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60 Starlink v0.9 satellites stacked together before deployment on 24 May 2019.
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| Manufacturer | SpaceX |
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| Country of origin | United States |
| Operator | SpaceX |
| Applications | Internet service |
| Website | starlink |
| Project cost | $10 Billion |
| Specifications | |
| Spacecraft type | Small satellite |
| Launch mass | v 0.9: 227 kg (500 lb) v 1.0: 260 kg (570 lb) v 1.5: ~295 kg (650 lb)[1]-306 kg (675 lb) v 2.0 ~1,250 kg (2,760 lb)[2] |
| Equipment |
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| Regime | Low Earth orbit Sun-synchronous orbit[citation needed] |
| Production | |
| Status | Active |
| Launched |
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| Operational | 4621 as of 12 January 2024 |
| Maiden launch | February 22, 2018; 6 years ago (2018-02-22) |
| Last launch | January 13, 2024; 5 months ago (January 13, 2024) |
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Starlink is a satellite internet constellation operated by SpaceX[4][5] providing satellite Internet access to most of the Earth.[6][7] Starshield is a derivative of Starlink designed to be operated for and can host payloads for military or government purposes.
The deployment of the first 1,440 satellites will be into 72 orbital planes of 20 satellites each,[8] with a requested lower minimum elevation angle of beams to improve reception: 25° rather than the 40° of the other two orbital shells.[9]: 17 SpaceX launched the first 60 satellites of the constellation in May 2019 into a 450 km (280 mi) orbit and expected up to six launches in 2019 at that time, with 720 satellites (12 × 60) for continuous coverage in 2020.[10][11]
In August 2019, SpaceX expected four more launches in 2019[12] and at least nine launches in 2020,[13] but since January 2020 expectations had increased to 24 total launches in 2020.[14]
In March 2020, SpaceX reported producing six satellites per day.[15]
Starlink satellites are also planned to launch on Starship, an under-development rocket of SpaceX with a much larger payload capacity.[16]
In February 2021, Musk stated that the satellites are traveling on 25 orbital planes clustered between 53° north and south of the equator.[17]
| No. | Mission | Sat. Ver. | COSPAR ID | Date and time, UTC |
Launch site | Orbit | Satellites | Outcome | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Altitude | Orbital Inclination | Deployed [3] | Working [3] | |||||||
| – | Tintin[18] | v0.1 | 2018-020 | 22 February 2018, 14:17[19][20] | VAFB, SLC-4E | 514 km (319 mi) | 97.5° [21] | 2 | 0 | Success |
| Two test satellites known as Tintin A and B[22] (MicroSat-2a and 2b) that were deployed as co-payloads to the Paz satellite. As of 1 September 2020[update], the orbits have decayed and both satellites have reentered the atmosphere.[23][24][25] | ||||||||||
| 1 | v0.9[26] | v0.9 | 2019-029 | 24 May 2019, 02:30[27] | CCAFS, SLC-40 | 440–550 km (270–340 mi) [28] | 53.0° | 60 | 0 | Success[29] |
| First launch of 60 Starlink test satellites.[30] Said to be "production design", these are used to test various aspects of the network, including deorbiting.[31] They do not yet have the planned satellite interlink capabilities and they only communicate with antennas on Earth. A day after launch an amateur astronomer in the Netherlands was one of the first to publish a video showing the satellites flying across the sky as a "train" of bright lights.[32] By five weeks post launch, 57 of the 60 satellites had been "healthy" while 3 were non-operational and derelict, but deorbited due to atmospheric drag.[33] All working satellites were intentionally deorbited by May 2021,[34] and all remaining failed spacecraft re-entered by October 2022.[35] | ||||||||||
