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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
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, 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, 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
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
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]

  1. ^ 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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