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Starlink Group 6-29

Launched

November 22, 2023 · 07:47 UTC

Launch SuccessfulWeather 90% go
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Summary

Starlink Group 6-29 launched on a SpaceX Falcon 9 Block 5 from Space Launch Complex 40, Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA on November 22, 2023 at 07:47 UTC. The launch window ran from 04:15 to 07:59 UTC. It was SpaceX's 301st launch, 88th this year and humanity's 6,557th orbital launch attempt. It was the 220th Falcon 9 Block 5 flight and the 82nd this year. Booster B1067 flew for the 15th time and landed at A Shortfall of Gravitas. The payload was bound for low Earth orbit (LEO). The tracked orbit of Starlink 30964, one of 23 catalogued objects, from November 29, 2023, was 314 × 316 km inclined 43.0°. 23 objects from this launch are catalogued, all of them payloads.

Booster
  • B1067 · flight 15 · Autonomous Spaceport Drone Ship at A Shortfall of Gravitas · landed161/162 landed here · 39 days after its previous flight, Starlink Group 6-22 · 601 km downrange
Mission
Communications · Low Earth Orbit (LEO)for SpX
Milestone
220th Falcon 9 Block 5 flight · 82nd this yearSpaceX's 301st launch88th this yearhumanity's 6,557th orbital launch attempt189th orbital launch attempt this year

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Orbit: as tracked

43.0°Inclination
314 × 316 kmPerigee × apogeefrom mean elements
90.7 minPeriodfrom mean elements
268.5°Ascending node
1051 d agoElement epoch2023-11-29 20:00 UTC · stale

Starlink 30964 · NORAD 58402 · 2023-180 · Space-Track · tracking 1 of 23 objects

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Object
TBA - TO BE ASSIGNED
Object ID
2023-180A
Epoch
2023-11-29 20:00:01 UTC
Mean motion
15.87920774 rev/day
Eccentricity
0.0001808
Inclination
43.0055°
Ascending node
268.4651°
Arg. of perigee
253.1653°
Mean anomaly
168.352°
Element set
999
Rev at epoch
240
B*
-0.0037498

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 30964 · NORAD 58402 · in orbit
  • Starlink 30844 · NORAD 58403 · in orbit
  • Starlink 30876 · NORAD 58404 · in orbit
  • Starlink 30952 · NORAD 58405 · in orbit
  • Starlink 30925 · NORAD 58406 · in orbit
  • Starlink 30954 · NORAD 58407 · in orbit
  • Starlink 30906 · NORAD 58408 · in orbit
  • Starlink 30940 · NORAD 58409 · in orbit
  • Starlink 30933 · NORAD 58410 · in orbit
  • Starlink 30919 · NORAD 58411 · in orbit
  • Starlink 30924 · NORAD 58412 · in orbit
  • Starlink 30931 · NORAD 58413 · in orbit
Show 11 more payloads
  • Starlink 30922 · NORAD 58414 · in orbit
  • Starlink 30949 · NORAD 58415 · in orbit
  • Starlink 30967 · NORAD 58416 · in orbit
  • Starlink 30955 · NORAD 58417 · in orbit
  • Starlink 30895 · NORAD 58418 · in orbit
  • Starlink 30917 · NORAD 58419 · in orbit
  • Starlink 30899 · NORAD 58420 · in orbit
  • Starlink 30902 · NORAD 58421 · in orbit
  • Starlink 30912 · NORAD 58422 · in orbit
  • Starlink 30900 · NORAD 58423 · in orbit
  • Starlink 30908 · NORAD 58424 · 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

Map of Space Launch Complex 40

Space Launch Complex 40, Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA

212th launch from Space Launch Complex 40, 49th this year · 921st from Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA

Local pad time at liftoff: Nov 22, 2:47 AM EST, at night

403 launches from this pad · 1,131 from Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA

4 days 2 hours after the previous launch from this pad

Updates

Launch success.

Show 9 earlier updates
  • Liftoff.

    Cosmic_Penguin · 11/22/2023 · source

  • New T-0.

    Cosmic_Penguin · 11/22/2023 · source

  • Livestream has started

    LL2 · 11/22/2023 · source

  • New T-0.

    Cosmic_Penguin · 11/22/2023 · source

  • Updating T-0

    Nosu · 11/21/2023 · source

  • Tweaked T-0.

    Cosmic_Penguin · 11/21/2023 · source

  • Setting GO

    Nosu · 11/20/2023 · source

  • Weather 90%, trending towards 75% at the end of the window

    Nosu · 11/20/2023 · source

  • NET November 22 per NOTAM F3862/23.

    Cosmic_Penguin · 11/17/2023

Questions

When did Starlink Group 6-29 launch?

Starlink Group 6-29 launched on November 22, 2023 at 07:47 UTC. The launch window ran from 04:15 to 07:59 UTC.

Where can I watch Starlink Group 6-29?

Coverage: SpaceX Starlink Group 6-29; Watch live: SpaceX to launch Falcon 9 rocket with 23 Starlink satellites from Cape Canaveral; SpaceX Falcon 9 Launches Starlink 6-29. Watch the replay

What rocket launched Starlink Group 6-29?

Falcon 9 Block 5, flown by SpaceX. Falcon 9 Block 5 spec sheet

Where did Starlink Group 6-29 launch from?

Space Launch Complex 40, Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA. Liftoff was Nov 22, 2:47 AM EST local time at the pad.

Did the booster land?

Booster B1067 flew for the 15th time and landed at A Shortfall of Gravitas.

What orbit did Starlink Group 6-29 reach?

The tracked orbit of Starlink 30964, one of 23 catalogued objects, from November 29, 2023, was 314 × 316 km inclined 43.0°.

How many satellites did Starlink Group 6-29 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 6-29 part of?

Starlink. About Starlink