SpaceXFalcon 9 Block 5Launch Complex 39A, Kennedy Space Center, FL, USA
Starlink Group 10-9
Launched
July 27, 2024 · 05:45 UTC
Image: SpaceX
Summary
Starlink Group 10-9 launched on a SpaceX Falcon 9 Block 5 from Launch Complex 39A, Kennedy Space Center, FL, USA on July 27, 2024 at 05:45 UTC. The launch window ran from 04:21 to 08:21 UTC. It was SpaceX's 384th launch, 73rd this year and humanity's 6,724th orbital launch attempt. It was the 299th Falcon 9 Block 5 flight and the 70th this year. Booster B1069 flew for the 17th time and landed at Just Read the Instructions. The payload was bound for low Earth orbit (LEO). The tracked orbit of Starlink 32138, one of 23 catalogued objects, from July 31, 2024, was 287 × 288 km inclined 53.2°. 23 objects from this launch are catalogued, all of them payloads.
- Vehicle
- Falcon 9 Block 5 · SpaceXStarlink
- Booster
- B1069 · flight 17 · Autonomous Spaceport Drone Ship at Just Read the Instructions · landed156/157 landed here · 49 days after its previous flight, Starlink Group 10-1 · 618 km downrange
- Mission
- Communications · Low Earth Orbit (LEO)for SpX
- Milestone
- 299th Falcon 9 Block 5 flight · 70th this yearSpaceX's 384th launch73rd this yearhumanity's 6,724th orbital launch attempt135th orbital launch attempt this year
Flight preview
Simulate in Flight ClubOrbit: as tracked
Starlink 32138 · NORAD 60255 · 2024-131 · Space-Track · tracking 1 of 23 objects
Show the numbers for orbit elements
- Object
- TBA - TO BE ASSIGNED
- Object ID
- UNKNOWN
- Epoch
- 2024-07-31 20:00:01 UTC
- Mean motion
- 15.97801232 rev/day
- Eccentricity
- 0.0000988
- Inclination
- 53.1594°
- Ascending node
- 265.24°
- Arg. of perigee
- 103.1666°
- Mean anomaly
- 129.3161°
- Element set
- 999
- Rev at epoch
- 179
- B*
- -0.0024785
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+2M36SSES-1
- T+2M57SFairing Separation
- T+6M5SEntry Burn Startup
- T+6M28SEntry Burn Shutdown
- T+7M46SStage 1 Landing Burn
- T+8M14SStage 1 Landing
- T+8M39SSECO-1
- T+54M40SSES-2
- T+54M42SSECO-2
- T+1H3M34SStarlink Deployment
Catalogued objects
23 catalogued: 23 payloads; 23 still in orbit
- Starlink 32138 · NORAD 60255 · in orbit
- Starlink 32212 · NORAD 60256 · in orbit
- Starlink 32166 · NORAD 60257 · in orbit
- Starlink 32200 · NORAD 60258 · in orbit
- Starlink 32207 · NORAD 60259 · in orbit
- Starlink 32125 · NORAD 60260 · in orbit
- Starlink 32160 · NORAD 60261 · in orbit
- Starlink 32163 · NORAD 60262 · in orbit
- Starlink 32148 · NORAD 60263 · in orbit
- Starlink 32121 · NORAD 60264 · in orbit
- Starlink 32120 · NORAD 60265 · in orbit
- Starlink 32205 · NORAD 60266 · in orbit
Show 11 more payloads
- Starlink 32158 · NORAD 60267 · in orbit
- Starlink 32167 · NORAD 60268 · in orbit
- Starlink 32144 · NORAD 60269 · in orbit
- Starlink 32211 · NORAD 60270 · in orbit
- Starlink 32164 · NORAD 60271 · in orbit
- Starlink 32128 · NORAD 60272 · in orbit
- Starlink 32206 · NORAD 60273 · in orbit
- Starlink 32155 · NORAD 60274 · in orbit
- Starlink 32152 · NORAD 60275 · in orbit
- Starlink 32154 · NORAD 60276 · in orbit
- Starlink 32135 · NORAD 60277 · 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
182nd launch from Launch Complex 39A, 14th this year · 240th from Kennedy Space Center, FL, USA
Local pad time at liftoff: Jul 27, 1:45 AM EDT, at night
224 launches from this pad · 283 from Kennedy Space Center, FL, USA
31 days after the previous launch from this pad
Updates
Launch success
Show 9 earlier updates
Liftoff
Nosu · 7/27/2024 · source
Unofficial Re-stream by SPACE AFFAIRS has started
LL2 · 7/27/2024 · source
New T-0.
Cosmic_Penguin · 7/27/2024 · source
New T-0.
Cosmic_Penguin · 7/27/2024 · source
Launch window accurate to the second
Nosu · 7/26/2024 · source
Weather is 85% GO
hitura-nobad · 7/26/2024 · source
GO for launch.
Cosmic_Penguin · 7/25/2024 · source
NET July 27.
Cosmic_Penguin · 7/25/2024 · source
NET July 26th pending FAA approval
hitura-nobad · 7/24/2024 · source
Questions
When did Starlink Group 10-9 launch?
Starlink Group 10-9 launched on July 27, 2024 at 05:45 UTC. The launch window ran from 04:21 to 08:21 UTC.
Where can I watch Starlink Group 10-9?
Coverage: YouTube; YouTube; YouTube. Watch the replay
What rocket launched Starlink Group 10-9?
Falcon 9 Block 5, flown by SpaceX. Falcon 9 Block 5 spec sheet
Where did Starlink Group 10-9 launch from?
Launch Complex 39A, Kennedy Space Center, FL, USA. Liftoff was Jul 27, 1:45 AM EDT local time at the pad.
Did the booster land?
Booster B1069 flew for the 17th time and landed at Just Read the Instructions.
What orbit did Starlink Group 10-9 reach?
The tracked orbit of Starlink 32138, one of 23 catalogued objects, from July 31, 2024, was 287 × 288 km inclined 53.2°.
How many satellites did Starlink Group 10-9 launch?
23 payloads from this launch are catalogued, 23 of them still in orbit (Data from J. McDowell, planet4589.org).
Which program is Starlink Group 10-9 part of?
Starlink. About Starlink