| 2 | L1[36] | v1.0 | 2019-074 | 11 November 2019, 14:56[37] | CCAFS, SLC-40 | 550 km (340 mi) | 53.0° | 60 | 46 | Success |
| First launch of Starlink "operational" satellites (v1.0),[37] with an increased mass of 260 kg each and included Ka-band antennas.[38] Satellites were released in a circular orbit at around 290 km altitude, from which the satellites raised their altitude by themselves. | ||||||||||
| 3 | L2 | v1.0 | 2020-001 | 7 January 2020, 02:19:21[39] | CCAFS, SLC-40 | 550 km (340 mi) | 53.0° | 60 | 46 | Success |
| One of the satellites, dubbed DarkSat,[40] has an experimental coating to make it less reflective, and to reduce the impact on ground-based astronomical observations.[41] | ||||||||||
| 4 | L3 | v1.0 | 2020-006 | 29 January 2020, 14:06[42] | CCAFS, SLC-40 | 550 km (340 mi) | 53.0° | 60 | 47 | Success |
| 5 | L4 | v1.0 | 2020-012 | 17 February 2020, 15:05[43] | CCAFS, SLC-40 | 550 km (340 mi) | 53.0° | 60 | 48 | Success |
| First time the satellites were released in an elliptical orbit (212 × 386 km). | ||||||||||
| 6 | L5 | v1.0 | 2020-019 | 18 March 2020, 12:16:39[39] | KSC, LC-39A | 550 km (340 mi) | 53.0° | 60 | 53 | Success |
| 7 | L6 | v1.0 | 2020-025 | 22 April 2020, 19:30:30[44] | KSC, LC-39A | 550 km (340 mi) | 53.0° | 60 | 51 | Success |
| 8 | L7 | v1.0 | 2020-035 | 4 June 2020, 01:25:00[45] | CCAFS, SLC-40 | 550 km (340 mi) | 53.0° | 60 | 54 | Success |
| One of the satellites, dubbed VisorSat, has a sunshade to reduce the impact on ground-based astronomical observations.[46] | ||||||||||
| 9 | L8 | v1.0 | 2020-038 | 13 June 2020, 09:21:18[47] | CCAFS, SLC-40 | 550 km (340 mi) | 53.0° | 58 | 42 | Success |
| First Starlink rideshare launch, carrying only 58 of SpaceX's satellites plus three Planet Labs, SkySats 16-18 Earth-observation satellites.[47] | ||||||||||
| 10 | L9 | v1.0 | 2020-055 | 7 August 2020, 05:12:05[39] | KSC, LC-39A | 550 km (340 mi) | 53.0° | 57 | 54 | Success |
| BlackSky Global 7 and 8, the 5th and 6th BlackSky Global satellites, launched as rideshare payloads.[48] All of the Starlink satellites are outfitted with the sunshade visor that was tested on a single satellite on 4 June 2020 launch.[49] | ||||||||||
| 11 | L10 | v1.0 | 2020-057 | 18 August 2020, 14:31:16 [39][50] | CCAFS, SLC-40 | 550 km (340 mi) | 53.0° | 58 | 53 | Success |
| Rideshare satellites from Planet Labs, SkySats 19-21 Earth-observation satellites. | ||||||||||
| 12 | L11 | v1.0 | 2020-062 | 3 September 2020, 12:46:14[8] | KSC, LC-39A | 550 km (340 mi) | 53.0° | 60 | 52 | Success |
| 13 | L12 | v1.0 | 2020-070 | 6 October 2020, 11:29:34[51] | KSC, LC-39A | 550 km (340 mi) | 53.0° | 60 | 50 | Success |
| 14 | L13 | v1.0 | 2020-073 | 18 October 2020, 12:25:57[39] | KSC, LC-39A | 550 km (340 mi) | 53.0° | 60 | 47 | Success |
| 15 | L14 | v1.0 | 2020-074 | 24 October 2020, 15:31:34[52] | CCAFS, SLC-40 | 550 km (340 mi) | 53.0° | 60 | 43 | Success |
| 16 | L15 | v1.0 | 2020-088 | 25 November 2020, 02:13:12[53] | CCAFS, SLC-40 | 550 km (340 mi) | 53.0° | 60 | 41 | Success |
| 17 | L16 | v1.0 | 2021-005 | 20 January 2021, 13:02:00 [39] | KSC, LC-39A | 550 km (340 mi) | 53.0° | 60 | 57 | Success |
| – | Tr-1 | v1.0 | 2021-006 | 24 January 2021, 15:00:00 [54] | CCSFS, SLC-40 | 560 km (350 mi) | 97.5° [54] | 10 | 0 | Success |
| Part of Transporter-1 (SmallSat Rideshare Mission 1).[55] First launch of production Starlink satellites to polar orbits. | ||||||||||
| 18 | L18 | v1.0 | 2021-009 | 4 February 2021, 06:19:00[56] | CCSFS, SLC-40 | 550 km (340 mi) | 53.0° | 60 | 56 | Success |
| 19 | L19 | v1.0 | 2021-012 | 16 February 2021, 03:59:37[57] | CCSFS, SLC-40 | 550 km (340 mi) | 53.0° | 60 | 57 | Success |
| SpaceX lost the Falcon 9 booster in the Atlantic Ocean.[57] | ||||||||||
| 20 | L17 | v1.0 | 2021-017 | 4 March 2021, 08:24:54[58] | KSC, LC-39A | 550 km (340 mi) | 53.0° | 60 | 56 | Success |
| Second stage failed to deorbit actively, reentered March 26 over Oregon and Washington in the United States.[59] | ||||||||||
