SpaceXFalcon 9 Block 5Space Launch Complex 40, Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA
Starlink Group 6-90
Launched
December 11, 2025 · 22:01 UTC
Image: SpaceX
Summary
Starlink Group 6-90 launched on a SpaceX Falcon 9 Block 5 from Space Launch Complex 40, Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA on December 11, 2025 at 22:01 UTC. The launch window ran from 18:59 to 22:59 UTC. It was SpaceX's 615th launch, 166th this year and humanity's 7,150th orbital launch attempt. It was the 522nd Falcon 9 Block 5 flight and the 161st this year. Booster B1083 flew for the 16th time and landed at Just Read the Instructions. The payload was bound for low Earth orbit (LEO). The tracked orbit of Starlink 36138, one of 29 catalogued objects, from December 17, 2025, was 295 × 297 km inclined 43.0°. 29 objects from this launch are catalogued, all of them payloads.
- Watch
- SpaceX Starlink Group 6-90The Space Devs
- Watch Live: SpaceX launches Starlink satellites on Falcon 9 rocket from Cape CanaveralSpaceflight Now
- SpaceX Falcon 9 launches Starlink 6-90NASASpaceflight
- Vehicle
- Falcon 9 Block 5 · SpaceXStarlink
- Booster
- B1083 · flight 16 · Autonomous Spaceport Drone Ship at Just Read the Instructions · landed156/157 landed here · 43 days after its previous flight, Starlink Group 10-37 · 600 km downrange
- Mission
- Communications · Low Earth Orbit (LEO)for SpX
- Milestone
- 522nd Falcon 9 Block 5 flight · 161st this yearSpaceX's 615th launch166th this yearhumanity's 7,150th orbital launch attempt301st orbital launch attempt this year
Flight preview
Simulate in Flight ClubOrbit: as tracked
Starlink 36138 · NORAD 67030 · 2025-294 · Space-Track · tracking 1 of 29 objects
Show the numbers for orbit elements
- Object
- STARLINK-36138
- Object ID
- 2025-294A
- Epoch
- 2025-12-17 20:00:01 UTC
- Mean motion
- 15.94764944 rev/day
- Eccentricity
- 0.00017504
- Inclination
- 42.9997°
- Ascending node
- 151.3229°
- Arg. of perigee
- 276.2491°
- Mean anomaly
- 123.7728°
- Element set
- 999
- Rev at epoch
- 212
- B*
- -0.0031885199
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+2M35SSES-1
- T+2M56SFairing Separation
- T+6M7SEntry Burn Startup
- T+6M34SEntry Burn Shutdown
- T+7M58SStage 1 Landing Burn
- T+8M22SStage 1 Landing
- T+8M38SSECO-1
- T+53M55SSES-2
- T+53M57SSECO-2
- T+1H5M2SStarlink Deployment
Catalogued objects
29 catalogued: 29 payloads; 29 still in orbit
- Starlink 36138 · NORAD 67030 · in orbit
- Starlink 36150 · NORAD 67031 · in orbit
- Starlink 36131 · NORAD 67032 · in orbit
- Starlink 36137 · NORAD 67033 · in orbit
- Starlink 36140 · NORAD 67034 · in orbit
- Starlink 36085 · NORAD 67035 · in orbit
- Starlink 36125 · NORAD 67036 · in orbit
- Starlink 35732 · NORAD 67037 · in orbit
- Starlink 35775 · NORAD 67038 · in orbit
- Starlink 35705 · NORAD 67039 · in orbit
- Starlink 35786 · NORAD 67040 · in orbit
- Starlink 35765 · NORAD 67041 · in orbit
Show 17 more payloads
- Starlink 35773 · NORAD 67042 · in orbit
- Starlink 35901 · NORAD 67043 · in orbit
- Starlink 35884 · NORAD 67044 · in orbit
- Starlink 35891 · NORAD 67045 · in orbit
- Starlink 35721 · NORAD 67046 · in orbit
- Starlink 35779 · NORAD 67047 · in orbit
- Starlink 35905 · NORAD 67048 · in orbit
- Starlink 35877 · NORAD 67049 · in orbit
- Starlink 36078 · NORAD 67050 · in orbit
- Starlink 35706 · NORAD 67051 · in orbit
- Starlink 35720 · NORAD 67052 · in orbit
- Starlink 35739 · NORAD 67053 · in orbit
- Starlink 35754 · NORAD 67054 · in orbit
- Starlink 35790 · NORAD 67055 · in orbit
- Starlink 36143 · NORAD 67056 · in orbit
- Starlink 36141 · NORAD 67057 · in orbit
- Starlink 35767 · NORAD 67058 · 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
353rd launch from Space Launch Complex 40, 73rd this year · 1,074th from Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA
Local pad time at liftoff: Dec 11, 5:01 PM EST, in daylight
403 launches from this pad · 1,131 from Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA
2 days 2 hours after the previous launch from this pad
Updates
Launch success.
Show 8 earlier updates
Unofficial Re-stream by SPACE AFFAIRS has started
LL2 · 12/11/2025 · source
Liftoff.
Cosmic_Penguin · 12/11/2025 · source
Unofficial Re-stream by SPACE AFFAIRS has started
LL2 · 12/11/2025 · source
Now targeting Dec 11 at 22:01 UTC
Cosmic_Penguin · 12/11/2025 · source
Now targeting Dec 11 at 20:26 UTC
Cosmic_Penguin · 12/11/2025 · source
Weather is >95% favorable for launch.
Cosmic_Penguin · 12/9/2025 · source
GO for launch.
Cosmic_Penguin · 12/5/2025 · source
Added launch.
Cosmic_Penguin · 12/4/2025 · source
Questions
When did Starlink Group 6-90 launch?
Starlink Group 6-90 launched on December 11, 2025 at 22:01 UTC. The launch window ran from 18:59 to 22:59 UTC.
Where can I watch Starlink Group 6-90?
Coverage: SpaceX Starlink Group 6-90; Watch Live: SpaceX launches Starlink satellites on Falcon 9 rocket from Cape Canaveral; SpaceX Falcon 9 launches Starlink 6-90. Watch the replay
What rocket launched Starlink Group 6-90?
Falcon 9 Block 5, flown by SpaceX. Falcon 9 Block 5 spec sheet
Where did Starlink Group 6-90 launch from?
Space Launch Complex 40, Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA. Liftoff was Dec 11, 5:01 PM EST local time at the pad.
Did the booster land?
Booster B1083 flew for the 16th time and landed at Just Read the Instructions.
What orbit did Starlink Group 6-90 reach?
The tracked orbit of Starlink 36138, one of 29 catalogued objects, from December 17, 2025, was 295 × 297 km inclined 43.0°.
How many satellites did Starlink Group 6-90 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 6-90 part of?
Starlink. About Starlink