SpaceXFalcon 9 Block 5Space Launch Complex 40, Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA
Starlink Group 6-34
Launched
December 19, 2023 · 04:01 UTC
Image: SpaceX
Summary
Starlink Group 6-34 launched on a SpaceX Falcon 9 Block 5 from Space Launch Complex 40, Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA on December 19, 2023 at 04:01 UTC. The launch window ran from 04:01 to 07:59 UTC. It was SpaceX's 307th launch, 94th this year and humanity's 6,577th orbital launch attempt. It was the 226th Falcon 9 Block 5 flight and the 88th this year. Booster B1081 flew for the 3rd time and landed at A Shortfall of Gravitas. The payload was bound for low Earth orbit (LEO). The tracked orbit of Starlink 31044, one of 23 catalogued objects, from December 27, 2023, was 324 × 327 km inclined 43.0°. 23 objects from this launch are catalogued, all of them payloads.
- Watch
- SpaceX Starlink Group 6-34The Space Devs
- Watch live: SpaceX launches Starlink satellite from Cape Canaveral on Falcon 9 rocketSpaceflight Now
- SpaceX Falcon 9 Launches Starlink 6-34NASASpaceflight
- Vehicle
- Falcon 9 Block 5 · SpaceXStarlink
- Booster
- B1081 · flight 3 · Autonomous Spaceport Drone Ship at A Shortfall of Gravitas · landed161/162 landed here · 39 days after its previous flight, Dragon CRS-2 SpX-29 · 628 km downrange
- Mission
- Communications · Low Earth Orbit (LEO)for SpX
- Milestone
- 226th Falcon 9 Block 5 flight · 88th this yearSpaceX's 307th launch94th this yearhumanity's 6,577th orbital launch attempt209th orbital launch attempt this year
Flight preview
Simulate in Flight ClubOrbit: as tracked
Starlink 31044 · NORAD 58589 · 2023-200 · Space-Track · tracking 1 of 23 objects
Show the numbers for orbit elements
- Object
- TBA - TO BE ASSIGNED
- Object ID
- 2023-200A
- Epoch
- 2023-12-27 16:00:00 UTC
- Mean motion
- 15.84314165 rev/day
- Eccentricity
- 0.0001702
- Inclination
- 43.0037°
- Ascending node
- 232.298°
- Arg. of perigee
- 272.7035°
- Mean anomaly
- 1.3605°
- Element set
- 999
- Rev at epoch
- 261
- B*
- -0.0053005
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; 20 still in orbit
- Starlink 31044 · NORAD 58589 · in orbit
- Starlink 31062 · NORAD 58590 · in orbit
- Starlink 31043 · NORAD 58591 · re-entered May 8, 2025
- Starlink 31096 · NORAD 58592 · in orbit
- Starlink 31094 · NORAD 58593 · in orbit
- Starlink 31075 · NORAD 58594 · in orbit
- Starlink 30857 · NORAD 58595 · in orbit
- Starlink 31059 · NORAD 58596 · in orbit
- Starlink 31087 · NORAD 58597 · in orbit
- Starlink 31079 · NORAD 58598 · re-entered September 23, 2026
- Starlink 31072 · NORAD 58599 · re-entered May 23, 2025
- Starlink 31052 · NORAD 58600 · in orbit
Show 11 more payloads
- Starlink 31074 · NORAD 58601 · in orbit
- Starlink 31071 · NORAD 58602 · in orbit
- Starlink 31080 · NORAD 58603 · in orbit
- Starlink 31088 · NORAD 58604 · in orbit
- Starlink 31038 · NORAD 58605 · in orbit
- Starlink 31082 · NORAD 58606 · in orbit
- Starlink 31069 · NORAD 58607 · in orbit
- Starlink 31067 · NORAD 58608 · in orbit
- Starlink 31085 · NORAD 58609 · in orbit
- Starlink 31089 · NORAD 58610 · in orbit
- Starlink 31061 · NORAD 58611 · 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
216th launch from Space Launch Complex 40, 53rd this year · 925th from Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA
Local pad time at liftoff: Dec 18, 11:01 PM EST, at night
403 launches from this pad · 1,131 from Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA
11 days after the previous launch from this pad
Updates
Launch success.
Show 9 earlier updates
Liftoff.
Cosmic_Penguin · 12/19/2023 · source
T-0 is to the second.
Cosmic_Penguin · 12/19/2023 · source
Livestream has started
LL2 · 12/19/2023 · source
GO for launch.
Cosmic_Penguin · 12/18/2023 · source
Delayed to December 19 UTC.
Cosmic_Penguin · 12/17/2023 · source
Weather 40% GO
hitura-nobad · 12/16/2023 · source
NET December 18 UTC per new marine navigation warnings.
Cosmic_Penguin · 12/14/2023 · source
Delayed due to unfavorable weather forecasts, next attempt TBD.
Cosmic_Penguin · 12/13/2023 · source
Added seconds.
Cosmic_Penguin · 12/13/2023 · source
Questions
When did Starlink Group 6-34 launch?
Starlink Group 6-34 launched on December 19, 2023 at 04:01 UTC. The launch window ran from 04:01 to 07:59 UTC.
Where can I watch Starlink Group 6-34?
Coverage: SpaceX Starlink Group 6-34; Watch live: SpaceX launches Starlink satellite from Cape Canaveral on Falcon 9 rocket; SpaceX Falcon 9 Launches Starlink 6-34. Watch the replay
What rocket launched Starlink Group 6-34?
Falcon 9 Block 5, flown by SpaceX. Falcon 9 Block 5 spec sheet
Where did Starlink Group 6-34 launch from?
Space Launch Complex 40, Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA. Liftoff was Dec 18, 11:01 PM EST local time at the pad.
Did the booster land?
Booster B1081 flew for the 3rd time and landed at A Shortfall of Gravitas.
What orbit did Starlink Group 6-34 reach?
The tracked orbit of Starlink 31044, one of 23 catalogued objects, from December 27, 2023, was 324 × 327 km inclined 43.0°.
How many satellites did Starlink Group 6-34 launch?
23 payloads from this launch are catalogued, 20 of them still in orbit (Data from J. McDowell, planet4589.org).
Which program is Starlink Group 6-34 part of?
Starlink. About Starlink