023
Nosu · 12/14/2022 · source
Questions
When did Starlink Group 5-2 launch?
Starlink Group 5-2 launched on January 26, 2023 at 09:32 UTC. The launch window ran from 09:02 to 11:24 UTC.
Where can I watch Starlink Group 5-2?
Coverage: Starlink Mission. Watch the replay
What rocket launched Starlink Group 5-2?
Falcon 9 Block 5, flown by SpaceX. Falcon 9 Block 5 spec sheet
Where did Starlink Group 5-2 launch from?
Space Launch Complex 40, Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA. Liftoff was Jan 26, 4:32 AM EST local time at the pad.
Did the booster land?
Booster B1067 flew for the 9th time and landed at Just Read the Instructions.
What orbit did Starlink Group 5-2 reach?
The tracked orbit of Starlink 5492, one of 60 catalogued objects, from January 31, 2023, was 271 × 329 km inclined 43.0°.
How many satellites did Starlink Group 5-2 launch?
56 payloads from this launch are catalogued, 53 of them still in orbit (Data from J. McDowell, planet4589.org).
Which program is Starlink Group 5-2 part of?
Starlink. About Starlink