SpaceXFalcon 9 Block 5Space Launch Complex 40, Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA
Starlink Group 6-73
Launched
April 14, 2025 · 04:00 UTC
Image: SpaceX
Summary
Starlink Group 6-73 launched on a SpaceX Falcon 9 Block 5 from Space Launch Complex 40, Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA on April 14, 2025 at 04:00 UTC. The launch window ran from 01:59 to 05:59 UTC. It was SpaceX's 494th launch, 45th this year and humanity's 6,927th orbital launch attempt. It was the 404th Falcon 9 Block 5 flight and the 43rd this year. Booster B1067 flew for the 27th time and landed at Just Read the Instructions. The payload was bound for low Earth orbit (LEO). The tracked orbit of Starlink 32959, one of 27 catalogued objects, from April 22, 2025, was 320 × 322 km inclined 43.0°. 27 objects from this launch are catalogued, all of them payloads.
- Watch
- Vehicle
- Falcon 9 Block 5 · SpaceXStarlink
- Booster
- B1067 · flight 27 · Autonomous Spaceport Drone Ship at Just Read the Instructions · landed156/157 landed here · 57 days after its previous flight, Starlink Group 12-8 · 600 km downrange
- Mission
- Communications · Low Earth Orbit (LEO)for SpX
- Milestone
- 404th Falcon 9 Block 5 flight · 43rd this yearSpaceX's 494th launch45th this yearhumanity's 6,927th orbital launch attempt78th orbital launch attempt this year
Flight preview
Simulate in Flight ClubOrbit: as tracked
Starlink 32959 · NORAD 63569 · 2025-076 · Space-Track · tracking 1 of 27 objects
Show the numbers for orbit elements
- Object
- STARLINK-32956
- Object ID
- 2025-076A
- Epoch
- 2025-04-22 18:00:02 UTC
- Mean motion
- 15.85960211 rev/day
- Eccentricity
- 0.0001874
- Inclination
- 43.0021°
- Ascending node
- 346.4372°
- Arg. of perigee
- 264.047°
- Mean anomaly
- 217.6989°
- Element set
- 999
- Rev at epoch
- 237
- B*
- -0.0051946
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−35MStage 1 LOX Load
- T−35MProp Load
- T−16MStage 2 LOX Load
- T−7MEngine Chill
- T−1MStartup
- T−1MTank Press
- T−45SGO for Launch
- T−3SIgnition
- T−0Liftoff
- T+1M9SMax-Q
- T+2M24SMECO
- T+2M27SStage 2 Separation
- T+2M35SSES-1
- T+2M55SFairing Separation
- T+5M59SEntry Burn Startup
- T+6M28SEntry Burn Shutdown
- T+7M48SStage 1 Landing Burn
- T+8M13SStage 1 Landing
- T+8M39SSECO-1
- T+54M6SSES-2
- T+54M7SSECO-2
- T+1H5M14SStarlink Deployment
Catalogued objects
27 catalogued: 27 payloads; 26 still in orbit
- Starlink 32959 · NORAD 63569 · in orbit
- Starlink 32956 · NORAD 63570 · in orbit
- Starlink 33722 · NORAD 63571 · in orbit
- Starlink 33739 · NORAD 63572 · in orbit
- Starlink 33683 · NORAD 63573 · in orbit
- Starlink 33724 · NORAD 63574 · re-entered June 1, 2025
- Starlink 33732 · NORAD 63575 · in orbit
- Starlink 33800 · NORAD 63576 · in orbit
- Starlink 33632 · NORAD 63577 · in orbit
- Starlink 33719 · NORAD 63578 · in orbit
- Starlink 33755 · NORAD 63579 · in orbit
- Starlink 33752 · NORAD 63580 · in orbit
Show 15 more payloads
- Starlink 33714 · NORAD 63581 · in orbit
- Starlink 33814 · NORAD 63582 · in orbit
- Starlink 33817 · NORAD 63583 · in orbit
- Starlink 33820 · NORAD 63584 · in orbit
- Starlink 33813 · NORAD 63585 · in orbit
- Starlink 33834 · NORAD 63586 · in orbit
- Starlink 33830 · NORAD 63587 · in orbit
- Starlink 33651 · NORAD 63588 · in orbit
- Starlink 33788 · NORAD 63589 · in orbit
- Starlink 33805 · NORAD 63590 · in orbit
- Starlink 33702 · NORAD 63591 · in orbit
- Starlink 33666 · NORAD 63592 · in orbit
- Starlink 33723 · NORAD 63593 · in orbit
- Starlink 33791 · NORAD 63594 · in orbit
- Starlink 33831 · NORAD 63595 · in orbit
Data from J. McDowell, planet4589.org
About this launch
A batch of 27 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
300th launch from Space Launch Complex 40, 20th this year · 1,015th from Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA
Local pad time at liftoff: Apr 14, 12:00 AM EDT, at night
403 launches from this pad · 1,131 from Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA
8 days after the previous launch from this pad
Updates
Questions
When did Starlink Group 6-73 launch?
Starlink Group 6-73 launched on April 14, 2025 at 04:00 UTC. The launch window ran from 01:59 to 05:59 UTC.
Where can I watch Starlink Group 6-73?
Coverage: SpaceX Starlink Group 6-73; SpaceX - Falcon 9 - Starlink 6-73 - SLC-40 - Cape Canaveral SFS - April 14, 2025; Watch live: SpaceX launches 27 Starlink satellites from Cape Canaveral on Falcon 9 rocket. Watch the replay
What rocket launched Starlink Group 6-73?
Falcon 9 Block 5, flown by SpaceX. Falcon 9 Block 5 spec sheet
Where did Starlink Group 6-73 launch from?
Space Launch Complex 40, Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA. Liftoff was Apr 14, 12:00 AM EDT local time at the pad.
Did the booster land?
Booster B1067 flew for the 27th time and landed at Just Read the Instructions.
What orbit did Starlink Group 6-73 reach?
The tracked orbit of Starlink 32959, one of 27 catalogued objects, from April 22, 2025, was 320 × 322 km inclined 43.0°.
How many satellites did Starlink Group 6-73 launch?
27 payloads from this launch are catalogued, 26 of them still in orbit (Data from J. McDowell, planet4589.org).
Which program is Starlink Group 6-73 part of?
Starlink. About Starlink