SpaceXFalcon 9 Block 5Space Launch Complex 40, Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA
Starlink Group 5-15
Launched
July 16, 2023 · 03:50 UTC
Image: SpaceX
Summary
Starlink Group 5-15 launched on a SpaceX Falcon 9 Block 5 from Space Launch Complex 40, Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA on July 16, 2023 at 03:50 UTC. It was SpaceX's 261st launch, 48th this year and humanity's 6,473rd orbital launch attempt. It was the 183rd Falcon 9 Block 5 flight and the 45th this year. Booster B1060 flew for the 16th time and landed at A Shortfall of Gravitas. The payload was bound for low Earth orbit (LEO). The tracked orbit of Starlink 6290, one of 58 catalogued objects, from July 25, 2023, was 361 × 363 km inclined 43.0°. 58 objects from this launch are catalogued, 54 of them payloads.
- Watch
- Starlink MissionSpaceX
- Starlink MissionSpaceX
- Vehicle
- Falcon 9 Block 5 · SpaceXStarlink
- Booster
- B1060 · flight 16 · Autonomous Spaceport Drone Ship at A Shortfall of Gravitas · landed161/162 landed here · 193 days after its previous flight, Transporter 6 (Dedicated SSO Rideshare) · 640 km downrange
- Mission
- Communications · Low Earth Orbit (LEO)
- Milestone
- 183rd Falcon 9 Block 5 flight · 45th this yearSpaceX's 261st launch48th this yearhumanity's 6,473rd orbital launch attempt105th orbital launch attempt this year
Webcast
Flight preview
Simulate in Flight ClubOrbit: as tracked
Starlink 6290 · NORAD 57328 · 2023-099 · Space-Track · tracking 1 of 58 objects
Show the numbers for orbit elements
- Object
- STARLINK-6290
- Object ID
- 2023-099A
- Epoch
- 2023-07-25 14:00:01 UTC
- Mean motion
- 15.7141009 rev/day
- Eccentricity
- 0.0001734
- Inclination
- 43.0076°
- Ascending node
- 70.963°
- Arg. of perigee
- 261.2027°
- Mean anomaly
- 246.9057°
- Element set
- 999
- Rev at epoch
- 255
- B*
- -0.00058727
Perigee, apogee and period are Kepler figures from the catalogued mean elements, not a propagated state. Published orbit: LEO.
Catalogued objects
58 catalogued: 54 payloads, 4 components; 54 still in orbit
- Starlink 6290 · NORAD 57328 · in orbit
- Starlink 6138 · NORAD 57329 · in orbit
- Starlink 6212 · NORAD 57330 · in orbit
- Starlink 6234 · NORAD 57331 · in orbit
- Starlink 5831 · NORAD 57332 · in orbit
- Starlink 5585 · NORAD 57333 · in orbit
- Starlink 5589 · NORAD 57334 · in orbit
- Starlink 6316 · NORAD 57335 · in orbit
- Starlink 6320 · NORAD 57336 · in orbit
- Starlink 6322 · NORAD 57337 · in orbit
- Starlink 6374 · NORAD 57338 · in orbit
- Starlink 6332 · NORAD 57339 · in orbit
Show 42 more payloads
- Starlink 6321 · NORAD 57340 · in orbit
- Starlink 6377 · NORAD 57341 · in orbit
- Starlink 6375 · NORAD 57342 · in orbit
- Starlink 6379 · NORAD 57343 · in orbit
- Starlink 6380 · NORAD 57344 · in orbit
- Starlink 6373 · NORAD 57345 · in orbit
- Starlink 6359 · NORAD 57346 · in orbit
- Starlink 6378 · NORAD 57347 · in orbit
- Starlink 6372 · NORAD 57348 · in orbit
- Starlink 6376 · NORAD 57349 · in orbit
- Starlink 6362 · NORAD 57350 · in orbit
- Starlink 6331 · NORAD 57351 · in orbit
- Starlink 6297 · NORAD 57352 · in orbit
- Starlink 6324 · NORAD 57353 · in orbit
- Starlink 6293 · NORAD 57354 · in orbit
- Starlink 6276 · NORAD 57355 · in orbit
