SpaceXFalcon 9 Block 5Space Launch Complex 40, Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA
Starlink Group 6-21
Launched
October 5, 2023 · 05:36 UTC
Image: SpaceX
Summary
Starlink Group 6-21 launched on a SpaceX Falcon 9 Block 5 from Space Launch Complex 40, Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA on October 5, 2023 at 05:36 UTC. The launch window ran from 02:45 to 05:57 UTC. It was SpaceX's 284th launch, 71st this year and humanity's 6,530th orbital launch attempt. It was the 205th Falcon 9 Block 5 flight and the 67th this year. Booster B1076 flew for the 8th time and landed at Just Read the Instructions. The payload was bound for low Earth orbit (LEO). The tracked orbit of Starlink 30537, one of 22 catalogued objects, from October 7, 2023, was 290 × 292 km inclined 43.0°. 22 objects from this launch are catalogued, all of them payloads.
- Watch
- SpaceX Starlink Group 6-21The Space Devs
- Starlink MissionSpaceX
- Vehicle
- Falcon 9 Block 5 · SpaceXStarlink
- Booster
- B1076 · flight 8 · Autonomous Spaceport Drone Ship at Just Read the Instructions · landed156/157 landed here · 26 days after its previous flight, Starlink Group 6-14 · 613 km downrange
- Mission
- Communications · Low Earth Orbit (LEO)for SpX
- Milestone
- 205th Falcon 9 Block 5 flight · 67th this yearSpaceX's 284th launch71st this yearhumanity's 6,530th orbital launch attempt162nd orbital launch attempt this year
Flight preview
Simulate in Flight ClubOrbit: as tracked
Starlink 30537 · NORAD 57991 · 2023-153 · Space-Track · tracking 1 of 22 objects
Show the numbers for orbit elements
- Object
- STARLINK-30537
- Object ID
- 2023-153A
- Epoch
- 2023-10-07 21:41:41 UTC
- Mean motion
- 15.96724828 rev/day
- Eccentricity
- 0.0001716
- Inclination
- 43.0028°
- Ascending node
- 218.4047°
- Arg. of perigee
- 242.9008°
- Mean anomaly
- 119.8887°
- Element set
- 999
- Rev at epoch
- 130
- B*
- 0.0026315
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; 20 still in orbit
- Starlink 30537 · NORAD 57991 · in orbit
- Starlink 30534 · NORAD 57992 · in orbit
- Starlink 30536 · NORAD 57993 · in orbit
- Starlink 30538 · NORAD 57994 · in orbit
- Starlink 30517 · NORAD 57995 · in orbit
- Starlink 30543 · NORAD 57996 · re-entered April 20, 2025
- Starlink 30523 · NORAD 57997 · in orbit
- Starlink 30531 · NORAD 57998 · in orbit
- Starlink 30552 · NORAD 57999 · in orbit
- Starlink 30545 · NORAD 58000 · in orbit
- Starlink 30535 · NORAD 58001 · in orbit
- Starlink 30540 · NORAD 58002 · in orbit
Show 10 more payloads
- Starlink 30546 · NORAD 58003 · re-entered April 18, 2026
- Starlink 30539 · NORAD 58004 · in orbit
- Starlink 30530 · NORAD 58005 · in orbit
- Starlink 30526 · NORAD 58006 · in orbit
- Starlink 30527 · NORAD 58007 · in orbit
- Starlink 30522 · NORAD 58008 · in orbit
- Starlink 30486 · NORAD 58009 · in orbit
- Starlink 30520 · NORAD 58010 · in orbit
- Starlink 30497 · NORAD 58011 · in orbit
- Starlink 30525 · NORAD 58012 · in orbit
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
203rd launch from Space Launch Complex 40, 40th this year · 911th from Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA
Local pad time at liftoff: Oct 5, 1:36 AM EDT, at night
403 launches from this pad · 1,131 from Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA
5 days 3 hours after the previous launch from this pad
Updates
Launch success.
Show 9 earlier updates
Liftoff.
Cosmic_Penguin · 10/5/2023 · source
New T-0.
Cosmic_Penguin · 10/5/2023 · source
New T-0.
Cosmic_Penguin · 10/5/2023 · source
New T-0.
Cosmic_Penguin · 10/5/2023 · source
Launch window is accurate to the second
Nosu · 10/4/2023 · source
GO for launch.
Cosmic_Penguin · 10/4/2023 · source
Weather 50% GO.
Cosmic_Penguin · 10/3/2023 · source
Adding launch window
Nosu · 9/30/2023 · source
NET October 5, 2023 (probably after Psyche).
Cosmic_Penguin · 9/23/2023 · source
Questions
When did Starlink Group 6-21 launch?
Starlink Group 6-21 launched on October 5, 2023 at 05:36 UTC. The launch window ran from 02:45 to 05:57 UTC.
Where can I watch Starlink Group 6-21?
Coverage: SpaceX Starlink Group 6-21; Starlink Mission. Watch the replay
What rocket launched Starlink Group 6-21?
Falcon 9 Block 5, flown by SpaceX. Falcon 9 Block 5 spec sheet
Where did Starlink Group 6-21 launch from?
Space Launch Complex 40, Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA. Liftoff was Oct 5, 1:36 AM EDT local time at the pad.
Did the booster land?
Booster B1076 flew for the 8th time and landed at Just Read the Instructions.
What orbit did Starlink Group 6-21 reach?
The tracked orbit of Starlink 30537, one of 22 catalogued objects, from October 7, 2023, was 290 × 292 km inclined 43.0°.
How many satellites did Starlink Group 6-21 launch?
22 payloads from this launch are catalogued, 20 of them still in orbit (Data from J. McDowell, planet4589.org).
Which program is Starlink Group 6-21 part of?
Starlink. About Starlink