SpaceXFalcon 9 Block 5Space Launch Complex 40, Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA
Starlink Group 6-72
Launched
April 6, 2025 · 03:07 UTC
Image: SpaceX
Summary
Starlink Group 6-72 launched on a SpaceX Falcon 9 Block 5 from Space Launch Complex 40, Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA on April 6, 2025 at 03:07 UTC. The launch window ran from 02:40 to 06:40 UTC. It was SpaceX's 490th launch, 41st this year and humanity's 6,921st orbital launch attempt. It was the 400th Falcon 9 Block 5 flight and the 39th this year. Booster B1078 flew for the 19th time and landed at Just Read the Instructions. The payload was bound for low Earth orbit (LEO). The tracked orbit of Starlink 33679, one of 28 catalogued objects, from April 11, 2025, was 300 × 302 km inclined 43.0°. 28 objects from this launch are catalogued, all of them payloads.
- Watch
- Vehicle
- Falcon 9 Block 5 · SpaceXStarlink
- Booster
- B1078 · flight 19 · Autonomous Spaceport Drone Ship at Just Read the Instructions · landed156/157 landed here · 21 days after its previous flight, Starlink Group 12-16 · 600 km downrange
- Mission
- Communications · Low Earth Orbit (LEO)for SpX
- Milestone
- 400th Falcon 9 Block 5 flight · 39th this yearSpaceX's 490th launch41st this yearhumanity's 6,921st orbital launch attempt72nd orbital launch attempt this year
Flight preview
Simulate in Flight ClubOrbit: as tracked
Starlink 33679 · NORAD 63460 · 2025-070 · Space-Track · tracking 1 of 28 objects
Show the numbers for orbit elements
- Object
- TBA - TO BE ASSIGNED
- Object ID
- 2025-070A
- Epoch
- 2025-04-11 16:00:01 UTC
- Mean motion
- 15.92857095 rev/day
- Eccentricity
- 0.0001426
- Inclination
- 43.0026°
- Ascending node
- 344.2045°
- Arg. of perigee
- 233.3238°
- Mean anomaly
- 57.7187°
- Element set
- 999
- Rev at epoch
- 209
- B*
- -0.0021224
Perigee, apogee and period are Kepler figures from the catalogued mean elements, not a propagated state. Published orbit: LEO.
Flight timeline
- T−38MGO for Prop Load
- T−35MProp Load
- T−35MStage 1 LOX Load
- T−16MStage 2 LOX Load
- T−7MEngine Chill
- T−1MTank Press
- T−1MStartup
- T−45SGO for Launch
- T−3SIgnition
- T−0Liftoff
- T+1M10SMax-Q
- T+2M25SMECO
- T+2M29SStage 2 Separation
- T+2M36SSES-1
- T+2M56SFairing Separation
- T+6M3SEntry Burn Startup
- T+6M28SEntry Burn Shutdown
- T+7M51SStage 1 Landing Burn
- T+8M15SStage 1 Landing
- T+8M40SSECO-1
- T+54M10SSES-2
- T+54M11SSECO-2
- T+1H5M18SStarlink Deployment
Catalogued objects
28 catalogued: 28 payloads; 27 still in orbit
- Starlink 33679 · NORAD 63460 · in orbit
- Starlink 33706 · NORAD 63461 · in orbit
- Starlink 33691 · NORAD 63462 · in orbit
- Starlink 33696 · NORAD 63463 · in orbit
- Starlink 33701 · NORAD 63464 · in orbit
- Starlink 33685 · NORAD 63465 · in orbit
- Starlink 33654 · NORAD 63466 · in orbit
- Starlink 33697 · NORAD 63467 · in orbit
- Starlink 33720 · NORAD 63468 · in orbit
- Starlink 33587 · NORAD 63469 · in orbit
- Starlink 33637 · NORAD 63470 · in orbit
- Starlink 33744 · NORAD 63471 · in orbit
Show 16 more payloads
- Starlink 33766 · NORAD 63472 · in orbit
- Starlink 33765 · NORAD 63473 · in orbit
- Starlink 33735 · NORAD 63474 · in orbit
- Starlink 33731 · NORAD 63475 · in orbit
- Starlink 33718 · NORAD 63476 · in orbit
- Starlink 33630 · NORAD 63477 · in orbit
- Starlink 33695 · NORAD 63478 · in orbit
- Starlink 33713 · NORAD 63479 · in orbit
- Starlink 33721 · NORAD 63480 · in orbit
- Starlink 33639 · NORAD 63481 · in orbit
- Starlink 33667 · NORAD 63482 · re-entered November 12, 2025
- Starlink 33688 · NORAD 63483 · in orbit
- Starlink 33700 · NORAD 63484 · in orbit
- Starlink 33687 · NORAD 63485 · in orbit
- Starlink 33716 · NORAD 63486 · in orbit
- Starlink 33754 · NORAD 63487 · in orbit
Data from J. McDowell, planet4589.org
About this launch
A batch of 28 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
299th launch from Space Launch Complex 40, 19th this year · 1,014th from Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA
Local pad time at liftoff: Apr 5, 11:07 PM EDT, at night
403 launches from this pad · 1,131 from Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA
5 days 7 hours after the previous launch from this pad
Updates
Launch success.
Show 7 earlier updates
Liftoff.
Cosmic_Penguin · 4/6/2025 · source
Unofficial Re-stream by SPACE AFFAIRS has started
LL2 · 4/6/2025 · source
Tweaked T-0.
Cosmic_Penguin · 4/6/2025 · source
Now targeting Apr 06 at 03:07 UTC
Nosu · 4/5/2025 · source
Updated launch weather.
Cosmic_Penguin · 4/4/2025 · source
GO for launch.
Cosmic_Penguin · 4/4/2025 · source
Added launch.
Cosmic_Penguin · 3/28/2025 · source
Questions
When did Starlink Group 6-72 launch?
Starlink Group 6-72 launched on April 6, 2025 at 03:07 UTC. The launch window ran from 02:40 to 06:40 UTC.
Where can I watch Starlink Group 6-72?
Coverage: SpaceX Starlink Group 6-72; SpaceX - Falcon 9 - Starlink 6-72 - SLC-40 - Cape Canaveral SFS - April 5, 2025; Watch live: SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket launches 28 Starlink satellites from Cape Canaveral. Watch the replay
What rocket launched Starlink Group 6-72?
Falcon 9 Block 5, flown by SpaceX. Falcon 9 Block 5 spec sheet
Where did Starlink Group 6-72 launch from?
Space Launch Complex 40, Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA. Liftoff was Apr 5, 11:07 PM EDT local time at the pad.
Did the booster land?
Booster B1078 flew for the 19th time and landed at Just Read the Instructions.
What orbit did Starlink Group 6-72 reach?
The tracked orbit of Starlink 33679, one of 28 catalogued objects, from April 11, 2025, was 300 × 302 km inclined 43.0°.
How many satellites did Starlink Group 6-72 launch?
28 payloads from this launch are catalogued, 27 of them still in orbit (Data from J. McDowell, planet4589.org).
Which program is Starlink Group 6-72 part of?
Starlink. About Starlink