SpaceXFalcon 9 Block 5Space Launch Complex 40, Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA
Starlink Group 6-87
Launched
November 11, 2025 · 03:21 UTC
Image: SpaceX
Summary
Starlink Group 6-87 launched on a SpaceX Falcon 9 Block 5 from Space Launch Complex 40, Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA on November 11, 2025 at 03:21 UTC. The launch window ran from 03:01 to 06:59 UTC. It was SpaceX's 598th launch, 149th this year and humanity's 7,115th orbital launch attempt. It was the 505th Falcon 9 Block 5 flight and the 144th this year. Booster B1096 flew for the 3rd time and landed at Just Read the Instructions. The payload was bound for low Earth orbit (LEO). The tracked orbit of Starlink 35617, one of 29 catalogued objects, from November 19, 2025, was 309 × 311 km inclined 43.0°. 29 objects from this launch are catalogued, all of them payloads.
- Watch
- SpaceX Starlink Group 6-87The Space Devs
- Watch Live: SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket launches Starlink satellites from Cape CanaveralSpaceflight Now
- SpaceX Falcon 9 launches Starlink 6-87NASASpaceflight
- Vehicle
- Falcon 9 Block 5 · SpaceXStarlink
- Booster
- B1096 · flight 3 · Autonomous Spaceport Drone Ship at Just Read the Instructions · landed156/157 landed here · 47 days after its previous flight, IMAP & others · 600 km downrange
- Mission
- Communications · Low Earth Orbit (LEO)for SpX
- Milestone
- 505th Falcon 9 Block 5 flight · 144th this yearSpaceX's 598th launch149th this yearhumanity's 7,115th orbital launch attempt266th orbital launch attempt this year
Flight preview
Simulate in Flight ClubOrbit: as tracked
Starlink 35617 · NORAD 66422 · 2025-259 · Space-Track · tracking 1 of 29 objects
Show the numbers for orbit elements
- Object
- STARLINK-35617
- Object ID
- 2025-259A
- Epoch
- 2025-11-19 12:00:00 UTC
- Mean motion
- 15.89809344 rev/day
- Eccentricity
- 0.00019346
- Inclination
- 42.9992°
- Ascending node
- 185.7139°
- Arg. of perigee
- 269.2382°
- Mean anomaly
- 150.9408°
- Element set
- 999
- Rev at epoch
- 254
- B*
- -0.0048446442
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+2M25SMECO
- T+2M28SStage 2 Separation
- T+2M35SSES-1
- T+2M58SFairing Separation
- T+6M9SEntry Burn Startup
- T+6M35SEntry Burn Shutdown
- T+8MStage 1 Landing Burn
- T+8M22SStage 1 Landing
- T+8M39SSECO-1
- T+53M52SSES-2
- T+53M53SSECO-2
- T+1H4M59SStarlink Deployment
Catalogued objects
29 catalogued: 29 payloads; 29 still in orbit
- Starlink 35617 · NORAD 66422 · in orbit
- Starlink 35618 · NORAD 66423 · in orbit
- Starlink 35588 · NORAD 66424 · in orbit
- Starlink 35555 · NORAD 66425 · in orbit
- Starlink 35589 · NORAD 66426 · in orbit
- Starlink 35611 · NORAD 66427 · in orbit
- Starlink 35610 · NORAD 66428 · in orbit
- Starlink 35533 · NORAD 66429 · in orbit
- Starlink 35470 · NORAD 66430 · in orbit
- Starlink 35439 · NORAD 66431 · in orbit
- Starlink 35446 · NORAD 66432 · in orbit
- Starlink 35457 · NORAD 66433 · in orbit
Show 17 more payloads
- Starlink 35389 · NORAD 66434 · in orbit
- Starlink 35502 · NORAD 66435 · in orbit
- Starlink 35501 · NORAD 66436 · in orbit
- Starlink 35474 · NORAD 66437 · in orbit
- Starlink 34681 · NORAD 66438 · in orbit
- Starlink 35327 · NORAD 66439 · in orbit
- Starlink 35405 · NORAD 66440 · in orbit
- Starlink 35426 · NORAD 66441 · in orbit
- Starlink 34724 · NORAD 66442 · in orbit
- Starlink 35219 · NORAD 66443 · in orbit
- Starlink 35360 · NORAD 66444 · in orbit
- Starlink 34698 · NORAD 66445 · in orbit
- Starlink 34986 · NORAD 66446 · in orbit
- Starlink 34851 · NORAD 66447 · in orbit
- Starlink 35355 · NORAD 66448 · in orbit
- Starlink 34720 · NORAD 66449 · in orbit
- Starlink 35334 · NORAD 66450 · 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
347th launch from Space Launch Complex 40, 67th this year · 1,066th from Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA
Local pad time at liftoff: Nov 10, 10:21 PM EST, at night
403 launches from this pad · 1,131 from Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA
5 days 1 hour after the previous launch from this pad
Updates
Launch success.
Show 9 earlier updates
Liftoff.
Cosmic_Penguin · 11/11/2025 · source
Unofficial Re-stream by SPACE AFFAIRS has started
LL2 · 11/11/2025 · source
Now targeting Nov 11 at 03:21 UTC
Cosmic_Penguin · 11/10/2025 · source
Now targeting Nov 11 at 03:01 UTC
Cosmic_Penguin · 11/9/2025 · source
Updated launch weather, 60% GO.
Cosmic_Penguin · 11/9/2025 · source
Reverted back to Nov 11 at 03:00 UTC, pending more information.
Cosmic_Penguin · 11/7/2025 · source
Reverted back to Nov 10 at 22:12 UTC, pending more information.
Cosmic_Penguin · 11/7/2025 · source
Now targeting Nov 11 at 03:00 UTC
Cosmic_Penguin · 11/7/2025 · source
Added launch.
Cosmic_Penguin · 10/30/2025 · source
Questions
When did Starlink Group 6-87 launch?
Starlink Group 6-87 launched on November 11, 2025 at 03:21 UTC. The launch window ran from 03:01 to 06:59 UTC.
Where can I watch Starlink Group 6-87?
Coverage: SpaceX Starlink Group 6-87; Watch Live: SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket launches Starlink satellites from Cape Canaveral; SpaceX Falcon 9 launches Starlink 6-87. Watch the replay
What rocket launched Starlink Group 6-87?
Falcon 9 Block 5, flown by SpaceX. Falcon 9 Block 5 spec sheet
Where did Starlink Group 6-87 launch from?
Space Launch Complex 40, Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA. Liftoff was Nov 10, 10:21 PM EST local time at the pad.
Did the booster land?
Booster B1096 flew for the 3rd time and landed at Just Read the Instructions.
What orbit did Starlink Group 6-87 reach?
The tracked orbit of Starlink 35617, one of 29 catalogued objects, from November 19, 2025, was 309 × 311 km inclined 43.0°.
How many satellites did Starlink Group 6-87 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 6-87 part of?
Starlink. About Starlink