SpaceXFalcon 9 Block 5Space Launch Complex 4E, Vandenberg SFB, CA, USA
Starlink Group 7-3
Launched
September 25, 2023 · 08:48 UTC
Image: SpaceX
Summary
Starlink Group 7-3 launched on a SpaceX Falcon 9 Block 5 from Space Launch Complex 4E, Vandenberg SFB, CA, USA on September 25, 2023 at 08:48 UTC. The launch window ran from 07:23 to 11:04 UTC. It was SpaceX's 282nd launch, 69th this year and humanity's 6,525th orbital launch attempt. It was the 203rd Falcon 9 Block 5 flight and the 65th this year. Booster B1075 flew for the 6th time and landed at Of Course I Still Love You. The payload was bound for low Earth orbit (LEO). The tracked orbit of Starlink 30712, one of 21 catalogued objects, from September 29, 2023, was 301 × 303 km inclined 53.1°. 21 objects from this launch are catalogued, all of them payloads.
- Watch
- SpaceX Starlink Group 7-3The Space Devs
- Starlink MissionSpaceX
- Vehicle
- Falcon 9 Block 5 · SpaceXStarlink
- Booster
- B1075 · flight 6 · Autonomous Spaceport Drone Ship at Of Course I Still Love You · landed209/217 landed here · 48 days after its previous flight, Starlink Group 6-20 · 642 km downrange
- Mission
- Communications · Low Earth Orbit (LEO)for SpX
- Milestone
- 203rd Falcon 9 Block 5 flight · 65th this yearSpaceX's 282nd launch69th this yearhumanity's 6,525th orbital launch attempt157th orbital launch attempt this year
Flight preview
Simulate in Flight ClubOrbit: as tracked
Starlink 30712 · NORAD 57935 · 2023-148 · Space-Track · tracking 1 of 21 objects
Show the numbers for orbit elements
- Object
- TBA - TO BE ASSIGNED
- Object ID
- 2023-148A
- Epoch
- 2023-09-29 14:00:01 UTC
- Mean motion
- 15.92538713 rev/day
- Eccentricity
- 0.0001453
- Inclination
- 53.061°
- Ascending node
- 204.5099°
- Arg. of perigee
- 103.8424°
- Mean anomaly
- 116.7499°
- Element set
- 999
- Rev at epoch
- 183
- B*
- -0.0020795
Perigee, apogee and period are Kepler figures from the catalogued mean elements, not a propagated state. Published orbit: LEO.
Catalogued objects
21 catalogued: 21 payloads; 20 still in orbit
- Starlink 30712 · NORAD 57935 · in orbit
- Starlink 30716 · NORAD 57936 · in orbit
- Starlink 30400 · NORAD 57937 · in orbit
- Starlink 30710 · NORAD 57938 · in orbit
- Starlink 30714 · NORAD 57939 · in orbit
- Starlink 30711 · NORAD 57940 · in orbit
- Starlink 30715 · NORAD 57941 · in orbit
- Starlink 30455 · NORAD 57942 · in orbit
- Starlink 30456 · NORAD 57943 · in orbit
- Starlink 30708 · NORAD 57944 · in orbit
- Starlink 30705 · NORAD 57945 · in orbit
- Starlink 30704 · NORAD 57946 · in orbit
Show 9 more payloads
- Starlink 30706 · NORAD 57947 · in orbit
- Starlink 30709 · NORAD 57948 · re-entered September 22, 2025
- Starlink 30707 · NORAD 57949 · in orbit
- Starlink 30701 · NORAD 57950 · in orbit
- Starlink 30399 · NORAD 57951 · in orbit
- Starlink 30713 · NORAD 57952 · in orbit
- Starlink 30700 · NORAD 57953 · in orbit
- Starlink 30703 · NORAD 57954 · in orbit
- Starlink 30702 · NORAD 57955 · in orbit
Data from J. McDowell, planet4589.org
About this launch
A batch of 21 satellites for the Starlink mega-constellation - SpaceX's project for space-based Internet communication system.
Pad
Space Launch Complex 4E, Vandenberg SFB, CA, USA
120th launch from Space Launch Complex 4E, 20th this year · 730th from Vandenberg SFB, CA, USA
Local pad time at liftoff: Sep 25, 1:48 AM PDT, at night
303 launches from this pad · 919 from Vandenberg SFB, CA, USA
13 days after the previous launch from this pad
Updates
Launch success.
Show 6 earlier updates
Liftoff.
Cosmic_Penguin · 9/25/2023 · source
Updating T-0
Nosu · 9/24/2023 · source
Updating launch window to match launch opportunities
Nosu · 9/23/2023 · source
GO for launch.
Cosmic_Penguin · 9/23/2023 · source
Targeting September 25 per NOTAM A7601/23
Nosu · 9/16/2023
Adding launch NET September (or very unlikely NET August 28)
Nosu · 7/10/2023 · source
Questions
When did Starlink Group 7-3 launch?
Starlink Group 7-3 launched on September 25, 2023 at 08:48 UTC. The launch window ran from 07:23 to 11:04 UTC.
Where can I watch Starlink Group 7-3?
Coverage: SpaceX Starlink Group 7-3; Starlink Mission. Watch the replay
What rocket launched Starlink Group 7-3?
Falcon 9 Block 5, flown by SpaceX. Falcon 9 Block 5 spec sheet
Where did Starlink Group 7-3 launch from?
Space Launch Complex 4E, Vandenberg SFB, CA, USA. Liftoff was Sep 25, 1:48 AM PDT local time at the pad.
Did the booster land?
Booster B1075 flew for the 6th time and landed at Of Course I Still Love You.
What orbit did Starlink Group 7-3 reach?
The tracked orbit of Starlink 30712, one of 21 catalogued objects, from September 29, 2023, was 301 × 303 km inclined 53.1°.
How many satellites did Starlink Group 7-3 launch?
21 payloads from this launch are catalogued, 20 of them still in orbit (Data from J. McDowell, planet4589.org).
Which program is Starlink Group 7-3 part of?
Starlink. About Starlink