SpaceXFalcon 9 Block 5Space Launch Complex 40, Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA
Starlink Group 6-93
Launched
May 7, 2025 · 01:17 UTC
Image: SpaceX
Summary
Starlink Group 6-93 launched on a SpaceX Falcon 9 Block 5 from Space Launch Complex 40, Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA on May 7, 2025 at 01:17 UTC. The launch window ran from 01:17 to 03:37 UTC. It was SpaceX's 504th launch, 55th this year and humanity's 6,945th orbital launch attempt. It was the 414th Falcon 9 Block 5 flight and the 53rd this year. Booster B1085 flew for the 7th time and landed at Just Read the Instructions. The payload was bound for low Earth orbit (LEO). The tracked orbit of Starlink 34018, one of 28 catalogued objects, from May 12, 2025, was 311 × 314 km inclined 43.0°. 28 objects from this launch are catalogued, all of them payloads.
- Watch
- Vehicle
- Falcon 9 Block 5 · SpaceXStarlink
- Booster
- Mission
- Communications · Low Earth Orbit (LEO)for SpX
- Milestone
- 414th Falcon 9 Block 5 flight · 53rd this yearSpaceX's 504th launch55th this yearhumanity's 6,945th orbital launch attempt96th orbital launch attempt this year
Flight preview
Simulate in Flight ClubOrbit: as tracked
Starlink 34018 · NORAD 63836 · 2025-093 · Space-Track · tracking 1 of 28 objects
Show the numbers for orbit elements
- Object
- TBA - TO BE ASSIGNED
- Object ID
- 2025-093A
- Epoch
- 2025-05-12 18:00:02 UTC
- Mean motion
- 15.88853055 rev/day
- Eccentricity
- 0.0001823
- Inclination
- 43.0017°
- Ascending node
- 346.2587°
- Arg. of perigee
- 270.2533°
- Mean anomaly
- 193.0404°
- Element set
- 999
- Rev at epoch
- 184
- B*
- -0.0042837
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−35MProp Load
- T−35MStage 1 LOX Load
- T−16MStage 2 LOX Load
- T−7MEngine Chill
- T−1MTank Press
- T−1MStartup
- T−45SGO for Launch
- T−3SIgnition
- T−0Liftoff
- T+1M11SMax-Q
- T+2M25SMECO
- T+2M28SStage 2 Separation
- T+2M36SSES-1
- T+2M56SFairing Separation
- T+6M2SEntry Burn Startup
- T+6M28SEntry Burn Shutdown
- T+7M49SStage 1 Landing Burn
- T+8M14SStage 1 Landing
- T+8M39SSECO-1
- T+54MSES-2
- T+54M2SSECO-2
- T+1H5M9SStarlink Deployment
Catalogued objects
28 catalogued: 28 payloads; 27 still in orbit
- Starlink 34018 · NORAD 63836 · in orbit
- Starlink 34053 · NORAD 63837 · in orbit
- Starlink 34042 · NORAD 63838 · in orbit
- Starlink 34040 · NORAD 63839 · in orbit
- Starlink 33990 · NORAD 63840 · in orbit
- Starlink 34056 · NORAD 63841 · in orbit
- Starlink 34026 · NORAD 63842 · in orbit
- Starlink 33777 · NORAD 63843 · in orbit
- Starlink 34041 · NORAD 63844 · in orbit
- Starlink 34011 · NORAD 63845 · in orbit
- Starlink 34044 · NORAD 63846 · in orbit
- Starlink 34037 · NORAD 63847 · in orbit
Show 16 more payloads
- Starlink 34010 · NORAD 63848 · in orbit
- Starlink 34009 · NORAD 63849 · in orbit
- Starlink 33958 · NORAD 63850 · in orbit
- Starlink 33776 · NORAD 63851 · in orbit
- Starlink 33775 · NORAD 63852 · re-entered May 17, 2025
- Starlink 34032 · NORAD 63853 · in orbit
- Starlink 34015 · NORAD 63854 · in orbit
- Starlink 33969 · NORAD 63855 · in orbit
- Starlink 34002 · NORAD 63856 · in orbit
- Starlink 33999 · NORAD 63857 · in orbit
- Starlink 33976 · NORAD 63858 · in orbit
- Starlink 33821 · NORAD 63859 · in orbit
- Starlink 33888 · NORAD 63860 · in orbit
- Starlink 33896 · NORAD 63861 · in orbit
- Starlink 33878 · NORAD 63862 · in orbit
- Starlink 33954 · NORAD 63863 · in orbit
Data from J. McDowell, planet4589.org
About this launch
A batch of 28 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
305th launch from Space Launch Complex 40, 25th this year · 1,021st from Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA
Local pad time at liftoff: May 6, 9:17 PM EDT, at night
403 launches from this pad · 1,131 from Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA
4 days 23 hours after the previous launch from this pad
Updates
Launch success
Show 9 earlier updates
Liftoff
SwGustav · 5/7/2025 · source
Unofficial Re-stream by SPACE AFFAIRS has started
LL2 · 5/7/2025 · source
Tweaked launch window.
Cosmic_Penguin · 5/6/2025 · source
GO for launch.
Cosmic_Penguin · 5/5/2025 · source
Updated launch weather.
Cosmic_Penguin · 5/5/2025 · source
NET May 7 UTC.
Cosmic_Penguin · 5/4/2025 · source
NET May 6 UTC per marine navigation warnings.
Cosmic_Penguin · 5/1/2025 · source
NET May 5 UTC.
Cosmic_Penguin · 4/30/2025 · source
Added launch per NOTAMs.
Cosmic_Penguin · 4/28/2025 · source
Questions
When did Starlink Group 6-93 launch?
Starlink Group 6-93 launched on May 7, 2025 at 01:17 UTC. The launch window ran from 01:17 to 03:37 UTC.
Where can I watch Starlink Group 6-93?
Coverage: SpaceX Starlink Group 6-93; SpaceX - Falcon 9 - Starlink 6-93 - SLC-40 - Cape Canaveral SFS - May 6, 2025; Watch live: SpaceX launches 28 Starlink satellites from Cape Canaveral on Falcon 9 rocket. Watch the replay
What rocket launched Starlink Group 6-93?
Falcon 9 Block 5, flown by SpaceX. Falcon 9 Block 5 spec sheet
Where did Starlink Group 6-93 launch from?
Space Launch Complex 40, Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA. Liftoff was May 6, 9:17 PM EDT local time at the pad.
Did the booster land?
Booster B1085 flew for the 7th time and landed at Just Read the Instructions.
What orbit did Starlink Group 6-93 reach?
The tracked orbit of Starlink 34018, one of 28 catalogued objects, from May 12, 2025, was 311 × 314 km inclined 43.0°.
How many satellites did Starlink Group 6-93 launch?
28 payloads from this launch are catalogued, 27 of them still in orbit (Data from J. McDowell, planet4589.org).
Which program is Starlink Group 6-93 part of?
Starlink. About Starlink