SpaceXFalcon 9 Block 5Launch Complex 39A, Kennedy Space Center, FL, USA
Starlink Group 6-12
Launched
September 4, 2023 · 02:47 UTC
Image: SpaceX
Summary
Starlink Group 6-12 launched on a SpaceX Falcon 9 Block 5 from Launch Complex 39A, Kennedy Space Center, FL, USA on September 4, 2023 at 02:47 UTC. The launch window ran from 23:34 to 03:05 UTC. It was SpaceX's 276th launch, 63rd this year and humanity's 6,509th orbital launch attempt. It was the 197th Falcon 9 Block 5 flight and the 59th this year. Booster B1073 flew for the 10th time and landed at Just Read the Instructions. The payload was bound for low Earth orbit (LEO). Starlink 30397, one of 21 catalogued objects, reached a 343 × 348 km orbit inclined 43.0°. 21 objects from this launch are catalogued, all of them payloads.
- Watch
- SpaceX Starlink Group 6-12The Space Devs
- Starlink MissionSpaceX
- Vehicle
- Falcon 9 Block 5 · SpaceXStarlink
- Booster
- B1073 · flight 10 · Autonomous Spaceport Drone Ship at Just Read the Instructions · landed156/157 landed here · 83 days after its previous flight, Starlink Group 5-11 · 618 km downrange
- Mission
- Communications · Low Earth Orbit (LEO)for SpX
- Milestone
- 197th Falcon 9 Block 5 flight · 59th this yearSpaceX's 276th launch63rd this yearhumanity's 6,509th orbital launch attempt141st orbital launch attempt this year
Flight preview
Simulate in Flight ClubOrbit: as tracked
Starlink 30397 · NORAD 57771 · 2023-134 · Space-Track · tracking 1 of 21 objects
Show the numbers for orbit elements
- Object
- STARLINK-30397
- Object ID
- 2023-134A
- Epoch
- 2023-09-05 15:26:42 UTC
- Mean motion
- 15.77139098 rev/day
- Eccentricity
- 0.0003809
- Inclination
- 43.0024°
- Ascending node
- 151.9113°
- Arg. of perigee
- 92.2207°
- Mean anomaly
- 84.9468°
- Element set
- 999
- Rev at epoch
- 130
- B*
- 0.0013156
Perigee, apogee and period are Kepler figures from the catalogued mean elements, not a propagated state. Published orbit: LEO.
Catalogued objects
21 catalogued: 21 payloads; 20 still in orbit
- Starlink 30397 · NORAD 57771 · in orbit
- Starlink 30354 · NORAD 57772 · in orbit
- Starlink 30383 · NORAD 57773 · in orbit
- Starlink 30384 · NORAD 57774 · in orbit
- Starlink 30305 · NORAD 57775 · in orbit
- Starlink 30360 · NORAD 57776 · in orbit
- Starlink 30355 · NORAD 57777 · in orbit
- Starlink 30385 · NORAD 57778 · in orbit
- Starlink 30359 · NORAD 57779 · in orbit
- Starlink 30380 · NORAD 57780 · in orbit
- Starlink 30369 · NORAD 57781 · in orbit
- Starlink 30376 · NORAD 57782 · in orbit
Show 9 more payloads
- Starlink 30389 · NORAD 57783 · in orbit
- Starlink 30388 · NORAD 57784 · in orbit
- Starlink 30381 · NORAD 57785 · in orbit
- Starlink 30382 · NORAD 57786 · in orbit
- Starlink 30378 · NORAD 57787 · in orbit
- Starlink 30387 · NORAD 57788 · in orbit
- Starlink 30372 · NORAD 57789 · in orbit
- Starlink 30373 · NORAD 57790 · re-entered September 23, 2025
- Starlink 30367 · NORAD 57791 · in orbit
Data from J. McDowell, planet4589.org
About this launch
A batch of 21 satellites for the Starlink mega-constellation - SpaceX's project for space-based Internet communication system.
Pad
Launch Complex 39A, Kennedy Space Center, FL, USA
165th launch from Launch Complex 39A, 10th this year · 223rd from Kennedy Space Center, FL, USA
Local pad time at liftoff: Sep 3, 10:47 PM EDT, at night
224 launches from this pad · 283 from Kennedy Space Center, FL, USA
8 days 19 hours after the previous launch from this pad
Updates
Successful deployment of 21 Starlink satellites
Show 9 earlier updates
Liftoff
SwGustav · 9/4/2023 · source
Updating T-0
SwGustav · 9/3/2023 · source
Updating T-0
Nosu · 9/3/2023 · source
Updating precision to seconds
Nosu · 9/2/2023 · source
Updating T-0 and setting GO
Nosu · 9/1/2023 · source
Weather 90%
Nosu · 9/1/2023 · source
Adding approximate T-0
Nosu · 9/1/2023 · source
Adding window on September 3/4 per latest NGA notice
Nosu · 8/31/2023 · source
Adding launch
Nosu · 5/22/2023 · source
Questions
When did Starlink Group 6-12 launch?
Starlink Group 6-12 launched on September 4, 2023 at 02:47 UTC. The launch window ran from 23:34 to 03:05 UTC.
Where can I watch Starlink Group 6-12?
Coverage: SpaceX Starlink Group 6-12; Starlink Mission. Watch the replay
What rocket launched Starlink Group 6-12?
Falcon 9 Block 5, flown by SpaceX. Falcon 9 Block 5 spec sheet
Where did Starlink Group 6-12 launch from?
Launch Complex 39A, Kennedy Space Center, FL, USA. Liftoff was Sep 3, 10:47 PM EDT local time at the pad.
Did the booster land?
Booster B1073 flew for the 10th time and landed at Just Read the Instructions.
What orbit did Starlink Group 6-12 reach?
Starlink 30397, one of 21 catalogued objects, reached a 343 × 348 km orbit inclined 43.0°.
How many satellites did Starlink Group 6-12 launch?
21 payloads from this launch are catalogued, 20 of them still in orbit (Data from J. McDowell, planet4589.org).
Which program is Starlink Group 6-12 part of?
Starlink. About Starlink