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Falcon 9 Block 5 | Starlink 12

Name: Falcon 9 Block 5 | Starlink 12
Start: 2020-10-06T11:29:34.000Z
End: 2020-10-06T11:29:34.000Z
Location: Launch Complex 39A

SpaceX • Falcon 9 Block 5 • Launch Complex 39A (FL)

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Starlink 12

SpaceX • Falcon 9 Block 5 • LC-39A

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A batch of 60 satellites for Starlink mega-constellation - SpaceX's project for space-based Internet communication system.

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Falcon 9 Block 5

Variant: Block 5

Length: 70 m

Diameter: 3.65 m

Reusable: Yes

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First stage

B1058

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Tracked flights: 19

0 in 2026

First flight: May 30, 2020

Last mission: Dec 23, 2023, 5:33 AM UTC

Booster first flown during the DEMO-2 mission. Only booster featuring the NASA worm logo. Written off after toppled by rough seas during transport on 25 December 2023 after safely landing aboard JRTI.

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SpaceX

Vehicle

Falcon 9 Block 5

Pad

Launch Complex 39A (LC-39A)

State

NET

2020-10-06T11:29:34+00:00

Window start

2020-10-06T11:29:34+00:00

Window end

2020-10-06T11:29:34+00:00

Orbit

Low Earth Orbit

Mission type

Communications

Launch site

Kennedy Space Center, FL, USA

Reusable

Yes

LEO capacity (kg)

22800

GTO capacity (kg)

8300

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Launch Complex 39A

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Kennedy Space Center, FL, USA • FL28.60823, -80.60428Provider map

Starlink 12

A batch of 60 satellites for Starlink mega-constellation - SpaceX's project for space-based Internet communication system.

Rocket

Falcon 9 Block 5

Manufacturer: SpaceX

Falcon 9 is a two-stage rocket designed and manufactured by SpaceX for the reliable and safe transport of satellites and the Dragon spacecraft into orbit. The Block 5 variant is the fifth major interval aimed at improving upon the ability for rapid reusability.

Maiden flight

2018-05-11

Launch mass (t)

549

Launch cost

52000000

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Space Exploration Technologies Corp., known as SpaceX, is an American aerospace manufacturer and space transport services company headquartered in Hawthorne, California. It was founded in 2002 by entrepreneur Elon Musk with the goal of reducing space transportation costs and enabling the colonization of Mars. SpaceX operates from many pads, on the East Coast of the US they operate from SLC-40 at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station and historic LC-39A at Kennedy Space Center. They also operate from SLC-4E at Vandenberg Space Force Base, California, usually for polar launches. Another launch site is being developed at Boca Chica, Texas.

Programs

Starlink
Communication Constellation
Starlink is a satellite internet constellation operated by American aerospace company SpaceX
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Objects from this launch

