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List of launches which include Starlink satellites or their prototypes.
2018 - 2019 Starlink launches
[edit]Flight No. | Mission | COSPAR ID | Date and time, UTC | Launch vehicle[a] | Launch site | Orbit | Satellites | Outcome | ||
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Altitude | Inclination | Deployed[1] | Active[1] | |||||||
– | Tintin [2] v0.1 |
2018-020 | 22 February 2018, 14:17 [3][4] | F9 FT ♺ B1038.2 [5] | Vandenberg, SLC-4E | 514 km (319 mi) | 97.5° [6] | 2 | 0 | Success |
Two test satellites known as Tintin A and B [7] (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.[8][9][10] | ||||||||||
1 | v0.9 [11] | 2019-029 | 24 May 2019, 02:30 [12] | F9 B5 ♺ B1049.3[5] | CCAFS, SLC-40 | 440–550 km (270–340 mi) [13] | 53.0° | 60 | 0 | Success [14] |
First launch of 60 Starlink test satellites.[15] Said to be "production design", these are used to test various aspects of the network, including deorbiting.[16] 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.[17] By five weeks post launch, 57 of the 60 satellites were "healthy" while 3 had become non-operational and were derelict, but will deorbit due to atmospheric drag.[18] As of 17 September 2020[update], most satellites have been deorbited or sent to a much lower orbit.[19] | ||||||||||
2 | v1.0 L1 [20] | 2019-074 | 11 November 2019, 14:56 [21] | F9 B5 ♺ B1048.4 | CCAFS, SLC-40 | 550 km (340 mi) | 53.0° | 60 | 54 | Success |
First launch of Starlink "operational" satellites (v1.0),[21] with an increased mass of 260 kg each and included Ka-band antennas.[22] Satellites were released in a circular orbit at around 290 km altitude, from which the satellites raised their altitude by themselves. |
2020 Starlink launches
[edit]Flight No. | Mission | COSPAR ID | Date and time, UTC | Launch vehicle[a] | Launch site | Orbit | Satellites | Outcome | ||
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Altitude | Inclination | Deployed[1] | Active[1] | |||||||
3 | v1.0 L2 | 2020-001 | 7 January 2020, 02:19 [23] | F9 B5 ♺ B1049.4 | CCAFS, SLC-40 | 550 km (340 mi) | 53.0° | 60 | 53 | Success |
One of the satellites, dubbed DarkSat,[24] has an experimental coating to make it less reflective, and to reduce the impact on ground-based astronomical observations.[25] | ||||||||||
4 | v1.0 L3 | 2020-006 | 29 January 2020, 14:06 [26] | F9 B5 ♺ B1051.3 | CCAFS, SLC-40 | 550 km (340 mi) | 53.0° | 60 | 54 | Success |
5 | v1.0 L4 | 2020-012 | 17 February 2020, 15:05 [27] | F9 B5 ♺ B1056.4 | CCAFS, SLC-40 | 550 km (340 mi) | 53.0° | 60 | 57 | Success |
First time the satellites were released in an elliptical orbit (212 × 386 km). | ||||||||||
6 | v1.0 L5 | 2020-019 | 18 March 2020, 12:16:39 [28] | F9 B5 ♺ B1048.5 | KSC, LC-39A | 550 km (340 mi) | 53.0° | 60 | 56 | Success |
7 | v1.0 L6 | 2020-025 | 22 April 2020, 19:30:30 [29] | F9 B5 ♺ B1051.4 | KSC, LC-39A | 550 km (340 mi) | 53.0° | 60 | 58 | Success |
8 | v1.0 L7 | 2020-035 | 4 June 2020, 01:25:00 [30] | F9 B5 ♺ B1049.5 | CCAFS, SLC-40 | 550 km (340 mi) | 53.0° | 60 | 58 | Success |
One of the satellites, dubbed VisorSat, has a sunshade to reduce the impact on ground-based astronomical observations.[31] | ||||||||||
9 | v1.0 L8 | 2020-038 | 13 June 2020, 09:21:18 [32] | F9 B5 ♺ B1059.3 | CCAFS, SLC-40 | 550 km (340 mi) | 53.0° | 58 | 58 | Success |
First Starlink rideshare launch, carrying only 58 of SpaceX's satellites plus three Planet Labs, SkySats 16-18 Earth-observation satellites.[32] | ||||||||||
10 | v1.0 L9 | 2020-055 | 7 August 2020, 05:12:05 [33] | F9 B5 ♺ B1051.5 | KSC, LC-39A | 550 km (340 mi) | 53.0° | 57 | 57 | Success |
Rideshare payloads BlackSky Global 7 and 8, 5th and 6th BlackSky Global satellites.[34][35] All of the Starlink satellites are outfitted with the sunshade visor that was tested on a single satellite on 4 June 2020 launch.[36] | ||||||||||
11 | v1.0 L10 | 2020-057 | 18 August 2020, 14:31:16 [37] | F9 B5 ♺ B1049.6[38] | CCAFS, SLC-40 | 550 km (340 mi) | 53.0° | 58 | 58 | Success |
Rideshare satellites from Planet Labs, SkySats 19-21 Earth-observation satellites.[39] | ||||||||||