| 21 | L20 | v1.0 | 2021-018 | 11 March 2021, 08:13:29[60] | CCSFS, SLC-40 | 550 km (340 mi) | 53.0° | 60 | 60 | Success |
| 22 | L21 | v1.0 | 2021-021 | 14 March 2021, 10:01:26[61] | KSC, LC-39A | 550 km (340 mi) | 53.0° | 60 | 56 | Success |
| 23 | L22 | v1.0 | 2021-024 | 24 March 2021, 08:28:24[62] | CCSFS, SLC-40 | 550 km (340 mi) | 53.0° | 60 | 44 | Success |
| 24 | L23 | v1.0 | 2021-027 | 7 April 2021, 16:34:18[39] | CCSFS, SLC-40 | 550 km (340 mi) | 53.0° | 60 | 60 | Success |
| 25 | L24 | v1.0 | 2021-036 | 29 April 2021, 03:44:00[39] | CCSFS, SLC-40 | 550 km (340 mi) | 53.0° | 60 | 60 | Success |
| 26 | L25 | v1.0 | 2021-038 | 4 May 2021, 19:01[39] | KSC, LC-39A | 550 km (340 mi) | 53.0° | 60 | 60 | Success |
| 27 | L27 | v1.0 | 2021-040 | 9 May 2021, 06:42[63] | CCSFS, SLC-40 | 550 km (340 mi) | 53.0° | 60 | 58 | Success |
| 28 | L26 | v1.0 | 2021-041 | 15 May 2021, 22:56[64] | KSC, LC-39A | 569–582 km (354–362 mi) | 53.0° | 52 | 49 | Success |
| Rideshare satellites: a radar Earth imaging satellite for Capella Space, and an Earth observation satellite, Tyvak 0130, for Tyvak Nano-Satellite Systems. | ||||||||||
| 29 | L28 | v1.0 | 2021-044 | 26 May 2021, 18:59 [65] | CCSFS, SLC-40 | 550 km (340 mi)[66] | 53.0° | 60 | 60 | Success |
| Last v1.0 and Group 1 Starlink Launch. | ||||||||||
| – | Tr-2 | v1.5[67] | 2021-059 | 30 June 2021, 19:31[68] | CCSFS, SLC-40 | 560 km (350 mi) | 97.5° | 3 | 3 | Success |
| Part of Transporter-2 (SmallSat Rideshare Mission 2).[69] Second launch of production Starlink and first launch of 3 prototype Starlink v1.5 satellites to polar orbits. | ||||||||||
| 30 | Group 2-1 | v1.5 | 2021-082 | 14 September 2021, 03:55:50[70] | VSFB, SLC-4E | 570 km (350 mi) | 70.0° | 51 | 51 | Success |
| First launch of operational Starlink satellites from Vandenberg Space Force Base, and first launch into a high-inclination, non-SSO orbit. Musk stated that the operational satellites were version 1.5 and featured "laser inter-satellite links, which are needed for high latitudes and mid-ocean coverage".[71] | ||||||||||
| 31 | Group 4-1 | v1.5 | 2021-104 | 13 November 2021, 11:19:30[72] | CCSFS, SLC-40 | 540 km (340 mi) | 53.2° | 53 | 52 | Success |
| First launch of Group 4 Starlink satellites. | ||||||||||
| 32 | Group 4-3 | v1.5 | 2021-115 | 2 December 2021, 23:12:15[73] | CCSFS, SLC-40 | 540 km (340 mi) | 53.2° | 48 | 48 | Success |
| Rideshare satellites: BlackSky-16 Gen-2 and BlackSky-17 Gen-2. | ||||||||||
| 33 | Group 4-4 | v1.5 | 2021-125 | 18 December 2021, 12:41:40[74] | VSFB, SLC-4E | 540 km (340 mi) | 53.2° | 52 | 50 | Success |
| 34 | Group 4-5 | v1.5 | 2022-001 | 6 January 2022, 21:49:10[75] | KSC, LC-39A | 540 km (340 mi) | 53.2° | 49 | 49 | Success |
| 35 | Group 4-6 | v1.5 | 2022-005 | 19 January 2022, 02:02:40[76] | KSC, LC-39A | 540 km (340 mi) | 53.2° | 49 | 49 | Success |
| 36 | Group 4-7 | v1.5 | 2022-010 | 3 February 2022, 18:13:20[77] | KSC, LC-39A | 540 km (340 mi) | 53.2° | 49 | 10 | Success |
| On 4 February 2022, the satellites deployed on this mission were significantly impacted by a G2-rated geomagnetic storm. The satellites were commanded into a safe-mode, but increased atmospheric drag prevented the satellites from leaving safe-mode to begin manoeuvering from the low deployment altitude to an operational orbit. On 8 February 2022, SpaceX confirmed that up to 40 of the 49 deployed satellites will reenter or have reentered the Earth's atmosphere.[78][79] By 12 February, 38 satellites had reentered the atmosphere while the remaining 11 continued to raise their orbits.[80] | ||||||||||
| 37 | Group 4-8 | v1.5 | 2022-016 | 21 February 2022, 14:44:20[81] | CCSFS, SLC-40 | 540 km (340 mi) | 53.2° | 46 | 46 | Success |
| 38 | Group 4-11 | v1.5 | 2022-017 | 25 February 2022, 17:12:10[82] | VSFB, SLC-4E | 540 km (340 mi) | 53.2° | 50 | 49 | Success |