65 objects

SATCAT inventory for 2020-070

Last checked: 2026-03-10T00:11:00.865+00:00

Last success: 2026-03-10T00:11:00.865+00:00

Last non-empty: 2026-03-10T00:11:00.865+00:00

Latest snapshot: 2026-03-10T00:11:00.865+00:00

Snapshot hash: cc220b6f45652688b8a6c055f303590f934c8d4e6ca37935a1bff4ff402f490d

LL2 payloads: 0SATCAT payloads: 60Delta: +60RB: 1DEB: 4UNK: 0

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STARLINK-1644
2020-070ANORAD 46532PAYUnited States (US)Ops: D
Technical details
Orbit type: IMPOrbit center: EALaunch site: AFETRPeriod: 87.79 min
Inc: 53.0°
163 km → 168 km
STARLINK-1676
2020-070AANORAD 46556PAYUnited States (US)Ops: P
Technical details
Orbit type: ORBOrbit center: EALaunch site: AFETRPeriod: 92.82 min
Inc: 53.0°
412 km → 413 km
STARLINK-1679
2020-070ABNORAD 46557PAYUnited States (US)Ops: P
Technical details
Orbit type: ORBOrbit center: EALaunch site: AFETRPeriod: 92.43 min
Inc: 53.0°
391 km → 396 km
STARLINK-1680
2020-070ACNORAD 46558PAYUnited States (US)Ops: P
Technical details
Orbit type: ORBOrbit center: EALaunch site: AFETRPeriod: 91.35 min
Inc: 53.0°
336 km → 346 km
STARLINK-1681
2020-070ADNORAD 46559PAYUnited States (US)Ops: P
Technical details
Orbit type: ORBOrbit center: EALaunch site: AFETRPeriod: 91.28 min
Inc: 53.0°
331 km → 343 km
STARLINK-1706
2020-070AENORAD 46560PAYUnited States (US)Ops: D
Technical details
Orbit type: IMPOrbit center: EALaunch site: AFETRPeriod: 87.64 min
Inc: 53.0°
145 km → 170 km
STARLINK-1709
2020-070AFNORAD 46561PAYUnited States (US)Ops: D
Technical details
Orbit type: IMPOrbit center: EALaunch site: AFETRPeriod: 87.72 min
Inc: 53.0°
161 km → 163 km
STARLINK-1714
2020-070AGNORAD 46562PAYUnited States (US)Ops: P
Technical details
Orbit type: ORBOrbit center: EALaunch site: AFETRPeriod: 92.86 min
Inc: 53.0°
414 km → 416 km
STARLINK-1730
2020-070AHNORAD 46563PAYUnited States (US)Ops: P
Technical details
Orbit type: ORBOrbit center: EALaunch site: AFETRPeriod: 93.27 min
Inc: 53.0°
433 km → 437 km
STARLINK-1733
2020-070AJNORAD 46564PAYUnited States (US)Ops: P
Technical details
Orbit type: ORBOrbit center: EALaunch site: AFETRPeriod: 91.49 min
Inc: 53.0°
346 km → 349 km
STARLINK-1735
2020-070AKNORAD 46565PAYUnited States (US)Ops: P
Technical details
Orbit type: ORBOrbit center: EALaunch site: AFETRPeriod: 92.21 min
Inc: 53.0°
380 km → 385 km
STARLINK-1740
2020-070ALNORAD 46566PAYUnited States (US)Ops: D
Technical details
Orbit type: IMPOrbit center: EALaunch site: AFETRPeriod: 87.71 min
Inc: 53.0°
157 km → 165 km
STARLINK-1741
2020-070AMNORAD 46567PAYUnited States (US)Ops: P
Technical details
Orbit type: ORBOrbit center: EALaunch site: AFETRPeriod: 92.11 min
Inc: 53.0°
377 km → 379 km
STARLINK-1743
2020-070ANNORAD 46568PAYUnited States (US)Ops: D
Technical details
Orbit type: IMPOrbit center: EALaunch site: AFETRPeriod: 88.46 min
Inc: 53.0°
194 km → 203 km
STARLINK-1747
2020-070APNORAD 46569PAYUnited States (US)Ops: D
Technical details
Orbit type: IMPOrbit center: EALaunch site: AFETRPeriod: 87.23 min
Inc: 53.0°
133 km → 140 km
STARLINK-1748
2020-070AQNORAD 46570PAYUnited States (US)Ops: D
Technical details
Orbit type: IMPOrbit center: EALaunch site: AFETRPeriod: 88.08 min
Inc: 53.0°
176 km → 183 km
STARLINK-1753
2020-070ARNORAD 46571PAYUnited States (US)Ops: D
Technical details
Orbit type: IMPOrbit center: EALaunch site: AFETRPeriod: 87.84 min
Inc: 53.0°
162 km → 172 km
STARLINK-1531
2020-070ASNORAD 46572PAYUnited States (US)Ops: P
Technical details
Orbit type: ORBOrbit center: EALaunch site: AFETRPeriod: 92.11 min
Inc: 53.0°
373 km → 383 km
STARLINK-1650
2020-070ATNORAD 46573PAYUnited States (US)Ops: D
