SpaceXFalcon 9 Block 5Launch Complex 39A, Kennedy Space Center, FL, USA
Starlink Group 6-84
Launched
May 4, 2025 · 08:54 UTC
Image: SpaceX
Summary
Starlink Group 6-84 launched on a SpaceX Falcon 9 Block 5 from Launch Complex 39A, Kennedy Space Center, FL, USA on May 4, 2025 at 08:54 UTC. The launch window ran from 08:54 to 12:48 UTC. It was SpaceX's 503rd launch, 54th this year and humanity's 6,944th orbital launch attempt. It was the 413th Falcon 9 Block 5 flight and the 52nd this year. Booster B1078 flew for the 20th time and landed at A Shortfall of Gravitas. The payload was bound for low Earth orbit (LEO). The tracked orbit of Starlink 33909, one of 29 catalogued objects, from May 7, 2025, was 289 × 291 km inclined 43.0°. 29 objects from this launch are catalogued, all of them payloads.
- Watch
- Vehicle
- Falcon 9 Block 5 · SpaceXStarlink
- Booster
- B1078 · flight 20 · Autonomous Spaceport Drone Ship at A Shortfall of Gravitas · landed161/162 landed here · 28 days after its previous flight, Starlink Group 6-72 · 600 km downrange
- Mission
- Communications · Low Earth Orbit (LEO)for SpX
- Milestone
- 413th Falcon 9 Block 5 flight · 52nd this yearSpaceX's 503rd launch54th this yearhumanity's 6,944th orbital launch attempt95th orbital launch attempt this year
Flight preview
Simulate in Flight ClubOrbit: as tracked
Starlink 33909 · NORAD 63804 · 2025-092 · Space-Track · tracking 1 of 29 objects
Show the numbers for orbit elements
- Object
- STARLINK-33909
- Object ID
- 2025-092A
- Epoch
- 2025-05-07 18:00:02 UTC
- Mean motion
- 15.9692753 rev/day
- Eccentricity
- 0.0001893
- Inclination
- 43.0009°
- Ascending node
- 112.3877°
- Arg. of perigee
- 253.4058°
- Mean anomaly
- 251.4178°
- Element set
- 999
- Rev at epoch
- 168
- B*
- -0.0016997
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+1M11SMax-Q
- T+2M27SMECO
- T+2M31SStage 2 Separation
- T+2M37SSES-1
- T+3MFairing Separation
- T+6M10SEntry Burn Startup
- T+6M30SEntry Burn Shutdown
- T+7M55SStage 1 Landing Burn
- T+8M19SStage 1 Landing
- T+8M40SSECO-1
- T+53M59SSES-2
- T+54M1SSECO-2
- T+1H5M8SStarlink Deployment
Catalogued objects
29 catalogued: 29 payloads; 27 still in orbit
- Starlink 33909 · NORAD 63804 · in orbit
- Starlink 34029 · NORAD 63805 · in orbit
- Starlink 34102 · NORAD 63806 · in orbit
- Starlink 34109 · NORAD 63807 · in orbit
- Starlink 34091 · NORAD 63808 · in orbit
- Starlink 34095 · NORAD 63809 · in orbit
- Starlink 34127 · NORAD 63810 · in orbit
- Starlink 34110 · NORAD 63811 · re-entered June 2, 2026
- Starlink 34101 · NORAD 63812 · in orbit
- Starlink 34065 · NORAD 63813 · in orbit
- Starlink 34057 · NORAD 63814 · in orbit
- Starlink 34060 · NORAD 63815 · in orbit
Show 17 more payloads
- Starlink 34048 · NORAD 63816 · in orbit
- Starlink 33959 · NORAD 63817 · in orbit
- Starlink 34058 · NORAD 63818 · in orbit
- Starlink 34055 · NORAD 63819 · re-entered October 10, 2026
- Starlink 33794 · NORAD 63820 · in orbit
- Starlink 34047 · NORAD 63821 · in orbit
- Starlink 34094 · NORAD 63822 · in orbit
- Starlink 34043 · NORAD 63823 · in orbit
- Starlink 34025 · NORAD 63824 · in orbit
- Starlink 33874 · NORAD 63825 · in orbit
- Starlink 33781 · NORAD 63826 · in orbit
- Starlink 33891 · NORAD 63827 · in orbit
- Starlink 33903 · NORAD 63828 · in orbit
- Starlink 33889 · NORAD 63829 · in orbit
- Starlink 33984 · NORAD 63830 · in orbit
- Starlink 33940 · NORAD 63831 · in orbit
- Starlink 33978 · NORAD 63832 · 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
206th launch from Launch Complex 39A, 12th this year · 264th from Kennedy Space Center, FL, USA
Local pad time at liftoff: May 4, 4:54 AM EDT, at night
224 launches from this pad · 283 from Kennedy Space Center, FL, USA
5 days 6 hours after the previous launch from this pad
Updates
Launch success.
Show 6 earlier updates
Liftoff.
Cosmic_Penguin · 5/4/2025 · source
Unofficial Re-stream by SPACE AFFAIRS has started
LL2 · 5/4/2025 · source
Updated launch weather.
Cosmic_Penguin · 5/4/2025 · source
Tweaked T-0.
Cosmic_Penguin · 5/4/2025 · source
GO for launch.
Cosmic_Penguin · 5/3/2025 · source
Added launch per NOTAMs.
Cosmic_Penguin · 4/28/2025 · source
Questions
When did Starlink Group 6-84 launch?
Starlink Group 6-84 launched on May 4, 2025 at 08:54 UTC. The launch window ran from 08:54 to 12:48 UTC.
Where can I watch Starlink Group 6-84?
Coverage: SpaceX Starlink Group 6-84; SpaceX - Falcon 9 - Starlink 6-84 - LC-39A - Kennedy Space Center - May 4, 2025; Watch live: SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket launches from Kennedy Space Center with 29 Starlink satellites. Watch the replay
What rocket launched Starlink Group 6-84?
Falcon 9 Block 5, flown by SpaceX. Falcon 9 Block 5 spec sheet
Where did Starlink Group 6-84 launch from?
Launch Complex 39A, Kennedy Space Center, FL, USA. Liftoff was May 4, 4:54 AM EDT local time at the pad.
Did the booster land?
Booster B1078 flew for the 20th time and landed at A Shortfall of Gravitas.
What orbit did Starlink Group 6-84 reach?
The tracked orbit of Starlink 33909, one of 29 catalogued objects, from May 7, 2025, was 289 × 291 km inclined 43.0°.
How many satellites did Starlink Group 6-84 launch?
29 payloads from this launch are catalogued, 27 of them still in orbit (Data from J. McDowell, planet4589.org).
Which program is Starlink Group 6-84 part of?
Starlink. About Starlink