SpaceXFalcon 9 Block 5Space Launch Complex 40, Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA
Starlink Group 6-2
Launched
April 19, 2023 · 14:31 UTC
Image: SpaceX
Summary
Starlink Group 6-2 launched on a SpaceX Falcon 9 Block 5 from Space Launch Complex 40, Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA on April 19, 2023 at 14:31 UTC. The launch window ran from 13:47 to 14:31 UTC. It was SpaceX's 238th launch, 25th this year and humanity's 6,429th orbital launch attempt. It was the 162nd Falcon 9 Block 5 flight and the 24th this year. Booster B1073 flew for the 8th time and landed at A Shortfall of Gravitas. The payload was bound for low Earth orbit (LEO). The tracked orbit of Starlink 30096, one of 21 catalogued objects, from April 24, 2023, was 336 × 341 km inclined 43.0°. 21 objects from this launch are catalogued, all of them payloads.
- Watch
- Starlink MissionSpaceX
- Vehicle
- Falcon 9 Block 5 · SpaceXStarlink
- Booster
- B1073 · flight 8 · Autonomous Spaceport Drone Ship at A Shortfall of Gravitas · landed161/162 landed here · 35 days after its previous flight, Dragon CRS-2 SpX-27 · 637 km downrange
- Mission
- Communications · Low Earth Orbit (LEO)
- Milestone
- 162nd Falcon 9 Block 5 flight · 24th this yearSpaceX's 238th launch25th this yearhumanity's 6,429th orbital launch attempt61st orbital launch attempt this year
Webcast
Flight preview
Simulate in Flight ClubOrbit: as tracked
Starlink 30096 · NORAD 56286 · 2023-056 · Space-Track · tracking 1 of 21 objects
Show the numbers for orbit elements
- Object
- TBA - TO BE ASSIGNED
- Object ID
- 2023-056A
- Epoch
- 2023-04-24 14:10:41 UTC
- Mean motion
- 15.7961361 rev/day
- Eccentricity
- 0.0003728
- Inclination
- 42.9998°
- Ascending node
- 172.2763°
- Arg. of perigee
- 317.9751°
- Mean anomaly
- 42.0834°
- Element set
- 999
- Rev at epoch
- 205
- B*
- 0.0061701
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; 18 still in orbit
- Starlink 30096 · NORAD 56286 · re-entered May 9, 2023
- Starlink 30107 · NORAD 56287 · in orbit
- Starlink 30106 · NORAD 56288 · in orbit
- Starlink 30095 · NORAD 56289 · in orbit
- Starlink 30103 · NORAD 56290 · in orbit
- Starlink 30113 · NORAD 56291 · in orbit
- Starlink 30098 · NORAD 56292 · in orbit
- Starlink 30090 · NORAD 56293 · re-entered April 8, 2026
- Starlink 30049 · NORAD 56294 · in orbit
- Starlink 30083 · NORAD 56295 · in orbit
- Starlink 30089 · NORAD 56296 · in orbit
- Starlink 30086 · NORAD 56297 · in orbit
Show 9 more payloads
- Starlink 30109 · NORAD 56298 · in orbit
- Starlink 30108 · NORAD 56299 · in orbit
- Starlink 30104 · NORAD 56300 · in orbit
- Starlink 30101 · NORAD 56301 · in orbit
- Starlink 30111 · NORAD 56302 · in orbit
- Starlink 30097 · NORAD 56303 · re-entered July 23, 2024
- Starlink 30099 · NORAD 56304 · in orbit
- Starlink 30094 · NORAD 56305 · in orbit
- Starlink 30112 · NORAD 56306 · in orbit
Data from J. McDowell, planet4589.org
About this launch
A batch of 21 v2 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
177th launch from Space Launch Complex 40, 14th this year · 883rd from Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA
Local pad time at liftoff: Apr 19, 10:31 AM EDT, in daylight
403 launches from this pad · 1,131 from Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA
12 days after the previous launch from this pad
Updates
Launch success.
Show 9 earlier updates
Liftoff of Falcon 9 carrying 21 Starlink v2 mini satellites
Jay · 4/19/2023 · source
Livestream has started
LL2 · 4/19/2023 · source
Adjusting T-0 due to space weather (per LD on countdown net)
Jay · 4/19/2023 · source
Weather 80%
Nosu · 4/19/2023 · source
New T-0.
Cosmic_Penguin · 4/19/2023 · source
Adding seconds to T-0
Nosu · 4/19/2023 · source
Updating T-0
Nosu · 4/19/2023 · source
Setting GO
Nosu · 4/18/2023 · source
Weather 85% GO.
Cosmic_Penguin · 4/18/2023 · source
Questions
When did Starlink Group 6-2 launch?
Starlink Group 6-2 launched on April 19, 2023 at 14:31 UTC. The launch window ran from 13:47 to 14:31 UTC.
Where can I watch Starlink Group 6-2?
Coverage: Starlink Mission. Watch the replay
What rocket launched Starlink Group 6-2?
Falcon 9 Block 5, flown by SpaceX. Falcon 9 Block 5 spec sheet
Where did Starlink Group 6-2 launch from?
Space Launch Complex 40, Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA. Liftoff was Apr 19, 10:31 AM EDT local time at the pad.
Did the booster land?
Booster B1073 flew for the 8th time and landed at A Shortfall of Gravitas.
What orbit did Starlink Group 6-2 reach?
The tracked orbit of Starlink 30096, one of 21 catalogued objects, from April 24, 2023, was 336 × 341 km inclined 43.0°.
How many satellites did Starlink Group 6-2 launch?
21 payloads from this launch are catalogued, 18 of them still in orbit (Data from J. McDowell, planet4589.org).
Which program is Starlink Group 6-2 part of?
Starlink. About Starlink