SpaceXFalcon 9 Block 5Space Launch Complex 40, Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA
Starlink Group 6-40
Launched
February 29, 2024 · 15:30 UTC
Image: SpaceX
Summary
Starlink Group 6-40 launched on a SpaceX Falcon 9 Block 5 from Space Launch Complex 40, Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA on February 29, 2024 at 15:30 UTC. The launch window ran from 15:30 to 17:30 UTC. It was SpaceX's 330th launch, 19th this year and humanity's 6,630th orbital launch attempt. It was the 248th Falcon 9 Block 5 flight and the 19th this year. Booster B1076 flew for the 11th time and landed at Just Read the Instructions. The payload was bound for low Earth orbit (LEO). The tracked orbit of Starlink 31265, one of 23 catalogued objects, from March 6, 2024, was 313 × 316 km inclined 43.0°. 23 objects from this launch are catalogued, all of them payloads.
- Watch
- SpaceX Starlink Group 6-40The Space Devs
- Watch Live: SpaceX launches a Falcon 9 rocket from Cape Canaveral with 23 Starlink satellitesSpaceflight Now
- SpaceX Falcon 9 Launches Starlink 6-40NASASpaceflight
- Vehicle
- Falcon 9 Block 5 · SpaceXStarlink
- Booster
- Mission
- Communications · Low Earth Orbit (LEO)for SpX
- Milestone
- 248th Falcon 9 Block 5 flight · 19th this yearSpaceX's 330th launch19th this yearhumanity's 6,630th orbital launch attempt41st orbital launch attempt this year
Flight preview
Simulate in Flight ClubOrbit: as tracked
Starlink 31265 · NORAD 59074 · 2024-041 · Space-Track · tracking 1 of 23 objects
Show the numbers for orbit elements
- Object
- TBA - TO BE ASSIGNED
- Object ID
- 2024-041A
- Epoch
- 2024-03-06 18:00:00 UTC
- Mean motion
- 15.88203045 rev/day
- Eccentricity
- 0.000205
- Inclination
- 43.0043°
- Ascending node
- 130.7353°
- Arg. of perigee
- 268.6928°
- Mean anomaly
- 338.3671°
- Element set
- 999
- Rev at epoch
- 218
- B*
- -0.0031748
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+2M26SMECO
- T+2M29SStage 2 Separation
- T+2M36SSES-1
- T+3M3SFairing Separation
- T+6M5SEntry Burn Startup
- T+6M27SEntry Burn Shutdown
- T+8MStage 1 Landing Burn
- T+8M25SStage 1 Landing
- T+8M39SSECO-1
- T+54M9SSES-2
- T+54M11SSECO-2
- T+1H5M18SStarlink Deployment
Catalogued objects
23 catalogued: 23 payloads; 20 still in orbit
- Starlink 31265 · NORAD 59074 · in orbit
- Starlink 31276 · NORAD 59075 · in orbit
- Starlink 31259 · NORAD 59076 · in orbit
- Starlink 31281 · NORAD 59077 · in orbit
- Starlink 31274 · NORAD 59078 · in orbit
- Starlink 31257 · NORAD 59079 · in orbit
- Starlink 31299 · NORAD 59080 · re-entered March 27, 2026
- Starlink 31292 · NORAD 59081 · in orbit
- Starlink 31286 · NORAD 59082 · in orbit
- Starlink 31252 · NORAD 59083 · in orbit
- Starlink 31261 · NORAD 59084 · in orbit
- Starlink 31290 · NORAD 59085 · in orbit
Show 11 more payloads
- Starlink 31279 · NORAD 59086 · in orbit
- Starlink 31266 · NORAD 59087 · in orbit
- Starlink 31313 · NORAD 59088 · in orbit
- Starlink 31307 · NORAD 59089 · in orbit
- Starlink 31316 · NORAD 59090 · in orbit
- Starlink 31352 · NORAD 59091 · re-entered April 6, 2024
- Starlink 31310 · NORAD 59092 · in orbit
- Starlink 31343 · NORAD 59093 · in orbit
- Starlink 31302 · NORAD 59094 · re-entered August 30, 2024
- Starlink 31295 · NORAD 59095 · in orbit
- Starlink 31291 · NORAD 59096 · 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
227th launch from Space Launch Complex 40, 9th this year · 937th from Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA
Local pad time at liftoff: Feb 29, 10:30 AM EST, in daylight
403 launches from this pad · 1,131 from Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA
3 days 17 hours after the previous launch from this pad
Updates
Launch success.
Show 9 earlier updates
Liftoff
hitura-nobad · 2/29/2024 · source
Weather 95% GO
hitura-nobad · 2/29/2024 · source
Livestream has started
LL2 · 2/29/2024 · source
GO for launch.
Cosmic_Penguin · 2/29/2024 · source
Targeting Feb 29th for launch after delay of Crew-8
hitura-nobad · 2/29/2024 · source
Updated launch weather.
Cosmic_Penguin · 2/28/2024 · source
Delayed until after Crew-8, setting to the backup window registered for March 1
Nosu · 2/26/2024 · source
Tweaked launch window.
Cosmic_Penguin · 2/24/2024 · source
Updated launch window per marine navigation warnings.
Cosmic_Penguin · 2/24/2024 · source
Questions
When did Starlink Group 6-40 launch?
Starlink Group 6-40 launched on February 29, 2024 at 15:30 UTC. The launch window ran from 15:30 to 17:30 UTC.
Where can I watch Starlink Group 6-40?
Coverage: SpaceX Starlink Group 6-40; Watch Live: SpaceX launches a Falcon 9 rocket from Cape Canaveral with 23 Starlink satellites; SpaceX Falcon 9 Launches Starlink 6-40. Watch the replay
What rocket launched Starlink Group 6-40?
Falcon 9 Block 5, flown by SpaceX. Falcon 9 Block 5 spec sheet
Where did Starlink Group 6-40 launch from?
Space Launch Complex 40, Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA. Liftoff was Feb 29, 10:30 AM EST local time at the pad.
Did the booster land?
Booster B1076 flew for the 11th time and landed at Just Read the Instructions.
What orbit did Starlink Group 6-40 reach?
The tracked orbit of Starlink 31265, one of 23 catalogued objects, from March 6, 2024, was 313 × 316 km inclined 43.0°.
How many satellites did Starlink Group 6-40 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 6-40 part of?
Starlink. About Starlink