| 39 | Group 4-9 | v1.5 | 2022-022 | 3 March 2022, 14:25[83] | KSC, LC-39A | 540 km (340 mi) | 53.2° | 47 | 47 | Success |
| 40 | Group 4-10 | v1.5 | 2022-025 | 9 March 2022, 13:45:10[84] | CCSFS, SLC-40 | 540 km (340 mi) | 53.2° | 48 | 47 | Success |
| Starlink 3680 (or Starlink 2022-025P) launched in this stack has maneuvered and moved to Shell 1 of starlink satellites. Possibly some other satellites in this stack will also joining the Shell 1 starlinks in near future.[85] | ||||||||||
| 41 | Group 4-12 | v1.5 | 2022-029 | 19 March 2022, 04:42:30[86] | CCSFS, SLC-40 | 540 km (340 mi) | 53.2° | 53 | 47 | Success |
| 42 | Group 4-14 | v1.5 | 2022-041 | 21 April 2022, 17:51:40[87] | CCSFS, SLC-40 | 540 km (340 mi) | 53.2° | 53 | 52 | Success |
| 43 | Group 4-16 | v1.5 | 2022-045 | 29 April 2022, 21:27:10[88] | CCSFS, SLC-40 | 540 km (340 mi) | 53.2° | 53 | 52 | Success |
| 44 | Group 4-17 | v1.5 | 2022-049 | 6 May 2022, 09:42[89] | KSC, LC-39A | 540 km (340 mi) | 53.2° | 53 | 53 | Success |
| 45 | Group 4-13 | v1.5 | 2022-051 | 13 May 2022, 22:07:50[90] | VSFB, SLC-4E | 540 km (340 mi) | 53.2° | 53 | 53 | Success |
| 46 | Group 4-15 | v1.5 | 2022-052 | 14 May 2022, 20:40:50[91] | CCSFS, SLC-40 | 540 km (340 mi) | 53.2° | 53 | 53 | Success |
| First Starlink launch on a new Falcon first stage booster (All prior flights were with reused boosters). | ||||||||||
| 47 | Group 4-18 | v1.5 | 2022-053 | 18 May 2022, 10:59:40[92] | KSC, LC-39A | 540 km (340 mi) | 53.2° | 53 | 53 | Success |
| 48 | Group 4-19 | v1.5 | 2022-062 | 17 June 2022, 16:09:20[93] | KSC, LC-39A | 540 km (340 mi) | 53.2° | 53 | 53 | Success |
| 49 | Group 4-21 | v1.5 | 2022-076 | 7 July 2022, 13:11:10[94] | CCSFS, SLC-40 | 540 km (340 mi) | 53.2° | 53 | 52 | Success |
| 50 | Group 3-1 | v1.5 | 2022-077 | 11 July 2022, 01:39:40[95] | CCSFS, SLC-40 | 560 km (350 mi) | 97.6° | 46 | 46 | Success |
| 50th dedicated Starlink launch. | ||||||||||
| 51 | Group 4-22 | v1.5 | 2022-083 | 17 July 2022, 14:20[96] | CCSFS, SLC-40 | 540 km (340 mi) | 53.2° | 53 | 53 | Success |
| 52 | Group 3-2 | v1.5 | 2022-084 | 22 July 2022, 17:39:40[97] | VSFB, SLC-4E | 560 km (350 mi) | 97.6° | 46 | 46 | Success |
| 53 | Group 4-25 | v1.5 | 2022-086 | 24 July 2022, 13:38:20[98] | KSC, LC-39A | 540 km (340 mi) | 53.2° | 53 | 51 | Success |
| 54 | Group 4-26 | v1.5 | 2022-097 | 10 August 2022, 02:14:40[99] | KSC, LC-39A | 540 km (340 mi) | 53.2° | 52 | 51 | Success |
| 55 | Group 3-3 | v1.5 | 2022-099 | 12 August 2022, 21:40:20[100] | VSFB, SLC-4E | 560 km (350 mi) | 97.6° | 46 | 46 | Success |
| 56 | Group 4-27 | v1.5 | 2022-101 | 19 August 2022, 19:21:20[101] | CCSFS, SLC-40 | 540 km (340 mi) | 53.2° | 53 | 53 | Success |
| 57 | Group 4-23 | v1.5 | 2022-104 | 28 August 2022, 03:41[102] | CCSFS, SLC-40 | 540 km (340 mi) | 53.2° | 54 | 51 | Success |
| Heaviest Falcon 9 launch carrying a east-coast Starlink network launch for 53.2° inclination orbit located at 540 km altitude. This flight, Group 4-23, was moved from 39A to 40 to de-conflict with Artemis I operations at 39B, and booster B1069.2 from the 4-20 mission was swapped with B1067.6.[102] | ||||||||||
| 58 | Group 3-4 | v1.5 | 2022-105 | 31 August 2022, 05:40:10[103] | VSFB, SLC-4E | 560 km (350 mi) | 97.6° | 46 | 46 | Success |
| 59 | Group 4-20 | v1.5 | 2022-107 | 5 September 2022, 02:09:40[104] | CCSFS, SLC-40 | 540 km (340 mi) | 53.2° | 51 | 46 | Success |
| Rideshare satellites: Sherpa-LTC2 carried a sole hosted payload will be Boeing's Varuna Technology Demonstration Mission, a pathfinder for a planned constellation of broadband satellites. | ||||||||||
| 60 | Group 4-2 | v1.5 | 2022-111 | 11 September 2022, 01:20[105] | KSC, LC-39A | 540 km (340 mi) | 53.2° | 34 | 31 | Success |
| Rideshare satellites: BlueWalker-3 was released into a 513 km circular orbit.[105] | ||||||||||
| 61 | Group 4-34 | v1.5 | 2022-114 | 19 September 2022, 00:18:40[106] | CCSFS, SLC-40 | 540 km (340 mi) | 53.2° | 54 | 53 | Success |
