SpaceXFalcon 9 Block 5Space Launch Complex 40, Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA
Starlink Group 6-85
Launched
November 15, 2025 · 06:44 UTC
Image: SpaceX
Summary
Starlink Group 6-85 launched on a SpaceX Falcon 9 Block 5 from Space Launch Complex 40, Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA on November 15, 2025 at 06:44 UTC. The launch window ran from 03:01 to 07:01 UTC. It was SpaceX's 600th launch, 151st this year and humanity's 7,119th orbital launch attempt. It was the 507th Falcon 9 Block 5 flight and the 146th this year. Booster B1078 flew for the 24th time and landed at Just Read the Instructions. The payload was bound for low Earth orbit (LEO). The tracked orbit of Starlink 34774, one of 29 catalogued objects, from November 21, 2025, was 279 × 281 km inclined 43.0°. 29 objects from this launch are catalogued, all of them payloads.
- Watch
- SpaceX Starlink Group 6-85The Space Devs
- Watch Live: SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket launches Starlink satellites from Cape CanaveralSpaceflight Now
- SpaceX Falcon 9 Cape Doubleheader with Starlinks 6-89 and 6-85NASASpaceflight
- Vehicle
- Falcon 9 Block 5 · SpaceXStarlink
- Booster
- B1078 · flight 24 · Autonomous Spaceport Drone Ship at Just Read the Instructions · landed156/157 landed here · 64 days after its previous flight, Nusantara Lima · 600 km downrange
- Mission
- Communications · Low Earth Orbit (LEO)for SpX
- Milestone
- 507th Falcon 9 Block 5 flight · 146th this yearSpaceX's 600th launch151st this yearhumanity's 7,119th orbital launch attempt270th orbital launch attempt this year
Flight preview
Simulate in Flight ClubOrbit: as tracked
Starlink 34774 · NORAD 66485 · 2025-263 · Space-Track · tracking 1 of 29 objects
Show the numbers for orbit elements
- Object
- STARLINK-34774
- Object ID
- 2025-263A
- Epoch
- 2025-11-21 16:00:05 UTC
- Mean motion
- 16.00583381 rev/day
- Eccentricity
- 0.0002075
- Inclination
- 43.0011°
- Ascending node
- 252.6155°
- Arg. of perigee
- 262.5449°
- Mean anomaly
- 67.5197°
- Element set
- 999
- Rev at epoch
- 224
- B*
- -0.00196
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+2M27SMECO
- T+2M31SStage 2 Separation
- T+2M39SSES-1
- T+2M53SFairing Separation
- T+6M9SEntry Burn Startup
- T+6M35SEntry Burn Shutdown
- T+7M54SStage 1 Landing Burn
- T+8M22SStage 1 Landing
- T+8M42SSECO-1
- T+53M57SSES-2
- T+53M58SSECO-2
- T+1H5M5SStarlink Deployment
Catalogued objects
29 catalogued: 29 payloads; 29 still in orbit
- Starlink 34774 · NORAD 66485 · in orbit
- Starlink 34844 · NORAD 66486 · in orbit
- Starlink 34733 · NORAD 66487 · in orbit
- Starlink 35515 · NORAD 66488 · in orbit
- Starlink 35696 · NORAD 66489 · in orbit
- Starlink 35693 · NORAD 66490 · in orbit
- Starlink 35663 · NORAD 66491 · in orbit
- Starlink 35673 · NORAD 66492 · in orbit
- Starlink 35597 · NORAD 66493 · in orbit
- Starlink 35689 · NORAD 66494 · in orbit
- Starlink 35832 · NORAD 66495 · in orbit
- Starlink 35909 · NORAD 66496 · in orbit
Show 17 more payloads
- Starlink 35899 · NORAD 66497 · in orbit
- Starlink 35907 · NORAD 66498 · in orbit
- Starlink 35816 · NORAD 66499 · in orbit
- Starlink 35894 · NORAD 66500 · in orbit
- Starlink 35897 · NORAD 66501 · in orbit
- Starlink 35922 · NORAD 66502 · in orbit
- Starlink 35917 · NORAD 66503 · in orbit
- Starlink 35916 · NORAD 66504 · in orbit
- Starlink 34766 · NORAD 66505 · in orbit
- Starlink 34765 · NORAD 66506 · in orbit
- Starlink 34767 · NORAD 66507 · in orbit
- Starlink 35608 · NORAD 66508 · in orbit
- Starlink 35598 · NORAD 66509 · in orbit
- Starlink 35600 · NORAD 66510 · in orbit
- Starlink 35444 · NORAD 66511 · in orbit
- Starlink 35366 · NORAD 66512 · in orbit
- Starlink 35692 · NORAD 66513 · 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
348th launch from Space Launch Complex 40, 68th this year · 1,069th from Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA
Local pad time at liftoff: Nov 15, 1:44 AM EST, at night
403 launches from this pad · 1,131 from Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA
4 days 3 hours after the previous launch from this pad
Updates
Launch success.
Show 8 earlier updates
Liftoff.
Cosmic_Penguin · 11/15/2025 · source
Now targeting Nov 15 at 06:44 UTC
Cosmic_Penguin · 11/15/2025 · source
Now targeting Nov 15 at 06:21 UTC
Cosmic_Penguin · 11/14/2025 · source
New T-0.
Cosmic_Penguin · 11/14/2025 · source
Updated launch weather, >95% GO.
Cosmic_Penguin · 11/12/2025 · source
Now targeting Nov 15 at 03:01 UTC
Cosmic_Penguin · 11/8/2025 · source
Now targeting Nov 14 at 21:12 UTC
Cosmic_Penguin · 11/4/2025 · source
Added launch.
Cosmic_Penguin · 10/30/2025 · source
Questions
When did Starlink Group 6-85 launch?
Starlink Group 6-85 launched on November 15, 2025 at 06:44 UTC. The launch window ran from 03:01 to 07:01 UTC.
Where can I watch Starlink Group 6-85?
Coverage: SpaceX Starlink Group 6-85; Watch Live: SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket launches Starlink satellites from Cape Canaveral; SpaceX Falcon 9 Cape Doubleheader with Starlinks 6-89 and 6-85. Watch the replay
What rocket launched Starlink Group 6-85?
Falcon 9 Block 5, flown by SpaceX. Falcon 9 Block 5 spec sheet
Where did Starlink Group 6-85 launch from?
Space Launch Complex 40, Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA. Liftoff was Nov 15, 1:44 AM EST local time at the pad.
Did the booster land?
Booster B1078 flew for the 24th time and landed at Just Read the Instructions.
What orbit did Starlink Group 6-85 reach?
The tracked orbit of Starlink 34774, one of 29 catalogued objects, from November 21, 2025, was 279 × 281 km inclined 43.0°.
How many satellites did Starlink Group 6-85 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 6-85 part of?
Starlink. About Starlink