SpaceXFalcon 9 Block 5Space Launch Complex 40, Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA
Starlink Group 6-24
Launched
October 22, 2023 · 02:17 UTC
Image: SpaceX
Summary
Starlink Group 6-24 launched on a SpaceX Falcon 9 Block 5 from Space Launch Complex 40, Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA on October 22, 2023 at 02:17 UTC. The launch window ran from 02:17 to 06:15 UTC. It was SpaceX's 290th launch, 77th this year and humanity's 6,539th orbital launch attempt. It was the 210th Falcon 9 Block 5 flight and the 72nd this year. Booster B1080 flew for the 4th time and landed at A Shortfall of Gravitas. The payload was bound for low Earth orbit (LEO). The tracked orbit of Starlink 30795, one of 23 catalogued objects, from October 26, 2023, was 301 × 303 km inclined 43.0°. 23 objects from this launch are catalogued, all of them payloads.
- Watch
- SpaceX Starlink Group 6-24The Space Devs
- Starlink MissionSpaceX
- Vehicle
- Falcon 9 Block 5 · SpaceXStarlink
- Booster
- B1080 · flight 4 · Autonomous Spaceport Drone Ship at A Shortfall of Gravitas · landed161/162 landed here · 56 days after its previous flight, Starlink Group 6-11 · 613 km downrange
- Mission
- Communications · Low Earth Orbit (LEO)for SpX
- Milestone
- 210th Falcon 9 Block 5 flight · 72nd this yearSpaceX's 290th launch77th this yearhumanity's 6,539th orbital launch attempt171st orbital launch attempt this year
Flight preview
Simulate in Flight ClubOrbit: as tracked
Starlink 30795 · NORAD 58118 · 2023-162 · Space-Track · tracking 1 of 23 objects
Show the numbers for orbit elements
- Object
- STARLINK-30795
- Object ID
- 2023-162A
- Epoch
- 2023-10-26 16:00:00 UTC
- Mean motion
- 15.9255203 rev/day
- Eccentricity
- 0.0001737
- Inclination
- 43.008°
- Ascending node
- 173.3208°
- Arg. of perigee
- 275.4845°
- Mean anomaly
- 207.3434°
- Element set
- 999
- Rev at epoch
- 185
- B*
- -0.0021799
Perigee, apogee and period are Kepler figures from the catalogued mean elements, not a propagated state. Published orbit: LEO.
Catalogued objects
23 catalogued: 23 payloads; 23 still in orbit
- Starlink 30795 · NORAD 58118 · in orbit
- Starlink 30765 · NORAD 58119 · in orbit
- Starlink 30768 · NORAD 58120 · in orbit
- Starlink 30799 · NORAD 58121 · in orbit
- Starlink 30759 · NORAD 58122 · in orbit
- Starlink 30781 · NORAD 58123 · in orbit
- Starlink 30754 · NORAD 58124 · in orbit
- Starlink 30766 · NORAD 58125 · in orbit
- Starlink 30767 · NORAD 58126 · in orbit
- Starlink 30790 · NORAD 58127 · in orbit
- Starlink 30787 · NORAD 58128 · in orbit
- Starlink 30756 · NORAD 58129 · in orbit
Show 11 more payloads
- Starlink 30783 · NORAD 58130 · in orbit
- Starlink 30757 · NORAD 58131 · in orbit
- Starlink 30770 · NORAD 58132 · in orbit
- Starlink 30758 · NORAD 58133 · in orbit
- Starlink 30761 · NORAD 58134 · in orbit
- Starlink 30772 · NORAD 58135 · in orbit
- Starlink 30776 · NORAD 58136 · in orbit
- Starlink 30782 · NORAD 58137 · in orbit
- Starlink 30769 · NORAD 58138 · in orbit
- Starlink 30775 · NORAD 58139 · in orbit
- Starlink 30780 · NORAD 58140 · in orbit
Data from J. McDowell, planet4589.org
About this launch
A batch of 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
206th launch from Space Launch Complex 40, 43rd this year · 915th from Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA
Local pad time at liftoff: Oct 21, 10:17 PM EDT, at night
403 launches from this pad · 1,131 from Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA
4 days 1 hour after the previous launch from this pad
Updates
Launch success.
Show 9 earlier updates
Liftoff.
Cosmic_Penguin · 10/22/2023 · source
Webcast live
Cosmic_Penguin · 10/22/2023 · source
Adding seconds to T-0
Nosu · 10/21/2023 · source
Go for launch.
Cosmic_Penguin · 10/21/2023 · source
Weather 95% GO.
Cosmic_Penguin · 10/20/2023 · source
Updating T-0
Nosu · 10/19/2023 · source
Adding T-0
Nosu · 10/17/2023 · source
Adding window based on latest NGA notices
Nosu · 10/17/2023 · source
Delayed to early October 22 UTC per NOTAM F3403/23
Nosu · 10/17/2023
Questions
When did Starlink Group 6-24 launch?
Starlink Group 6-24 launched on October 22, 2023 at 02:17 UTC. The launch window ran from 02:17 to 06:15 UTC.
Where can I watch Starlink Group 6-24?
Coverage: SpaceX Starlink Group 6-24; Starlink Mission. Watch the replay
What rocket launched Starlink Group 6-24?
Falcon 9 Block 5, flown by SpaceX. Falcon 9 Block 5 spec sheet
Where did Starlink Group 6-24 launch from?
Space Launch Complex 40, Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA. Liftoff was Oct 21, 10:17 PM EDT local time at the pad.
Did the booster land?
Booster B1080 flew for the 4th time and landed at A Shortfall of Gravitas.
What orbit did Starlink Group 6-24 reach?
The tracked orbit of Starlink 30795, one of 23 catalogued objects, from October 26, 2023, was 301 × 303 km inclined 43.0°.
How many satellites did Starlink Group 6-24 launch?
23 payloads from this launch are catalogued, 23 of them still in orbit (Data from J. McDowell, planet4589.org).
Which program is Starlink Group 6-24 part of?
Starlink. About Starlink