Technical details
Orbit type: IMPOrbit center: EALaunch site: AFETRPeriod: 87.65 min
Inc: 53.0°
152 km → 164 km
STARLINK-1660
2020-070AUNORAD 46574PAYUnited States (US)Ops: D
Technical details
Orbit type: IMPOrbit center: EALaunch site: AFETRPeriod: 87.56 min
Inc: 53.0°
150 km → 157 km
STARLINK-1675
2020-070AVNORAD 46575PAYUnited States (US)Ops: D
Technical details
Orbit type: IMPOrbit center: EALaunch site: AFETRPeriod: 87.72 min
Inc: 53.0°
159 km → 165 km
STARLINK-1677
2020-070AWNORAD 46576PAYUnited States (US)Ops: P
Technical details
Orbit type: ORBOrbit center: EALaunch site: AFETRPeriod: 91.96 min
Inc: 53.0°
369 km → 372 km
STARLINK-1682
2020-070AXNORAD 46577PAYUnited States (US)Ops: D
Technical details
Orbit type: IMPOrbit center: EALaunch site: AFETRPeriod: 88.24 min
Inc: 53.0°
184 km → 191 km
STARLINK-1683
2020-070AYNORAD 46578PAYUnited States (US)Ops: P
Technical details
Orbit type: ORBOrbit center: EALaunch site: AFETRPeriod: 91.10 min
Inc: 53.0°
323 km → 334 km
STARLINK-1705
2020-070AZNORAD 46579PAYUnited States (US)Ops: D
Technical details
Orbit type: IMPOrbit center: EALaunch site: AFETRPeriod: 87.57 min
Inc: 53.0°
152 km → 156 km
STARLINK-1648
2020-070BNORAD 46533PAYUnited States (US)Ops: P
Technical details
Orbit type: ORBOrbit center: EALaunch site: AFETRPeriod: 90.53 min
Inc: 53.0°
296 km → 305 km
STARLINK-1708
2020-070BANORAD 46580PAYUnited States (US)Ops: D
Technical details
Orbit type: IMPOrbit center: EALaunch site: AFETRPeriod: 87.55 min
Inc: 53.0°
150 km → 156 km
STARLINK-1712
2020-070BBNORAD 46581PAYUnited States (US)Ops: P
Technical details
Orbit type: ORBOrbit center: EALaunch site: AFETRPeriod: 89.82 min
Inc: 53.0°
262 km → 269 km
STARLINK-1728
2020-070BCNORAD 46582PAYUnited States (US)Ops: P
Technical details
Orbit type: ORBOrbit center: EALaunch site: AFETRPeriod: 92.74 min
Inc: 53.0°
407 km → 410 km
STARLINK-1729
2020-070BDNORAD 46583PAYUnited States (US)Ops: D
Technical details
Orbit type: IMPOrbit center: EALaunch site: AFETRPeriod: 87.24 min
Inc: 53.0°
128 km → 147 km
STARLINK-1732
2020-070BENORAD 46584PAYUnited States (US)Ops: D
Technical details
Orbit type: IMPOrbit center: EALaunch site: AFETRPeriod: 87.57 min
Inc: 53.0°
154 km → 154 km
STARLINK-1736
2020-070BFNORAD 46585PAYUnited States (US)Ops: P
Technical details
Orbit type: ORBOrbit center: EALaunch site: AFETRPeriod: 91.91 min
Inc: 53.0°
368 km → 369 km
STARLINK-1737
2020-070BGNORAD 46586PAYUnited States (US)Ops: D
Technical details
Orbit type: IMPOrbit center: EALaunch site: AFETRPeriod: 87.57 min
Inc: 53.0°
153 km → 156 km
STARLINK-1744
2020-070BHNORAD 46587PAYUnited States (US)Ops: D
Technical details
Orbit type: IMPOrbit center: EALaunch site: AFETRPeriod: 87.66 min
Inc: 53.0°
153 km → 165 km
STARLINK-1746
2020-070BJNORAD 46588PAYUnited States (US)Ops: P
Technical details
Orbit type: ORBOrbit center: EALaunch site: AFETRPeriod: 91.57 min
Inc: 53.0°
351 km → 353 km
STARLINK-1749
2020-070BKNORAD 46589PAYUnited States (US)Ops: D
Technical details
Orbit type: IMPOrbit center: EALaunch site: AFETRPeriod: 87.50 min
Inc: 53.0°
146 km → 156 km
STARLINK-1754
2020-070BLNORAD 46590PAYUnited States (US)Ops: D
Technical details
Orbit type: IMPOrbit center: EALaunch site: AFETRPeriod: 88.02 min
Inc: 53.0°
171 km → 182 km
STARLINK-1755
2020-070BMNORAD 46591PAYUnited States (US)Ops: D
Technical details
Orbit type: IMPOrbit center: EALaunch site: AFETRPeriod: 87.82 min
Inc: 53.0°
166 km → 167 km
STARLINK-1659
2020-070CNORAD 46534PAYUnited States (US)Ops: D
Technical details
Orbit type: IMPOrbit center: EALaunch site: AFETRPeriod: 87.56 min
Inc: 53.0°
151 km → 156 km
STARLINK-1663
