SpaceXFalcon 9 Block 5Space Launch Complex 40, Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA
Starlink Group 6-26
Launched
November 4, 2023 · 00:37 UTC
Image: SpaceX
Summary
Starlink Group 6-26 launched on a SpaceX Falcon 9 Block 5 from Space Launch Complex 40, Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA on November 4, 2023 at 00:37 UTC. The launch window ran from 22:30 to 02:22 UTC. It was SpaceX's 293rd launch, 80th this year and humanity's 6,547th orbital launch attempt. It was the 213th Falcon 9 Block 5 flight and the 75th this year. Booster B1058 flew for the 18th time and landed at A Shortfall of Gravitas. The payload was bound for low Earth orbit (LEO). The tracked orbit of Starlink 30800, one of 23 catalogued objects, from November 9, 2023, was 308 × 310 km inclined 43.0°. 23 objects from this launch are catalogued, all of them payloads.
- Watch
- SpaceX Starlink Group 6-26The Space Devs
- Starlink MissionSpaceX
- Watch live: SpaceX to launch Falcon 9 rocket from Cape Canaveral on recording-breaking 18th flightSpaceflight Now
- Vehicle
- Falcon 9 Block 5 · SpaceXStarlink
- Booster
- B1058 · flight 18 · Autonomous Spaceport Drone Ship at A Shortfall of Gravitas · landed161/162 landed here · 44 days after its previous flight, Starlink Group 6-17 · 612 km downrange
- Mission
- Communications · Low Earth Orbit (LEO)for SpX
- Milestone
- 213th Falcon 9 Block 5 flight · 75th this yearSpaceX's 293rd launch80th this yearhumanity's 6,547th orbital launch attempt179th orbital launch attempt this year
Flight preview
Simulate in Flight ClubOrbit: as tracked
Starlink 30800 · NORAD 58206 · 2023-170 · Space-Track · tracking 1 of 23 objects
Show the numbers for orbit elements
- Object
- TBA - TO BE ASSIGNED
- Object ID
- UNKNOWN
- Epoch
- 2023-11-09 18:00:00 UTC
- Mean motion
- 15.90149161 rev/day
- Eccentricity
- 0.0001543
- Inclination
- 43.007°
- Ascending node
- 153.9678°
- Arg. of perigee
- 263.9926°
- Mean anomaly
- 350.9042°
- Element set
- 999
- Rev at epoch
- 213
- B*
- -0.0031818
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; 22 still in orbit
- Starlink 30800 · NORAD 58206 · in orbit
- Starlink 30845 · NORAD 58207 · in orbit
- Starlink 30841 · NORAD 58208 · in orbit
- Starlink 30839 · NORAD 58209 · in orbit
- Starlink 30846 · NORAD 58210 · in orbit
- Starlink 30838 · NORAD 58211 · in orbit
- Starlink 30837 · NORAD 58212 · in orbit
- Starlink 30813 · NORAD 58213 · in orbit
- Starlink 30805 · NORAD 58214 · in orbit
- Starlink 30851 · NORAD 58215 · in orbit
- Starlink 30786 · NORAD 58216 · re-entered November 20, 2024
- Starlink 30818 · NORAD 58217 · in orbit
Show 11 more payloads
- Starlink 30794 · NORAD 58218 · in orbit
- Starlink 30835 · NORAD 58219 · in orbit
- Starlink 30792 · NORAD 58220 · in orbit
- Starlink 30836 · NORAD 58221 · in orbit
- Starlink 30855 · NORAD 58222 · in orbit
- Starlink 30840 · NORAD 58223 · in orbit
- Starlink 30875 · NORAD 58224 · in orbit
- Starlink 30872 · NORAD 58225 · in orbit
- Starlink 30865 · NORAD 58226 · in orbit
- Starlink 30874 · NORAD 58227 · in orbit
- Starlink 30871 · NORAD 58228 · in orbit
Data from J. McDowell, planet4589.org
About this launch
A batch of 23 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
208th launch from Space Launch Complex 40, 45th this year · 917th from Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA
Local pad time at liftoff: Nov 3, 8:37 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
Nosu · 11/4/2023 · source
Livestream has started
Nosu · 11/4/2023 · source
Updating T-0
Nosu · 11/3/2023 · source
GO for launch.
Cosmic_Penguin · 11/3/2023 · source
Updating window
Nosu · 11/2/2023 · source
Weather 80%
Nosu · 11/2/2023 · source
Adjusting launch window
Nosu · 10/31/2023 · source
Fixed launch window.
Cosmic_Penguin · 10/30/2023 · source
Delayed by a day following the Starlink 6-25 scrub
Nosu · 10/30/2023 · source
Questions
When did Starlink Group 6-26 launch?
Starlink Group 6-26 launched on November 4, 2023 at 00:37 UTC. The launch window ran from 22:30 to 02:22 UTC.
Where can I watch Starlink Group 6-26?
Coverage: SpaceX Starlink Group 6-26; Starlink Mission; Watch live: SpaceX to launch Falcon 9 rocket from Cape Canaveral on recording-breaking 18th flight. Watch the replay
What rocket launched Starlink Group 6-26?
Falcon 9 Block 5, flown by SpaceX. Falcon 9 Block 5 spec sheet
Where did Starlink Group 6-26 launch from?
Space Launch Complex 40, Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA. Liftoff was Nov 3, 8:37 PM EDT local time at the pad.
Did the booster land?
Booster B1058 flew for the 18th time and landed at A Shortfall of Gravitas.
What orbit did Starlink Group 6-26 reach?
The tracked orbit of Starlink 30800, one of 23 catalogued objects, from November 9, 2023, was 308 × 310 km inclined 43.0°.
How many satellites did Starlink Group 6-26 launch?
23 payloads from this launch are catalogued, 22 of them still in orbit (Data from J. McDowell, planet4589.org).
Which program is Starlink Group 6-26 part of?
Starlink. About Starlink