SpaceXFalcon 9 Block 5Space Launch Complex 40, Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA
Starlink Group 6-80
Launched
March 31, 2025 · 19:52 UTC
Image: SpaceX
Summary
Starlink Group 6-80 launched on a SpaceX Falcon 9 Block 5 from Space Launch Complex 40, Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA on March 31, 2025 at 19:52 UTC. The launch window ran from 19:52 to 21:55 UTC. It was SpaceX's 487th launch, 38th this year and humanity's 6,916th orbital launch attempt. It was the 397th Falcon 9 Block 5 flight and the 36th this year. Booster B1080 flew for the 17th time and landed at Just Read the Instructions. The payload was bound for low Earth orbit (LEO). The tracked orbit of Starlink 33531, one of 28 catalogued objects, from April 8, 2025, was 296 × 299 km inclined 43.0°. 28 objects from this launch are catalogued, all of them payloads.
- Watch
- Vehicle
- Falcon 9 Block 5 · SpaceXStarlink
- Booster
- B1080 · flight 17 · Autonomous Spaceport Drone Ship at Just Read the Instructions · landed156/157 landed here · 40 days after its previous flight, Starlink Group 10-12 · 600 km downrange
- Mission
- Communications · Low Earth Orbit (LEO)for SpX
- Milestone
- 397th Falcon 9 Block 5 flight · 36th this yearSpaceX's 487th launch38th this yearhumanity's 6,916th orbital launch attempt67th orbital launch attempt this year
Webcast
Flight preview
Simulate in Flight ClubOrbit: as tracked
Starlink 33531 · NORAD 63399 · 2025-065 · Space-Track · tracking 1 of 28 objects
Show the numbers for orbit elements
- Object
- TBA - TO BE ASSIGNED
- Object ID
- 2025-065A
- Epoch
- 2025-04-08 20:00:01 UTC
- Mean motion
- 15.94252548 rev/day
- Eccentricity
- 0.0002261
- Inclination
- 43.001°
- Ascending node
- 214.7269°
- Arg. of perigee
- 275.0799°
- Mean anomaly
- 245.9466°
- Element set
- 999
- Rev at epoch
- 217
- B*
- -0.0021959
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+1M10SMax-Q
- T+2M25SMECO
- T+2M28SStage 2 Separation
- T+2M36SSES-1
- T+2M55SFairing Separation
- T+6M3SEntry Burn Startup
- T+6M28SEntry Burn Shutdown
- T+7M50SStage 1 Landing Burn
- T+8M13SStage 1 Landing
- T+8M40SSECO-1
- T+54M8SSES-2
- T+54M9SSECO-2
- T+1H5M16SStarlink Deployment
Catalogued objects
28 catalogued: 28 payloads; 27 still in orbit
- Starlink 33531 · NORAD 63399 · in orbit
- Starlink 33652 · NORAD 63400 · in orbit
- Starlink 33707 · NORAD 63401 · in orbit
- Starlink 33668 · NORAD 63402 · in orbit
- Starlink 33676 · NORAD 63403 · in orbit
- Starlink 33711 · NORAD 63404 · in orbit
- Starlink 33708 · NORAD 63405 · in orbit
- Starlink 33690 · NORAD 63406 · re-entered August 7, 2026
- Starlink 33694 · NORAD 63407 · in orbit
- Starlink 33692 · NORAD 63408 · in orbit
- Starlink 33693 · NORAD 63409 · in orbit
- Starlink 33677 · NORAD 63410 · in orbit
Show 16 more payloads
- Starlink 33647 · NORAD 63411 · in orbit
- Starlink 33645 · NORAD 63412 · in orbit
- Starlink 33670 · NORAD 63413 · in orbit
- Starlink 33644 · NORAD 63414 · in orbit
- Starlink 33664 · NORAD 63415 · in orbit
- Starlink 33649 · NORAD 63416 · in orbit
- Starlink 33535 · NORAD 63417 · in orbit
- Starlink 33703 · NORAD 63418 · in orbit
- Starlink 33709 · NORAD 63419 · in orbit
- Starlink 33698 · NORAD 63420 · in orbit
- Starlink 33606 · NORAD 63421 · in orbit
- Starlink 33686 · NORAD 63422 · in orbit
- Starlink 33675 · NORAD 63423 · in orbit
- Starlink 33655 · NORAD 63424 · in orbit
- Starlink 33608 · NORAD 63425 · in orbit
- Starlink 33615 · NORAD 63426 · 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
298th launch from Space Launch Complex 40, 18th this year · 1,013th from Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA
Local pad time at liftoff: Mar 31, 3:52 PM EDT, in daylight
403 launches from this pad · 1,131 from Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA
7 days 2 hours after the previous launch from this pad
Updates
Launch success.
Show 9 earlier updates
Liftoff!
hitura-nobad · 3/31/2025 · source
Unofficial Re-stream by SPACE AFFAIRS has started
LL2 · 3/31/2025 · source
Updated launch window.
Cosmic_Penguin · 3/31/2025 · source
Tweaked T-0.
Cosmic_Penguin · 3/31/2025 · source
Delayed to March 31.
Cosmic_Penguin · 3/30/2025 · source
New T-0.
Cosmic_Penguin · 3/30/2025 · source
New T-0.
Cosmic_Penguin · 3/30/2025 · source
Now targeting Mar 30 at 20:37 UTC
hitura-nobad · 3/30/2025 · source
Updated launch weather.
Cosmic_Penguin · 3/30/2025 · source
Questions
When did Starlink Group 6-80 launch?
Starlink Group 6-80 launched on March 31, 2025 at 19:52 UTC. The launch window ran from 19:52 to 21:55 UTC.
Where can I watch Starlink Group 6-80?
Coverage: SpaceX Starlink Group 6-80; SpaceX - Falcon 9 - Starlink 6-80 - SLC-40 - Cape Canaveral SFS - March 31, 2025; Watch live: SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket launches from Cape Canaveral with 28 Starlink satellites. Watch the replay
What rocket launched Starlink Group 6-80?
Falcon 9 Block 5, flown by SpaceX. Falcon 9 Block 5 spec sheet
Where did Starlink Group 6-80 launch from?
Space Launch Complex 40, Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA. Liftoff was Mar 31, 3:52 PM EDT local time at the pad.
Did the booster land?
Booster B1080 flew for the 17th time and landed at Just Read the Instructions.
What orbit did Starlink Group 6-80 reach?
The tracked orbit of Starlink 33531, one of 28 catalogued objects, from April 8, 2025, was 296 × 299 km inclined 43.0°.
How many satellites did Starlink Group 6-80 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 6-80 part of?
Starlink. About Starlink