SpaceXFalcon 9 Block 5Space Launch Complex 40, Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA
Starlink Group 6-31
Launched
December 3, 2023 · 04:00 UTC
Image: SpaceX
Summary
Starlink Group 6-31 launched on a SpaceX Falcon 9 Block 5 from Space Launch Complex 40, Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA on December 3, 2023 at 04:00 UTC. The launch window ran from 04:00 to 04:51 UTC. It was SpaceX's 304th launch, 91st this year and humanity's 6,563rd orbital launch attempt. It was the 223rd Falcon 9 Block 5 flight and the 85th this year. Booster B1078 flew for the 6th time and landed at A Shortfall of Gravitas. The payload was bound for low Earth orbit (LEO). The tracked orbit of Starlink 30947, one of 23 catalogued objects, from December 11, 2023, was 327 × 330 km inclined 43.0°. 23 objects from this launch are catalogued, all of them payloads.
- Watch
- SpaceX Starlink Group 6-31The Space Devs
- Watch live: SpaceX to launch Starlink satellites on Falcon 9 rocket from Cape CanaveralSpaceflight Now
- SpaceX Falcon 9 Launches Starlink 6-31NASASpaceflight
- Vehicle
- Falcon 9 Block 5 · SpaceXStarlink
- Booster
- B1078 · flight 6 · Autonomous Spaceport Drone Ship at A Shortfall of Gravitas · landed161/162 landed here · 78 days after its previous flight, Starlink Group 6-16 · 628 km downrange
- Mission
- Communications · Low Earth Orbit (LEO)for SpX
- Milestone
- 223rd Falcon 9 Block 5 flight · 85th this yearSpaceX's 304th launch91st this yearhumanity's 6,563rd orbital launch attempt195th orbital launch attempt this year
Flight preview
Simulate in Flight ClubOrbit: as tracked
Starlink 30947 · NORAD 58473 · 2023-186 · Space-Track · tracking 1 of 23 objects
Show the numbers for orbit elements
- Object
- TBA - TO BE ASSIGNED
- Object ID
- 2023-186A
- Epoch
- 2023-12-11 18:00:00 UTC
- Mean motion
- 15.83199692 rev/day
- Eccentricity
- 0.0001906
- Inclination
- 43.0043°
- Ascending node
- 216.011°
- Arg. of perigee
- 275.3119°
- Mean anomaly
- 97.0977°
- Element set
- 999
- Rev at epoch
- 240
- B*
- -0.0044489
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; 21 still in orbit
- Starlink 30947 · NORAD 58473 · in orbit
- Starlink 30995 · NORAD 58474 · re-entered March 16, 2026
- Starlink 30941 · NORAD 58475 · in orbit
- Starlink 30980 · NORAD 58476 · in orbit
- Starlink 30965 · NORAD 58477 · in orbit
- Starlink 30990 · NORAD 58478 · in orbit
- Starlink 30974 · NORAD 58479 · re-entered November 6, 2024
- Starlink 30984 · NORAD 58480 · in orbit
- Starlink 30956 · NORAD 58481 · in orbit
- Starlink 30997 · NORAD 58482 · in orbit
- Starlink 30994 · NORAD 58483 · in orbit
- Starlink 30991 · NORAD 58484 · in orbit
Show 11 more payloads
- Starlink 30979 · NORAD 58485 · in orbit
- Starlink 31005 · NORAD 58486 · in orbit
- Starlink 30987 · NORAD 58487 · in orbit
- Starlink 31000 · NORAD 58488 · in orbit
- Starlink 30993 · NORAD 58489 · in orbit
- Starlink 30978 · NORAD 58490 · in orbit
- Starlink 30953 · NORAD 58491 · in orbit
- Starlink 30986 · NORAD 58492 · in orbit
- Starlink 30985 · NORAD 58493 · in orbit
- Starlink 30981 · NORAD 58494 · in orbit
- Starlink 31002 · NORAD 58495 · 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
214th launch from Space Launch Complex 40, 51st this year · 923rd from Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA
Local pad time at liftoff: Dec 2, 11:00 PM EST, at night
403 launches from this pad · 1,131 from Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA
4 days 23 hours after the previous launch from this pad
Updates
Launch success.
Show 9 earlier updates
Liftoff.
Cosmic_Penguin · 12/3/2023 · source
Livestream has started
LL2 · 12/3/2023 · source
Weather 45%
Nosu · 12/2/2023 · source
Delayed to December 3 UTC
SwGustav · 12/2/2023 · source
Updating T-0
Nosu · 12/1/2023 · source
Weather 40%
Nosu · 11/30/2023 · source
Added launch window.
Cosmic_Penguin · 11/30/2023 · source
Adding approximate launch window
Nosu · 11/26/2023 · source
Targeting December 2 UTC per NOTAM F3970/23.
Cosmic_Penguin · 11/25/2023
Questions
When did Starlink Group 6-31 launch?
Starlink Group 6-31 launched on December 3, 2023 at 04:00 UTC. The launch window ran from 04:00 to 04:51 UTC.
Where can I watch Starlink Group 6-31?
Coverage: SpaceX Starlink Group 6-31; Watch live: SpaceX to launch Starlink satellites on Falcon 9 rocket from Cape Canaveral; SpaceX Falcon 9 Launches Starlink 6-31. Watch the replay
What rocket launched Starlink Group 6-31?
Falcon 9 Block 5, flown by SpaceX. Falcon 9 Block 5 spec sheet
Where did Starlink Group 6-31 launch from?
Space Launch Complex 40, Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA. Liftoff was Dec 2, 11:00 PM EST local time at the pad.
Did the booster land?
Booster B1078 flew for the 6th time and landed at A Shortfall of Gravitas.
What orbit did Starlink Group 6-31 reach?
The tracked orbit of Starlink 30947, one of 23 catalogued objects, from December 11, 2023, was 327 × 330 km inclined 43.0°.
How many satellites did Starlink Group 6-31 launch?
23 payloads from this launch are catalogued, 21 of them still in orbit (Data from J. McDowell, planet4589.org).
Which program is Starlink Group 6-31 part of?
Starlink. About Starlink