SpaceXFalcon 9 Block 5Space Launch Complex 40, Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA
Starlink Group 6-3
Launched
May 19, 2023 · 06:19 UTC
Image: SpaceX
Summary
Starlink Group 6-3 launched on a SpaceX Falcon 9 Block 5 from Space Launch Complex 40, Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA on May 19, 2023 at 06:19 UTC. The launch window ran from 04:41 to 07:09 UTC. It was SpaceX's 246th launch, 33rd this year and humanity's 6,440th orbital launch attempt. It was the 168th Falcon 9 Block 5 flight and the 30th this year. Booster B1076 flew for the 5th time and landed at A Shortfall of Gravitas. The payload was bound for low Earth orbit (LEO). The tracked orbit of Starlink 30122, one of 22 catalogued objects, from May 25, 2023, was 337 × 340 km inclined 43.0°. 22 objects from this launch are catalogued, all of them payloads.
- Watch
- Starlink MissionSpaceX
- Vehicle
- Falcon 9 Block 5 · SpaceXStarlink
- Booster
- B1076 · flight 5 · Autonomous Spaceport Drone Ship at A Shortfall of Gravitas · landed161/162 landed here · 42 days after its previous flight, Intelsat 40e · 637 km downrange
- Mission
- Communications · Low Earth Orbit (LEO)
- Milestone
- 168th Falcon 9 Block 5 flight · 30th this yearSpaceX's 246th launch33rd this yearhumanity's 6,440th orbital launch attempt72nd orbital launch attempt this year
Webcast
Flight preview
Simulate in Flight ClubOrbit: as tracked
Starlink 30122 · NORAD 56688 · 2023-067 · Space-Track · tracking 1 of 22 objects
Show the numbers for orbit elements
- Object
- TBA - TO BE ASSIGNED
- Object ID
- 2023-067A
- Epoch
- 2023-05-25 14:00:01 UTC
- Mean motion
- 15.79676618 rev/day
- Eccentricity
- 0.0001576
- Inclination
- 43.0019°
- Ascending node
- 70.0965°
- Arg. of perigee
- 261.3795°
- Mean anomaly
- 281.0354°
- Element set
- 999
- Rev at epoch
- 130
- B*
- -0.0034541
Perigee, apogee and period are Kepler figures from the catalogued mean elements, not a propagated state. Published orbit: LEO.
Catalogued objects
22 catalogued: 22 payloads; 20 still in orbit
- Starlink 30122 · NORAD 56688 · in orbit
- Starlink 30129 · NORAD 56689 · in orbit
- Starlink 30124 · NORAD 56690 · in orbit
- Starlink 30087 · NORAD 56691 · re-entered September 10, 2024
- Starlink 30036 · NORAD 56692 · in orbit
- Starlink 30067 · NORAD 56693 · in orbit
- Starlink 30126 · NORAD 56694 · in orbit
- Starlink 30121 · NORAD 56695 · in orbit
- Starlink 30118 · NORAD 56696 · re-entered July 7, 2023
- Starlink 30130 · NORAD 56697 · in orbit
- Starlink 30068 · NORAD 56698 · in orbit
- Starlink 30127 · NORAD 56699 · in orbit
Show 10 more payloads
- Starlink 30053 · NORAD 56700 · in orbit
- Starlink 30125 · NORAD 56701 · in orbit
- Starlink 30117 · NORAD 56702 · in orbit
- Starlink 30132 · NORAD 56703 · in orbit
- Starlink 30066 · NORAD 56704 · in orbit
- Starlink 30080 · NORAD 56705 · in orbit
- Starlink 30079 · NORAD 56706 · in orbit
- Starlink 30070 · NORAD 56707 · in orbit
- Starlink 30071 · NORAD 56708 · in orbit
- Starlink 30085 · NORAD 56709 · 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
181st launch from Space Launch Complex 40, 18th this year · 887th from Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA
Local pad time at liftoff: May 19, 2:19 AM EDT, at night
403 launches from this pad · 1,131 from Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA
5 days 1 hour after the previous launch from this pad
Updates
Launch success.
Show 9 earlier updates
Liftoff.
Cosmic_Penguin · 5/19/2023 · source
Livestream has started
LL2 · 5/19/2023 · source
New T-0.
Cosmic_Penguin · 5/19/2023 · source
New T-0.
Cosmic_Penguin · 5/19/2023 · source
GO for launch.
Cosmic_Penguin · 5/18/2023 · source
Weather 40% at the beginning of the window
Nosu · 5/15/2023 · source
Tweaked T-0.
Cosmic_Penguin · 5/13/2023 · source
NET May 19.
Cosmic_Penguin · 5/12/2023 · source
Added launch date and window.
Cosmic_Penguin · 5/10/2023 · source
Questions
When did Starlink Group 6-3 launch?
Starlink Group 6-3 launched on May 19, 2023 at 06:19 UTC. The launch window ran from 04:41 to 07:09 UTC.
Where can I watch Starlink Group 6-3?
Coverage: Starlink Mission. Watch the replay
What rocket launched Starlink Group 6-3?
Falcon 9 Block 5, flown by SpaceX. Falcon 9 Block 5 spec sheet
Where did Starlink Group 6-3 launch from?
Space Launch Complex 40, Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA. Liftoff was May 19, 2:19 AM EDT local time at the pad.
Did the booster land?
Booster B1076 flew for the 5th time and landed at A Shortfall of Gravitas.
What orbit did Starlink Group 6-3 reach?
The tracked orbit of Starlink 30122, one of 22 catalogued objects, from May 25, 2023, was 337 × 340 km inclined 43.0°.
How many satellites did Starlink Group 6-3 launch?
22 payloads from this launch are catalogued, 20 of them still in orbit (Data from J. McDowell, planet4589.org).
Which program is Starlink Group 6-3 part of?
Starlink. About Starlink