| 62 | Group 4-35 | v1.5 | 2022-119 | 24 September 2022, 23:32:10[107] | CCSFS, SLC-40 | 540 km (340 mi) | 53.2° | 52 | 51 | Success |
| 63 | Group 4-29 | v1.5 | 2022-125 | 5 October 2022, 23:10:30[108] | VSFB, SLC-4E | 540 km (340 mi) | 53.2° | 52 | 52 | Success |
| Set a new record for the shortest time between two Falcon 9 launches at 7 hours and 10 minutes. | ||||||||||
| 64 | Group 4-36 | v1.5 | 2022-136 | 20 October 2022, 14:50:40[109] | CCSFS, SLC-40 | 540 km (340 mi) | 53.2° | 54 | 53 | Success |
| 65 | Group 4-31 | v1.5 | 2022-141 | 28 October 2022, 01:14[110] | VSFB, SLC-4E | 540 km (340 mi) | 53.2° | 53 | 53 | Success |
| 66 | Group 4-37 | v1.5 | 2022-175 | 17 December 2022, 21:32[111] | KSC, LC-39A | 540 km (340 mi) | 53.2° | 54 | 54 | Success |
| 67 | Group 5-1 | v1.5 | 2022-177 | 28 December 2022, 9:34[112] | CCSFS, SLC-40 | 530 km (330 mi) | 43.0° | 54 | 54 | Success |
| First launch into an initial shell of the second generation Starlink constellation.[112] | ||||||||||
| 68 | Group 2-4 | v1.5 | 2023-010 | 19 January 2023, 15:43[113] | VSFB, SLC-4E | 570 km (350 mi) | 70.0° | 51 | 50 | Success |
| 69 | Group 5-2 | v1.5 | 2023-013 | 26 January 2023, 9:32 | CCSFS, SLC-40 | 530 km (330 mi) | 43.0° | 56 | 55 | Success |
| 70 | Group 2-6 | v1.5 | 2023-014 | 31 January 2023, 16:15 | VSFB, SLC-4E | 570 km (350 mi) | 70.0° | 49 | 47 | Success |
| Rideshare satellites: ION SCV-009 carries HPS' ADEO-N3, EPFL's Bunny, and StardustMe's SD-1 as hosted payloads.[114][115] ION SCV-009 will deploy a satellite simulator using EBAD's 8" Payload Release Ring. | ||||||||||
| 71 | Group 5-3 | v1.5 | 2023-015 | 2 February 2023, 7:58 | KSC, LC-39A | 530 km (330 mi) | 43.0° | 53 | 52 | Success |
| 72 | Group 5-4 | v1.5 | 2023-020 | 12 February 2023, 5:10 | CCSFS, SLC-40 | 530 km (330 mi) | 43.0° | 55 | 54 | Success |
| 73 | Group 2-5 | v1.5 | 2023-021 | 17 February 2023, 19:12 | VSFB, SLC-4E | 570 km (350 mi) | 70.0° | 51 | 50 | Success |
| 74 | Group 6-1 | v2.0 Mini | 2023-026 | 27 February 2023, 23:13 | CCSFS, SLC-40 | 559 km (347 mi) | 43.0° | 21 | 15 | Success |
| First launch of larger, upgraded Starlink V2 Mini satellites with four times the bandwidth of previous models. First use of an Argon-fueled Hall-effect thruster in space, with higher thrust and specific impulse and much lower propellant cost than SpaceX's previous Krypton-fueled thrusters.[116] With the unknown of when Starship will be able to launch the second generation satellites, SpaceX modified the original V2 blueprint into a smaller, more compact one named “V2 Mini.” This adjustment, allowed Falcon 9 to transport these satellites, though not as many, into orbit.[117] The first launch of the second satellites occurred on Monday, February 27, 2023 at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station in Florida on SLC-40. Falcon 9 successfully carried 21 of these satellites into orbit later that evening. SpaceX committed to reduce debris by keeping the Starlink tension rods, which hold the V2 mini satellites together, attached to the Falcon 9 second stage. These tension rods were discarded into orbit while launching earlier version of Starlink satellites.[118] Observations confirm these V2 mini satellites host two solar panels like the Starship V2 satellites.[119] | ||||||||||
| 75 | Group 2-7 | v1.5 | 2023-028 | 3 March 2023, 18:38 | VSFB, SLC-4E | 570 km (350 mi) | 70.0° | 51 | 51 | Success |
| 76 | Group 2-8 | v1.5 | 2023-037 | 17 March 2023, 19:26 | VSFB, SLC-4E | 570 km (350 mi) | 70.0° | 52 | 52 | Success |
| 77 | Group 5-5 | v1.5 | 2023-042 | 24 March 2023, 15:43 | CCSFS, SLC-40 | 530 km (330 mi) | 43.0° | 56 | 56 | Success |
| 78 | Group 5-10 | v1.5 | 2023-046 | 29 March 2023, 20:01 | CCSFS, SLC-40 | 530 km (330 mi) | 43.0° | 56 | 56 | Success |
| 79 | Group 6-2 | v2.0 Mini | 2023-056 | 19 April 2023, 14:31 | CCSFS, SLC-40 | 559 km (347 mi) | 43.0° | 21 | 20 | Success |
