SpaceXFalcon 9 Block 5Space Launch Complex 40, Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA
Starlink Group 6-27
Launched
November 8, 2023 · 05:05 UTC
Image: SpaceX
Summary
Starlink Group 6-27 launched on a SpaceX Falcon 9 Block 5 from Space Launch Complex 40, Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA on November 8, 2023 at 05:05 UTC. The launch window ran from 04:31 to 07:59 UTC. It was SpaceX's 294th launch, 81st this year and humanity's 6,548th orbital launch attempt. It was the 214th Falcon 9 Block 5 flight and the 76th this year. Booster B1073 flew for the 11th time and landed at Just Read the Instructions. The payload was bound for low Earth orbit (LEO). The tracked orbit of Starlink 30861, one of 23 catalogued objects, from November 14, 2023, was 316 × 319 km inclined 43.0°. 23 objects from this launch are catalogued, all of them payloads.
- Watch
- SpaceX Starlink Group 6-27The Space Devs
- Watch live: SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket to launch Starlink satellites from Cape CanaveralSpaceflight Now
- SpaceX Falcon 9 Launches Starlink 6-27NASASpaceflight
- Vehicle
- Falcon 9 Block 5 · SpaceXStarlink
- Booster
- B1073 · flight 11 · Autonomous Spaceport Drone Ship at Just Read the Instructions · landed156/157 landed here · 65 days after its previous flight, Starlink Group 6-12 · 612 km downrange
- Mission
- Communications · Low Earth Orbit (LEO)for SpX
- Milestone
- 214th Falcon 9 Block 5 flight · 76th this yearSpaceX's 294th launch81st this yearhumanity's 6,548th orbital launch attempt180th orbital launch attempt this year
Flight preview
Simulate in Flight ClubOrbit: as tracked
Starlink 30861 · NORAD 58230 · 2023-171 · Space-Track · tracking 1 of 23 objects
Show the numbers for orbit elements
- Object
- TBA - TO BE ASSIGNED
- Object ID
- 2023-171A
- Epoch
- 2023-11-14 16:00:00 UTC
- Mean motion
- 15.87114393 rev/day
- Eccentricity
- 0.000182
- Inclination
- 43.0051°
- Ascending node
- 220.6594°
- Arg. of perigee
- 273.4714°
- Mean anomaly
- 184.0367°
- Element set
- 999
- Rev at epoch
- 227
- B*
- -0.0037829
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 30861 · NORAD 58230 · in orbit
- Starlink 30867 · NORAD 58231 · in orbit
- Starlink 30880 · NORAD 58232 · in orbit
- Starlink 30777 · NORAD 58233 · in orbit
- Starlink 30860 · NORAD 58234 · in orbit
- Starlink 30879 · NORAD 58235 · re-entered September 18, 2025
- Starlink 30853 · NORAD 58236 · in orbit
- Starlink 30866 · NORAD 58237 · in orbit
- Starlink 30817 · NORAD 58238 · in orbit
- Starlink 30847 · NORAD 58239 · in orbit
- Starlink 30848 · NORAD 58240 · in orbit
- Starlink 30843 · NORAD 58241 · in orbit
Show 11 more payloads
- Starlink 30877 · NORAD 58242 · in orbit
- Starlink 30864 · NORAD 58243 · in orbit
- Starlink 30854 · NORAD 58244 · in orbit
- Starlink 30849 · NORAD 58245 · in orbit
- Starlink 30886 · NORAD 58246 · in orbit
- Starlink 30850 · NORAD 58247 · in orbit
- Starlink 30823 · NORAD 58248 · in orbit
- Starlink 30873 · NORAD 58249 · in orbit
- Starlink 30808 · NORAD 58250 · in orbit
- Starlink 30881 · NORAD 58251 · in orbit
- Starlink 30883 · NORAD 58252 · 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
209th launch from Space Launch Complex 40, 46th this year · 918th from Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA
Local pad time at liftoff: Nov 8, 12:05 AM EST, at night
403 launches from this pad · 1,131 from Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA
4 days 4 hours after the previous launch from this pad
Updates
Launch success.
Show 9 earlier updates
Liftoff.
Cosmic_Penguin · 11/8/2023 · source
Updating T-0
Nosu · 11/8/2023 · source
Updated T-0.
Cosmic_Penguin · 11/7/2023 · source
Setting seconds
Jay · 11/6/2023 · source
Setting GO
Nosu · 11/6/2023 · source
Weather >95% GO.
Cosmic_Penguin · 11/6/2023 · source
Added launch window.
Cosmic_Penguin · 11/4/2023 · source
Adding earliest approximate launch time
Nosu · 11/2/2023 · source
Targeting November 8 UTC per NOTAM F3648/23.
Cosmic_Penguin · 11/1/2023
Questions
When did Starlink Group 6-27 launch?
Starlink Group 6-27 launched on November 8, 2023 at 05:05 UTC. The launch window ran from 04:31 to 07:59 UTC.
Where can I watch Starlink Group 6-27?
Coverage: SpaceX Starlink Group 6-27; Watch live: SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket to launch Starlink satellites from Cape Canaveral; SpaceX Falcon 9 Launches Starlink 6-27. Watch the replay
What rocket launched Starlink Group 6-27?
Falcon 9 Block 5, flown by SpaceX. Falcon 9 Block 5 spec sheet
Where did Starlink Group 6-27 launch from?
Space Launch Complex 40, Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA. Liftoff was Nov 8, 12:05 AM EST local time at the pad.
Did the booster land?
Booster B1073 flew for the 11th time and landed at Just Read the Instructions.
What orbit did Starlink Group 6-27 reach?
The tracked orbit of Starlink 30861, one of 23 catalogued objects, from November 14, 2023, was 316 × 319 km inclined 43.0°.
How many satellites did Starlink Group 6-27 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 6-27 part of?
Starlink. About Starlink