- Starlink 6355 · NORAD 57356 · in orbit
- Starlink 5600 · NORAD 57357 · in orbit
- Starlink 6299 · NORAD 57358 · in orbit
- Starlink 6347 · NORAD 57359 · in orbit
- Starlink 6348 · NORAD 57360 · in orbit
- Starlink 6340 · NORAD 57361 · in orbit
- Starlink 6343 · NORAD 57362 · in orbit
- Starlink 6356 · NORAD 57363 · in orbit
- Starlink 6338 · NORAD 57364 · in orbit
- Starlink 5007 · NORAD 57365 · in orbit
- Starlink 6174 · NORAD 57366 · in orbit
- Starlink 6215 · NORAD 57367 · in orbit
- Starlink 6218 · NORAD 57368 · in orbit
- Starlink 6168 · NORAD 57369 · in orbit
- Starlink 5353 · NORAD 57370 · in orbit
- Starlink 6032 · NORAD 57371 · in orbit
- Starlink 5975 · NORAD 57372 · in orbit
- Starlink 6370 · NORAD 57373 · in orbit
- Starlink 6369 · NORAD 57374 · in orbit
- Starlink 6363 · NORAD 57375 · in orbit
- Starlink 6367 · NORAD 57376 · in orbit
- Starlink 6358 · NORAD 57377 · in orbit
- Starlink 6364 · NORAD 57378 · in orbit
- Starlink 6361 · NORAD 57379 · in orbit
- Starlink 6366 · NORAD 57380 · in orbit
- Starlink 6371 · NORAD 57381 · in orbit
Data from J. McDowell, planet4589.org
About this launch
A batch of 54 satellites for the Starlink mega-constellation - SpaceX's project for space-based Internet communication system. This is the last launch of the v1.5 Starlink satellites.
Pad
Space Launch Complex 40, Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA
189th launch from Space Launch Complex 40, 26th this year · 896th from Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA
Local pad time at liftoff: Jul 15, 11:50 PM EDT, at night
403 launches from this pad · 1,131 from Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA
5 days 23 hours after the previous launch from this pad
Updates
Launch success.
Show 9 earlier updates
Liftoff
SwGustav · 7/16/2023 · source
Livestream has started
LL2 · 7/16/2023 · source
Delayed to July 15 (local), 3:50 UTC on July 16
Nosu · 7/14/2023 · source
GO for launch July 15.
Cosmic_Penguin · 7/14/2023 · source
Scrubbed for the day, NET 24 hours turnaround.
Cosmic_Penguin · 7/14/2023 · source
Hold, launch aborted at T-40s
hitura-nobad · 7/14/2023 · source
Livestream has started
LL2 · 7/14/2023 · source
Weather 85%
Nosu · 7/13/2023 · source
Setting GO
Jay · 7/12/2023 · source
Questions
When did Starlink Group 5-15 launch?
Starlink Group 5-15 launched on July 16, 2023 at 03:50 UTC.
Where can I watch Starlink Group 5-15?
Coverage: Starlink Mission; Starlink Mission. Watch the replay
What rocket launched Starlink Group 5-15?
Falcon 9 Block 5, flown by SpaceX. Falcon 9 Block 5 spec sheet
Where did Starlink Group 5-15 launch from?
Space Launch Complex 40, Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA. Liftoff was Jul 15, 11:50 PM EDT local time at the pad.
Did the booster land?
Booster B1060 flew for the 16th time and landed at A Shortfall of Gravitas.
What orbit did Starlink Group 5-15 reach?
The tracked orbit of Starlink 6290, one of 58 catalogued objects, from July 25, 2023, was 361 × 363 km inclined 43.0°.
How many satellites did Starlink Group 5-15 launch?
54 payloads from this launch are catalogued, 54 of them still in orbit (Data from J. McDowell, planet4589.org).
Which program is Starlink Group 5-15 part of?
Starlink. About Starlink