SpaceXFalcon 9 Block 5Space Launch Complex 40, Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA
Starlink 24
Launched
April 29, 2021 · 03:44 UTC
Image: SpaceX
Summary
Starlink 24 launched on a SpaceX Falcon 9 Block 5 from Space Launch Complex 40, Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA on April 29, 2021 at 03:44 UTC. It was SpaceX's 132nd launch, 15th this year and humanity's 6,074th orbital launch attempt. It was the 59th Falcon 9 Block 5 flight and the 12th this year. Booster B1060 flew for the 7th time and landed at Just Read the Instructions. The payload was bound for low Earth orbit (LEO). The tracked orbit of Starlink 2567, one of 64 catalogued objects, from May 5, 2021, was 307 × 308 km inclined 53.1°. 64 objects from this launch are catalogued, 60 of them payloads.
- Watch
- Falcon 9 Starlink 24The Space Devs
- Starlink MissionSpaceX
- Vehicle
- Falcon 9 Block 5 · SpaceXStarlink
- Booster
- B1060 · flight 7 · Autonomous Spaceport Drone Ship at Just Read the Instructions · landed156/157 landed here · 35 days after its previous flight, Starlink 22 · 615 km downrange
- Mission
- Communications · Low Earth Orbit (LEO)
- Milestone
- 59th Falcon 9 Block 5 flight · 12th this yearSpaceX's 132nd launch15th this yearhumanity's 6,074th orbital launch attempt37th orbital launch attempt this year
Webcast
Flight preview
Orbit: as tracked
Starlink 2567 · NORAD 48276 · 2021-036 · Space-Track · tracking 1 of 64 objects
Show the numbers for orbit elements
- Object
- TBA - TO BE ASSIGNED
- Object ID
- 2021-036A
- Epoch
- 2021-05-05 20:00:01 UTC
- Mean motion
- 15.90594811 rev/day
- Eccentricity
- 0.000102
- Inclination
- 53.0534°
- Ascending node
- 136.1872°
- Arg. of perigee
- 328.8348°
- Mean anomaly
- 325.2611°
- Element set
- 999
- Rev at epoch
- 181
- B*
- -0.0039012
Perigee, apogee and period are Kepler figures from the catalogued mean elements, not a propagated state. Published orbit: LEO.
Catalogued objects
64 catalogued: 60 payloads, 4 components; 45 still in orbit
- Starlink 2567 · NORAD 48276 · in orbit
- Starlink 2569 · NORAD 48277 · in orbit
- Starlink 2543 · NORAD 48278 · in orbit
- Starlink 2580 · NORAD 48279 · re-entered April 17, 2025
- Starlink 2565 · NORAD 48280 · in orbit
- Starlink 2520 · NORAD 48281 · re-entered January 19, 2025
- Starlink 2558 · NORAD 48282 · in orbit
- Starlink 2516 · NORAD 48283 · in orbit
- Starlink 2564 · NORAD 48284 · in orbit
- Starlink 2548 · NORAD 48285 · re-entered May 25, 2024
- Starlink 2547 · NORAD 48286 · in orbit
- Starlink 2566 · NORAD 48287 · in orbit
Show 48 more payloads
- Starlink 2562 · NORAD 48288 · re-entered September 29, 2025
- Starlink 2545 · NORAD 48289 · in orbit
- Starlink 2540 · NORAD 48290 · re-entered January 13, 2026
- Starlink 2555 · NORAD 48291 · in orbit
- Starlink 2542 · NORAD 48292 · in orbit
- Starlink 2550 · NORAD 48293 · in orbit
- Starlink 2533 · NORAD 48294 · in orbit
- Starlink 2535 · NORAD 48295 · in orbit
- Starlink 2546 · NORAD 48296 · re-entered January 8, 2025
- Starlink 2544 · NORAD 48297 · re-entered May 22, 2024
- Starlink 2559 · NORAD 48298 · in orbit
- Starlink 2557 · NORAD 48299 · in orbit
