SpaceXFalcon 9 Block 5Space Launch Complex 40, Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA
Starlink Group 6-46
Launched
March 25, 2024 · 23:42 UTC
Image: SpaceX
Summary
Starlink Group 6-46 launched on a SpaceX Falcon 9 Block 5 from Space Launch Complex 40, Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA on March 25, 2024 at 23:42 UTC. The launch window ran from 21:52 to 01:00 UTC. It was SpaceX's 341st launch, 30th this year and humanity's 6,647th orbital launch attempt. It was the 258th Falcon 9 Block 5 flight and the 29th this year. Booster B1078 flew for the 8th time and landed at A Shortfall of Gravitas. The payload was bound for low Earth orbit (LEO). The tracked orbit of Starlink 31402, one of 23 catalogued objects, from April 1, 2024, was 316 × 318 km inclined 43.0°. 23 objects from this launch are catalogued, all of them payloads.
- Watch
- Vehicle
- Falcon 9 Block 5 · SpaceXStarlink
- Booster
- Mission
- Communications · Low Earth Orbit (LEO)for SpX
- Milestone
- 258th Falcon 9 Block 5 flight · 29th this yearSpaceX's 341st launch30th this yearhumanity's 6,647th orbital launch attempt58th orbital launch attempt this year
Flight preview
Simulate in Flight ClubOrbit: as tracked
Starlink 31402 · NORAD 59320 · 2024-057 · Space-Track · tracking 1 of 23 objects
Show the numbers for orbit elements
- Object
- TBA - TO BE ASSIGNED
- Object ID
- 2024-057A
- Epoch
- 2024-04-01 20:00:01 UTC
- Mean motion
- 15.87410566 rev/day
- Eccentricity
- 0.0001588
- Inclination
- 43.0031°
- Ascending node
- 274.1353°
- Arg. of perigee
- 284.1283°
- Mean anomaly
- 268.6588°
- Element set
- 999
- Rev at epoch
- 233
- B*
- -0.0039531
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+6M32SEntry Burn Shutdown
- T+8M4SStage 1 Landing Burn
- T+8M25SStage 1 Landing
- T+8M40SSECO-1
- T+54M4SSES-2
- T+54M6SSECO-2
- T+1H5M13SStarlink Deployment
Catalogued objects
23 catalogued: 23 payloads; 22 still in orbit
- Starlink 31402 · NORAD 59320 · in orbit
- Starlink 31578 · NORAD 59321 · in orbit
- Starlink 31530 · NORAD 59322 · re-entered September 21, 2026
- Starlink 31565 · NORAD 59323 · in orbit
- Starlink 31570 · NORAD 59324 · in orbit
- Starlink 31611 · NORAD 59325 · in orbit
- Starlink 31632 · NORAD 59326 · in orbit
- Starlink 31599 · NORAD 59327 · in orbit
- Starlink 31614 · NORAD 59328 · in orbit
- Starlink 31493 · NORAD 59329 · in orbit
- Starlink 31634 · NORAD 59330 · in orbit
- Starlink 31633 · NORAD 59331 · in orbit
Show 11 more payloads
- Starlink 31594 · NORAD 59332 · in orbit
- Starlink 31572 · NORAD 59333 · in orbit
- Starlink 31573 · NORAD 59334 · in orbit
- Starlink 31588 · NORAD 59335 · in orbit
- Starlink 31596 · NORAD 59336 · in orbit
- Starlink 31612 · NORAD 59337 · in orbit
- Starlink 31550 · NORAD 59338 · in orbit
- Starlink 31473 · NORAD 59339 · in orbit
- Starlink 31562 · NORAD 59340 · in orbit
- Starlink 31600 · NORAD 59341 · in orbit
- Starlink 31628 · NORAD 59342 · 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
231st launch from Space Launch Complex 40, 13th this year · 941st from Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA
Local pad time at liftoff: Mar 25, 7:42 PM EDT, in twilight
403 launches from this pad · 1,131 from Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA
4 days 2 hours after the previous launch from this pad
Updates
Launch success.
Show 8 earlier updates
Liftoff.
Cosmic_Penguin · 3/25/2024 · source
Unofficial Webcast by SPACE AFFAIRS has started
LL2 · 3/25/2024 · source
Updating T-0
Nosu · 3/25/2024 · source
GO for launch.
Cosmic_Penguin · 3/25/2024 · source
Weather 95% GO
Jay · 3/24/2024 · source
Tweaked launch window.
Cosmic_Penguin · 3/20/2024 · source
Targeting NET March 25 UTC per NOTAM F1100/24 and A0976/24.
Cosmic_Penguin · 3/19/2024 · source
Added launch.
Cosmic_Penguin · 2/4/2024 · source
Questions
When did Starlink Group 6-46 launch?
Starlink Group 6-46 launched on March 25, 2024 at 23:42 UTC. The launch window ran from 21:52 to 01:00 UTC.
Where can I watch Starlink Group 6-46?
Coverage: SpaceX Starlink Group 6-46; SpaceX - Falcon 9 - Starlink Group 6-46 - SLC-40 - Cape Canaveral SFS - March 26, 2024; Watch Live: SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket launches 23 Starlink satellites from Cape Canaveral. Watch the replay
What rocket launched Starlink Group 6-46?
Falcon 9 Block 5, flown by SpaceX. Falcon 9 Block 5 spec sheet
Where did Starlink Group 6-46 launch from?
Space Launch Complex 40, Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA. Liftoff was Mar 25, 7:42 PM EDT local time at the pad.
Did the booster land?
Booster B1078 flew for the 8th time and landed at A Shortfall of Gravitas.
What orbit did Starlink Group 6-46 reach?
The tracked orbit of Starlink 31402, one of 23 catalogued objects, from April 1, 2024, was 316 × 318 km inclined 43.0°.
How many satellites did Starlink Group 6-46 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 6-46 part of?
Starlink. About Starlink