SpaceXFalcon 9 Block 5Space Launch Complex 4E, Vandenberg SFB, CA, USA
Starlink Group 2-9
Launched
May 10, 2023 · 20:09 UTC
Image: SpaceX
Summary
Starlink Group 2-9 launched on a SpaceX Falcon 9 Block 5 from Space Launch Complex 4E, Vandenberg SFB, CA, USA on May 10, 2023 at 20:09 UTC. It was SpaceX's 244th launch, 31st this year and humanity's 6,437th orbital launch attempt. It was the 166th Falcon 9 Block 5 flight and the 28th this year. Booster B1075 flew for the 3rd time and landed at Of Course I Still Love You. The payload was bound for low Earth orbit (LEO). The tracked orbit of Starlink 5990, one of 55 catalogued objects, from May 16, 2023, was 291 × 325 km inclined 70.0°. 55 objects from this launch are catalogued, 51 of them payloads.
- Watch
- Starlink MissionSpaceX
- Vehicle
- Falcon 9 Block 5 · SpaceXStarlink
- Booster
- B1075 · flight 3 · Autonomous Spaceport Drone Ship at Of Course I Still Love You · landed209/217 landed here · 38 days after its previous flight, SDA Tranche 0A · 660 km downrange
- Mission
- Communications · Low Earth Orbit (LEO)
- Milestone
- 166th Falcon 9 Block 5 flight · 28th this yearSpaceX's 244th launch31st this yearhumanity's 6,437th orbital launch attempt69th orbital launch attempt this year
Webcast
Flight preview
Simulate in Flight ClubOrbit: as tracked
Starlink 5990 · NORAD 56448 · 2023-064 · Space-Track · tracking 1 of 55 objects
Show the numbers for orbit elements
- Object
- TBA - TO BE ASSIGNED
- Object ID
- 2023-064A
- Epoch
- 2023-05-16 16:00:00 UTC
- Mean motion
- 15.90409241 rev/day
- Eccentricity
- 0.0025522
- Inclination
- 70.0009°
- Ascending node
- 229.0639°
- Arg. of perigee
- 159.6714°
- Mean anomaly
- 307.7523°
- Element set
- 999
- Rev at epoch
- 130
- B*
- -0.0029874
Perigee, apogee and period are Kepler figures from the catalogued mean elements, not a propagated state. Published orbit: LEO.
Catalogued objects
55 catalogued: 51 payloads, 4 components; 49 still in orbit
- Starlink 5990 · NORAD 56448 · in orbit
- Starlink 5993 · NORAD 56449 · in orbit
- Starlink 5970 · NORAD 56450 · in orbit
- Starlink 5985 · NORAD 56451 · in orbit
- Starlink 5986 · NORAD 56452 · in orbit
- Starlink 5935 · NORAD 56453 · in orbit
- Starlink 5959 · NORAD 56454 · in orbit
- Starlink 5987 · NORAD 56455 · in orbit
- Starlink 5995 · NORAD 56456 · in orbit
- Starlink 5994 · NORAD 56457 · in orbit
- Starlink 6050 · NORAD 56458 · in orbit
- Starlink 6048 · NORAD 56459 · in orbit
Show 39 more payloads
- Starlink 6047 · NORAD 56460 · in orbit
- Starlink 6037 · NORAD 56461 · in orbit
- Starlink 6045 · NORAD 56462 · in orbit
- Starlink 6051 · NORAD 56463 · in orbit
- Starlink 6043 · NORAD 56464 · in orbit
- Starlink 6054 · NORAD 56465 · in orbit
- Starlink 6053 · NORAD 56466 · in orbit
- Starlink 6055 · NORAD 56467 · in orbit
- Starlink 5998 · NORAD 56468 · in orbit
- Starlink 5518 · NORAD 56469 · in orbit
- Starlink 5523 · NORAD 56470 · in orbit
- Starlink 5521 · NORAD 56471 · in orbit
