SpaceXFalcon 9 Block 5Space Launch Complex 40, Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA
Starlink Group 6-41
Launched
March 4, 2024 · 23:56 UTC
Image: SpaceX
Summary
Starlink Group 6-41 launched on a SpaceX Falcon 9 Block 5 from Space Launch Complex 40, Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA on March 4, 2024 at 23:56 UTC. The launch window ran from 23:56 to 03:54 UTC. It was SpaceX's 333rd launch, 22nd this year and humanity's 6,633rd orbital launch attempt. It was the 251st Falcon 9 Block 5 flight and the 22nd this year. Booster B1073 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 31312, one of 23 catalogued objects, from March 8, 2024, was 306 × 309 km inclined 43.0°. 23 objects from this launch are catalogued, all of them payloads.
- Watch
- SpaceX Starlink Group 6-41The Space Devs
- Watch Live: SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket launches 23 Starlink satellites from Cape CanaveralSpaceflight Now
- Starlink MissionSpaceX
- Vehicle
- Falcon 9 Block 5 · SpaceXStarlink
- Booster
- B1073 · flight 13 · Autonomous Spaceport Drone Ship at A Shortfall of Gravitas · landed161/162 landed here · 49 days after its previous flight, Starlink Group 6-37 · 630 km downrange
- Mission
- Communications · Low Earth Orbit (LEO)for SpX
- Milestone
- 251st Falcon 9 Block 5 flight · 22nd this yearSpaceX's 333rd launch22nd this yearhumanity's 6,633rd orbital launch attempt44th orbital launch attempt this year
Flight preview
Simulate in Flight ClubOrbit: as tracked
Starlink 31312 · NORAD 59152 · 2024-044 · Space-Track · tracking 1 of 23 objects
Show the numbers for orbit elements
- Object
- TBA - TO BE ASSIGNED
- Object ID
- 2024-044A
- Epoch
- 2024-03-08 16:00:00 UTC
- Mean motion
- 15.90587642 rev/day
- Eccentricity
- 0.0001952
- Inclination
- 43.0044°
- Ascending node
- 276.6751°
- Arg. of perigee
- 269.1654°
- Mean anomaly
- 49.0358°
- Element set
- 999
- Rev at epoch
- 174
- B*
- -0.0038263
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+2M25SMECO
- T+2M28SStage 2 Separation
- T+2M35SSES-1
- T+3M3SFairing Separation
- T+6M7SEntry Burn Startup
- T+6M30SEntry Burn Shutdown
- T+7M52SStage 1 Landing Burn
- T+8M15SStage 1 Landing
- T+8M39SSECO-1
- T+53M28SSES-2
- T+53M29SSECO-2
- T+1H4M37SStarlink Deployment
Catalogued objects
23 catalogued: 23 payloads; 23 still in orbit
- Starlink 31312 · NORAD 59152 · in orbit
- Starlink 31308 · NORAD 59153 · in orbit
- Starlink 31270 · NORAD 59154 · in orbit
- Starlink 31341 · NORAD 59155 · in orbit
- Starlink 31338 · NORAD 59156 · in orbit
- Starlink 31334 · NORAD 59157 · in orbit
- Starlink 31297 · NORAD 59158 · in orbit
- Starlink 31182 · NORAD 59159 · in orbit
- Starlink 31327 · NORAD 59160 · in orbit
- Starlink 31256 · NORAD 59161 · in orbit
- Starlink 31272 · NORAD 59162 · in orbit
- Starlink 31278 · NORAD 59163 · in orbit
Show 11 more payloads
- Starlink 31309 · NORAD 59164 · in orbit
- Starlink 31325 · NORAD 59165 · in orbit
- Starlink 31342 · NORAD 59166 · in orbit
- Starlink 31298 · NORAD 59167 · in orbit
- Starlink 31322 · NORAD 59168 · in orbit
- Starlink 31329 · NORAD 59169 · in orbit
- Starlink 31340 · NORAD 59170 · in orbit
- Starlink 31344 · NORAD 59171 · in orbit
- Starlink 31348 · NORAD 59172 · in orbit
- Starlink 31289 · NORAD 59173 · in orbit
- Starlink 31283 · NORAD 59174 · 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
228th launch from Space Launch Complex 40, 10th this year · 938th from Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA
Local pad time at liftoff: Mar 4, 6:56 PM EST, in twilight
403 launches from this pad · 1,131 from Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA
4 days 8 hours after the previous launch from this pad
Updates
Launch success.
Show 9 earlier updates
Liftoff.
Cosmic_Penguin · 3/4/2024 · source
Livestream has started
LL2 · 3/4/2024 · source
GO for launch.
Cosmic_Penguin · 3/4/2024 · source
Updated launch window.
Cosmic_Penguin · 3/4/2024 · source
Updated launch weather.
Cosmic_Penguin · 3/4/2024 · source
1 day slip per marine navigation warnings.
Cosmic_Penguin · 3/2/2024 · source
Delayed to March 4 UTC.
Cosmic_Penguin · 2/28/2024 · source
Added launch window for March 3rd.
Cosmic_Penguin · 2/28/2024 · source
Targeting NET March 3 per NOTAM A0045/24 / A0719/24 / F0788/24.
Cosmic_Penguin · 2/27/2024 · source
Questions
When did Starlink Group 6-41 launch?
Starlink Group 6-41 launched on March 4, 2024 at 23:56 UTC. The launch window ran from 23:56 to 03:54 UTC.
Where can I watch Starlink Group 6-41?
Coverage: SpaceX Starlink Group 6-41; Watch Live: SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket launches 23 Starlink satellites from Cape Canaveral; Starlink Mission. Watch the replay
What rocket launched Starlink Group 6-41?
Falcon 9 Block 5, flown by SpaceX. Falcon 9 Block 5 spec sheet
Where did Starlink Group 6-41 launch from?
Space Launch Complex 40, Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA. Liftoff was Mar 4, 6:56 PM EST local time at the pad.
Did the booster land?
Booster B1073 flew for the 13th time and landed at A Shortfall of Gravitas.
What orbit did Starlink Group 6-41 reach?
The tracked orbit of Starlink 31312, one of 23 catalogued objects, from March 8, 2024, was 306 × 309 km inclined 43.0°.
How many satellites did Starlink Group 6-41 launch?
23 payloads from this launch are catalogued, 23 of them still in orbit (Data from J. McDowell, planet4589.org).
Which program is Starlink Group 6-41 part of?
Starlink. About Starlink