SpaceXFalcon 9 Block 5Space Launch Complex 40, Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA
Starlink Group 6-39
Launched
February 25, 2024 · 22:06 UTC
Image: SpaceX
Summary
Starlink Group 6-39 launched on a SpaceX Falcon 9 Block 5 from Space Launch Complex 40, Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA on February 25, 2024 at 22:06 UTC. The launch window ran from 21:34 to 01:34 UTC. It was SpaceX's 329th launch, 18th this year and humanity's 6,627th orbital launch attempt. It was the 247th Falcon 9 Block 5 flight and the 18th this year. Booster B1069 flew for the 13th time and landed at A Shortfall of Gravitas. The payload was bound for low Earth orbit (LEO). The tracked orbit of Starlink 30996, one of 24 catalogued objects, from March 1, 2024, was 299 × 301 km inclined 43.0°. 24 objects from this launch are catalogued, all of them payloads.
- Watch
- SpaceX Starlink Group 6-39The Space Devs
- SpaceX Falcon 9 Launches Starlink 6-39NASASpaceflight
- Watch Live: SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket launches 24 Starlink satellites from Cape CanaveralSpaceflight Now
- Vehicle
- Falcon 9 Block 5 · SpaceXStarlink
- Booster
- B1069 · flight 13 · Autonomous Spaceport Drone Ship at A Shortfall of Gravitas · landed161/162 landed here · 58 days after its previous flight, Starlink Group 6-36 · 630 km downrange
- Mission
- Communications · Low Earth Orbit (LEO)for SpX
- Milestone
- 247th Falcon 9 Block 5 flight · 18th this yearSpaceX's 329th launch18th this yearhumanity's 6,627th orbital launch attempt38th orbital launch attempt this year
Flight preview
Simulate in Flight ClubOrbit: as tracked
Starlink 30996 · NORAD 59023 · 2024-038 · Space-Track · tracking 1 of 24 objects
Show the numbers for orbit elements
- Object
- TBA - TO BE ASSIGNED
- Object ID
- 2024-038A
- Epoch
- 2024-03-01 16:00:00 UTC
- Mean motion
- 15.93487194 rev/day
- Eccentricity
- 0.0001655
- Inclination
- 43.0057°
- Ascending node
- 234.3688°
- Arg. of perigee
- 272.6967°
- Mean anomaly
- 172.195°
- Element set
- 999
- Rev at epoch
- 189
- B*
- -0.0032028
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+1M10SMax-Q
- T+2M27SMECO
- T+2M31SStage 2 Separation
- T+2M32SSES-1
- T+3M5SFairing Separation
- T+6M19SEntry Burn Startup
- T+6M38SEntry Burn Shutdown
- T+8M5SStage 1 Landing Burn
- T+8M27SStage 1 Landing
- T+8M41SSECO-1
- T+53M39SSES-2
- T+53M41SSECO-2
- T+1H4M48SStarlink Deployment
Catalogued objects
24 catalogued: 24 payloads; 23 still in orbit
- Starlink 30996 · NORAD 59023 · in orbit
- Starlink 31006 · NORAD 59024 · in orbit
- Starlink 31178 · NORAD 59025 · in orbit
- Starlink 31227 · NORAD 59026 · re-entered January 28, 2026
- Starlink 30863 · NORAD 59027 · in orbit
- Starlink 31206 · NORAD 59028 · in orbit
- Starlink 31224 · NORAD 59029 · in orbit
- Starlink 31186 · NORAD 59030 · in orbit
- Starlink 31211 · NORAD 59031 · in orbit
- Starlink 30862 · NORAD 59032 · in orbit
- Starlink 31210 · NORAD 59033 · in orbit
- Starlink 31231 · NORAD 59034 · in orbit
Show 12 more payloads
- Starlink 31207 · NORAD 59035 · in orbit
- Starlink 31217 · NORAD 59036 · in orbit
- Starlink 31208 · NORAD 59037 · in orbit
- Starlink 31235 · NORAD 59038 · in orbit
- Starlink 31220 · NORAD 59039 · in orbit
- Starlink 31225 · NORAD 59040 · in orbit
- Starlink 31240 · NORAD 59041 · in orbit
- Starlink 31202 · NORAD 59042 · in orbit
- Starlink 31234 · NORAD 59043 · in orbit
- Starlink 31153 · NORAD 59044 · in orbit
- Starlink 31241 · NORAD 59045 · in orbit
- Starlink 31205 · NORAD 59046 · in orbit
Data from J. McDowell, planet4589.org
About this launch
A batch of 24 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
226th launch from Space Launch Complex 40, 8th this year · 936th from Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA
Local pad time at liftoff: Feb 25, 5:06 PM EST, in daylight
403 launches from this pad · 1,131 from Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA
5 days 1 hour after the previous launch from this pad
Updates
Launch success.
Show 9 earlier updates
Liftoff.
Cosmic_Penguin · 2/25/2024 · source
Livestream has started
LL2 · 2/25/2024 · source
New T-0.
Cosmic_Penguin · 2/25/2024 · source
Launch time accurate to the second.
Cosmic_Penguin · 2/25/2024 · source
Scrubbed for the day.
Cosmic_Penguin · 2/25/2024 · source
Updating T-0
SwGustav · 2/24/2024 · source
Updating T-0
SwGustav · 2/24/2024 · source
GO for launch.
Cosmic_Penguin · 2/24/2024 · source
Updated launch weather.
Cosmic_Penguin · 2/23/2024 · source
Questions
When did Starlink Group 6-39 launch?
Starlink Group 6-39 launched on February 25, 2024 at 22:06 UTC. The launch window ran from 21:34 to 01:34 UTC.
Where can I watch Starlink Group 6-39?
Coverage: SpaceX Starlink Group 6-39; SpaceX Falcon 9 Launches Starlink 6-39; Watch Live: SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket launches 24 Starlink satellites from Cape Canaveral. Watch the replay
What rocket launched Starlink Group 6-39?
Falcon 9 Block 5, flown by SpaceX. Falcon 9 Block 5 spec sheet
Where did Starlink Group 6-39 launch from?
Space Launch Complex 40, Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA. Liftoff was Feb 25, 5:06 PM EST local time at the pad.
Did the booster land?
Booster B1069 flew for the 13th time and landed at A Shortfall of Gravitas.
What orbit did Starlink Group 6-39 reach?
The tracked orbit of Starlink 30996, one of 24 catalogued objects, from March 1, 2024, was 299 × 301 km inclined 43.0°.
How many satellites did Starlink Group 6-39 launch?
24 payloads from this launch are catalogued, 23 of them still in orbit (Data from J. McDowell, planet4589.org).
Which program is Starlink Group 6-39 part of?
Starlink. About Starlink