SpaceXFalcon 9 Block 5Launch Complex 39A, Kennedy Space Center, FL, USA
Starlink Group 6-83
Launched
May 13, 2025 · 05:02 UTC
Image: SpaceX
Summary
Starlink Group 6-83 launched on a SpaceX Falcon 9 Block 5 from Launch Complex 39A, Kennedy Space Center, FL, USA on May 13, 2025 at 05:02 UTC. The launch window ran from 03:36 to 07:31 UTC. It was SpaceX's 508th launch, 59th this year and humanity's 6,951st orbital launch attempt. It was the 418th Falcon 9 Block 5 flight and the 57th this year. Booster B1067 flew for the 28th time and landed at Just Read the Instructions. The payload was bound for low Earth orbit (LEO). Starlink 34159, one of 28 catalogued objects, reached a 309 × 311 km orbit inclined 43.0°. 28 objects from this launch are catalogued, all of them payloads.
- Watch
- Vehicle
- Falcon 9 Block 5 · SpaceXStarlink
- Booster
- B1067 · flight 28 · Autonomous Spaceport Drone Ship at Just Read the Instructions · landed156/157 landed here · 29 days after its previous flight, Starlink Group 6-73 · 600 km downrange
- Mission
- Communications · Low Earth Orbit (LEO)for SpX
- Milestone
- 418th Falcon 9 Block 5 flight · 57th this yearSpaceX's 508th launch59th this yearhumanity's 6,951st orbital launch attempt102nd orbital launch attempt this year
Flight preview
Simulate in Flight ClubOrbit: as tracked
Starlink 34159 · NORAD 63952 · 2025-099 · Space-Track · tracking 1 of 28 objects
Show the numbers for orbit elements
- Object
- STARLINK-34159
- Object ID
- 2025-099A
- Epoch
- 2025-05-14 01:54:42 UTC
- Mean motion
- 15.89808981 rev/day
- Eccentricity
- 0.0001576
- Inclination
- 43.0017°
- Ascending node
- 78.3367°
- Arg. of perigee
- 260.6896°
- Mean anomaly
- 334.6358°
- Element set
- 999
- Rev at epoch
- 130
- B*
- 0.000034233
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−35MProp Load
- T−35MStage 1 LOX 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+2M24SMECO
- T+2M28SStage 2 Separation
- T+2M36SSES-1
- T+2M56SFairing Separation
- T+6M1SEntry Burn Startup
- T+6M27SEntry Burn Shutdown
- T+7M49SStage 1 Landing Burn
- T+8M13SStage 1 Landing
- T+8M39SSECO-1
- T+53M56SSES-2
- T+53M57SSECO-2
- T+1H5M4SStarlink Deployment
Catalogued objects
28 catalogued: 28 payloads; 28 still in orbit
- Starlink 34159 · NORAD 63952 · in orbit
- Starlink 34137 · NORAD 63953 · in orbit
- Starlink 33974 · NORAD 63954 · in orbit
- Starlink 34170 · NORAD 63955 · in orbit
- Starlink 34187 · NORAD 63956 · in orbit
- Starlink 34142 · NORAD 63957 · in orbit
- Starlink 34144 · NORAD 63958 · in orbit
- Starlink 34099 · NORAD 63959 · in orbit
- Starlink 34107 · NORAD 63960 · in orbit
- Starlink 34121 · NORAD 63961 · in orbit
- Starlink 34103 · NORAD 63962 · in orbit
- Starlink 33801 · NORAD 63963 · in orbit
Show 16 more payloads
- Starlink 34135 · NORAD 63964 · in orbit
- Starlink 34147 · NORAD 63965 · in orbit
- Starlink 33960 · NORAD 63966 · in orbit
- Starlink 34153 · NORAD 63967 · in orbit
- Starlink 33963 · NORAD 63968 · in orbit
- Starlink 34112 · NORAD 63969 · in orbit
- Starlink 34084 · NORAD 63970 · in orbit
- Starlink 34138 · NORAD 63971 · in orbit
- Starlink 34115 · NORAD 63972 · in orbit
- Starlink 34028 · NORAD 63973 · in orbit
- Starlink 33942 · NORAD 63974 · in orbit
- Starlink 34139 · NORAD 63975 · in orbit
- Starlink 34090 · NORAD 63976 · in orbit
- Starlink 34105 · NORAD 63977 · in orbit
- Starlink 33642 · NORAD 63978 · in orbit
- Starlink 34045 · NORAD 63979 · 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
Launch Complex 39A, Kennedy Space Center, FL, USA
207th launch from Launch Complex 39A, 13th this year · 265th from Kennedy Space Center, FL, USA
Local pad time at liftoff: May 13, 1:02 AM EDT, at night
224 launches from this pad · 283 from Kennedy Space Center, FL, USA
8 days 20 hours after the previous launch from this pad
Updates
Launch success.
Show 9 earlier updates
Liftoff.
Cosmic_Penguin · 5/13/2025 · source
Unofficial Re-stream by SPACE AFFAIRS has started
LL2 · 5/13/2025 · source
New T-0 and updated launch weather.
Cosmic_Penguin · 5/13/2025 · source
Updated launch weather.
Cosmic_Penguin · 5/12/2025 · source
Tweaked T-0.
Cosmic_Penguin · 5/12/2025 · source
Scrubbed for the day.
Cosmic_Penguin · 5/12/2025 · source
New T-0.
Cosmic_Penguin · 5/12/2025 · source
Now targeting May 12 at 05:41 UTC
hitura-nobad · 5/12/2025 · source
New T-0.
Cosmic_Penguin · 5/12/2025 · source
Questions
When did Starlink Group 6-83 launch?
Starlink Group 6-83 launched on May 13, 2025 at 05:02 UTC. The launch window ran from 03:36 to 07:31 UTC.
Where can I watch Starlink Group 6-83?
Coverage: SpaceX Starlink Group 6-83; SpaceX - Falcon 9 - Starlink 6-83 - LC-39A - Kennedy Space Center - May 13, 2025; Watch live: SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket launches 28 Starlink satellites from Kennedy Space Center. Watch the replay
What rocket launched Starlink Group 6-83?
Falcon 9 Block 5, flown by SpaceX. Falcon 9 Block 5 spec sheet
Where did Starlink Group 6-83 launch from?
Launch Complex 39A, Kennedy Space Center, FL, USA. Liftoff was May 13, 1:02 AM EDT local time at the pad.
Did the booster land?
Booster B1067 flew for the 28th time and landed at Just Read the Instructions.
What orbit did Starlink Group 6-83 reach?
Starlink 34159, one of 28 catalogued objects, reached a 309 × 311 km orbit inclined 43.0°.
How many satellites did Starlink Group 6-83 launch?
28 payloads from this launch are catalogued, 28 of them still in orbit (Data from J. McDowell, planet4589.org).
Which program is Starlink Group 6-83 part of?
Starlink. About Starlink