SpaceXFalcon 9 Block 5Space Launch Complex 40, Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA
Starlink Group 6-32
Launched
December 23, 2023 · 05:33 UTC
Image: SpaceX
Summary
Starlink Group 6-32 launched on a SpaceX Falcon 9 Block 5 from Space Launch Complex 40, Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA on December 23, 2023 at 05:33 UTC. The launch window ran from 04:00 to 08:00 UTC. It was SpaceX's 308th launch, 95th this year and humanity's 6,580th orbital launch attempt. It was the 227th Falcon 9 Block 5 flight and the 89th this year. Booster B1058 flew for the 19th time and landed at Just Read the Instructions. The payload was bound for low Earth orbit (LEO). The tracked orbit of Starlink 31119, one of 23 catalogued objects, from December 26, 2023, was 194 × 221 km inclined 43.0°. 23 objects from this launch are catalogued, all of them payloads.
- Watch
- Vehicle
- Falcon 9 Block 5 · SpaceXStarlink
- Booster
- B1058 · flight 19 · Autonomous Spaceport Drone Ship at Just Read the Instructions · landed156/157 landed here · 49 days after its previous flight, Starlink Group 6-26 · 628 km downrange
- Mission
- Communications · Low Earth Orbit (LEO)for SpX
- Milestone
- 227th Falcon 9 Block 5 flight · 89th this yearSpaceX's 308th launch95th this yearhumanity's 6,580th orbital launch attempt212th orbital launch attempt this year
Flight preview
Simulate in Flight ClubOrbit: as tracked
Starlink 31119 · NORAD 58618 · 2023-203 · Space-Track · tracking 1 of 23 objects
Show the numbers for orbit elements
- Object
- STARLINK-31119
- Object ID
- 2023-203A
- Epoch
- 2023-12-26 08:00:01 UTC
- Mean motion
- 16.27217415 rev/day
- Eccentricity
- 0.0020354
- Inclination
- 42.9951°
- Ascending node
- 292.4497°
- Arg. of perigee
- 194.5782°
- Mean anomaly
- 222.3053°
- Element set
- 999
- Rev at epoch
- 51
- B*
- 0.01956
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 31119 · NORAD 58618 · re-entered December 26, 2023
- Starlink 31054 · NORAD 58619 · in orbit
- Starlink 31118 · NORAD 58620 · re-entered November 28, 2024
- Starlink 31134 · NORAD 58621 · in orbit
- Starlink 31133 · NORAD 58622 · in orbit
- Starlink 31068 · NORAD 58623 · in orbit
- Starlink 31129 · NORAD 58624 · in orbit
- Starlink 30774 · NORAD 58625 · in orbit
- Starlink 31086 · NORAD 58626 · in orbit
- Starlink 31065 · NORAD 58627 · in orbit
- Starlink 31092 · NORAD 58628 · in orbit
- Starlink 31091 · NORAD 58629 · in orbit
Show 11 more payloads
- Starlink 31084 · NORAD 58630 · in orbit
- Starlink 31064 · NORAD 58631 · in orbit
- Starlink 31081 · NORAD 58632 · in orbit
- Starlink 31022 · NORAD 58633 · in orbit
- Starlink 31025 · NORAD 58634 · in orbit
- Starlink 31018 · NORAD 58635 · in orbit
- Starlink 31008 · NORAD 58636 · in orbit
- Starlink 31077 · NORAD 58637 · in orbit
- Starlink 31078 · NORAD 58638 · in orbit
- Starlink 31070 · NORAD 58639 · in orbit
- Starlink 31090 · NORAD 58640 · 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
217th launch from Space Launch Complex 40, 54th this year · 926th from Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA
Local pad time at liftoff: Dec 23, 12:33 AM EST, at night
403 launches from this pad · 1,131 from Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA
4 days 1 hour after the previous launch from this pad
Updates
Launch Success.
Show 8 earlier updates
Liftoff.
Cosmic_Penguin · 12/23/2023 · source
Livestream has started
LL2 · 12/23/2023 · source
New T-0.
Cosmic_Penguin · 12/23/2023 · source
New T-0.
Cosmic_Penguin · 12/23/2023 · source
Setting GO
hitura-nobad · 12/22/2023 · source
Weather 70%, trending towards 60% at the end of the window.
Nosu · 12/21/2023 · source
Targeting December 23 UTC per NOTAM F4346/23 and A4600/23.
Cosmic_Penguin · 12/17/2023 · source
Adding launch
Nosu · 9/22/2023 · source
Questions
When did Starlink Group 6-32 launch?
Starlink Group 6-32 launched on December 23, 2023 at 05:33 UTC. The launch window ran from 04:00 to 08:00 UTC.
Where can I watch Starlink Group 6-32?
Coverage: SpaceX Starlink Group 6-32; Watch live: SpaceX Falcon 9 booster launches from Cape Canaveral on record-breaking 19th flight; SpaceX Falcon 9 Launches for a Recordbreaking 19th Time | Starlink 6-32. Watch the replay
What rocket launched Starlink Group 6-32?
Falcon 9 Block 5, flown by SpaceX. Falcon 9 Block 5 spec sheet
Where did Starlink Group 6-32 launch from?
Space Launch Complex 40, Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA. Liftoff was Dec 23, 12:33 AM EST local time at the pad.
Did the booster land?
Booster B1058 flew for the 19th time and landed at Just Read the Instructions.
What orbit did Starlink Group 6-32 reach?
The tracked orbit of Starlink 31119, one of 23 catalogued objects, from December 26, 2023, was 194 × 221 km inclined 43.0°.
How many satellites did Starlink Group 6-32 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 6-32 part of?
Starlink. About Starlink