| 80 | Group 3-5 | v1.5 | 2023-058 | 27 April 2023, 13:40 | VSFB, SLC-4E | 560 km (350 mi) | 97.6° | 46 | 46 | Success |
| 81 | Group 5-6 | v1.5 | 2023-061 | 4 May 2023, 07:31 | CCSFS, SLC-40 | 530 km (330 mi) | 43.0° | 56 | 56 | Success |
| 82 | Group 2-9 | v1.5 | 2023-064 | 10 May 2023, 20:09 | VSFB, SLC-4E | 570 km (350 mi) | 70.0° | 51 | 51 | Success |
| 83 | Group 5-9 | v1.5 | 2023-065 | 14 May 2023, 05:03 | CCSFS, SLC-40 | 530 km (330 mi) | 43.0° | 56 | 56 | Success |
| 84 | Group 6-3 | v2.0 Mini | 2023-067 | 19 May 2023, 06:19 | CCSFS, SLC-40 | 559 km (347 mi) | 43.0° | 22 | 21 | Success |
| 85 | Group 2-10 | v1.5 | 2023-078 | 31 May 2023, 06:02 | VSFB, SLC-4E | 570 km (350 mi) | 70.0° | 52 | 52 | Success |
| 86 | Group 6-4 | v2.0 Mini | 2023-079 | 4 June 2023, 12:20 | CCSFS, SLC-40 | 559 km (347 mi) | 43.0° | 22 | 19 | Success |
| 87 | Group 5-11 | v1.5 | 2023-083 | 12 June 2023, 07:10 | CCSFS, SLC-40 | 530 km (330 mi) | 43.0° | 52 | 52 | Success |
| 88 | Group 5-7 | v1.5 | 2023-088 | 22 June 2023, 07:19 | VSFB, SLC-4E | 530 km (330 mi) | 43.0° | 47 | 47 | Success |
| 89 | Group 5-12 | v1.5 | 2023-090 | 23 June 2023, 15:35 | CCSFS, SLC-40 | 530 km (330 mi) | 43.0° | 56 | 56 | Success |
| 90 | Group 5-13 | v1.5 | 2023-094 | 7 July 2023, 19:29 | VSFB, SLC-4E | 530 km (330 mi) | 43.0° | 48 | 48 | Success |
| 91 | Group 6-5 | v2.0 Mini | 2023-096 | 10 July 2023, 03:58 | CCSFS, SLC-40 | 559 km (347 mi) | 43.0° | 22 | 22 | Success |
| 92 | Group 5-15 | v1.5 | 2023-099 | 16 July 2023, 03:50 | CCSFS, SLC-40 | 530 km (330 mi) | 43.0° | 54 | 54 | Success |
| 93 | Group 6-15 | v2.0 Mini | 2023-102 | 19 July 2023, 04:09 | VSFB, SLC-4E | 559 km (347 mi) | 43.0° | 15 | 15 | Success |
| 94 | Group 6-6 | v2.0 Mini | 2023-105 | 24 July 2023, 00:50 | CCSFS, SLC-40 | 559 km (347 mi) | 43.0° | 22 | 22 | Success |
| 95 | Group 6-7 | v2.0 Mini | 2023-107 | 28 July 2023, 04:01 | CCSFS, SLC-40 | 559 km (347 mi) | 43.0° | 22 | 22 | Success |
| 96 | Group 6-8 | v2.0 Mini | 2023-113 | 7 August 2023, 02:41 | CCSFS, SLC-40 | 559 km (347 mi) | 43.0° | 22 | 22 | Success |
| 97 | Group 6-20 | v2.0 Mini | 2023-115 | 8 August 2023, 03:57 | VSFB, SLC-4E | 559 km (347 mi) | 43.0° | 15 | 15 | Success |
| 98 | Group 6-9 | v2.0 Mini | 2023-119 | 11 August 2023, 05:17 | CCSFS, SLC-40 | 559 km (347 mi) | 43.0° | 22 | 22 | Success |
| 99 | Group 6-10 | v2.0 Mini | 2023-122 | 17 August 2023, 03:36 | CCSFS, SLC-40 | 559 km (347 mi) | 43.0° | 22 | 22 | Success |
| 100 | Group 7-1 | v2.0 Mini | 2023-124 | 22 August 2023, 09:37 | VSFB, SLC-4E | 525 km (326 mi) | 53.05° | 21 | 21 | Success |
| Centenary launch of a batch of Starlink satellites (excluding launch of Tintin A&B). | ||||||||||
| 101 | Group 6-11 | v2.0 Mini | 2023-129 | 27 August 2023, 01:05 | CCSFS, SLC-40 | 559 km (347 mi) | 43.0° | 22 | 22 | Success |
| 102 | Group 6-13 | v2.0 Mini | 2023-131 | 1 September 2023, 02:21 | CCSFS, SLC-40 | 559 km (347 mi) | 43.0° | 22 | 22 | Success |
| 103 | Group 6-12 | v2.0 Mini | 2023-134 | 4 September 2023, 02:47 | KSC, LC-39A | 559 km (347 mi) | 43.0° | 21 | 21 | Success |
| 104 | Group 6-14 | v2.0 Mini | 2023-138 | 9 September 2023, 03:12 | CCSFS, SLC-40 | 559 km (347 mi) | 43.0° | 22 | 22 | Success |
| 105 | Group 7-2 | v2.0 Mini | 2023-141 | 12 September 2023, 06:57 | VSFB, SLC-4E | 525 km (326 mi) | 53.05° | 21 | 21 | Success |
| 106 | Group 6-16 | v2.0 Mini | 2023-144 | 16 September 2023, 03:38 | CCSFS, SLC-40 | 559 km (347 mi) | 43.0° | 22 | 22 | Success |
| 107 | Group 6-17 | v2.0 Mini | 2023-146 | 20 September 2023, 03:38 | CCSFS, SLC-40 | 559 km (347 mi) | 43.0° | 22 | 22 | Success |
| 108 | Group 6-18 | v2.0 Mini | 2023-147 | 24 September 2023, 03:38 | CCSFS, SLC-40 | 559 km (347 mi) | 43.0° | 22 | 22 | Success |
| 109 | Group 7-3 | v2.0 Mini | 2023-148 | 25 September 2023, 08:48 | VSFB, SLC-4E | 525 km (326 mi) | 53.05° | 21 | 21 | Success |