2020-070DNORAD 46535PAYUnited States (US)Ops: P
Technical details
Orbit type: ORBOrbit center: EALaunch site: AFETRPeriod: 92.00 min
Inc: 53.0°
372 km → 373 km
STARLINK-1668
2020-070ENORAD 46536PAYUnited States (US)Ops: D
Technical details
Orbit type: IMPOrbit center: EALaunch site: AFETRPeriod: 88.01 min
Inc: 53.0°
173 km → 180 km
STARLINK-1672
2020-070FNORAD 46537PAYUnited States (US)Ops: P
Technical details
Orbit type: ORBOrbit center: EALaunch site: AFETRPeriod: 92.77 min
Inc: 53.0°
408 km → 413 km
STARLINK-1678
2020-070GNORAD 46538PAYUnited States (US)Ops: P
Technical details
Orbit type: ORBOrbit center: EALaunch site: AFETRPeriod: 92.09 min
Inc: 53.0°
376 km → 378 km
STARLINK-1684
2020-070HNORAD 46539PAYUnited States (US)Ops: D
Technical details
Orbit type: IMPOrbit center: EALaunch site: AFETRPeriod: 87.45 min
Inc: 53.1°
138 km → 159 km
STARLINK-1685
2020-070JNORAD 46540PAYUnited States (US)Ops: D
Technical details
Orbit type: IMPOrbit center: EALaunch site: AFETRPeriod: 88.18 min
Inc: 53.1°
177 km → 192 km
STARLINK-1687
2020-070KNORAD 46541PAYUnited States (US)Ops: D
Technical details
Orbit type: IMPOrbit center: EALaunch site: AFETRPeriod: 87.37 min
Inc: 53.0°
142 km → 147 km
STARLINK-1692
2020-070LNORAD 46542PAYUnited States (US)Ops: D
Technical details
Orbit type: IMPOrbit center: EALaunch site: AFETRPeriod: 87.65 min
Inc: 53.0°
154 km → 162 km
STARLINK-1693
2020-070MNORAD 46543PAYUnited States (US)Ops: D
Technical details
Orbit type: IMPOrbit center: EALaunch site: AFETRPeriod: 87.52 min
Inc: 53.0°
147 km → 155 km
STARLINK-1694
2020-070NNORAD 46544PAYUnited States (US)Ops: D
Technical details
Orbit type: IMPOrbit center: EALaunch site: AFETRPeriod: 87.33 min
Inc: 53.0°
139 km → 146 km
STARLINK-1696
2020-070PNORAD 46545PAYUnited States (US)Ops: D
Technical details
Orbit type: IMPOrbit center: EALaunch site: AFETRPeriod: 87.46 min
Inc: 53.0°
145 km → 152 km
STARLINK-1697
2020-070QNORAD 46546PAYUnited States (US)Ops: D
Technical details
Orbit type: IMPOrbit center: EALaunch site: AFETRPeriod: 88.21 min
Inc: 53.0°
179 km → 192 km
STARLINK-1698
2020-070RNORAD 46547PAYUnited States (US)Ops: D
Technical details
Orbit type: IMPOrbit center: EALaunch site: AFETRPeriod: 89.36 min
Inc: 53.0°
235 km → 250 km
STARLINK-1699
2020-070SNORAD 46548PAYUnited States (US)Ops: D
Technical details
Orbit type: IMPOrbit center: EALaunch site: AFETRPeriod: 88.03 min
Inc: 53.0°
175 km → 179 km
STARLINK-1700
2020-070TNORAD 46549PAYUnited States (US)Ops: D
Technical details
Orbit type: IMPOrbit center: EALaunch site: AFETRPeriod: 87.72 min
Inc: 53.0°
159 km → 164 km
STARLINK-1701
2020-070UNORAD 46550PAYUnited States (US)Ops: D
Technical details
Orbit type: IMPOrbit center: EALaunch site: AFETRPeriod: 87.80 min
Inc: 53.0°
163 km → 167 km
STARLINK-1702
2020-070VNORAD 46551PAYUnited States (US)Ops: D
Technical details
Orbit type: IMPOrbit center: EALaunch site: AFETRPeriod: 87.33 min
Inc: 53.0°
135 km → 149 km
STARLINK-1649
2020-070WNORAD 46552PAYUnited States (US)Ops: D
Technical details
Orbit type: IMPOrbit center: EALaunch site: AFETRPeriod: 88.36 min
Inc: 53.0°
189 km → 198 km
STARLINK-1664
2020-070XNORAD 46553PAYUnited States (US)Ops: P
Technical details
Orbit type: ORBOrbit center: EALaunch site: AFETRPeriod: 93.60 min
Inc: 53.0°
449 km → 452 km
STARLINK-1671
2020-070YNORAD 46554PAYUnited States (US)Ops: D
Technical details
Orbit type: IMPOrbit center: EALaunch site: AFETRPeriod: 87.46 min
Inc: 53.0°
143 km → 154 km
STARLINK-1674
2020-070ZNORAD 46555PAYUnited States (US)Ops: D
Technical details
Orbit type: IMPOrbit center: EALaunch site: AFETRPeriod: 87.94 min
Inc: 53.0°
168 km → 177 km

