SpaceXFalcon 9 Block 5Launch Complex 39A, Kennedy Space Center, FL, USA
Starlink Group 6-78
Launched
November 21, 2025 · 03:39 UTC
Image: SpaceX
Summary
Starlink Group 6-78 launched on a SpaceX Falcon 9 Block 5 from Launch Complex 39A, Kennedy Space Center, FL, USA on November 21, 2025 at 03:39 UTC. The launch window ran from 03:01 to 07:01 UTC. It was SpaceX's 603rd launch, 154th this year and humanity's 7,124th orbital launch attempt. It was the 510th Falcon 9 Block 5 flight and the 149th this year. Booster B1080 flew for the 23rd time and landed at Just Read the Instructions. The payload was bound for low Earth orbit (LEO). The tracked orbit of Starlink 35699, one of 29 catalogued objects, from November 26, 2025, was 294 × 297 km inclined 43.0°. 29 objects from this launch are catalogued, all of them payloads.
- Watch
- SpaceX Starlink Group 6-78The Space Devs
- Watch Live: Falcon 9 becomes 100th rocket to fly from Cape Canaveral in 2025Spaceflight Now
- SpaceX Falcon 9 launches Starlink 6-78NASASpaceflight
- Vehicle
- Falcon 9 Block 5 · SpaceXStarlink
- Booster
- B1080 · flight 23 · Autonomous Spaceport Drone Ship at Just Read the Instructions · landed156/157 landed here · 56 days after its previous flight, Starlink Group 10-15 · 600 km downrange
- Mission
- Communications · Low Earth Orbit (LEO)for SpX
- Milestone
- 510th Falcon 9 Block 5 flight · 149th this yearSpaceX's 603rd launch154th this yearhumanity's 7,124th orbital launch attempt275th orbital launch attempt this year
Flight preview
Simulate in Flight ClubOrbit: as tracked
Starlink 35699 · NORAD 66557 · 2025-268 · Space-Track · tracking 1 of 29 objects
Show the numbers for orbit elements
- Object
- TBA - TO BE ASSIGNED
- Object ID
- 2025-268A
- Epoch
- 2025-11-26 16:00:01 UTC
- Mean motion
- 15.94914212 rev/day
- Eccentricity
- 0.0001874
- Inclination
- 42.9977°
- Ascending node
- 217.9255°
- Arg. of perigee
- 258.8605°
- Mean anomaly
- 346.4994°
- Element set
- 999
- Rev at epoch
- 208
- B*
- -0.0035015
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+2M34SSES-1
- T+2M57SFairing Separation
- T+6M7SEntry Burn Startup
- T+6M34SEntry Burn Shutdown
- T+7M59SStage 1 Landing Burn
- T+8M23SStage 1 Landing
- T+8M38SSECO-1
- T+53M45SSES-2
- T+53M46SSECO-2
- T+1H4M52SStarlink Deployment
Catalogued objects
29 catalogued: 29 payloads; 29 still in orbit
- Starlink 35699 · NORAD 66557 · in orbit
- Starlink 35695 · NORAD 66558 · in orbit
- Starlink 35419 · NORAD 66559 · in orbit
- Starlink 35411 · NORAD 66560 · in orbit
- Starlink 35305 · NORAD 66561 · in orbit
- Starlink 35579 · NORAD 66562 · in orbit
- Starlink 35437 · NORAD 66563 · in orbit
- Starlink 35358 · NORAD 66564 · in orbit
- Starlink 35893 · NORAD 66565 · in orbit
- Starlink 35871 · NORAD 66566 · in orbit
- Starlink 35825 · NORAD 66567 · in orbit
- Starlink 35803 · NORAD 66568 · in orbit
Show 17 more payloads
- Starlink 35835 · NORAD 66569 · in orbit
- Starlink 35834 · NORAD 66570 · in orbit
- Starlink 35836 · NORAD 66571 · in orbit
- Starlink 35870 · NORAD 66572 · in orbit
- Starlink 35650 · NORAD 66573 · in orbit
- Starlink 35812 · NORAD 66574 · in orbit
- Starlink 35810 · NORAD 66575 · in orbit
- Starlink 35814 · NORAD 66576 · in orbit
- Starlink 35815 · NORAD 66577 · in orbit
- Starlink 35743 · NORAD 66578 · in orbit
- Starlink 35868 · NORAD 66579 · in orbit
- Starlink 35872 · NORAD 66580 · in orbit
- Starlink 35744 · NORAD 66581 · in orbit
- Starlink 35746 · NORAD 66582 · in orbit
- Starlink 35941 · NORAD 66583 · in orbit
- Starlink 35939 · NORAD 66584 · in orbit
- Starlink 35963 · NORAD 66585 · 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
Launch Complex 39A, Kennedy Space Center, FL, USA
218th launch from Launch Complex 39A, 24th this year · 276th from Kennedy Space Center, FL, USA
Local pad time at liftoff: Nov 20, 10:39 PM EST, at night
224 launches from this pad · 283 from Kennedy Space Center, FL, USA
6 days after the previous launch from this pad
Updates
Launch success.
Show 6 earlier updates
Liftoff.
Cosmic_Penguin · 11/21/2025 · source
Now targeting Nov 21 at 03:39 UTC
Cosmic_Penguin · 11/21/2025 · source
Now targeting Nov 21 at 03:21 UTC
Cosmic_Penguin · 11/20/2025 · source
Weather is >95% Go.
hitura-nobad · 11/19/2025 · source
GO for launch.
Cosmic_Penguin · 11/18/2025 · source
Added launch.
Cosmic_Penguin · 11/13/2025 · source
Questions
When did Starlink Group 6-78 launch?
Starlink Group 6-78 launched on November 21, 2025 at 03:39 UTC. The launch window ran from 03:01 to 07:01 UTC.
Where can I watch Starlink Group 6-78?
Coverage: SpaceX Starlink Group 6-78; Watch Live: Falcon 9 becomes 100th rocket to fly from Cape Canaveral in 2025; SpaceX Falcon 9 launches Starlink 6-78. Watch the replay
What rocket launched Starlink Group 6-78?
Falcon 9 Block 5, flown by SpaceX. Falcon 9 Block 5 spec sheet
Where did Starlink Group 6-78 launch from?
Launch Complex 39A, Kennedy Space Center, FL, USA. Liftoff was Nov 20, 10:39 PM EST local time at the pad.
Did the booster land?
Booster B1080 flew for the 23rd time and landed at Just Read the Instructions.
What orbit did Starlink Group 6-78 reach?
The tracked orbit of Starlink 35699, one of 29 catalogued objects, from November 26, 2025, was 294 × 297 km inclined 43.0°.
How many satellites did Starlink Group 6-78 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 6-78 part of?
Starlink. About Starlink