| 110 | Group 6-19 | v2.0 Mini | 2023-151 | 30 September 2023, 02:00 | CCSFS, SLC-40 | 559 km (347 mi) | 43.0° | 22 | 22 | Success |
| 111 | Group 6-21 | v2.0 Mini | 2023-153 | 5 October 2023, 05:36 | CCSFS, SLC-40 | 559 km (347 mi) | 43.0° | 22 | 22 | Success |
| 112 | Group 7-4 | v2.0 Mini | 2023-156 | 9 October 2023, 07:23 | VSFB, SLC-4E | 525 km (326 mi) | 53.05° | 21 | 21 | Success |
| 113 | Group 6-22 | v2.0 Mini | 2023-158 | 13 October 2023, 23:01 | CCSFS, SLC-40 | 559 km (347 mi) | 43.0° | 22 | 22 | Success |
| 114 | Group 6-23 | v2.0 Mini | 2023-160 | 18 October 2023, 00:39 | CCSFS, SLC-40 | 559 km (347 mi) | 43.0° | 22 | 22 | Success |
| 115 | Group 7-5 | v2.0 Mini | 2023-161 | 21 October 2023, 08:23 | VSFB, SLC-4E | 525 km (326 mi) | 53.05° | 21 | 21 | Success |
| 116 | Group 6-24 | v2.0 Mini | 2023-162 | 22 October 2023, 02:17 | CCSFS, SLC-40 | 559 km (347 mi) | 43.0° | 23 | 23 | Success |
| 117 | Group 7-6 | v2.0 Mini | 2023-166 | 29 October 2023, 09:00 | VSFB, SLC-4E | 525 km (326 mi) | 53.05° | 22 | 22 | Success |
| 118 | Group 6-25 | v2.0 Mini | 2023-167 | 30 October 2023, 23:20 | CCSFS, SLC-40 | 559 km (347 mi) | 43.0° | 23 | 23 | Success |
| 119 | Group 6-26 | v2.0 Mini | 2023-170 | 4 November 2023, 00:37 | CCSFS, SLC-40 | 559 km (347 mi) | 43.0° | 23 | 23 | Success |
| 120 | Group 6-27 | v2.0 Mini | 2023-171 | 8 November 2023, 05:05 | CCSFS, SLC-40 | 559 km (347 mi) | 43.0° | 23 | 23 | Success |
| 121 | Group 6-28 | v2.0 Mini | 2023-177 | 18 November 2023, 05:05 | CCSFS, SLC-40 | 559 km (347 mi) | 43.0° | 23 | 23 | Success |
| 122 | Group 7-7 | v2.0 Mini | 2023-178 | 20 November 2023, 10:30 | VSFB, SLC-4E | 525 km (326 mi) | 53.05° | 22 | 22 | Success |
| 123 | Group 6-29 | v2.0 Mini | 2023-180 | 22 November 2023, 07:47 | CCSFS, SLC-40 | 559 km (347 mi) | 43.0° | 23 | 23 | Success |
| 124 | Group 6-30 | v2.0 Mini | 2023-183 | 28 November 2023, 04:20 | CCSFS, SLC-40 | 559 km (347 mi) | 43.0° | 23 | 23 | Success |
| 125 | Group 6-31 | v2.0 Mini | 2023-186 | 3 December 2023, 04:00 | CCSFS, SLC-40 | 559 km (347 mi) | 43.0° | 23 | 23 | Success |
| 126 | Group 6-33 | v2.0 Mini | 2023-191 | 7 December 2023, 05:07 | CCSFS, SLC-40 | 559 km (347 mi) | 43.0° | 23 | 23 | Success |
| 127 | Group 7-8 | v2.0 Mini | 2023-192 | 8 December 2023, 08:03 | VSFB, SLC-4E | 525 km (326 mi) | 53.05° | 22 | 22 | Success |
| 128 | Group 6-34 | v2.0 Mini | 2023-200 | 19 December 2023, 04:00 | CCSFS, SLC-40 | 559 km (347 mi) | 43.0° | 23 | 23 | Success |
| 129 | Group 6-32 | v2.0 Mini | 2023-203 | 23 December 2023, 04:00 | CCSFS, SLC-40 | 559 km (347 mi) | 43.0° | 23 | 23 | Success |
| 130 | Group 6-36 | v2.0 Mini | 2023-211 | 29 December 2023, 04:00 | CCSFS, SLC-40 | 559 km (347 mi) | 43.0° | 23 | 23 | Success |
| 131 | Group 7-9 | v2.0 Mini | 2024-002 | 3 January 2024, 03:44 | VSFB, SLC-4E | 525 km (326 mi) | 53.05° | 21 | 21 | Success |
| 6 satellites on this mission with Direct to Cell capability will further global connectivity and help to eliminate dead zones. | ||||||||||
| 132 | Group 6-35 | v2.0 Mini | 2024-005 | 07 January 2024, 22:35 | CCSFS, SLC-40 | 559 km (347 mi) | 43.0° | 23 | 23 | Success |
| 133 | Group 7-10 | v2.0 Mini | 2024-011 | 14 January 2024, 08:59 | VSFB, SLC-4E | 525 km (326 mi) | 53.05° | 22 | 22 | Success |
| 134 | Group 6-37 | v2.0 Mini | 2024-012 | 15 January 2024, 01:52 | CCSFS, SLC-40 | 559 km (347 mi) | 43.0° | 23 | 23 | Success |
| 135 | Group 7-11 | v2.0 Mini | 2024-017 | 24 January 2024, 00:35 | VSFB, SLC-4E | 525 km (326 mi) | 53.05° | 22 | 22 | Success |
| 136 | Group 6-38 | v2.0 Mini | 2024-019 | 29 January 2024, 01:10 | CCSFS, SLC-40 | 559 km (347 mi) | 43.0° | 23 | 23 | Success |
| 137 | Group 7-12 | v2.0 Mini | 2024-020 | 29 January 2024, 05:02 | VSFB, SLC-4E | 525 km (326 mi) | 53.05° | 22 | 22 | Success |
| 138 | Group 7-13 | v2.0 Mini | 2024-027 | 10 February 2024, 00:34 | VSFB, SLC-4E | 525 km (326 mi) | 53.05° | 22 | 22 | Success |
