SpaceXFalcon 9 Block 5Space Launch Complex 40, Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA
Starlink Group 6-18
Launched
September 24, 2023 · 03:38 UTC
Image: SpaceX
Summary
Starlink Group 6-18 launched on a SpaceX Falcon 9 Block 5 from Space Launch Complex 40, Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA on September 24, 2023 at 03:38 UTC. The launch window ran from 01:07 to 04:05 UTC. It was SpaceX's 281st launch, 68th this year and humanity's 6,524th orbital launch attempt. It was the 202nd Falcon 9 Block 5 flight and the 64th this year. Booster B1060 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 30450, one of 22 catalogued objects, from September 28, 2023, was 303 × 307 km inclined 43.0°. 22 objects from this launch are catalogued, all of them payloads.
- Watch
- SpaceX Starlink Group 6-18The Space Devs
- Starlink MissionSpaceX
- Watch live: 2nd SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket booster goes for 17th flight milestoneSpaceflight Now
- Vehicle
- Falcon 9 Block 5 · SpaceXStarlink
- Booster
- B1060 · flight 17 · Autonomous Spaceport Drone Ship at Just Read the Instructions · landed156/157 landed here · 69 days after its previous flight, Starlink Group 5-15 · 618 km downrange
- Mission
- Communications · Low Earth Orbit (LEO)for SpX
- Milestone
- 202nd Falcon 9 Block 5 flight · 64th this yearSpaceX's 281st launch68th this yearhumanity's 6,524th orbital launch attempt156th orbital launch attempt this year
Flight preview
Simulate in Flight ClubOrbit: as tracked
Starlink 30450 · NORAD 57913 · 2023-147 · Space-Track · tracking 1 of 22 objects
Show the numbers for orbit elements
- Object
- TBA - TO BE ASSIGNED
- Object ID
- 2023-147A
- Epoch
- 2023-09-28 16:00:30 UTC
- Mean motion
- 15.91601716 rev/day
- Eccentricity
- 0.0003608
- Inclination
- 43.001°
- Ascending node
- 166.5047°
- Arg. of perigee
- 124.7444°
- Mean anomaly
- 20.0922°
- Element set
- 999
- Rev at epoch
- 185
- B*
- -0.0019556
Perigee, apogee and period are Kepler figures from the catalogued mean elements, not a propagated state. Published orbit: LEO.
Catalogued objects
22 catalogued: 22 payloads; 16 still in orbit
- Starlink 30450 · NORAD 57913 · in orbit
- Starlink 30483 · NORAD 57914 · in orbit
- Starlink 30454 · NORAD 57915 · in orbit
- Starlink 30491 · NORAD 57916 · re-entered August 5, 2024
- Starlink 30501 · NORAD 57917 · in orbit
- Starlink 30499 · NORAD 57918 · in orbit
- Starlink 30496 · NORAD 57919 · in orbit
- Starlink 30485 · NORAD 57920 · in orbit
- Starlink 30492 · NORAD 57921 · in orbit
- Starlink 30490 · NORAD 57922 · re-entered October 1, 2023
- Starlink 30440 · NORAD 57923 · in orbit
- Starlink 30487 · NORAD 57924 · in orbit
Show 10 more payloads
- Starlink 30452 · NORAD 57925 · in orbit
- Starlink 30468 · NORAD 57926 · in orbit
- Starlink 30459 · NORAD 57927 · re-entered January 15, 2026
- Starlink 30448 · NORAD 57928 · in orbit
- Starlink 30475 · NORAD 57929 · re-entered March 25, 2025
- Starlink 30476 · NORAD 57930 · re-entered August 2, 2026
- Starlink 30488 · NORAD 57931 · in orbit
- Starlink 30471 · NORAD 57932 · in orbit
- Starlink 30461 · NORAD 57933 · in orbit
- Starlink 30458 · NORAD 57934 · re-entered October 7, 2025
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 40, Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA
201st launch from Space Launch Complex 40, 38th this year · 909th from Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA
Local pad time at liftoff: Sep 23, 11:38 PM EDT, at night
403 launches from this pad · 1,131 from Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA
4 days after the previous launch from this pad
Updates
Launch success.
Show 8 earlier updates
Liftoff.
Cosmic_Penguin · 9/24/2023 · source
Delayed to 03:38:30 UTC
Jay · 9/24/2023 · source
Weather 95%
Nosu · 9/23/2023 · source
Updating launch window to match launch opportunities
Nosu · 9/23/2023 · source
GO for launch.
Cosmic_Penguin · 9/23/2023 · source
NET September 24 UTC. (Window from https://www.fly.faa.gov/adv/adv_spt.jsp)
Cosmic_Penguin · 9/17/2023 · source
NET September 23 UTC.
Cosmic_Penguin · 9/16/2023 · source
Adding launch
Nosu · 5/22/2023 · source
Questions
When did Starlink Group 6-18 launch?
Starlink Group 6-18 launched on September 24, 2023 at 03:38 UTC. The launch window ran from 01:07 to 04:05 UTC.
Where can I watch Starlink Group 6-18?
Coverage: SpaceX Starlink Group 6-18; Starlink Mission; Watch live: 2nd SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket booster goes for 17th flight milestone. Watch the replay
What rocket launched Starlink Group 6-18?
Falcon 9 Block 5, flown by SpaceX. Falcon 9 Block 5 spec sheet
Where did Starlink Group 6-18 launch from?
Space Launch Complex 40, Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA. Liftoff was Sep 23, 11:38 PM EDT local time at the pad.
Did the booster land?
Booster B1060 flew for the 17th time and landed at Just Read the Instructions.
What orbit did Starlink Group 6-18 reach?
The tracked orbit of Starlink 30450, one of 22 catalogued objects, from September 28, 2023, was 303 × 307 km inclined 43.0°.
How many satellites did Starlink Group 6-18 launch?
22 payloads from this launch are catalogued, 16 of them still in orbit (Data from J. McDowell, planet4589.org).
Which program is Starlink Group 6-18 part of?
Starlink. About Starlink