12 | v1.0 L11 | 2020-062 | 3 September 2020, 12:46:14 [40] | F9 B5 ♺ B1060.2 | KSC, LC-39A | 550 km (340 mi) | 53.0° | 60 | 59 | Success |
13 | v1.0 L12 | 2020-070 | 6 October 2020, 11:29:34 [41] | F9 B5 ♺ B1058.3 | KSC, LC-39A | 550 km (340 mi) | 53.0° | 60 | 59 | Success |
14 | v1.0 L13 | 2020-073 | 18 October 2020, 12:25:57 [42] | F9 B5 ♺ B1051.6 | KSC, LC-39A | 550 km (340 mi) | 53.0° | 60 | 57 | Success |
15 | v1.0 L14 | 2020-074 | 24 October 2020, 15:31:34 [43] | F9 B5 ♺ B1060.3 | CCAFS, SLC-40 | 550 km (340 mi) | 53.0° | 60 | 57 | Success |
16 | v1.0 L15 | 2020-088 | 25 November 2020, 02:13:12 [44] | F9 B5 ♺ B1049.7 | CCAFS, SLC-40 | 550 km (340 mi) | 53.0° | 60 | 59 | Success |
2021 Starlink launches
[edit]Flight No. | Mission | COSPAR ID | Date and time, UTC | Launch vehicle[a] | Launch site | Orbit | Satellites | Outcome | ||
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Altitude | Inclination | Deployed[1] | Active[1] | |||||||
17 | v1.0 L16 | 2021-005 | 20 January 2021, 13:02:00 [45] | F9 B5 ♺ B1051.8 | KSC, LC-39A | 550 km (340 mi) | 53.0° | 60 | 60 | Success |
– | v1.0 Tr-1 | 2021-006 | 24 January 2021, 15:00:00 [46] | F9 B5 ♺ B1058.5 | CCSFS, SLC-40 | 560 km (350 mi) | 97.5° [46] | 10 | 10 | Success |
Part of Transporter-1 (SmallSat Rideshare Mission 1).[47] First launch of production Starlink satellites to polar orbits. | ||||||||||
18 | v1.0 L18 | 2021-009 | 4 February 2021, 06:19:00 [48] | F9 B5 ♺ B1060.5 | CCSFS, SLC-40 | 550 km (340 mi) | 53.0° | 60 | 60 | Success |
19 | v1.0 L19 | 2021-012 | 16 February 2021, 03:59:37 [49] | F9 B5 ♺ B1059.6 | CCSFS, SLC-40 | 550 km (340 mi) | 53.0° | 60 | 60 | Success |
SpaceX lost the Falcon 9 booster in the Atlantic Ocean.[49] | ||||||||||
20 | v1.0 L17 | 2021-017 | 4 March 2021, 08:24:54 [50] | F9 B5 ♺ B1049.8 | KSC, LC-39A | 550 km (340 mi) | 53.0° | 60 | 60 | Success |
Second stage failed to deorbit actively, reentered March 26 over Oregon and Washington in the United States.[51] | ||||||||||
21 | v1.0 L20 | 2021-018 | 11 March 2021, 08:13:29 [52] | F9 B5 ♺ B1058.6 | CCSFS, SLC-40 | 550 km (340 mi) | 53.0° | 60 | 60 | Success |
22 | v1.0 L21 | 2021-021 | 14 March 2021, 10:01:26 [53] | F9 B5 ♺ B1051.9 | KSC, LC-39A | 550 km (340 mi) | 53.0° | 60 | 60 | Success |
23 | v1.0 L22 | 2021-024 | 24 March 2021, 08:28:24 [54] | F9 B5 ♺ B1060.6 | CCSFS, SLC-40 | 550 km (340 mi) | 53.0° | 60 | 60 | Success |
24 | v1.0 L23 | 2021-027 | 7 April 2021, 16:34:18 [55] | F9 B5 ♺ B1058.7 | CCSFS, SLC-40 | 550 km (340 mi) | 53.0° | 60 | 60 | Success |
25 | v1.0 L24 | 2021-036 | 29 April 2021, 03:44:00 [56] | F9 B5 ♺ B1060.7 | CCSFS, SLC-40 | 550 km (340 mi) | 53.0° | 60 | 60 | Success |
26 | v1.0 L25 | 2021-038 | 4 May 2021, 19:01 [56] | F9 B5 ♺ B1049.9 | KSC, LC-39A | 550 km (340 mi) | 53.0° | 60 | 60 | Success |
27 | v1.0 L27 | 2021-040 | 9 May 2021, 06:42 [57] | F9 B5 ♺ B1051.10 | CCSFS, SLC-40 | 550 km (340 mi) | 53.0° | 60 | 60 | Success |
28 | v1.0 L26 | 2021-041 | 15 May 2021, 22:56 [58] | F9 B5 ♺ B1058.8 | KSC, LC-39A | 569–582 km (354–362 mi) | 53.0° | 52 | 52 | Success |
Rideshare satellites: a radar Earth imaging satellite for Capella Space, and an Earth observation satellite, Tyvak 0130, for Tyvak Nano-Satellite Systems. | ||||||||||
29 | v1.0 L28 | 2021-044 | 26 May 2021, 18:59 [59] | F9 B5 ♺ B1063.2 | CCSFS, SLC-40 | 550 km (340 mi) [60] | 53.0° [60] | 60 | 60 | Success |
30 | v1.0 L29 | TBD | July 2021 [61] | F9 B5 ♺ | Vandenberg, SLC-4E | 570 km (350 mi) | 70.0° | 60 | — | Planned |
31 | v1.0 L30 | TBD | August 2021 [61] | F9 B5 ♺ | Vandenberg, SLC-4E | 570 km (350 mi) | 70.0° | 60 | — | Planned |
32 | v1.0 L31 | TBD | September 2021 [61] | F9 B5 ♺ | Vandenberg, SLC-4E | 570 km (350 mi) | 70.0° | 60 | — | Planned |
Notes
[edit]- ^ a b c Falcon 9 first-stage boosters are designated with a construction serial number and an optional flight number when reused, e.g. B1021.1 and B1021.2 represent the two flights of booster B1021. Launches using reused boosters are denoted with a recycled symbol (♺).
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