SpaceXFalcon 9 Block 5Space Launch Complex 40, Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA
Starlink Group 6-28
Launched
November 18, 2023 · 05:05 UTC
Image: SpaceX
Summary
Starlink Group 6-28 launched on a SpaceX Falcon 9 Block 5 from Space Launch Complex 40, Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA on November 18, 2023 at 05:05 UTC. The launch window ran from 04:00 to 07:59 UTC. It was SpaceX's 298th launch, 85th this year and humanity's 6,554th orbital launch attempt. It was the 218th Falcon 9 Block 5 flight and the 80th this year. Booster B1069 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 30901, one of 23 catalogued objects, from November 24, 2023, was 310 × 312 km inclined 43.0°. 23 objects from this launch are catalogued, all of them payloads.
- Watch
- SpaceX Starlink Group 6-28The Space Devs
- Watch live: SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket to launch Starlink satellites from Cape CanaveralSpaceflight Now
- Starlink MissionSpaceX
- Vehicle
- Falcon 9 Block 5 · SpaceXStarlink
- Booster
- B1069 · flight 11 · Autonomous Spaceport Drone Ship at Just Read the Instructions · landed156/157 landed here · 49 days after its previous flight, Starlink Group 6-19 · 601 km downrange
- Mission
- Communications · Low Earth Orbit (LEO)for SpX
- Milestone
- 218th Falcon 9 Block 5 flight · 80th this yearSpaceX's 298th launch85th this yearhumanity's 6,554th orbital launch attempt186th orbital launch attempt this year
Flight preview
Simulate in Flight ClubOrbit: as tracked
Starlink 30901 · NORAD 58351 · 2023-177 · Space-Track · tracking 1 of 23 objects
Show the numbers for orbit elements
- Object
- TBA - TO BE ASSIGNED
- Object ID
- 2023-177A
- Epoch
- 2023-11-24 20:00:01 UTC
- Mean motion
- 15.89438795 rev/day
- Eccentricity
- 0.0001703
- Inclination
- 43.0074°
- Ascending node
- 229.5531°
- Arg. of perigee
- 280.8665°
- Mean anomaly
- 57.9811°
- Element set
- 999
- Rev at epoch
- 224
- B*
- 0.0010854
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 30901 · NORAD 58351 · re-entered May 2, 2024
- Starlink 30907 · NORAD 58352 · in orbit
- Starlink 30896 · NORAD 58353 · in orbit
- Starlink 30832 · NORAD 58354 · in orbit
- Starlink 30903 · NORAD 58355 · in orbit
- Starlink 30905 · NORAD 58356 · in orbit
- Starlink 30842 · NORAD 58357 · in orbit
- Starlink 30858 · NORAD 58358 · in orbit
- Starlink 30878 · NORAD 58359 · in orbit
- Starlink 30897 · NORAD 58360 · in orbit
- Starlink 30885 · NORAD 58361 · in orbit
- Starlink 30890 · NORAD 58362 · in orbit
Show 11 more payloads
- Starlink 30909 · NORAD 58363 · in orbit
- Starlink 30904 · NORAD 58364 · in orbit
- Starlink 30918 · NORAD 58365 · in orbit
- Starlink 30892 · NORAD 58366 · in orbit
- Starlink 30891 · NORAD 58367 · in orbit
- Starlink 30889 · NORAD 58368 · in orbit
- Starlink 30870 · NORAD 58369 · in orbit
- Starlink 30888 · NORAD 58370 · in orbit
- Starlink 30859 · NORAD 58371 · in orbit
- Starlink 30884 · NORAD 58372 · in orbit
- Starlink 30852 · NORAD 58373 · 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
211th launch from Space Launch Complex 40, 48th this year · 920th from Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA
Local pad time at liftoff: Nov 18, 12:05 AM EST, at night
403 launches from this pad · 1,131 from Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA
5 days 7 hours after the previous launch from this pad
Updates
Launch success.
Show 9 earlier updates
Liftoff
Nosu · 11/18/2023 · source
Livestream has started
LL2 · 11/18/2023 · source
New T-0.
Cosmic_Penguin · 11/18/2023 · source
GO for launch.
Cosmic_Penguin · 11/17/2023 · source
Weather 60%
Nosu · 11/16/2023 · source
Updated launch window.
Cosmic_Penguin · 11/16/2023 · source
Delayed to November 18 UTC due to weather.
Cosmic_Penguin · 11/15/2023 · source
NET November 17 UTC per marine navigation warnings.
Cosmic_Penguin · 11/12/2023 · source
Targeting November 16 UTC per NOTAM F3749/23.
Cosmic_Penguin · 11/9/2023
Questions
When did Starlink Group 6-28 launch?
Starlink Group 6-28 launched on November 18, 2023 at 05:05 UTC. The launch window ran from 04:00 to 07:59 UTC.
Where can I watch Starlink Group 6-28?
Coverage: SpaceX Starlink Group 6-28; Watch live: SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket to launch Starlink satellites from Cape Canaveral; Starlink Mission. Watch the replay
What rocket launched Starlink Group 6-28?
Falcon 9 Block 5, flown by SpaceX. Falcon 9 Block 5 spec sheet
Where did Starlink Group 6-28 launch from?
Space Launch Complex 40, Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA. Liftoff was Nov 18, 12:05 AM EST local time at the pad.
Did the booster land?
Booster B1069 flew for the 11th time and landed at Just Read the Instructions.
What orbit did Starlink Group 6-28 reach?
The tracked orbit of Starlink 30901, one of 23 catalogued objects, from November 24, 2023, was 310 × 312 km inclined 43.0°.
How many satellites did Starlink Group 6-28 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 6-28 part of?
Starlink. About Starlink