SpaceXFalcon 9 Block 5Space Launch Complex 40, Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA
Starlink Group 6-81
Launched
November 6, 2025 · 01:31 UTC
Image: SpaceX
Summary
Starlink Group 6-81 launched on a SpaceX Falcon 9 Block 5 from Space Launch Complex 40, Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA on November 6, 2025 at 01:31 UTC. The launch window ran from 23:08 to 03:08 UTC. It was SpaceX's 595th launch, 146th this year and humanity's 7,108th orbital launch attempt. It was the 502nd Falcon 9 Block 5 flight and the 141st this year. Booster B1094 flew for the 5th time and landed at Just Read the Instructions. The payload was bound for low Earth orbit (LEO). The tracked orbit of Starlink 35442, one of 29 catalogued objects, from November 13, 2025, was 294 × 296 km inclined 43.0°. 29 objects from this launch are catalogued, all of them payloads.
- Watch
- Vehicle
- Falcon 9 Block 5 · SpaceXStarlink
- Booster
- B1094 · flight 5 · Autonomous Spaceport Drone Ship at Just Read the Instructions · landed156/157 landed here · 52 days after its previous flight, Cygnus CRS-2 NG-23 (S.S. William “Willie” C. McCool) · 600 km downrange
- Mission
- Communications · Low Earth Orbit (LEO)for SpX
- Milestone
- 502nd Falcon 9 Block 5 flight · 141st this yearSpaceX's 595th launch146th this yearhumanity's 7,108th orbital launch attempt259th orbital launch attempt this year
Flight preview
Simulate in Flight ClubOrbit: as tracked
Starlink 35442 · NORAD 66319 · 2025-253 · Space-Track · tracking 1 of 29 objects
Show the numbers for orbit elements
- Object
- TBA - TO BE ASSIGNED
- Object ID
- 2025-253A
- Epoch
- 2025-11-13 18:00:02 UTC
- Mean motion
- 15.95128869 rev/day
- Eccentricity
- 0.0001831
- Inclination
- 42.9977°
- Ascending node
- 157.1644°
- Arg. of perigee
- 264.732°
- Mean anomaly
- 322.3408°
- Element set
- 999
- Rev at epoch
- 236
- B*
- -0.0036784
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+2M35SSES-1
- T+2M57SFairing Separation
- T+6M9SEntry Burn Startup
- T+6M35SEntry Burn Shutdown
- T+8MStage 1 Landing Burn
- T+8M22SStage 1 Landing
- T+8M38SSECO-1
- T+53M53SSES-2
- T+53M55SSECO-2
- T+1H5MStarlink Deployment
Catalogued objects
29 catalogued: 29 payloads; 29 still in orbit
- Starlink 35442 · NORAD 66319 · in orbit
- Starlink 34616 · NORAD 66320 · in orbit
- Starlink 34615 · NORAD 66321 · in orbit
- Starlink 35292 · NORAD 66322 · in orbit
- Starlink 35309 · NORAD 66323 · in orbit
- Starlink 35506 · NORAD 66324 · in orbit
- Starlink 35504 · NORAD 66325 · in orbit
- Starlink 35479 · NORAD 66326 · in orbit
- Starlink 35507 · NORAD 66327 · in orbit
- Starlink 35460 · NORAD 66328 · in orbit
- Starlink 35505 · NORAD 66329 · in orbit
- Starlink 35512 · NORAD 66330 · in orbit
Show 17 more payloads
- Starlink 35257 · NORAD 66331 · in orbit
- Starlink 35322 · NORAD 66332 · in orbit
- Starlink 35400 · NORAD 66333 · in orbit
- Starlink 35407 · NORAD 66334 · in orbit
- Starlink 35417 · NORAD 66335 · in orbit
- Starlink 35404 · NORAD 66336 · in orbit
- Starlink 34783 · NORAD 66337 · in orbit
- Starlink 35477 · NORAD 66338 · in orbit
- Starlink 35443 · NORAD 66339 · in orbit
- Starlink 35218 · NORAD 66340 · in orbit
- Starlink 35522 · NORAD 66341 · in orbit
- Starlink 35535 · NORAD 66342 · in orbit
- Starlink 35467 · NORAD 66343 · in orbit
- Starlink 35511 · NORAD 66344 · in orbit
- Starlink 35440 · NORAD 66345 · in orbit
- Starlink 35482 · NORAD 66346 · in orbit
- Starlink 35438 · NORAD 66347 · 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.
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Pad
Space Launch Complex 40, Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA
346th launch from Space Launch Complex 40, 66th this year · 1,065th from Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA
Local pad time at liftoff: Nov 5, 8:31 PM EST, at night
403 launches from this pad · 1,131 from Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA
3 days 20 hours after the previous launch from this pad
Updates
Launch success.
Show 7 earlier updates
Liftoff.
Cosmic_Penguin · 11/6/2025 · source
Now targeting Nov 06 at 01:31 UTC
Cosmic_Penguin · 11/5/2025 · source
Now targeting Nov 06 at 01:25 UTC
Nosu · 11/5/2025 · source
Now targeting Nov 05 at 23:48 UTC
Nosu · 11/5/2025 · source
Updated launch weather, >95% GO.
Cosmic_Penguin · 11/3/2025 · source
GO for launch.
Cosmic_Penguin · 10/30/2025 · source
Added launch.
Cosmic_Penguin · 10/28/2025 · source
Questions
When did Starlink Group 6-81 launch?
Starlink Group 6-81 launched on November 6, 2025 at 01:31 UTC. The launch window ran from 23:08 to 03:08 UTC.
Where can I watch Starlink Group 6-81?
Coverage: SpaceX Starlink Group 6-81; Watch Live: SpaceX launches 29 Starlink satellites on Falcon 9 rocket from Cape Canaveral; Falcon 9 launches Starlink 6-81 / Atlas V scrub of Viasat-3 F2. Watch the replay
What rocket launched Starlink Group 6-81?
Falcon 9 Block 5, flown by SpaceX. Falcon 9 Block 5 spec sheet
Where did Starlink Group 6-81 launch from?
Space Launch Complex 40, Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA. Liftoff was Nov 5, 8:31 PM EST local time at the pad.
Did the booster land?
Booster B1094 flew for the 5th time and landed at Just Read the Instructions.
What orbit did Starlink Group 6-81 reach?
The tracked orbit of Starlink 35442, one of 29 catalogued objects, from November 13, 2025, was 294 × 296 km inclined 43.0°.
How many satellites did Starlink Group 6-81 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 6-81 part of?
Starlink. About Starlink