SpaceXFalcon 9 Block 5Space Launch Complex 40, Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA
Starlink Group 6-4
Launched
June 4, 2023 · 12:20 UTC
Image: SpaceX
Summary
Starlink Group 6-4 launched on a SpaceX Falcon 9 Block 5 from Space Launch Complex 40, Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA on June 4, 2023 at 12:20 UTC. The launch window ran from 09:56 to 12:20 UTC. It was SpaceX's 251st launch, 38th this year and humanity's 6,453rd orbital launch attempt. It was the 173rd Falcon 9 Block 5 flight and the 35th this year. Booster B1078 flew for the 3rd time and landed at Just Read the Instructions. The payload was bound for low Earth orbit (LEO). The tracked orbit of Starlink 30119, one of 22 catalogued objects, from June 9, 2023, was 336 × 338 km inclined 43.0°. 22 objects from this launch are catalogued, all of them payloads.
- Watch
- Starlink MissionSpaceX
- Vehicle
- Falcon 9 Block 5 · SpaceXStarlink
- Booster
- B1078 · flight 3 · Autonomous Spaceport Drone Ship at Just Read the Instructions · landed156/157 landed here · 36 days after its previous flight, O3b mPower 3 & 4 · 643 km downrange
- Mission
- Communications · Low Earth Orbit (LEO)
- Milestone
- 173rd Falcon 9 Block 5 flight · 35th this yearSpaceX's 251st launch38th this yearhumanity's 6,453rd orbital launch attempt85th orbital launch attempt this year
Webcast
Flight preview
Simulate in Flight ClubOrbit: as tracked
Starlink 30119 · NORAD 56823 · 2023-079 · Space-Track · tracking 1 of 22 objects
Show the numbers for orbit elements
- Object
- TBA - TO BE ASSIGNED
- Object ID
- 2023-079A
- Epoch
- 2023-06-09 18:00:00 UTC
- Mean motion
- 15.80207462 rev/day
- Eccentricity
- 0.0001479
- Inclination
- 43.0062°
- Ascending node
- 182.9131°
- Arg. of perigee
- 271.9236°
- Mean anomaly
- 204.7258°
- Element set
- 999
- Rev at epoch
- 130
- B*
- -0.0037506
Perigee, apogee and period are Kepler figures from the catalogued mean elements, not a propagated state. Published orbit: LEO.
Catalogued objects
22 catalogued: 22 payloads; 19 still in orbit
- Starlink 30119 · NORAD 56823 · in orbit
- Starlink 30120 · NORAD 56824 · in orbit
- Starlink 30084 · NORAD 56825 · in orbit
- Starlink 30114 · NORAD 56826 · in orbit
- Starlink 30151 · NORAD 56827 · in orbit
- Starlink 30152 · NORAD 56828 · in orbit
- Starlink 30139 · NORAD 56829 · re-entered July 7, 2023
- Starlink 30134 · NORAD 56830 · re-entered July 18, 2023
- Starlink 30143 · NORAD 56831 · re-entered June 11, 2023
- Starlink 30128 · NORAD 56832 · in orbit
- Starlink 30131 · NORAD 56833 · in orbit
- Starlink 30069 · NORAD 56834 · in orbit
Show 10 more payloads
- Starlink 30144 · NORAD 56835 · in orbit
- Starlink 30142 · NORAD 56836 · in orbit
- Starlink 30133 · NORAD 56837 · in orbit
- Starlink 30123 · NORAD 56838 · in orbit
- Starlink 30076 · NORAD 56839 · in orbit
- Starlink 30073 · NORAD 56840 · in orbit
- Starlink 30078 · NORAD 56841 · in orbit
- Starlink 30135 · NORAD 56842 · in orbit
- Starlink 30137 · NORAD 56843 · in orbit
- Starlink 30136 · NORAD 56844 · in orbit
Data from J. McDowell, planet4589.org
About this launch
A batch of 22 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
183rd launch from Space Launch Complex 40, 20th this year · 889th from Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA
Local pad time at liftoff: Jun 4, 8:20 AM EDT, in daylight
403 launches from this pad · 1,131 from Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA
8 days 7 hours after the previous launch from this pad
Updates
Launch success
Show 9 earlier updates
Liftoff
Nosu · 6/4/2023 · source
Livestream has started
LL2 · 6/4/2023 · source
New weather forecast.
Cosmic_Penguin · 6/4/2023 · source
New launch time.
Cosmic_Penguin · 6/4/2023 · source
Tweaked launch window.
Cosmic_Penguin · 6/4/2023 · source
Weather 50% GO
hitura-nobad · 6/3/2023 · source
T-0 is accurate to the second
Nosu · 6/3/2023 · source
GO for launch.
Cosmic_Penguin · 6/2/2023 · source
Setting T-0
Nosu · 6/2/2023 · source
Questions
When did Starlink Group 6-4 launch?
Starlink Group 6-4 launched on June 4, 2023 at 12:20 UTC. The launch window ran from 09:56 to 12:20 UTC.
Where can I watch Starlink Group 6-4?
Coverage: Starlink Mission. Watch the replay
What rocket launched Starlink Group 6-4?
Falcon 9 Block 5, flown by SpaceX. Falcon 9 Block 5 spec sheet
Where did Starlink Group 6-4 launch from?
Space Launch Complex 40, Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA. Liftoff was Jun 4, 8:20 AM EDT local time at the pad.
Did the booster land?
Booster B1078 flew for the 3rd time and landed at Just Read the Instructions.
What orbit did Starlink Group 6-4 reach?
The tracked orbit of Starlink 30119, one of 22 catalogued objects, from June 9, 2023, was 336 × 338 km inclined 43.0°.
How many satellites did Starlink Group 6-4 launch?
22 payloads from this launch are catalogued, 19 of them still in orbit (Data from J. McDowell, planet4589.org).
Which program is Starlink Group 6-4 part of?
Starlink. About Starlink