SpaceXFalcon 9 Block 5Space Launch Complex 40, Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA
Starlink Group 6-43
Launched
March 10, 2024 · 23:05 UTC
Image: SpaceX
Summary
Starlink Group 6-43 launched on a SpaceX Falcon 9 Block 5 from Space Launch Complex 40, Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA on March 10, 2024 at 23:05 UTC. The launch window ran from 23:05 to 03:03 UTC. It was SpaceX's 334th launch, 23rd this year and humanity's 6,634th orbital launch attempt. It was the 252nd Falcon 9 Block 5 flight and the 23rd this year. Booster B1077 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 31439, one of 23 catalogued objects, from March 15, 2024, was 314 × 317 km inclined 43.0°. 23 objects from this launch are catalogued, all of them payloads.
- Watch
- SpaceX Starlink Group 6-43The Space Devs
- Watch Live: SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket launches 23 Starlink satellites from Cape CanaveralSpaceflight Now
- SpaceX Falcon 9 Launches Starlink 6-43NASASpaceflight
- Vehicle
- Falcon 9 Block 5 · SpaceXStarlink
- Booster
- B1077 · flight 11 · Autonomous Spaceport Drone Ship at Just Read the Instructions · landed156/157 landed here · 40 days after its previous flight, Cygnus CRS-2 NG-20 (S.S. Patricia “Patty” Hilliard Robertson) · 600 km downrange
- Mission
- Communications · Low Earth Orbit (LEO)for SpX
- Milestone
- 252nd Falcon 9 Block 5 flight · 23rd this yearSpaceX's 334th launch23rd this yearhumanity's 6,634th orbital launch attempt45th orbital launch attempt this year
Flight preview
Simulate in Flight ClubOrbit: as tracked
Starlink 31439 · NORAD 59178 · 2024-045 · Space-Track · tracking 1 of 23 objects
Show the numbers for orbit elements
- Object
- TBA - TO BE ASSIGNED
- Object ID
- 2024-045A
- Epoch
- 2024-03-15 16:00:00 UTC
- Mean motion
- 15.87813721 rev/day
- Eccentricity
- 0.0001716
- Inclination
- 43.0059°
- Ascending node
- 263.4275°
- Arg. of perigee
- 276.7095°
- Mean anomaly
- 211.0597°
- Element set
- 999
- Rev at epoch
- 195
- B*
- -0.0046574
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+1M10SMax-Q
- T+2M25SMECO
- T+2M29SStage 2 Separation
- T+2M36SSES-1
- T+3M3SFairing Separation
- T+6M9SEntry Burn Startup
- T+6M32SEntry Burn Shutdown
- T+8M3SStage 1 Landing Burn
- T+8M25SStage 1 Landing
- T+8M39SSECO-1
- T+54M11SSES-2
- T+54M13SSECO-2
- T+1H5M21SStarlink Deployment
Catalogued objects
23 catalogued: 23 payloads; 22 still in orbit
- Starlink 31439 · NORAD 59178 · in orbit
- Starlink 31410 · NORAD 59179 · in orbit
- Starlink 31395 · NORAD 59180 · in orbit
- Starlink 31486 · NORAD 59181 · in orbit
- Starlink 31411 · NORAD 59182 · in orbit
- Starlink 31347 · NORAD 59183 · re-entered April 12, 2025
- Starlink 31382 · NORAD 59184 · in orbit
- Starlink 31394 · NORAD 59185 · in orbit
- Starlink 31403 · NORAD 59186 · in orbit
- Starlink 31514 · NORAD 59187 · in orbit
- Starlink 31478 · NORAD 59188 · in orbit
- Starlink 31498 · NORAD 59189 · in orbit
Show 11 more payloads
- Starlink 31563 · NORAD 59190 · in orbit
- Starlink 31551 · NORAD 59191 · in orbit
- Starlink 31536 · NORAD 59192 · in orbit
- Starlink 31548 · NORAD 59193 · in orbit
- Starlink 31542 · NORAD 59194 · in orbit
- Starlink 31554 · NORAD 59195 · in orbit
- Starlink 31558 · NORAD 59196 · in orbit
- Starlink 31275 · NORAD 59197 · in orbit
- Starlink 31590 · NORAD 59198 · in orbit
- Starlink 31567 · NORAD 59199 · in orbit
- Starlink 31503 · NORAD 59200 · 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
229th launch from Space Launch Complex 40, 11th this year · 939th from Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA
Local pad time at liftoff: Mar 10, 7:05 PM EDT, in daylight
403 launches from this pad · 1,131 from Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA
5 days 23 hours after the previous launch from this pad
Updates
Launch success.
Show 9 earlier updates
Liftoff.
Cosmic_Penguin · 3/10/2024 · source
Updated launch weather.
Cosmic_Penguin · 3/10/2024 · source
Livestream has started
LL2 · 3/10/2024 · source
Launch time is to the second.
Cosmic_Penguin · 3/10/2024 · source
Launch time is to the second.
Cosmic_Penguin · 3/10/2024 · source
GO for launch.
Cosmic_Penguin · 3/8/2024 · source
Reverted back to NET March 10.
Cosmic_Penguin · 3/7/2024 · source
NET March 11 UTC per marine navigation warnings.
Cosmic_Penguin · 3/6/2024 · source
Added launch pad.
Cosmic_Penguin · 3/5/2024 · source
Questions
When did Starlink Group 6-43 launch?
Starlink Group 6-43 launched on March 10, 2024 at 23:05 UTC. The launch window ran from 23:05 to 03:03 UTC.
Where can I watch Starlink Group 6-43?
Coverage: SpaceX Starlink Group 6-43; Watch Live: SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket launches 23 Starlink satellites from Cape Canaveral; SpaceX Falcon 9 Launches Starlink 6-43. Watch the replay
What rocket launched Starlink Group 6-43?
Falcon 9 Block 5, flown by SpaceX. Falcon 9 Block 5 spec sheet
Where did Starlink Group 6-43 launch from?
Space Launch Complex 40, Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA. Liftoff was Mar 10, 7:05 PM EDT local time at the pad.
Did the booster land?
Booster B1077 flew for the 11th time and landed at Just Read the Instructions.
What orbit did Starlink Group 6-43 reach?
The tracked orbit of Starlink 31439, one of 23 catalogued objects, from March 15, 2024, was 314 × 317 km inclined 43.0°.
How many satellites did Starlink Group 6-43 launch?
23 payloads from this launch are catalogued, 22 of them still in orbit (Data from J. McDowell, planet4589.org).
Which program is Starlink Group 6-43 part of?
Starlink. About Starlink