SATCAT non-payload objects

FALCON 9 DEB
2020-070BNNORAD 46592DEBUnited States (US)Ops: D
Technical details
Orbit type: IMPOrbit center: EALaunch site: AFETRPeriod: 87.34 min
Inc: 53.0°
142 km → 143 km
FALCON 9 DEB
2020-070BPNORAD 46593DEBUnited States (US)Ops: D
Technical details
Orbit type: IMPOrbit center: EALaunch site: AFETRPeriod: 87.22 min
Inc: 53.0°
136 km → 138 km
FALCON 9 DEB
2020-070BQNORAD 46594DEBUnited States (US)Ops: D
Technical details
Orbit type: IMPOrbit center: EALaunch site: AFETRPeriod: 87.59 min
Inc: 53.0°
155 km → 155 km
FALCON 9 DEB
2020-070BRNORAD 46595DEBUnited States (US)Ops: D
Technical details
Orbit type: IMPOrbit center: EALaunch site: AFETRPeriod: 87.24 min
Inc: 53.0°
136 km → 139 km
FALCON 9 R/B
2020-070BSNORAD 46669RBUnited States (US)Ops: D
Technical details
Orbit type: IMPOrbit center: EALaunch site: AFETRPeriod: 87.09 min
Inc: 53.0°
128 km → 132 km

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Launch story

Mission stats

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2026 snapshot

Provider legacy

SpaceX

107

Lifetime launches

19 in 2026

SpaceX has 107 launches on record, with 19 in 2026.

Rocket track record

Falcon 9 Block 5

573

Successful missions

48 in 2026

Falcon 9 Block 5 has 573 successful missions on record, with 48 in 2026.

Pad history

Launch Complex 39A

121

Pad launches

7 in 2026

Launch Complex 39A has 121 launches from this pad on record, with 7 in 2026.

Rocket reliability

100% all time

2026: 100% (48/48)

Pad turnaround

32d 22h

Reported pad reuse cadence.

Booster story

First-stage boosters

Core-level mission cadence associated with this launch.

1 core

Core history

B1058

Total missions

0 in 2026

lost. Flight proven. Tracked 19 missions.First flight: May 30, 2020Last mission: Dec 23, 2023, 5:33 AM UTC

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