SpaceXFalcon 9 Block 5Space Launch Complex 40, Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA
Starlink Group 6-103
Launched
February 16, 2026 · 07:59 UTC
Image: SpaceX
Summary
Starlink Group 6-103 launched on a SpaceX Falcon 9 Block 5 from Space Launch Complex 40, Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA on February 16, 2026 at 07:59 UTC. The launch window ran from 05:00 to 09:00 UTC. It was SpaceX's 638th launch, 19th this year and humanity's 7,209th orbital launch attempt. It was the 545th Falcon 9 Block 5 flight and the 19th this year. Booster B1090 flew for the 10th time and landed at A Shortfall of Gravitas. The payload was bound for low Earth orbit (LEO). The tracked orbit of Starlink 36644, one of 29 catalogued objects, from February 23, 2026, was 313 × 315 km inclined 43.0°. 29 objects from this launch are catalogued, all of them payloads.
- Watch
- SpaceX Starlink Group 6-103The Space Devs
- Live: SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket to launch 29 Starlink internet satellites from Cape CanaveralSpaceflight Now
- SpaceX Falcon 9 launches Starlink 6-103NASASpaceflight
- Vehicle
- Falcon 9 Block 5 · SpaceXStarlink
- Booster
- B1090 · flight 10 · Autonomous Spaceport Drone Ship at A Shortfall of Gravitas · landed161/162 landed here · 86 days after its previous flight, Starlink Group 6-79 · 600 km downrange
- Mission
- Communications · Low Earth Orbit (LEO)for SpX
- Milestone
- 545th Falcon 9 Block 5 flight · 19th this yearSpaceX's 638th launch19th this yearhumanity's 7,209th orbital launch attempt36th orbital launch attempt this year
Flight preview
Simulate in Flight ClubOrbit: as tracked
Starlink 36644 · NORAD 67821 · 2026-033 · Space-Track · tracking 1 of 29 objects
Show the numbers for orbit elements
- Object
- STARLINK-36644
- Object ID
- 2026-033A
- Epoch
- 2026-02-23 16:00:03 UTC
- Mean motion
- 15.88330289 rev/day
- Eccentricity
- 0.0001815
- Inclination
- 42.9991°
- Ascending node
- 357.512°
- Arg. of perigee
- 258.4172°
- Mean anomaly
- 13.9863°
- Element set
- 999
- Rev at epoch
- 241
- B*
- -0.0066583
Perigee, apogee and period are Kepler figures from the catalogued mean elements, not a propagated state. Published orbit: LEO.
Flight timeline
- T+1M12SMax-Q
- T+2M24SMECO
- T+2M28SStage 2 Separation
- T+2M36SSES-1
- T+2M57SFairing Separation
- T+6M8SEntry Burn Startup
- T+6M34SEntry Burn Shutdown
- T+7M55SStage 1 Landing Burn
- T+8M20SStage 1 Landing
- T+8M40SSECO-1
- T+53M52SSES-2
- T+53M54SSECO-2
- T+1H4M59SStarlink Deployment
Catalogued objects
29 catalogued: 29 payloads; 29 still in orbit
- Starlink 36644 · NORAD 67821 · in orbit
- Starlink 36643 · NORAD 67822 · in orbit
- Starlink 36646 · NORAD 67823 · in orbit
- Starlink 36647 · NORAD 67824 · in orbit
- Starlink 36648 · NORAD 67825 · in orbit
- Starlink 35865 · NORAD 67826 · in orbit
- Starlink 36289 · NORAD 67827 · in orbit
- Starlink 36670 · NORAD 67828 · in orbit
- Starlink 36144 · NORAD 67829 · in orbit
- Starlink 36611 · NORAD 67830 · in orbit
- Starlink 36661 · NORAD 67831 · in orbit
- Starlink 36662 · NORAD 67832 · in orbit
Show 17 more payloads
- Starlink 36659 · NORAD 67833 · in orbit
- Starlink 36655 · NORAD 67834 · in orbit
- Starlink 36657 · NORAD 67835 · in orbit
- Starlink 36650 · NORAD 67836 · in orbit
- Starlink 36649 · NORAD 67837 · in orbit
- Starlink 36654 · NORAD 67838 · in orbit
- Starlink 36652 · NORAD 67839 · in orbit
- Starlink 36651 · NORAD 67840 · in orbit
- Starlink 36656 · NORAD 67841 · in orbit
- Starlink 36653 · NORAD 67842 · in orbit
- Starlink 36589 · NORAD 67843 · in orbit
- Starlink 36598 · NORAD 67844 · in orbit
- Starlink 36606 · NORAD 67845 · in orbit
- Starlink 36658 · NORAD 67846 · in orbit
- Starlink 36618 · NORAD 67847 · in orbit
- Starlink 36660 · NORAD 67848 · in orbit
- Starlink 36602 · NORAD 67849 · in orbit
Data from J. McDowell, planet4589.org
About this launch
A batch of 29 satellites for the Starlink mega-constellation - SpaceX's project for space-based Internet communication system.
