SpaceXFalcon 9 Block 5Space Launch Complex 40, Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA
Starlink Group 6-36
Launched
December 29, 2023 · 04:01 UTC
Image: SpaceX
Summary
Starlink Group 6-36 launched on a SpaceX Falcon 9 Block 5 from Space Launch Complex 40, Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA on December 29, 2023 at 04:01 UTC. The launch window ran from 04:01 to 07:59 UTC. It was SpaceX's 311th launch, 98th this year and humanity's 6,588th orbital launch attempt. It was the 229th Falcon 9 Block 5 flight and the 91st this year. Booster B1069 flew for the 12th time and landed at A Shortfall of Gravitas. The payload was bound for low Earth orbit (LEO). The tracked orbit of Starlink 31130, one of 23 catalogued objects, from January 2, 2024, was 255 × 269 km inclined 43.0°. 23 objects from this launch are catalogued, all of them payloads.
- Watch
- SpaceX Starlink Group 6-36The Space Devs
- Watch live: SpaceX Falcon 9 booster launches from Cape Canaveral with Starlink satellitesSpaceflight Now
- SpaceX Falcon 9 Launches Starlink 6-36NASASpaceflight
- Vehicle
- Falcon 9 Block 5 · SpaceXStarlink
- Booster
- B1069 · flight 12 · Autonomous Spaceport Drone Ship at A Shortfall of Gravitas · landed161/162 landed here · 40 days after its previous flight, Starlink Group 6-28 · 630 km downrange
- Mission
- Communications · Low Earth Orbit (LEO)for SpX
- Milestone
- 229th Falcon 9 Block 5 flight · 91st this yearSpaceX's 311th launch98th this yearhumanity's 6,588th orbital launch attempt220th orbital launch attempt this year
Flight preview
Simulate in Flight ClubOrbit: as tracked
Starlink 31130 · NORAD 58667 · 2023-211 · Space-Track · tracking 1 of 23 objects
Show the numbers for orbit elements
- Object
- TBA - TO BE ASSIGNED
- Object ID
- 2023-211A
- Epoch
- 2024-01-02 15:19:54 UTC
- Mean motion
- 16.07135279 rev/day
- Eccentricity
- 0.0010336
- Inclination
- 42.9979°
- Ascending node
- 266.9498°
- Arg. of perigee
- 239.8288°
- Mean anomaly
- 119.7642°
- Element set
- 999
- Rev at epoch
- 179
- B*
- 0.0022295
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 31130 · NORAD 58667 · re-entered January 4, 2024
- Starlink 31113 · NORAD 58668 · in orbit
- Starlink 31128 · NORAD 58669 · in orbit
- Starlink 31083 · NORAD 58670 · in orbit
- Starlink 30828 · NORAD 58671 · in orbit
- Starlink 31104 · NORAD 58672 · in orbit
- Starlink 31131 · NORAD 58673 · in orbit
- Starlink 31124 · NORAD 58674 · in orbit
- Starlink 31126 · NORAD 58675 · in orbit
- Starlink 31066 · NORAD 58676 · in orbit
- Starlink 31058 · NORAD 58677 · in orbit
- Starlink 31125 · NORAD 58678 · in orbit
Show 11 more payloads
- Starlink 31110 · NORAD 58679 · in orbit
- Starlink 31112 · NORAD 58680 · in orbit
- Starlink 31147 · NORAD 58681 · in orbit
- Starlink 31144 · NORAD 58682 · in orbit
- Starlink 31095 · NORAD 58683 · in orbit
- Starlink 31107 · NORAD 58684 · in orbit
- Starlink 31121 · NORAD 58685 · in orbit
- Starlink 31137 · NORAD 58686 · in orbit
- Starlink 31109 · NORAD 58687 · re-entered May 18, 2024
- Starlink 31139 · NORAD 58688 · re-entered February 17, 2026
- Starlink 31106 · NORAD 58689 · 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
218th launch from Space Launch Complex 40, 55th this year · 927th from Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA
Local pad time at liftoff: Dec 28, 11:01 PM EST, at night
403 launches from this pad · 1,131 from Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA
5 days 22 hours after the previous launch from this pad
Updates
Launch success.
Show 7 earlier updates
Liftoff.
Cosmic_Penguin · 12/29/2023 · source
Livestream has started
LL2 · 12/29/2023 · source
Adding seconds to launch window
Nosu · 12/28/2023 · source
GO for launch.
Cosmic_Penguin · 12/27/2023 · source
Weather 90% GO.
Cosmic_Penguin · 12/27/2023 · source
Targeting December 29 UTC per NOTAMs F4427/23 & A0164/23.
Cosmic_Penguin · 12/22/2023 · source
Adding launch
Nosu · 11/8/2023 · source
Questions
When did Starlink Group 6-36 launch?
Starlink Group 6-36 launched on December 29, 2023 at 04:01 UTC. The launch window ran from 04:01 to 07:59 UTC.
Where can I watch Starlink Group 6-36?
Coverage: SpaceX Starlink Group 6-36; Watch live: SpaceX Falcon 9 booster launches from Cape Canaveral with Starlink satellites; SpaceX Falcon 9 Launches Starlink 6-36. Watch the replay
What rocket launched Starlink Group 6-36?
Falcon 9 Block 5, flown by SpaceX. Falcon 9 Block 5 spec sheet
Where did Starlink Group 6-36 launch from?
Space Launch Complex 40, Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA. Liftoff was Dec 28, 11:01 PM EST local time at the pad.
Did the booster land?
Booster B1069 flew for the 12th time and landed at A Shortfall of Gravitas.
What orbit did Starlink Group 6-36 reach?
The tracked orbit of Starlink 31130, one of 23 catalogued objects, from January 2, 2024, was 255 × 269 km inclined 43.0°.
How many satellites did Starlink Group 6-36 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 6-36 part of?
Starlink. About Starlink