SpaceXFalcon 9 Block 5Space Launch Complex 40, Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA
Starlink Group 6-37
Launched
January 15, 2024 · 01:52 UTC
Image: SpaceX
Summary
Starlink Group 6-37 launched on a SpaceX Falcon 9 Block 5 from Space Launch Complex 40, Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA on January 15, 2024 at 01:52 UTC. The launch window ran from 00:27 to 04:23 UTC. It was SpaceX's 316th launch, 5th this year and humanity's 6,601st orbital launch attempt. It was the 234th Falcon 9 Block 5 flight and the 5th this year. Booster B1073 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 31189, one of 23 catalogued objects, from January 24, 2024, was 330 × 332 km inclined 43.0°. 23 objects from this launch are catalogued, all of them payloads.
- Watch
- SpaceX Starlink Group 6-37The Space Devs
- SpaceX - Falcon 9 - Starlink Group 6-37 - SLC-40 - CCSFS - January 15, 2024SPACE AFFAIRS
- Starlink MissionSpaceX
- Vehicle
- Falcon 9 Block 5 · SpaceXStarlink
- Booster
- B1073 · flight 12 · Autonomous Spaceport Drone Ship at A Shortfall of Gravitas · landed161/162 landed here · 67 days after its previous flight, Starlink Group 6-27 · 630 km downrange
- Mission
- Communications · Low Earth Orbit (LEO)for SpX
- Milestone
- 234th Falcon 9 Block 5 flight · 5th this yearSpaceX's 316th launch5th this yearhumanity's 6,601st orbital launch attempt12th orbital launch attempt this year
Flight preview
Simulate in Flight ClubOrbit: as tracked
Starlink 31189 · NORAD 58787 · 2024-012 · Space-Track · tracking 1 of 23 objects
Show the numbers for orbit elements
- Object
- TBA - TO BE ASSIGNED
- Object ID
- 2024-012A
- Epoch
- 2024-01-24 20:00:01 UTC
- Mean motion
- 15.82302177 rev/day
- Eccentricity
- 0.0001626
- Inclination
- 43.0046°
- Ascending node
- 218.9131°
- Arg. of perigee
- 273.4251°
- Mean anomaly
- 312.0818°
- Element set
- 999
- Rev at epoch
- 262
- B*
- -0.0038508
Perigee, apogee and period are Kepler figures from the catalogued mean elements, not a propagated state. Published orbit: LEO.
Flight timeline
- T−38MGO for Prop Load
- T−35MProp Load
- T−35MStage 1 LOX Load
- T−16MStage 2 LOX Load
- T−7MEngine Chill
- T−1MTank Press
- T−1MStartup
- T−45SGO for Launch
- T−3SIgnition
- T−0Liftoff
- T+1M12SMax-Q
- T+2M25SMECO
- T+2M28SStage 2 Separation
- T+2M35SSES-1
- T+3M7SFairing Separation
- T+6M5SEntry Burn Startup
- T+6M27SEntry Burn Shutdown
- T+7M51SStage 1 Landing Burn
- T+8M13SStage 1 Landing
- T+8M39SSECO-1
- T+53M21SSES-2
- T+53M23SSECO-2
- T+1H4M39SStarlink Deployment
Catalogued objects
23 catalogued: 23 payloads; 19 still in orbit
- Starlink 31189 · NORAD 58787 · in orbit
- Starlink 31185 · NORAD 58788 · in orbit
- Starlink 31166 · NORAD 58789 · in orbit
- Starlink 31187 · NORAD 58790 · in orbit
- Starlink 31162 · NORAD 58791 · in orbit
- Starlink 31194 · NORAD 58792 · re-entered June 6, 2024
- Starlink 31184 · NORAD 58793 · in orbit
- Starlink 31192 · NORAD 58794 · in orbit
- Starlink 31161 · NORAD 58795 · in orbit
- Starlink 31195 · NORAD 58796 · in orbit
- Starlink 31193 · NORAD 58797 · in orbit
- Starlink 31168 · NORAD 58798 · in orbit
Show 11 more payloads
- Starlink 31154 · NORAD 58799 · re-entered August 30, 2024
- Starlink 31191 · NORAD 58800 · in orbit
- Starlink 31170 · NORAD 58801 · in orbit
- Starlink 31173 · NORAD 58802 · re-entered March 10, 2025
- Starlink 31141 · NORAD 58803 · in orbit
- Starlink 31188 · NORAD 58804 · in orbit
- Starlink 31105 · NORAD 58805 · re-entered September 1, 2024
- Starlink 31138 · NORAD 58806 · in orbit
- Starlink 31163 · NORAD 58807 · in orbit
- Starlink 31174 · NORAD 58808 · in orbit
- Starlink 31169 · NORAD 58809 · 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
221st launch from Space Launch Complex 40, 3rd this year · 931st from Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA
Local pad time at liftoff: Jan 14, 8:52 PM EST, at night
403 launches from this pad · 1,131 from Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA
7 days 3 hours after the previous launch from this pad
Updates
Launch success.
Show 9 earlier updates
Liftoff.
Cosmic_Penguin · 1/15/2024 · source
Livestream has started
LL2 · 1/15/2024 · source
New T-0.
Cosmic_Penguin · 1/15/2024 · source
New T-0.
Cosmic_Penguin · 1/14/2024 · source
Updated weather forecast.
Cosmic_Penguin · 1/14/2024 · source
Tweaked launch window.
Cosmic_Penguin · 1/14/2024 · source
Scrubbed for the day.
Cosmic_Penguin · 1/14/2024 · source
New T-0.
Cosmic_Penguin · 1/14/2024 · source
Updated T-0.
Cosmic_Penguin · 1/13/2024 · source
Questions
When did Starlink Group 6-37 launch?
Starlink Group 6-37 launched on January 15, 2024 at 01:52 UTC. The launch window ran from 00:27 to 04:23 UTC.
Where can I watch Starlink Group 6-37?
Coverage: SpaceX Starlink Group 6-37; SpaceX - Falcon 9 - Starlink Group 6-37 - SLC-40 - CCSFS - January 15, 2024; Starlink Mission. Watch the replay
What rocket launched Starlink Group 6-37?
Falcon 9 Block 5, flown by SpaceX. Falcon 9 Block 5 spec sheet
Where did Starlink Group 6-37 launch from?
Space Launch Complex 40, Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA. Liftoff was Jan 14, 8:52 PM EST local time at the pad.
Did the booster land?
Booster B1073 flew for the 12th time and landed at A Shortfall of Gravitas.
What orbit did Starlink Group 6-37 reach?
The tracked orbit of Starlink 31189, one of 23 catalogued objects, from January 24, 2024, was 330 × 332 km inclined 43.0°.
How many satellites did Starlink Group 6-37 launch?
23 payloads from this launch are catalogued, 19 of them still in orbit (Data from J. McDowell, planet4589.org).
Which program is Starlink Group 6-37 part of?
Starlink. About Starlink