SpaceXFalcon 9 Block 5Launch Complex 39A, Kennedy Space Center, FL, USA
Starlink Group 6-86
Launched
December 1, 2025 · 07:44 UTC
Image: SpaceX
Summary
Starlink Group 6-86 launched on a SpaceX Falcon 9 Block 5 from Launch Complex 39A, Kennedy Space Center, FL, USA on December 1, 2025 at 07:44 UTC. The launch window ran from 05:00 to 09:00 UTC. It was SpaceX's 607th launch, 158th this year and humanity's 7,134th orbital launch attempt. It was the 514th Falcon 9 Block 5 flight and the 153rd this year. Booster B1095 flew for the 4th time and landed at Just Read the Instructions. The payload was bound for low Earth orbit (LEO). The tracked orbit of Starlink 35867, one of 29 catalogued objects, from December 10, 2025, was 302 × 304 km inclined 43.0°. 29 objects from this launch are catalogued, all of them payloads.
- Watch
- SpaceX Starlink Group 6-86The Space Devs
- Watch Live: SpaceX launches Starlink satellites on Falcon 9 rocket from NASA's Kennedy Space CenterSpaceflight Now
- SpaceX Falcon 9 launches Starlink 6-86NASASpaceflight
- Vehicle
- Falcon 9 Block 5 · SpaceXStarlink
- Booster
- B1095 · flight 4 · Autonomous Spaceport Drone Ship at Just Read the Instructions · landed156/157 landed here · 45 days after its previous flight, Starlink Group 10-52 · 600 km downrange
- Mission
- Communications · Low Earth Orbit (LEO)for SpX
- Milestone
- 514th Falcon 9 Block 5 flight · 153rd this yearSpaceX's 607th launch158th this yearhumanity's 7,134th orbital launch attempt285th orbital launch attempt this year
Flight preview
Simulate in Flight ClubOrbit: as tracked
Starlink 35867 · NORAD 66791 · 2025-278 · Space-Track · tracking 1 of 29 objects
Show the numbers for orbit elements
- Object
- TBA - TO BE ASSIGNED
- Object ID
- 2025-278A
- Epoch
- 2025-12-10 12:00:02 UTC
- Mean motion
- 15.92323354 rev/day
- Eccentricity
- 0.0001949
- Inclination
- 42.9987°
- Ascending node
- 266.0188°
- Arg. of perigee
- 267.709°
- Mean anomaly
- 243.0586°
- Element set
- 999
- Rev at epoch
- 259
- B*
- -0.0036396
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+2M27SStage 2 Separation
- T+2M34SSES-1
- T+2M57SFairing Separation
- T+6M7SEntry Burn Startup
- T+6M34SEntry Burn Shutdown
- T+8M1SStage 1 Landing Burn
- T+8M25SStage 1 Landing
- T+8M38SSECO-1
- T+53M50SSECO-2
- T+56M48SSES-2
- T+1H4M55SStarlink Deployment
Catalogued objects
29 catalogued: 29 payloads; 29 still in orbit
- Starlink 35867 · NORAD 66791 · in orbit
- Starlink 35990 · NORAD 66792 · in orbit
- Starlink 36051 · NORAD 66793 · in orbit
- Starlink 36062 · NORAD 66794 · in orbit
- Starlink 36047 · NORAD 66795 · in orbit
- Starlink 35964 · NORAD 66796 · in orbit
- Starlink 36099 · NORAD 66797 · in orbit
- Starlink 36041 · NORAD 66798 · in orbit
- Starlink 36044 · NORAD 66799 · in orbit
- Starlink 35996 · NORAD 66800 · in orbit
- Starlink 36080 · NORAD 66801 · in orbit
- Starlink 35604 · NORAD 66802 · in orbit
Show 17 more payloads
- Starlink 35565 · NORAD 66803 · in orbit
- Starlink 36038 · NORAD 66804 · in orbit
- Starlink 36049 · NORAD 66805 · in orbit
- Starlink 36069 · NORAD 66806 · in orbit
- Starlink 36000 · NORAD 66807 · in orbit
- Starlink 36071 · NORAD 66808 · in orbit
- Starlink 35979 · NORAD 66809 · in orbit
- Starlink 36046 · NORAD 66810 · in orbit
- Starlink 36045 · NORAD 66811 · in orbit
- Starlink 36054 · NORAD 66812 · in orbit
- Starlink 36042 · NORAD 66813 · in orbit
- Starlink 35984 · NORAD 66814 · in orbit
- Starlink 35985 · NORAD 66815 · in orbit
- Starlink 36098 · NORAD 66816 · in orbit
- Starlink 35995 · NORAD 66817 · in orbit
- Starlink 35994 · NORAD 66818 · in orbit
- Starlink 35989 · NORAD 66819 · 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
219th launch from Launch Complex 39A, 25th this year · 277th from Kennedy Space Center, FL, USA
Local pad time at liftoff: Dec 1, 2:44 AM EST, at night
224 launches from this pad · 283 from Kennedy Space Center, FL, USA
10 days after the previous launch from this pad
Updates
Launch success.
Show 6 earlier updates
Liftoff
hitura-nobad · 12/1/2025 · source
Now targeting Dec 01 at 07:44 UTC
Cosmic_Penguin · 12/1/2025 · source
Tweaked T-0.
Cosmic_Penguin · 11/30/2025 · source
GO for launch.
Cosmic_Penguin · 11/24/2025 · source
Now targeting Dec 1 at 05:00 UTC
Cosmic_Penguin · 11/24/2025 · source
Added launch.
Cosmic_Penguin · 11/19/2025 · source
Questions
When did Starlink Group 6-86 launch?
Starlink Group 6-86 launched on December 1, 2025 at 07:44 UTC. The launch window ran from 05:00 to 09:00 UTC.
Where can I watch Starlink Group 6-86?
Coverage: SpaceX Starlink Group 6-86; Watch Live: SpaceX launches Starlink satellites on Falcon 9 rocket from NASA's Kennedy Space Center; SpaceX Falcon 9 launches Starlink 6-86. Watch the replay
What rocket launched Starlink Group 6-86?
Falcon 9 Block 5, flown by SpaceX. Falcon 9 Block 5 spec sheet
Where did Starlink Group 6-86 launch from?
Launch Complex 39A, Kennedy Space Center, FL, USA. Liftoff was Dec 1, 2:44 AM EST local time at the pad.
Did the booster land?
Booster B1095 flew for the 4th time and landed at Just Read the Instructions.
What orbit did Starlink Group 6-86 reach?
The tracked orbit of Starlink 35867, one of 29 catalogued objects, from December 10, 2025, was 302 × 304 km inclined 43.0°.
How many satellites did Starlink Group 6-86 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 6-86 part of?
Starlink. About Starlink