| 139 | Group 7-14 | v2.0 Mini | 2024-031 | 15 February 2024, 21:34 | VSFB, SLC-4E | 525 km (326 mi) | 53.05° | 22 | 22 | Success |
| 140 | Group 7-15 | v2.0 Mini | 2024-036 | 23 February 2024, 04:11 | VSFB, SLC-4E | 525 km (326 mi) | 53.05° | 22 | 22 | Success |
| 141 | Group 6-39 | v2.0 Mini | 2024-038 | 25 February 2024, 22:06 | CCSFS, SLC-40 | 559 km (347 mi) | 43.0° | 24 | 24 | Success |
| 142 | Group 6-40 | v2.0 Mini | 2024-041 | 29 February 2024, 15:30 | CCSFS, SLC-40 | 559 km (347 mi) | 43.0° | 23 | 23 | Success |
As of 29 February 2024[update]:[3]
| No. | Mission Name or Designation | Sat. Ver. | COSPAR ID | Date and time, UTC |
Launch site | Orbit | Satellites | Outcome | Customer | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Altitude | Orbital Inclination | Deployed | Working | ||||||||
| 1 | USA 320-323 | v1.5 | 2022-002 | 13 January 2022 15:25:38 |
CCSFS, SLC-40 | 525 km (326 mi) | 97.6° | 4 | 1 | Success | Unknown US Government Agency |
| Likely test versions of operational Starshield satellites. Part of Transporter-3 (SmallSat Rideshare Mission 3). | |||||||||||
| 2 | USA 328-331 | v1.5 | 2022-064 | 19 June 2022 04:27 |
CCSFS, SLC-40 | 535 km (332 mi) | 52° | 4 | 4 | Success | Unknown US Government Agency |
| Likely test versions of operational Starshield satellites. Launched with Globalstar-2 FM-15 (M087) mission. | |||||||||||
| 3 | Tracking Layer (Tranche 0A) | v1.5 | 2023-050 | 2 April 2023 14:29 |
VSFB, SLC-4E | 951 km (591 mi)[121] | 80.99°[121] | 2[122] | 2 | Success | Space Development Agency |
| Likely operational Starshield satellites. Hosts infrared payloads manufactured by Leidos. Launched with 8 York Space Systems-built Transport layer satellites on this mission.[123][124] | |||||||||||
| 4 | Tracking Layer (Tranche 0B) | v1.5 | 2023-133 | 2 September 2023 14:25 |
VSFB, SLC-4E | 951 km (591 mi)[121] | 80.99° | 2[122] | 2 | Success | Space Development Agency |
| Likely operational Starshield satellites. Hosts infrared payloads manufactured by Leidos. Launched with one York Space Systems-built and 10 Lockheed Martin/Tyvak Space Systems-built Transport layer satellites on this mission.[124] | |||||||||||
| 5 | Tracking Layer (Tranche 0C) | v1.5 | 2024-028 | 14 February 2024 22:30 |
CCAFS, SLC-40 | 951 km (591 mi)[121] | 80.99° | 2[122] | 2 | Success | Space Development Agency |
| Launched as part of the USSF-124 mission. Likely operational Starshield satellites. Hosts infrared payloads manufactured by Leidos. Launched with two MDA HBTSS missile early warning satellite on this mission.[124] | |||||||||||
Space Exploration Holdings, LLC seeks to modify its Ku/Ka-band NGSO license to relocate satellites previously authorized to operate at an altitude of 1,150 km (710 mi) to an altitude of 550 km (340 mi), and to make related changes to the operations of the satellites in this new lower shell of the constellation
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lower the orbit of nearly 1,600 of its proposed broadband satellites. The Federal Communications Commission said 26 April 2019 it was correct with SpaceX changing its plans to orbit those satellites at 550 km (340 mi) instead of 1,150 km (710 mi). SpaceX says the adjustment, requested six months ago, will make a safer space environment, since any defunct satellites at the lower altitude would reenter the Earth's atmosphere in five years even without propulsion. The lower orbit also means more distance between Starlink and competing Internet constellations proposed by OneWeb and Telesat. FCC approval allows satellite companies to provide communications services in the United States. The agency granted SpaceX market access in March 2018 for 4,425 satellites using Ku-band and Ka-band spectrum, and authorized 7,518 V-band satellites in November 2018. SpaceX's modified plans apply to the smaller of the two constellations
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