SpaceXFalcon 9 Block 5Space Launch Complex 40, Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA
Starlink Group 6-30
Launched
November 28, 2023 · 04:20 UTC
Image: SpaceX
Summary
Starlink Group 6-30 launched on a SpaceX Falcon 9 Block 5 from Space Launch Complex 40, Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA on November 28, 2023 at 04:20 UTC. The launch window ran from 04:01 to 07:58 UTC. It was SpaceX's 302nd launch, 89th this year and humanity's 6,560th orbital launch attempt. It was the 221st Falcon 9 Block 5 flight and the 83rd this year. Booster B1062 flew for the 17th time and landed at Just Read the Instructions. The payload was bound for low Earth orbit (LEO). The tracked orbit of Starlink 30869, one of 23 catalogued objects, from December 4, 2023, was 306 × 309 km inclined 43.0°. 23 objects from this launch are catalogued, all of them payloads.
- Watch
- SpaceX Starlink Group 6-30The Space Devs
- Watch live: SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket to launch 23 Starlink satellites from Cape CanaveralSpaceflight Now
- SpaceX Falcon 9 Launches Starlink 6-30NASASpaceflight
- Vehicle
- Falcon 9 Block 5 · SpaceXStarlink
- Booster
- B1062 · flight 17 · Autonomous Spaceport Drone Ship at Just Read the Instructions · landed156/157 landed here · 41 days after its previous flight, Starlink Group 6-23 · 618 km downrange
- Mission
- Communications · Low Earth Orbit (LEO)for SpX
- Milestone
- 221st Falcon 9 Block 5 flight · 83rd this yearSpaceX's 302nd launch89th this yearhumanity's 6,560th orbital launch attempt192nd orbital launch attempt this year
Flight preview
Simulate in Flight ClubOrbit: as tracked
Starlink 30869 · NORAD 58437 · 2023-183 · Space-Track · tracking 1 of 23 objects
Show the numbers for orbit elements
- Object
- TBA - TO BE ASSIGNED
- Object ID
- 2023-183A
- Epoch
- 2023-12-04 20:00:01 UTC
- Mean motion
- 15.90696835 rev/day
- Eccentricity
- 0.0002102
- Inclination
- 43.0044°
- Ascending node
- 227.6449°
- Arg. of perigee
- 273.2292°
- Mean anomaly
- 282.4695°
- Element set
- 999
- Rev at epoch
- 231
- B*
- -0.0023336
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 30869 · NORAD 58437 · in orbit
- Starlink 30969 · NORAD 58438 · in orbit
- Starlink 30951 · NORAD 58439 · in orbit
- Starlink 30950 · NORAD 58440 · in orbit
- Starlink 30942 · NORAD 58441 · in orbit
- Starlink 30959 · NORAD 58442 · in orbit
- Starlink 30971 · NORAD 58443 · in orbit
- Starlink 30963 · NORAD 58444 · in orbit
- Starlink 30961 · NORAD 58445 · in orbit
- Starlink 30975 · NORAD 58446 · in orbit
- Starlink 30976 · NORAD 58447 · in orbit
- Starlink 30926 · NORAD 58448 · in orbit
Show 11 more payloads
- Starlink 30943 · NORAD 58449 · in orbit
- Starlink 30946 · NORAD 58450 · in orbit
- Starlink 30944 · NORAD 58451 · in orbit
- Starlink 30928 · NORAD 58452 · in orbit
- Starlink 30957 · NORAD 58453 · in orbit
- Starlink 30966 · NORAD 58454 · in orbit
- Starlink 30935 · NORAD 58455 · in orbit
- Starlink 30960 · NORAD 58456 · re-entered March 30, 2026
- Starlink 30958 · NORAD 58457 · in orbit
- Starlink 30962 · NORAD 58458 · in orbit
- Starlink 30977 · NORAD 58459 · 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
213th launch from Space Launch Complex 40, 50th this year · 922nd from Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA
Local pad time at liftoff: Nov 27, 11:20 PM EST, at night
403 launches from this pad · 1,131 from Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA
5 days 20 hours after the previous launch from this pad
Updates
Launch success.
Show 9 earlier updates
Liftoff.
Cosmic_Penguin · 11/28/2023 · source
Livestream has started
LL2 · 11/28/2023 · source
GO for launch.
Cosmic_Penguin · 11/28/2023 · source
Updating window with launch opportunities
Nosu · 11/27/2023 · source
Weather 90% trending towards 80% at the end of the window
Nosu · 11/26/2023 · source
NET November 28.
Cosmic_Penguin · 11/24/2023 · source
Setting TBC
Nosu · 11/21/2023 · source
Targeting November 27 per NOTAM F3912/23
Nosu · 11/20/2023
Adding launch
Nosu · 7/28/2023 · source
Questions
When did Starlink Group 6-30 launch?
Starlink Group 6-30 launched on November 28, 2023 at 04:20 UTC. The launch window ran from 04:01 to 07:58 UTC.
Where can I watch Starlink Group 6-30?
Coverage: SpaceX Starlink Group 6-30; Watch live: SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket to launch 23 Starlink satellites from Cape Canaveral; SpaceX Falcon 9 Launches Starlink 6-30. Watch the replay
What rocket launched Starlink Group 6-30?
Falcon 9 Block 5, flown by SpaceX. Falcon 9 Block 5 spec sheet
Where did Starlink Group 6-30 launch from?
Space Launch Complex 40, Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA. Liftoff was Nov 27, 11:20 PM EST local time at the pad.
Did the booster land?
Booster B1062 flew for the 17th time and landed at Just Read the Instructions.
What orbit did Starlink Group 6-30 reach?
The tracked orbit of Starlink 30869, one of 23 catalogued objects, from December 4, 2023, was 306 × 309 km inclined 43.0°.
How many satellites did Starlink Group 6-30 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 6-30 part of?
Starlink. About Starlink