SpaceXFalcon 9 Block 5Space Launch Complex 40, Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA
Starlink Group 10-8
Launched
October 26, 2024 · 21:47 UTC
Image: SpaceX
Summary
Starlink Group 10-8 launched on a SpaceX Falcon 9 Block 5 from Space Launch Complex 40, Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA on October 26, 2024 at 21:47 UTC. The launch window ran from 21:47 to 01:47 UTC. It was SpaceX's 417th launch, 106th this year and humanity's 6,786th orbital launch attempt. It was the 330th Falcon 9 Block 5 flight and the 101st this year. Booster B1069 flew for the 19th time and landed at Just Read the Instructions. The payload was bound for low Earth orbit (LEO). Starlink 32238, one of 22 catalogued objects, reached a 295 × 306 km orbit inclined 53.2°. 22 objects from this launch are catalogued, all of them payloads.
- Watch
- Vehicle
- Falcon 9 Block 5 · SpaceXStarlink
- Booster
- B1069 · flight 19 · Autonomous Spaceport Drone Ship at Just Read the Instructions · landed156/157 landed here · 56 days after its previous flight, Starlink Group 8-10 · 618 km downrange
- Mission
- Communications · Low Earth Orbit (LEO)for SpX
- Milestone
- 330th Falcon 9 Block 5 flight · 101st this yearSpaceX's 417th launch106th this yearhumanity's 6,786th orbital launch attempt197th orbital launch attempt this year
Flight preview
Simulate in Flight ClubOrbit: as tracked
Starlink 32238 · NORAD 61661 · 2024-193 · Space-Track · tracking 1 of 22 objects
Show the numbers for orbit elements
- Object
- STARLINK-32238
- Object ID
- 2024-193A
- Epoch
- 2024-10-28 02:06:41 UTC
- Mean motion
- 15.93102468 rev/day
- Eccentricity
- 0.0007938
- Inclination
- 53.1586°
- Ascending node
- 253.7426°
- Arg. of perigee
- 300.5143°
- Mean anomaly
- 8.6816°
- Element set
- 999
- Rev at epoch
- 130
- B*
- 0.00316
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−1MTank Press
- T−1MStartup
- T−45SGO for Launch
- T−3SIgnition
- T−0Liftoff
- T+1M11SMax-Q
- T+2M26SMECO
- T+2M29SStage 2 Separation
- T+2M36SSES-1
- T+2M57SFairing Separation
- T+6M3SEntry Burn Startup
- T+6M27SEntry Burn Shutdown
- T+7M43SStage 1 Landing Burn
- T+8M13SStage 1 Landing
- T+8M38SSECO-1
- T+54M50SSES-2
- T+54M52SSECO-2
- T+1H3M44SStarlink Deployment
Catalogued objects
22 catalogued: 22 payloads; 22 still in orbit
- Starlink 32238 · NORAD 61661 · in orbit
- Starlink 32310 · NORAD 61662 · in orbit
- Starlink 32308 · NORAD 61663 · in orbit
- Starlink 32301 · NORAD 61664 · in orbit
- Starlink 32439 · NORAD 61665 · in orbit
- Starlink 32428 · NORAD 61666 · in orbit
- Starlink 32414 · NORAD 61667 · in orbit
- Starlink 32441 · NORAD 61668 · in orbit
- Starlink 32400 · NORAD 61669 · in orbit
- Starlink 32449 · NORAD 61670 · in orbit
- Starlink 32453 · NORAD 61671 · in orbit
- Starlink 32443 · NORAD 61672 · in orbit
Show 10 more payloads
- Starlink 32417 · NORAD 61673 · in orbit
- Starlink 32326 · NORAD 61674 · in orbit
- Starlink 32294 · NORAD 61675 · in orbit
- Starlink 32309 · NORAD 61676 · in orbit
- Starlink 32323 · NORAD 61677 · in orbit
- Starlink 32363 · NORAD 61678 · in orbit
- Starlink 32395 · NORAD 61679 · in orbit
- Starlink 32412 · NORAD 61680 · in orbit
- Starlink 32426 · NORAD 61681 · in orbit
- Starlink 32429 · NORAD 61682 · in orbit
Data from J. McDowell, planet4589.org
About this launch
A batch of 22 satellites for the Starlink mega-constellation - SpaceX's project for space-based Internet communication system.
Pad
Space Launch Complex 40, Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA
268th launch from Space Launch Complex 40, 50th this year · 982nd from Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA
Local pad time at liftoff: Oct 26, 5:47 PM EDT, in daylight
403 launches from this pad · 1,131 from Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA
3 days after the previous launch from this pad
Updates
Launch success.
Show 6 earlier updates
Liftoff.
Cosmic_Penguin · 10/26/2024 · source
Unofficial Webcast by SPACE AFFAIRS has started
LL2 · 10/26/2024 · source
T-0 is accurate to the second
Nosu · 10/25/2024 · source
Setting GO
Nosu · 10/25/2024 · source
Weather is 90% favorable for launch.
hitura-nobad · 10/25/2024 · source
Targeting NET October 26 per NOTAMs F3953/24.
Cosmic_Penguin · 10/21/2024 · source
Questions
When did Starlink Group 10-8 launch?
Starlink Group 10-8 launched on October 26, 2024 at 21:47 UTC. The launch window ran from 21:47 to 01:47 UTC.
Where can I watch Starlink Group 10-8?
Coverage: SpaceX Starlink Group 10-8; SpaceX - Falcon 9 - Starlink 10-8 - SLC-40 - Cape Canaveral SFS - October 26, 2024; Watch live: SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket launches 22 Starlink satellites from Cape Canaveral. Watch the replay
What rocket launched Starlink Group 10-8?
Falcon 9 Block 5, flown by SpaceX. Falcon 9 Block 5 spec sheet
Where did Starlink Group 10-8 launch from?
Space Launch Complex 40, Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA. Liftoff was Oct 26, 5:47 PM EDT local time at the pad.
Did the booster land?
Booster B1069 flew for the 19th time and landed at Just Read the Instructions.
What orbit did Starlink Group 10-8 reach?
Starlink 32238, one of 22 catalogued objects, reached a 295 × 306 km orbit inclined 53.2°.
How many satellites did Starlink Group 10-8 launch?
22 payloads from this launch are catalogued, 22 of them still in orbit (Data from J. McDowell, planet4589.org).
Which program is Starlink Group 10-8 part of?
Starlink. About Starlink