SpaceXFalcon 9 Block 5Launch Complex 39A, Kennedy Space Center, FL, USA
Starlink Group 5-3
Launched
February 2, 2023 · 07:58 UTC
Image: SpaceX
Summary
Starlink Group 5-3 launched on a SpaceX Falcon 9 Block 5 from Launch Complex 39A, Kennedy Space Center, FL, USA on February 2, 2023 at 07:58 UTC. The launch window ran from 07:37 to 12:07 UTC. It was SpaceX's 221st launch, 8th this year and humanity's 6,385th orbital launch attempt. It was the 145th Falcon 9 Block 5 flight and the 7th this year. Booster B1069 flew for the 5th time and landed at A Shortfall of Gravitas. The payload was bound for low Earth orbit (LEO). The tracked orbit of Starlink 5699, one of 57 catalogued objects, from February 10, 2023, was 361 × 364 km inclined 43.0°. 57 objects from this launch are catalogued, 53 of them payloads.
- Watch
- Starlink MissionSpaceX
- Vehicle
- Falcon 9 Block 5 · SpaceXStarlink
- Booster
- Mission
- Communications · Low Earth Orbit (LEO)
- Milestone
- 145th Falcon 9 Block 5 flight · 7th this yearSpaceX's 221st launch8th this yearhumanity's 6,385th orbital launch attempt17th orbital launch attempt this year
Webcast
Flight preview
Simulate in Flight ClubOrbit: as tracked
Starlink 5699 · NORAD 55449 · 2023-015 · Space-Track · tracking 1 of 57 objects
Show the numbers for orbit elements
- Object
- TBA - TO BE ASSIGNED
- Object ID
- 2023-015A
- Epoch
- 2023-02-10 18:00:00 UTC
- Mean motion
- 15.71289191 rev/day
- Eccentricity
- 0.0001849
- Inclination
- 42.9965°
- Ascending node
- 338.0301°
- Arg. of perigee
- 244.0523°
- Mean anomaly
- 134.1617°
- Element set
- 999
- Rev at epoch
- 148
- B*
- 0.00095983
Perigee, apogee and period are Kepler figures from the catalogued mean elements, not a propagated state. Published orbit: LEO.
Catalogued objects
57 catalogued: 53 payloads, 4 components; 49 still in orbit
- Starlink 5699 · NORAD 55449 · in orbit
- Starlink 5686 · NORAD 55450 · in orbit
- Starlink 5656 · NORAD 55451 · in orbit
- Starlink 5683 · NORAD 55452 · in orbit
- Starlink 5684 · NORAD 55453 · in orbit
- Starlink 5636 · NORAD 55454 · in orbit
- Starlink 5680 · NORAD 55455 · in orbit
- Starlink 5058 · NORAD 55456 · in orbit
- Starlink 5682 · NORAD 55457 · in orbit
- Starlink 5020 · NORAD 55458 · in orbit
- Starlink 5669 · NORAD 55459 · in orbit
- Starlink 5678 · NORAD 55460 · in orbit
Show 41 more payloads
- Starlink 5646 · NORAD 55461 · in orbit
- Starlink 5673 · NORAD 55462 · in orbit
- Starlink 5677 · NORAD 55463 · in orbit
- Starlink 5676 · NORAD 55464 · in orbit
- Starlink 5674 · NORAD 55465 · in orbit
- Starlink 5628 · NORAD 55466 · in orbit
- Starlink 5679 · NORAD 55467 · in orbit
- Starlink 5672 · NORAD 55468 · in orbit
- Starlink 5681 · NORAD 55469 · in orbit
- Starlink 5708 · NORAD 55470 · in orbit
- Starlink 5711 · NORAD 55471 · in orbit
- Starlink 5705 · NORAD 55472 · in orbit
- Starlink 5687 · NORAD 55473 · re-entered December 1, 2025
- Starlink 5689 · NORAD 55474 · in orbit
- Starlink 5650 · NORAD 55475 · in orbit
- Starlink 5596 · NORAD 55476 · re-entered September 27, 2023
- Starlink 5685 · NORAD 55477 · in orbit
