SpaceXFalcon 9 Block 5Launch Complex 39A, Kennedy Space Center, FL, USA
Starlink Group 6-42
Launched
March 24, 2024 · 03:09 UTC
Image: SpaceX
Summary
Starlink Group 6-42 launched on a SpaceX Falcon 9 Block 5 from Launch Complex 39A, Kennedy Space Center, FL, USA on March 24, 2024 at 03:09 UTC. The launch window ran from 23:29 to 03:29 UTC. It was SpaceX's 340th launch, 29th this year and humanity's 6,646th orbital launch attempt. It was the 257th Falcon 9 Block 5 flight and the 28th this year. Booster B1060 flew for the 19th time and landed at Just Read the Instructions. The payload was bound for low Earth orbit (LEO). The tracked orbit of Starlink 31463, one of 23 catalogued objects, from March 28, 2024, was 303 × 305 km inclined 43.0°. 23 objects from this launch are catalogued, all of them payloads.
- Watch
- Vehicle
- Falcon 9 Block 5 · SpaceXStarlink
- Booster
- B1060 · flight 19 · Autonomous Spaceport Drone Ship at Just Read the Instructions · landed156/157 landed here · 37 days after its previous flight, Nova-C IM-1 · 612 km downrange
- Mission
- Communications · Low Earth Orbit (LEO)for SpX
- Milestone
- 257th Falcon 9 Block 5 flight · 28th this yearSpaceX's 340th launch29th this yearhumanity's 6,646th orbital launch attempt57th orbital launch attempt this year
Flight preview
Simulate in Flight ClubOrbit: as tracked
Starlink 31463 · NORAD 59296 · 2024-056 · Space-Track · tracking 1 of 23 objects
Show the numbers for orbit elements
- Object
- TBA - TO BE ASSIGNED
- Object ID
- 2024-056A
- Epoch
- 2024-03-28 16:00:00 UTC
- Mean motion
- 15.91844222 rev/day
- Eccentricity
- 0.0001657
- Inclination
- 43.0068°
- Ascending node
- 338.4251°
- Arg. of perigee
- 255.2535°
- Mean anomaly
- 6.2834°
- Element set
- 999
- Rev at epoch
- 182
- B*
- -0.0020027
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+2M29SStage 2 Separation
- T+2M36SSES-1
- T+3M4SFairing Separation
- T+6M9SEntry Burn Startup
- T+6M33SEntry Burn Shutdown
- T+8M4SStage 1 Landing Burn
- T+8M26SStage 1 Landing
- T+8M39SSECO-1
- T+54M9SSES-2
- T+54M10SSECO-2
- T+1H5M18SStarlink Deployment
Catalogued objects
23 catalogued: 23 payloads; 21 still in orbit
- Starlink 31463 · NORAD 59296 · in orbit
- Starlink 31487 · NORAD 59297 · in orbit
- Starlink 31386 · NORAD 59298 · in orbit
- Starlink 31409 · NORAD 59299 · in orbit
- Starlink 31489 · NORAD 59300 · in orbit
- Starlink 31502 · NORAD 59301 · in orbit
- Starlink 31447 · NORAD 59302 · in orbit
- Starlink 31504 · NORAD 59303 · in orbit
- Starlink 31474 · NORAD 59304 · in orbit
- Starlink 31500 · NORAD 59305 · in orbit
- Starlink 31480 · NORAD 59306 · in orbit
- Starlink 31282 · NORAD 59307 · in orbit
Show 11 more payloads
- Starlink 31485 · NORAD 59308 · in orbit
- Starlink 31455 · NORAD 59309 · in orbit
- Starlink 31475 · NORAD 59310 · in orbit
- Starlink 31469 · NORAD 59311 · re-entered June 12, 2024
- Starlink 31445 · NORAD 59312 · in orbit
- Starlink 31495 · NORAD 59313 · re-entered October 5, 2026
- Starlink 31477 · NORAD 59314 · in orbit
- Starlink 31446 · NORAD 59315 · in orbit
- Starlink 31479 · NORAD 59316 · in orbit
- Starlink 31349 · NORAD 59317 · in orbit
- Starlink 31464 · NORAD 59318 · 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
174th launch from Launch Complex 39A, 6th this year · 232nd from Kennedy Space Center, FL, USA
Local pad time at liftoff: Mar 23, 11:09 PM EDT, at night
224 launches from this pad · 283 from Kennedy Space Center, FL, USA
8 days 2 hours after the previous launch from this pad
Updates
Launch success.
Show 9 earlier updates
Liftoff.
Cosmic_Penguin · 3/24/2024 · source
Unofficial Re-stream by SPACE AFFAIRS has started
LL2 · 3/24/2024 · source
Updating T-0
JRascagneres · 3/23/2024 · source
Updating T-0
Nosu · 3/23/2024 · source
Adjusting T-0
Nosu · 3/23/2024 · source
Launch window is to the second.
Cosmic_Penguin · 3/23/2024 · source
Launch delayed by 1 day due to weather
hitura-nobad · 3/22/2024 · source
GO for launch.
Cosmic_Penguin · 3/22/2024 · source
Weather 25% Go
hitura-nobad · 3/21/2024 · source
Questions
When did Starlink Group 6-42 launch?
Starlink Group 6-42 launched on March 24, 2024 at 03:09 UTC. The launch window ran from 23:29 to 03:29 UTC.
Where can I watch Starlink Group 6-42?
Coverage: SpaceX Starlink Group 6-42; SpaceX - Falcon 9 - Starlink Group 6-42 - LC-39A - KSC - March 24, 2024; Watch live: SpaceX launches 23 Starlink satellites on a Falcon 9 rocket from Florida. Watch the replay
What rocket launched Starlink Group 6-42?
Falcon 9 Block 5, flown by SpaceX. Falcon 9 Block 5 spec sheet
Where did Starlink Group 6-42 launch from?
Launch Complex 39A, Kennedy Space Center, FL, USA. Liftoff was Mar 23, 11:09 PM EDT local time at the pad.
Did the booster land?
Booster B1060 flew for the 19th time and landed at Just Read the Instructions.
What orbit did Starlink Group 6-42 reach?
The tracked orbit of Starlink 31463, one of 23 catalogued objects, from March 28, 2024, was 303 × 305 km inclined 43.0°.
How many satellites did Starlink Group 6-42 launch?
23 payloads from this launch are catalogued, 21 of them still in orbit (Data from J. McDowell, planet4589.org).
Which program is Starlink Group 6-42 part of?
Starlink. About Starlink