- Starlink 2538 · NORAD 48300 · in orbit
- Starlink 2537 · NORAD 48301 · in orbit
- Starlink 2556 · NORAD 48302 · re-entered December 20, 2024
- Starlink 2530 · NORAD 48303 · in orbit
- Starlink 2524 · NORAD 48304 · in orbit
- Starlink 2519 · NORAD 48305 · in orbit
- Starlink 2523 · NORAD 48306 · in orbit
- Starlink 2528 · NORAD 48307 · re-entered July 21, 2024
- Starlink 2532 · NORAD 48308 · re-entered May 15, 2024
- Starlink 2517 · NORAD 48309 · in orbit
- Starlink 2536 · NORAD 48310 · in orbit
- Starlink 2534 · NORAD 48311 · in orbit
- Starlink 2061 · NORAD 48312 · in orbit
- Starlink 2541 · NORAD 48313 · re-entered January 8, 2025
- Starlink 2549 · NORAD 48314 · in orbit
- Starlink 2506 · NORAD 48315 · in orbit
- Starlink 2507 · NORAD 48316 · in orbit
- Starlink 2513 · NORAD 48317 · in orbit
- Starlink 2509 · NORAD 48318 · in orbit
- Starlink 2512 · NORAD 48319 · in orbit
- Starlink 2029 · NORAD 48320 · in orbit
- Starlink 2457 · NORAD 48321 · in orbit
- Starlink 2477 · NORAD 48322 · re-entered January 8, 2025
- Starlink 2515 · NORAD 48323 · in orbit
- Starlink 2527 · NORAD 48324 · re-entered May 14, 2024
- Starlink 2495 · NORAD 48325 · in orbit
- Starlink 2498 · NORAD 48326 · in orbit
- Starlink 2502 · NORAD 48327 · in orbit
- Starlink 2504 · NORAD 48328 · in orbit
- Starlink 2510 · NORAD 48329 · in orbit
- Starlink 2501 · NORAD 48330 · in orbit
- Starlink 2514 · NORAD 48331 · in orbit
- Starlink 2511 · NORAD 48332 · re-entered January 8, 2025
- Starlink 2518 · NORAD 48333 · in orbit
- Starlink 2470 · NORAD 48334 · in orbit
- Starlink 2441 · NORAD 48335 · re-entered January 7, 2025
Data from J. McDowell, planet4589.org
About this launch
A batch of 60 satellites for Starlink mega-constellation - SpaceX's project for space-based Internet communication system.
Pad
Space Launch Complex 40, Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA
125th launch from Space Launch Complex 40, 8th this year · 819th from Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA
Local pad time at liftoff: Apr 28, 11:44 PM EDT, at night
403 launches from this pad · 1,131 from Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA
21 days after the previous launch from this pad
Updates
Questions
When did Starlink 24 launch?
Starlink 24 launched on April 29, 2021 at 03:44 UTC.
Where can I watch Starlink 24?
Coverage: Falcon 9 Starlink 24; Starlink Mission. Watch the replay
What rocket launched Starlink 24?
Falcon 9 Block 5, flown by SpaceX. Falcon 9 Block 5 spec sheet
Where did Starlink 24 launch from?
Space Launch Complex 40, Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA. Liftoff was Apr 28, 11:44 PM EDT local time at the pad.
Did the booster land?
Booster B1060 flew for the 7th time and landed at Just Read the Instructions.
What orbit did Starlink 24 reach?
The tracked orbit of Starlink 2567, one of 64 catalogued objects, from May 5, 2021, was 307 × 308 km inclined 53.1°.
How many satellites did Starlink 24 launch?
60 payloads from this launch are catalogued, 45 of them still in orbit (Data from J. McDowell, planet4589.org).
Which program is Starlink 24 part of?
Starlink. About Starlink