- Starlink 5691 · NORAD 55478 · in orbit
- Starlink 5688 · NORAD 55479 · in orbit
- Starlink 5690 · NORAD 55480 · in orbit
- Starlink 5694 · NORAD 55481 · in orbit
- Starlink 5693 · NORAD 55482 · re-entered January 29, 2025
- Starlink 5692 · NORAD 55483 · in orbit
- Starlink 5696 · NORAD 55484 · in orbit
- Starlink 5695 · NORAD 55485 · in orbit
- Starlink 5704 · NORAD 55486 · in orbit
- Starlink 5701 · NORAD 55487 · in orbit
- Starlink 5706 · NORAD 55488 · in orbit
- Starlink 5371 · NORAD 55489 · in orbit
- Starlink 5373 · NORAD 55490 · in orbit
- Starlink 5364 · NORAD 55491 · in orbit
- Starlink 5013 · NORAD 55492 · in orbit
- Starlink 5362 · NORAD 55493 · in orbit
- Starlink 5344 · NORAD 55494 · in orbit
- Starlink 5100 · NORAD 55495 · in orbit
- Starlink 5139 · NORAD 55496 · re-entered July 17, 2023
- Starlink 5363 · NORAD 55497 · in orbit
- Starlink 5365 · NORAD 55498 · in orbit
- Starlink 5366 · NORAD 55499 · in orbit
- Starlink 5141 · NORAD 55500 · in orbit
- Starlink 5367 · NORAD 55501 · in orbit
Data from J. McDowell, planet4589.org
About this launch
A batch of 53 satellites for the Starlink mega-constellation - SpaceX's project for space-based Internet communication system.
Pad
Launch Complex 39A, Kennedy Space Center, FL, USA
157th launch from Launch Complex 39A, 2nd this year · 215th from Kennedy Space Center, FL, USA
Local pad time at liftoff: Feb 2, 2:58 AM EST, at night
224 launches from this pad · 283 from Kennedy Space Center, FL, USA
17 days after the previous launch from this pad
Updates
Successful launch of 53 Starlink satellites.
Show 9 earlier updates
End of live coverage. Deployment of the Starlink stack at T+01:03:56.
Nosu · 2/2/2023 · source
Liftoff
Nosu · 2/2/2023 · source
Live coverage has started
Nosu · 2/2/2023 · source
Updating T-0
Nosu · 2/2/2023 · source
Setting GO
Nosu · 1/31/2023 · source
NET February 2 per marine navigation warnings.
Cosmic_Penguin · 1/31/2023 · source
Weather 90%
Nosu · 1/30/2023 · source
Now scheduled for February 1
Nosu · 1/27/2023 · source
New launch date and time.
Cosmic_Penguin · 1/20/2023 · source
Questions
When did Starlink Group 5-3 launch?
Starlink Group 5-3 launched on February 2, 2023 at 07:58 UTC. The launch window ran from 07:37 to 12:07 UTC.
Where can I watch Starlink Group 5-3?
Coverage: Starlink Mission. Watch the replay
What rocket launched Starlink Group 5-3?
Falcon 9 Block 5, flown by SpaceX. Falcon 9 Block 5 spec sheet
Where did Starlink Group 5-3 launch from?
Launch Complex 39A, Kennedy Space Center, FL, USA. Liftoff was Feb 2, 2:58 AM EST local time at the pad.
Did the booster land?
Booster B1069 flew for the 5th time and landed at A Shortfall of Gravitas.
What orbit did Starlink Group 5-3 reach?
The tracked orbit of Starlink 5699, one of 57 catalogued objects, from February 10, 2023, was 361 × 364 km inclined 43.0°.
How many satellites did Starlink Group 5-3 launch?
53 payloads from this launch are catalogued, 49 of them still in orbit (Data from J. McDowell, planet4589.org).
Which program is Starlink Group 5-3 part of?
Starlink. About Starlink