Pad
Space Launch Complex 40, Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA
363rd launch from Space Launch Complex 40, 9th this year · 1,086th from Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA
Local pad time at liftoff: Feb 16, 2:59 AM EST, at night
403 launches from this pad · 1,131 from Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA
2 days 21 hours after the previous launch from this pad
Updates
Launch successful.
Show 9 earlier updates
Liftoff!
hitura-nobad · 2/16/2026 · source
Unofficial Re-stream by SPACE AFFAIRS has started
LL2 · 2/16/2026 · source
Unofficial Webcast by Spaceflight Now has started
LL2 · 2/16/2026 · source
Now targeting Feb 16 at 07:59 UTC
Cosmic_Penguin · 2/16/2026 · source
Now targeting Feb 16 at 06:54 UTC
Cosmic_Penguin · 2/16/2026 · source
Now targeting Feb 16 at 05:35 UTC
Cosmic_Penguin · 2/16/2026 · source
Now targeting Feb 16 at 05:34 UTC (Launch weather update per https://45thweathersquadron.nebula.spaceforce.mil/assets/LaunchForecasts/Falcon%209%20Starlink%206-103%20L-1%20Forecast%20-%2016%20Feb%20Launch.pdf, 20% GO)
Cosmic_Penguin · 2/15/2026 · source
Now targeting Feb 16 at 05:00 UTC
Cosmic_Penguin · 2/10/2026 · source
Now targeting Feb 14 at 05:00 UTC
Cosmic_Penguin · 2/4/2026 · source
Questions
When did Starlink Group 6-103 launch?
Starlink Group 6-103 launched on February 16, 2026 at 07:59 UTC. The launch window ran from 05:00 to 09:00 UTC.
Where can I watch Starlink Group 6-103?
Coverage: SpaceX Starlink Group 6-103; Live: SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket to launch 29 Starlink internet satellites from Cape Canaveral; SpaceX Falcon 9 launches Starlink 6-103. Watch the replay
What rocket launched Starlink Group 6-103?
Falcon 9 Block 5, flown by SpaceX. Falcon 9 Block 5 spec sheet
Where did Starlink Group 6-103 launch from?
Space Launch Complex 40, Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA. Liftoff was Feb 16, 2:59 AM EST local time at the pad.
Did the booster land?
Booster B1090 flew for the 10th time and landed at A Shortfall of Gravitas.
What orbit did Starlink Group 6-103 reach?
The tracked orbit of Starlink 36644, one of 29 catalogued objects, from February 23, 2026, was 313 × 315 km inclined 43.0°.
How many satellites did Starlink Group 6-103 launch?
29 payloads from this launch are catalogued, 29 of them still in orbit (Data from J. McDowell, planet4589.org).
Which program is Starlink Group 6-103 part of?
Starlink. About Starlink