SpaceXFalcon 9 Block 5Launch Complex 39A, Kennedy Space Center, FL, USA
Starlink Group 6-38
Launched
January 29, 2024 · 01:10 UTC
Image: SpaceX
Summary
Starlink Group 6-38 launched on a SpaceX Falcon 9 Block 5 from Launch Complex 39A, Kennedy Space Center, FL, USA on January 29, 2024 at 01:10 UTC. The launch window ran from 23:15 to 02:55 UTC. It was SpaceX's 319th launch, 8th this year and humanity's 6,608th orbital launch attempt. It was the 237th Falcon 9 Block 5 flight and the 8th this year. Booster B1062 flew for the 18th time and landed at A Shortfall of Gravitas. The payload was bound for low Earth orbit (LEO). The tracked orbit of Starlink 31238, one of 23 catalogued objects, from January 31, 2024, was 299 × 302 km inclined 43.0°. 23 objects from this launch are catalogued, all of them payloads.
- Watch
- SpaceX Starlink Group 6-38The Space Devs
- SpaceX Falcon 9 Launches Starlink 6-38NASASpaceflight
- Watch Live: SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket launches 23 Starlink satellites from Kennedy Space CenterSpaceflight Now
- Vehicle
- Falcon 9 Block 5 · SpaceXStarlink
- Booster
- B1062 · flight 18 · Autonomous Spaceport Drone Ship at A Shortfall of Gravitas · landed161/162 landed here · 61 days after its previous flight, Starlink Group 6-30 · 630 km downrange
- Mission
- Communications · Low Earth Orbit (LEO)for SpX
- Milestone
- 237th Falcon 9 Block 5 flight · 8th this yearSpaceX's 319th launch8th this yearhumanity's 6,608th orbital launch attempt19th orbital launch attempt this year
Flight preview
Simulate in Flight ClubOrbit: as tracked
Starlink 31238 · NORAD 58853 · 2024-019 · Space-Track · tracking 1 of 23 objects
Show the numbers for orbit elements
- Object
- STARLINK-31238
- Object ID
- 2024-019A
- Epoch
- 2024-01-31 14:54:41 UTC
- Mean motion
- 15.93239084 rev/day
- Eccentricity
- 0.0002122
- Inclination
- 43.0071°
- Ascending node
- 266.5945°
- Arg. of perigee
- 241.1292°
- Mean anomaly
- 265.8896°
- Element set
- 999
- Rev at epoch
- 130
- B*
- 0.0019677
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−35MStage 1 LOX Load
- T−35MProp Load
- T−16MStage 2 LOX Load
- T−7MEngine Chill
- T−1MStartup
- T−1MTank Press
- T−45SGO for Launch
- T−3SIgnition
- T−0Liftoff
- T+1M12SMax-Q
- T+2M26SMECO
- T+2M30SStage 2 Separation
- T+2M36SSES-1
- T+3M8SFairing Separation
- T+6M10SEntry Burn Startup
- T+6M33SEntry Burn Shutdown
- T+8M5SStage 1 Landing Burn
- T+8M37SStage 1 Landing
- T+8M39SSECO-1
- T+53M6SSECO-2
- T+54M4SSES-2
- T+1H5M22SStarlink Deployment
Catalogued objects
23 catalogued: 23 payloads; 22 still in orbit
- Starlink 31238 · NORAD 58853 · in orbit
- Starlink 31158 · NORAD 58854 · in orbit
- Starlink 31237 · NORAD 58855 · in orbit
- Starlink 31244 · NORAD 58856 · in orbit
- Starlink 31216 · NORAD 58857 · re-entered October 7, 2025
- Starlink 31226 · NORAD 58858 · in orbit
- Starlink 31197 · NORAD 58859 · in orbit
- Starlink 31213 · NORAD 58860 · in orbit
- Starlink 31199 · NORAD 58861 · in orbit
- Starlink 31200 · NORAD 58862 · in orbit
- Starlink 31149 · NORAD 58863 · in orbit
- Starlink 31242 · NORAD 58864 · in orbit
Show 11 more payloads
- Starlink 31223 · NORAD 58865 · in orbit
- Starlink 31219 · NORAD 58866 · in orbit
- Starlink 31198 · NORAD 58867 · in orbit
- Starlink 31196 · NORAD 58868 · in orbit
- Starlink 31203 · NORAD 58869 · in orbit
- Starlink 31201 · NORAD 58870 · in orbit
- Starlink 31214 · NORAD 58871 · in orbit
- Starlink 31215 · NORAD 58872 · in orbit
- Starlink 31177 · NORAD 58873 · in orbit
- Starlink 30945 · NORAD 58874 · in orbit
- Starlink 31212 · NORAD 58875 · 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
Launch Complex 39A, Kennedy Space Center, FL, USA
170th launch from Launch Complex 39A, 2nd this year · 228th from Kennedy Space Center, FL, USA
Local pad time at liftoff: Jan 28, 8:10 PM EST, at night
224 launches from this pad · 283 from Kennedy Space Center, FL, USA
10 days after the previous launch from this pad
Updates
Launch success.
Show 9 earlier updates
Liftoff.
Cosmic_Penguin · 1/29/2024 · source
Livestream has started
LL2 · 1/29/2024 · source
Updating T-0
SwGustav · 1/28/2024 · source
New T-0.
Cosmic_Penguin · 1/28/2024 · source
Updating T-0 and window
Nosu · 1/28/2024 · source
GO for launch.
Cosmic_Penguin · 1/28/2024 · source
Delayed to January 28
Nosu · 1/19/2024 · source
Updating pad & approximate NET
Nosu · 1/19/2024 · source
Targeting NET January 26 UTC per NOTAM F0236/24.
Cosmic_Penguin · 1/19/2024 · source
Questions
When did Starlink Group 6-38 launch?
Starlink Group 6-38 launched on January 29, 2024 at 01:10 UTC. The launch window ran from 23:15 to 02:55 UTC.
Where can I watch Starlink Group 6-38?
Coverage: SpaceX Starlink Group 6-38; SpaceX Falcon 9 Launches Starlink 6-38; Watch Live: SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket launches 23 Starlink satellites from Kennedy Space Center. Watch the replay
What rocket launched Starlink Group 6-38?
Falcon 9 Block 5, flown by SpaceX. Falcon 9 Block 5 spec sheet
Where did Starlink Group 6-38 launch from?
Launch Complex 39A, Kennedy Space Center, FL, USA. Liftoff was Jan 28, 8:10 PM EST local time at the pad.
Did the booster land?
Booster B1062 flew for the 18th time and landed at A Shortfall of Gravitas.
What orbit did Starlink Group 6-38 reach?
The tracked orbit of Starlink 31238, one of 23 catalogued objects, from January 31, 2024, was 299 × 302 km inclined 43.0°.
How many satellites did Starlink Group 6-38 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 6-38 part of?
Starlink. About Starlink