SpaceXFalcon 9 Block 5Space Launch Complex 4E, Vandenberg SFB, CA, USA
Starlink Group 11-2
Launched
December 13, 2024 · 21:55 UTC
Image: SpaceX
Summary
Starlink Group 11-2 launched on a SpaceX Falcon 9 Block 5 from Space Launch Complex 4E, Vandenberg SFB, CA, USA on December 13, 2024 at 21:55 UTC. The launch window ran from 19:29 to 23:04 UTC. It was SpaceX's 441st launch, 130th this year and humanity's 6,832nd orbital launch attempt. It was the 353rd Falcon 9 Block 5 flight and the 124th this year. Booster B1082 flew for the 9th time and landed at Of Course I Still Love You. The payload was bound for low Earth orbit (LEO). Starlink 32648, one of 22 catalogued objects, reached a 281 × 287 km orbit inclined 53.2°. 22 objects from this launch are catalogued, all of them payloads.
- Watch
- SpaceX Starlink Group 11-2The Space Devs
- SpaceX Starlink Group 11-2The Space Devs
- Watch live: SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket launches 22 Starlink satellites from Vandenberg, CaliforniaSpaceflight Now
- Vehicle
- Falcon 9 Block 5 · SpaceXStarlink
- Booster
- B1082 · flight 9 · Autonomous Spaceport Drone Ship at Of Course I Still Love You · landed209/217 landed here · 29 days after its previous flight, Starlink Group 9-11 · 574 km downrange
- Mission
- Communications · Low Earth Orbit (LEO)for SpX
- Milestone
- 353rd Falcon 9 Block 5 flight · 124th this yearSpaceX's 441st launch130th this yearhumanity's 6,832nd orbital launch attempt243rd orbital launch attempt this year
Flight preview
Simulate in Flight ClubOrbit: as tracked
Starlink 32648 · NORAD 62301 · 2024-239 · Space-Track · tracking 1 of 22 objects
Show the numbers for orbit elements
- Object
- TBA - TO BE ASSIGNED
- Object ID
- 2024-239A
- Epoch
- 2024-12-15 19:55:37 UTC
- Mean motion
- 15.99138409 rev/day
- Eccentricity
- 0.0004557
- Inclination
- 53.1714°
- Ascending node
- 132.2953°
- Arg. of perigee
- 259.1438°
- Mean anomaly
- 100.908°
- Element set
- 999
- Rev at epoch
- 47
- B*
- -0.00070267
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+1M7SMax-Q
- T+2M25SMECO
- T+2M29SStage 2 Separation
- T+2M36SSES-1
- T+2M56SFairing Separation
- T+6M3SEntry Burn Startup
- T+6M28SEntry Burn Shutdown
- T+7M42SStage 1 Landing Burn
- T+8M12SStage 1 Landing
- T+8M36SSECO-1
- T+53M14SSES-2
- T+53M15SSECO-2
- T+1H7SStarlink Deployment
Catalogued objects
22 catalogued: 22 payloads; 21 still in orbit
- Starlink 32648 · NORAD 62301 · in orbit
- Starlink 32594 · NORAD 62302 · in orbit
- Starlink 32621 · NORAD 62303 · in orbit
- Starlink 32597 · NORAD 62304 · in orbit
- Starlink 32649 · NORAD 62305 · in orbit
- Starlink 32633 · NORAD 62306 · in orbit
- Starlink 32646 · NORAD 62307 · in orbit
- Starlink 32706 · NORAD 62308 · in orbit
- Starlink 32678 · NORAD 62309 · in orbit
- Starlink 32696 · NORAD 62310 · in orbit
- Starlink 32700 · NORAD 62311 · in orbit
- Starlink 32698 · NORAD 62312 · in orbit
Show 10 more payloads
- Starlink 32634 · NORAD 62313 · in orbit
- Starlink 32651 · NORAD 62314 · in orbit
- Starlink 32627 · NORAD 62315 · in orbit
- Starlink 32596 · NORAD 62316 · in orbit
- Starlink 32519 · NORAD 62317 · in orbit
- Starlink 32576 · NORAD 62318 · re-entered July 19, 2025
- Starlink 32527 · NORAD 62319 · in orbit
- Starlink 32481 · NORAD 62320 · in orbit
- Starlink 32645 · NORAD 62321 · in orbit
- Starlink 32654 · NORAD 62322 · 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 4E, Vandenberg SFB, CA, USA
171st launch from Space Launch Complex 4E, 43rd this year · 783rd from Vandenberg SFB, CA, USA
Local pad time at liftoff: Dec 13, 1:55 PM PST, in daylight
303 launches from this pad · 919 from Vandenberg SFB, CA, USA
8 days 18 hours after the previous launch from this pad
Updates
Launch success.
Show 9 earlier updates
Liftoff!
hitura-nobad · 12/13/2024 · source
Unofficial Re-stream by SPACE AFFAIRS has started
LL2 · 12/13/2024 · source
Now targeting Dec 13 at 21:55 UTC
Nosu · 12/13/2024 · source
Tweaked T-0.
Cosmic_Penguin · 12/13/2024 · source
GO for launch.
Cosmic_Penguin · 12/12/2024 · source
Delayed to December 13 per NOTAMs A2693/24.
Cosmic_Penguin · 12/12/2024 · source
Launch time is to the second.
Cosmic_Penguin · 12/11/2024 · source
Delayed to December 12 per NOTAMs B2114/24 & B2115/24.
Cosmic_Penguin · 12/4/2024 · source
Added launch.
Cosmic_Penguin · 11/27/2024 · source
Questions
When did Starlink Group 11-2 launch?
Starlink Group 11-2 launched on December 13, 2024 at 21:55 UTC. The launch window ran from 19:29 to 23:04 UTC.
Where can I watch Starlink Group 11-2?
Coverage: SpaceX Starlink Group 11-2; SpaceX Starlink Group 11-2; Watch live: SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket launches 22 Starlink satellites from Vandenberg, California. Watch the replay
What rocket launched Starlink Group 11-2?
Falcon 9 Block 5, flown by SpaceX. Falcon 9 Block 5 spec sheet
Where did Starlink Group 11-2 launch from?
Space Launch Complex 4E, Vandenberg SFB, CA, USA. Liftoff was Dec 13, 1:55 PM PST local time at the pad.
Did the booster land?
Booster B1082 flew for the 9th time and landed at Of Course I Still Love You.
What orbit did Starlink Group 11-2 reach?
Starlink 32648, one of 22 catalogued objects, reached a 281 × 287 km orbit inclined 53.2°.
How many satellites did Starlink Group 11-2 launch?
22 payloads from this launch are catalogued, 21 of them still in orbit (Data from J. McDowell, planet4589.org).
Which program is Starlink Group 11-2 part of?
Starlink. About Starlink