SpaceXFalcon 9 Block 5Space Launch Complex 40, Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA
Starlink Group 6-45
Launched
March 31, 2024 · 01:30 UTC
Image: SpaceX
Summary
Starlink Group 6-45 launched on a SpaceX Falcon 9 Block 5 from Space Launch Complex 40, Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA on March 31, 2024 at 01:30 UTC. The launch window ran from 01:02 to 02:00 UTC. It was SpaceX's 343rd launch, 32nd this year and humanity's 6,650th orbital launch attempt. It was the 260th Falcon 9 Block 5 flight and the 31st this year. Booster B1067 flew for the 18th time and landed at A Shortfall of Gravitas. The payload was bound for low Earth orbit (LEO). The tracked orbit of Starlink 31605, one of 23 catalogued objects, from April 3, 2024, was 301 × 303 km inclined 43.0°. 23 objects from this launch are catalogued, all of them payloads.
- Watch
- SpaceX Starlink Group 6-45The Space Devs
- Watch live: SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket launches 23 Starlink satellites from Cape CanaveralSpaceflight Now
- SpaceX Falcon 9 Launches Starlink 6-45NASASpaceflight
- Vehicle
- Falcon 9 Block 5 · SpaceXStarlink
- Booster
- B1067 · flight 18 · Autonomous Spaceport Drone Ship at A Shortfall of Gravitas · landed161/162 landed here · 39 days after its previous flight, HTS-113BT (Merah Putih 2) · 614 km downrange
- Mission
- Communications · Low Earth Orbit (LEO)for SpX
- Milestone
- 260th Falcon 9 Block 5 flight · 31st this yearSpaceX's 343rd launch32nd this yearhumanity's 6,650th orbital launch attempt61st orbital launch attempt this year
Flight preview
Simulate in Flight ClubOrbit: as tracked
Starlink 31605 · NORAD 59348 · 2024-060 · Space-Track · tracking 1 of 23 objects
Show the numbers for orbit elements
- Object
- TBA - TO BE ASSIGNED
- Object ID
- 2024-060A
- Epoch
- 2024-04-03 20:00:01 UTC
- Mean motion
- 15.92731058 rev/day
- Eccentricity
- 0.0001715
- Inclination
- 43.0036°
- Ascending node
- 325.2153°
- Arg. of perigee
- 278.7232°
- Mean anomaly
- 277.4476°
- Element set
- 999
- Rev at epoch
- 168
- B*
- -0.0030258
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+2M30SStage 2 Separation
- T+2M36SSES-1
- T+3M4SFairing Separation
- T+6M10SEntry Burn Startup
- T+6M33SEntry Burn Shutdown
- T+8M4SStage 1 Landing Burn
- T+8M26SStage 1 Landing
- T+8M40SSECO-1
- T+54M3SSES-2
- T+54M4SSECO-2
- T+1H5M12SStarlink Deployment
Catalogued objects
23 catalogued: 23 payloads; 23 still in orbit
- Starlink 31605 · NORAD 59348 · in orbit
- Starlink 31532 · NORAD 59349 · in orbit
- Starlink 31593 · NORAD 59350 · in orbit
- Starlink 31555 · NORAD 59351 · in orbit
- Starlink 31561 · NORAD 59352 · in orbit
- Starlink 31413 · NORAD 59353 · in orbit
- Starlink 31422 · NORAD 59354 · in orbit
- Starlink 31416 · NORAD 59355 · in orbit
- Starlink 31552 · NORAD 59356 · in orbit
- Starlink 31557 · NORAD 59357 · in orbit
- Starlink 31559 · NORAD 59358 · in orbit
- Starlink 31501 · NORAD 59359 · in orbit
Show 11 more payloads
- Starlink 31549 · NORAD 59360 · in orbit
- Starlink 31560 · NORAD 59361 · in orbit
- Starlink 31571 · NORAD 59362 · in orbit
- Starlink 31553 · NORAD 59363 · in orbit
- Starlink 31547 · NORAD 59364 · in orbit
- Starlink 31537 · NORAD 59365 · in orbit
- Starlink 31451 · NORAD 59366 · in orbit
- Starlink 31428 · NORAD 59367 · in orbit
- Starlink 31419 · NORAD 59368 · in orbit
- Starlink 31583 · NORAD 59369 · in orbit
- Starlink 31461 · NORAD 59370 · in orbit
Data from J. McDowell, planet4589.org
About this launch
A batch of 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
232nd launch from Space Launch Complex 40, 14th this year · 942nd from Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA
Local pad time at liftoff: Mar 30, 9:30 PM EDT, at night
403 launches from this pad · 1,131 from Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA
5 days 1 hour after the previous launch from this pad
Updates
Launch success.
Show 9 earlier updates
Liftoff.
Cosmic_Penguin · 3/31/2024 · source
New T-0.
Cosmic_Penguin · 3/31/2024 · source
Unofficial Webcast by Spaceflight Now has started
LL2 · 3/31/2024 · source
T-0 is accurate to the second
Nosu · 3/30/2024 · source
GO for launch.
Cosmic_Penguin · 3/30/2024 · source
Weather >95% GO
hitura-nobad · 3/29/2024 · source
Refined launch window.
Cosmic_Penguin · 3/26/2024 · source
Refined launch window per marine navigation warnings.
Cosmic_Penguin · 3/25/2024 · source
NET late March 30 UTC per NOTAMs.
Cosmic_Penguin · 3/25/2024 · source
Questions
When did Starlink Group 6-45 launch?
Starlink Group 6-45 launched on March 31, 2024 at 01:30 UTC. The launch window ran from 01:02 to 02:00 UTC.
Where can I watch Starlink Group 6-45?
Coverage: SpaceX Starlink Group 6-45; Watch live: SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket launches 23 Starlink satellites from Cape Canaveral; SpaceX Falcon 9 Launches Starlink 6-45. Watch the replay
What rocket launched Starlink Group 6-45?
Falcon 9 Block 5, flown by SpaceX. Falcon 9 Block 5 spec sheet
Where did Starlink Group 6-45 launch from?
Space Launch Complex 40, Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA. Liftoff was Mar 30, 9:30 PM EDT local time at the pad.
Did the booster land?
Booster B1067 flew for the 18th time and landed at A Shortfall of Gravitas.
What orbit did Starlink Group 6-45 reach?
The tracked orbit of Starlink 31605, one of 23 catalogued objects, from April 3, 2024, was 301 × 303 km inclined 43.0°.
How many satellites did Starlink Group 6-45 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 6-45 part of?
Starlink. About Starlink