SpaceXFalcon 9 Block 5Launch Complex 39A, Kennedy Space Center, FL, USA
Starlink Group 10-6
Launched
August 2, 2024 · 05:01 UTC
Image: SpaceX
Summary
Starlink Group 10-6 launched on a SpaceX Falcon 9 Block 5 from Launch Complex 39A, Kennedy Space Center, FL, USA on August 2, 2024 at 05:01 UTC. The launch window ran from 04:19 to 08:19 UTC. It was SpaceX's 387th launch, 76th this year and humanity's 6,729th orbital launch attempt. It was the 302nd Falcon 9 Block 5 flight and the 73rd this year. Booster B1078 flew for the 12th time and landed at A Shortfall of Gravitas. The payload was bound for low Earth orbit (LEO). Starlink 31745, one of 23 catalogued objects, reached a 301 × 301 km orbit inclined 53.2°. 23 objects from this launch are catalogued, all of them payloads.
- Vehicle
- Falcon 9 Block 5 · SpaceXStarlink
- Booster
- B1078 · flight 12 · Autonomous Spaceport Drone Ship at A Shortfall of Gravitas · landed161/162 landed here · 39 days after its previous flight, Starlink Group 10-2 · 618 km downrange
- Mission
- Communications · Low Earth Orbit (LEO)for SpX
- Milestone
- 302nd Falcon 9 Block 5 flight · 73rd this yearSpaceX's 387th launch76th this yearhumanity's 6,729th orbital launch attempt140th orbital launch attempt this year
Flight preview
Simulate in Flight ClubOrbit: as tracked
Starlink 31745 · NORAD 60329 · 2024-136 · Space-Track · tracking 1 of 23 objects
Show the numbers for orbit elements
- Object
- STARLINK-31745
- Object ID
- 2024-136A
- Epoch
- 2024-08-02 19:57:41 UTC
- Mean motion
- 15.9306715 rev/day
- Eccentricity
- 0.0000429
- Inclination
- 53.1559°
- Ascending node
- 280.422°
- Arg. of perigee
- 99.4986°
- Mean anomaly
- 346.9494°
- Element set
- 999
- Rev at epoch
- 129
- B*
- -0.0000065457
Perigee, apogee and period are Kepler figures from the catalogued mean elements, not a propagated state. Published orbit: LEO.
Flight timeline
- T−38MGO for Prop Load
- T−35MProp Load
- T−35MStage 1 LOX Load
- T−16MStage 2 LOX Load
- T−7MEngine Chill
- T−1MStartup
- T−1MTank Press
- T−45SGO for Launch
- T−3SIgnition
- T−0Liftoff
- T+1M10SMax-Q
- T+2M26SMECO
- T+2M30SStage 2 Separation
- T+2M37SSES-1
- T+2M56SFairing Separation
- T+6M6SEntry Burn Startup
- T+6M28SEntry Burn Shutdown
- T+7M53SStage 1 Landing Burn
- T+8M15SStage 1 Landing
- T+8M39SSECO-1
- T+54M59SSES-2
- T+55MSECO-2
- T+1H3M53SStarlink Deployment
Catalogued objects
23 catalogued: 23 payloads; 22 still in orbit
- Starlink 31745 · NORAD 60329 · in orbit
- Starlink 32153 · NORAD 60330 · in orbit
- Starlink 32203 · NORAD 60331 · in orbit
- Starlink 32171 · NORAD 60332 · in orbit
- Starlink 32133 · NORAD 60333 · in orbit
- Starlink 32132 · NORAD 60334 · in orbit
- Starlink 32168 · NORAD 60335 · in orbit
- Starlink 32079 · NORAD 60336 · in orbit
- Starlink 32187 · NORAD 60337 · re-entered September 25, 2024
- Starlink 32078 · NORAD 60338 · in orbit
- Starlink 32175 · NORAD 60339 · in orbit
- Starlink 32176 · NORAD 60340 · in orbit
Show 11 more payloads
- Starlink 32185 · NORAD 60341 · in orbit
- Starlink 32221 · NORAD 60342 · in orbit
- Starlink 32083 · NORAD 60343 · in orbit
- Starlink 32077 · NORAD 60344 · in orbit
- Starlink 32075 · NORAD 60345 · in orbit
- Starlink 32082 · NORAD 60346 · in orbit
- Starlink 32084 · NORAD 60347 · in orbit
- Starlink 32081 · NORAD 60348 · in orbit
- Starlink 32181 · NORAD 60349 · in orbit
- Starlink 32076 · NORAD 60350 · in orbit
- Starlink 32097 · NORAD 60351 · in orbit
Data from J. McDowell, planet4589.org
About this launch
A batch of 23 satellites for the Starlink mega-constellation - SpaceX's project for space-based Internet communication system.
Pad
Launch Complex 39A, Kennedy Space Center, FL, USA
183rd launch from Launch Complex 39A, 15th this year · 241st from Kennedy Space Center, FL, USA
Local pad time at liftoff: Aug 2, 1:01 AM EDT, at night
224 launches from this pad · 283 from Kennedy Space Center, FL, USA
5 days 23 hours after the previous launch from this pad
Updates
Launch success.
Show 8 earlier updates
Liftoff.
Cosmic_Penguin · 8/2/2024 · source
Unofficial Re-stream by SPACE AFFAIRS has started
LL2 · 8/2/2024 · source
Delayed to 05:01 UTC
Jay · 8/1/2024 · source
Setting GO
Nosu · 8/1/2024 · source
Weather 95%
Nosu · 8/1/2024 · source
T-0 is accurate to the second
Nosu · 7/31/2024 · source
Targeting NET August 2 per NOTAM F2669/24.
Cosmic_Penguin · 7/27/2024 · source
Adding launch NET April
Nosu · 3/13/2024
Questions
When did Starlink Group 10-6 launch?
Starlink Group 10-6 launched on August 2, 2024 at 05:01 UTC. The launch window ran from 04:19 to 08:19 UTC.
Where can I watch Starlink Group 10-6?
Coverage: YouTube; YouTube; YouTube. Watch the replay
What rocket launched Starlink Group 10-6?
Falcon 9 Block 5, flown by SpaceX. Falcon 9 Block 5 spec sheet
Where did Starlink Group 10-6 launch from?
Launch Complex 39A, Kennedy Space Center, FL, USA. Liftoff was Aug 2, 1:01 AM EDT local time at the pad.
Did the booster land?
Booster B1078 flew for the 12th time and landed at A Shortfall of Gravitas.
What orbit did Starlink Group 10-6 reach?
Starlink 31745, one of 23 catalogued objects, reached a 301 × 301 km orbit inclined 53.2°.
How many satellites did Starlink Group 10-6 launch?
23 payloads from this launch are catalogued, 22 of them still in orbit (Data from J. McDowell, planet4589.org).
Which program is Starlink Group 10-6 part of?
Starlink. About Starlink