SpaceXFalcon 9 Block 5Space Launch Complex 40, Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA
Starlink Group 6-33
Launched
December 7, 2023 · 05:07 UTC
Image: SpaceX
Summary
Starlink Group 6-33 launched on a SpaceX Falcon 9 Block 5 from Space Launch Complex 40, Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA on December 7, 2023 at 05:07 UTC. The launch window ran from 04:01 to 07:59 UTC. It was SpaceX's 305th launch, 92nd this year and humanity's 6,568th orbital launch attempt. It was the 224th Falcon 9 Block 5 flight and the 86th this year. Booster B1077 flew for the 9th time and landed at Just Read the Instructions. The payload was bound for low Earth orbit (LEO). Starlink 31026, one of 23 catalogued objects, reached a 292 × 299 km orbit inclined 43.0°. 23 objects from this launch are catalogued, all of them payloads.
- Watch
- SpaceX Starlink Group 6-33The Space Devs
- Watch live: SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket launches from Cape Canaveral with 23 Starlink satellitesSpaceflight Now
- SpaceX Falcon 9 Launches Starlink 6-33NASASpaceflight
- Vehicle
- Falcon 9 Block 5 · SpaceXStarlink
- Booster
- B1077 · flight 9 · Autonomous Spaceport Drone Ship at Just Read the Instructions · landed156/157 landed here · 37 days after its previous flight, Starlink Group 6-25 · 630 km downrange
- Mission
- Communications · Low Earth Orbit (LEO)for SpX
- Milestone
- 224th Falcon 9 Block 5 flight · 86th this yearSpaceX's 305th launch92nd this yearhumanity's 6,568th orbital launch attempt200th orbital launch attempt this year
Flight preview
Simulate in Flight ClubOrbit: as tracked
Starlink 31026 · NORAD 58508 · 2023-191 · Space-Track · tracking 1 of 23 objects
Show the numbers for orbit elements
- Object
- STARLINK-31026
- Object ID
- 2023-191A
- Epoch
- 2023-12-07 13:16:42 UTC
- Mean motion
- 15.95038549 rev/day
- Eccentricity
- 0.0005593
- Inclination
- 43.0052°
- Ascending node
- 287.8252°
- Arg. of perigee
- 263.6582°
- Mean anomaly
- 6.7192°
- Element set
- 999
- Rev at epoch
- 130
- B*
- 0.0016511
Perigee, apogee and period are Kepler figures from the catalogued mean elements, not a propagated state. Published orbit: LEO. Ascent drawn from padside's representative profile. Booster return drawn from padside's representative arc.
Catalogued objects
23 catalogued: 23 payloads; 22 still in orbit
- Starlink 31026 · NORAD 58508 · in orbit
- Starlink 31020 · NORAD 58509 · in orbit
- Starlink 30989 · NORAD 58510 · in orbit
- Starlink 30968 · NORAD 58511 · in orbit
- Starlink 30982 · NORAD 58512 · in orbit
- Starlink 30998 · NORAD 58513 · in orbit
- Starlink 30983 · NORAD 58514 · in orbit
- Starlink 31017 · NORAD 58515 · in orbit
- Starlink 31028 · NORAD 58516 · in orbit
- Starlink 31011 · NORAD 58517 · in orbit
- Starlink 31021 · NORAD 58518 · in orbit
- Starlink 31010 · NORAD 58519 · in orbit
Show 11 more payloads
- Starlink 31003 · NORAD 58520 · in orbit
- Starlink 31015 · NORAD 58521 · in orbit
- Starlink 31023 · NORAD 58522 · re-entered March 31, 2026
- Starlink 30932 · NORAD 58523 · in orbit
- Starlink 30992 · NORAD 58524 · in orbit
- Starlink 30948 · NORAD 58525 · in orbit
- Starlink 31013 · NORAD 58526 · in orbit
- Starlink 31001 · NORAD 58527 · in orbit
- Starlink 31004 · NORAD 58528 · in orbit
- Starlink 30988 · NORAD 58529 · in orbit
- Starlink 31009 · NORAD 58530 · 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
215th launch from Space Launch Complex 40, 52nd this year · 924th from Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA
Local pad time at liftoff: Dec 7, 12:07 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 9 earlier updates
Liftoff.
Cosmic_Penguin · 12/7/2023 · source
Livestream has started
LL2 · 12/7/2023 · source
New T-0.
Cosmic_Penguin · 12/7/2023 · source
New T-0.
Cosmic_Penguin · 12/7/2023 · source
Launch window is accurate to the second
Nosu · 12/6/2023 · source
Weather 95%
Nosu · 12/5/2023 · source
Setting GO
Nosu · 12/5/2023 · source
Delayed to December 7 UTC
Nosu · 12/3/2023 · source
Targeting December 6 UTC per NOTAM F4059/23
Nosu · 11/30/2023 · source
Questions
When did Starlink Group 6-33 launch?
Starlink Group 6-33 launched on December 7, 2023 at 05:07 UTC. The launch window ran from 04:01 to 07:59 UTC.
Where can I watch Starlink Group 6-33?
Coverage: SpaceX Starlink Group 6-33; Watch live: SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket launches from Cape Canaveral with 23 Starlink satellites; SpaceX Falcon 9 Launches Starlink 6-33. Watch the replay
What rocket launched Starlink Group 6-33?
Falcon 9 Block 5, flown by SpaceX. Falcon 9 Block 5 spec sheet
Where did Starlink Group 6-33 launch from?
Space Launch Complex 40, Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA. Liftoff was Dec 7, 12:07 AM EST local time at the pad.
Did the booster land?
Booster B1077 flew for the 9th time and landed at Just Read the Instructions.
What orbit did Starlink Group 6-33 reach?
Starlink 31026, one of 23 catalogued objects, reached a 292 × 299 km orbit inclined 43.0°.
How many satellites did Starlink Group 6-33 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 6-33 part of?
Starlink. About Starlink