- Starlink 5038 · NORAD 56472 · in orbit
- Starlink 5486 · NORAD 56473 · re-entered April 8, 2025
- Starlink 5524 · NORAD 56474 · in orbit
- Starlink 5541 · NORAD 56475 · in orbit
- Starlink 5545 · NORAD 56476 · in orbit
- Starlink 5534 · NORAD 56477 · in orbit
- Starlink 6041 · NORAD 56478 · in orbit
- Starlink 6044 · NORAD 56479 · in orbit
- Starlink 6214 · NORAD 56480 · in orbit
- Starlink 6222 · NORAD 56481 · in orbit
- Starlink 6220 · NORAD 56482 · in orbit
- Starlink 5868 · NORAD 56483 · in orbit
- Starlink 6221 · NORAD 56484 · in orbit
- Starlink 6210 · NORAD 56485 · in orbit
- Starlink 6201 · NORAD 56486 · re-entered March 22, 2026
- Starlink 6196 · NORAD 56487 · in orbit
- Starlink 6204 · NORAD 56488 · in orbit
- Starlink 5923 · NORAD 56489 · in orbit
- Starlink 5873 · NORAD 56490 · in orbit
- Starlink 5842 · NORAD 56491 · in orbit
- Starlink 5846 · NORAD 56492 · in orbit
- Starlink 5841 · NORAD 56493 · in orbit
- Starlink 5530 · NORAD 56494 · in orbit
- Starlink 5529 · NORAD 56495 · in orbit
- Starlink 5526 · NORAD 56496 · in orbit
- Starlink 5527 · NORAD 56497 · in orbit
- Starlink 5522 · NORAD 56498 · in orbit
Data from J. McDowell, planet4589.org
About this launch
A batch of 51 satellites for the Starlink mega-constellation - SpaceX's project for space-based Internet communication system.
Pad
Space Launch Complex 4E, Vandenberg SFB, CA, USA
109th launch from Space Launch Complex 4E, 9th this year · 718th from Vandenberg SFB, CA, USA
Local pad time at liftoff: May 10, 1:09 PM PDT, in daylight
303 launches from this pad · 919 from Vandenberg SFB, CA, USA
13 days after the previous launch from this pad
Updates
Launch success confirmed
Show 7 earlier updates
Liftoff
Nosu · 5/10/2023 · source
Livestream has started
LL2 · 5/10/2023 · source
GO for launch.
Cosmic_Penguin · 5/9/2023 · source
Adjusting launch window
Nosu · 5/5/2023 · source
Change in launch window per marine navigation warnings.
Cosmic_Penguin · 5/5/2023 · source
NET May 10 per NOTAMs.
Cosmic_Penguin · 5/4/2023 · source
Adding launch NET April
Nosu · 3/7/2023 · source
Questions
When did Starlink Group 2-9 launch?
Starlink Group 2-9 launched on May 10, 2023 at 20:09 UTC.
Where can I watch Starlink Group 2-9?
Coverage: Starlink Mission. Watch the replay
What rocket launched Starlink Group 2-9?
Falcon 9 Block 5, flown by SpaceX. Falcon 9 Block 5 spec sheet
Where did Starlink Group 2-9 launch from?
Space Launch Complex 4E, Vandenberg SFB, CA, USA. Liftoff was May 10, 1:09 PM PDT local time at the pad.
Did the booster land?
Booster B1075 flew for the 3rd time and landed at Of Course I Still Love You.
What orbit did Starlink Group 2-9 reach?
The tracked orbit of Starlink 5990, one of 55 catalogued objects, from May 16, 2023, was 291 × 325 km inclined 70.0°.
How many satellites did Starlink Group 2-9 launch?
51 payloads from this launch are catalogued, 49 of them still in orbit (Data from J. McDowell, planet4589.org).
Which program is Starlink Group 2-9 part of?
Starlink. About Starlink