SpaceXFalcon 9 Block 5Space Launch Complex 40, Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA
Starlink Group 6-82
Launched
December 15, 2025 · 05:25 UTC
Image: SpaceX
Summary
Starlink Group 6-82 launched on a SpaceX Falcon 9 Block 5 from Space Launch Complex 40, Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA on December 15, 2025 at 05:25 UTC. The launch window ran from 02:43 to 06:43 UTC. It was SpaceX's 617th launch, 168th this year and humanity's 7,155th orbital launch attempt. It was the 524th Falcon 9 Block 5 flight and the 163rd this year. Booster B1092 flew for the 9th time and landed at A Shortfall of Gravitas. The payload was bound for low Earth orbit (LEO). The tracked orbit of Starlink 36255, one of 29 catalogued objects, from December 20, 2025, was 291 × 294 km inclined 43.0°. 29 objects from this launch are catalogued, all of them payloads.
- Watch
- SpaceX Starlink Group 6-82The Space Devs
- Watch Live: SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket launches batch of Starlink satellites from Cape CanaveralSpaceflight Now
- SpaceX Falcon 9 launches Starlink 6-82NASASpaceflight
- Vehicle
- Falcon 9 Block 5 · SpaceXStarlink
- Booster
- B1092 · flight 9 · Autonomous Spaceport Drone Ship at A Shortfall of Gravitas · landed161/162 landed here · 30 days after its previous flight, Starlink Group 6-89 · 600 km downrange
- Mission
- Communications · Low Earth Orbit (LEO)for SpX
- Milestone
- 524th Falcon 9 Block 5 flight · 163rd this yearSpaceX's 617th launch168th this yearhumanity's 7,155th orbital launch attempt306th orbital launch attempt this year
Flight preview
Simulate in Flight ClubOrbit: as tracked
Starlink 36255 · NORAD 67102 · 2025-299 · Space-Track · tracking 1 of 29 objects
Show the numbers for orbit elements
- Object
- STARLINK-36255
- Object ID
- 2025-299A
- Epoch
- 2025-12-20 20:00:01 UTC
- Mean motion
- 15.96065821 rev/day
- Eccentricity
- 0.0001809
- Inclination
- 42.9994°
- Ascending node
- 267.4343°
- Arg. of perigee
- 270.3845°
- Mean anomaly
- 172.9838°
- Element set
- 999
- Rev at epoch
- 211
- B*
- -0.0031008
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+2M36SSES-1
- T+2M57SFairing Separation
- T+6M6SEntry Burn Startup
- T+6M31SEntry Burn Shutdown
- T+7M52SStage 1 Landing Burn
- T+8M17SStage 1 Landing
- T+8M39SSECO-1
- T+53M46SSES-2
- T+53M47SSECO-2
- T+1H4M53SStarlink Deployment
Catalogued objects
29 catalogued: 29 payloads; 29 still in orbit
- Starlink 36255 · NORAD 67102 · in orbit
- Starlink 36256 · NORAD 67103 · in orbit
- Starlink 36258 · NORAD 67104 · in orbit
- Starlink 36261 · NORAD 67105 · in orbit
- Starlink 36259 · NORAD 67106 · in orbit
- Starlink 36196 · NORAD 67107 · in orbit
- Starlink 36208 · NORAD 67108 · in orbit
- Starlink 35764 · NORAD 67109 · in orbit
- Starlink 35781 · NORAD 67110 · in orbit
- Starlink 35875 · NORAD 67111 · in orbit
- Starlink 35906 · NORAD 67112 · in orbit
- Starlink 35789 · NORAD 67113 · in orbit
Show 17 more payloads
- Starlink 36180 · NORAD 67114 · in orbit
- Starlink 35892 · NORAD 67115 · in orbit
- Starlink 35738 · NORAD 67116 · in orbit
- Starlink 35674 · NORAD 67117 · in orbit
- Starlink 35701 · NORAD 67118 · in orbit
- Starlink 36179 · NORAD 67119 · in orbit
- Starlink 36217 · NORAD 67120 · in orbit
- Starlink 36124 · NORAD 67121 · in orbit
- Starlink 36188 · NORAD 67122 · in orbit
- Starlink 36151 · NORAD 67123 · in orbit
- Starlink 36195 · NORAD 67124 · in orbit
- Starlink 36219 · NORAD 67125 · in orbit
- Starlink 36223 · NORAD 67126 · in orbit
- Starlink 36164 · NORAD 67127 · in orbit
- Starlink 35685 · NORAD 67128 · in orbit
- Starlink 36214 · NORAD 67129 · in orbit
- Starlink 36194 · NORAD 67130 · 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
Space Launch Complex 40, Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA
354th launch from Space Launch Complex 40, 74th this year · 1,075th from Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA
Local pad time at liftoff: Dec 15, 12:25 AM EST, at night
403 launches from this pad · 1,131 from Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA
3 days 7 hours after the previous launch from this pad
Updates
Launch success.
Show 8 earlier updates
Liftoff.
Cosmic_Penguin · 12/15/2025 · source
Now targeting Dec 15 at 05:25 UTC
Cosmic_Penguin · 12/15/2025 · source
Now targeting Dec 15 at 05:08 UTC
Cosmic_Penguin · 12/15/2025 · source
Now targeting Dec 15 at 04:49 UTC
Cosmic_Penguin · 12/15/2025 · source
Now targeting Dec 15 at 03:14 UTC
Cosmic_Penguin · 12/14/2025 · source
Now targeting Dec 15 at 02:47 UTC
Cosmic_Penguin · 12/14/2025 · source
Updated launch weather, 30% GO.
Cosmic_Penguin · 12/13/2025 · source
Added launch.
Cosmic_Penguin · 12/5/2025 · source
Questions
When did Starlink Group 6-82 launch?
Starlink Group 6-82 launched on December 15, 2025 at 05:25 UTC. The launch window ran from 02:43 to 06:43 UTC.
Where can I watch Starlink Group 6-82?
Coverage: SpaceX Starlink Group 6-82; Watch Live: SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket launches batch of Starlink satellites from Cape Canaveral; SpaceX Falcon 9 launches Starlink 6-82. Watch the replay
What rocket launched Starlink Group 6-82?
Falcon 9 Block 5, flown by SpaceX. Falcon 9 Block 5 spec sheet
Where did Starlink Group 6-82 launch from?
Space Launch Complex 40, Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA. Liftoff was Dec 15, 12:25 AM EST local time at the pad.
Did the booster land?
Booster B1092 flew for the 9th time and landed at A Shortfall of Gravitas.
What orbit did Starlink Group 6-82 reach?
The tracked orbit of Starlink 36255, one of 29 catalogued objects, from December 20, 2025, was 291 × 294 km inclined 43.0°.
How many satellites did Starlink Group 6-82 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 6-82 part of?
Starlink. About Starlink