SpaceXFalcon 9 Block 5Space Launch Complex 40, Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA
Starlink Group 6-47
Launched
April 5, 2024 · 09:12 UTC
Image: SpaceX
Summary
Starlink Group 6-47 launched on a SpaceX Falcon 9 Block 5 from Space Launch Complex 40, Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA on April 5, 2024 at 09:12 UTC. The launch window ran from 06:14 to 10:14 UTC. It was SpaceX's 345th launch, 34th this year and humanity's 6,654th orbital launch attempt. It was the 262nd Falcon 9 Block 5 flight and the 33rd this year. Booster B1069 flew for the 14th time and landed at A Shortfall of Gravitas. The payload was bound for low Earth orbit (LEO). The tracked orbit of Starlink 31534, one of 23 catalogued objects, from April 10, 2024, was 315 × 317 km inclined 43.0°. 23 objects from this launch are catalogued, all of them payloads.
- Watch
- SpaceX Starlink Group 6-47The Space Devs
- Watch live: SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket launches Starlink 6-47 mission from Cape CanaveralSpaceflight Now
- SpaceX Falcon 9 Launches Starlink 6-47NASASpaceflight
- Vehicle
- Falcon 9 Block 5 · SpaceXStarlink
- Booster
- B1069 · flight 14 · Autonomous Spaceport Drone Ship at A Shortfall of Gravitas · landed161/162 landed here · 39 days after its previous flight, Starlink Group 6-39 · 615 km downrange
- Mission
- Communications · Low Earth Orbit (LEO)for SpX
- Milestone
- 262nd Falcon 9 Block 5 flight · 33rd this yearSpaceX's 345th launch34th this yearhumanity's 6,654th orbital launch attempt65th orbital launch attempt this year
Flight preview
Simulate in Flight ClubOrbit: as tracked
Starlink 31534 · NORAD 59398 · 2024-064 · Space-Track · tracking 1 of 23 objects
Show the numbers for orbit elements
- Object
- TBA - TO BE ASSIGNED
- Object ID
- 2024-064A
- Epoch
- 2024-04-10 16:00:00 UTC
- Mean motion
- 15.87806177 rev/day
- Eccentricity
- 0.0001443
- Inclination
- 43.0047°
- Ascending node
- 76.6086°
- Arg. of perigee
- 273°
- Mean anomaly
- 303.1204°
- Element set
- 999
- Rev at epoch
- 197
- B*
- -0.0047978
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+3M1SFairing Separation
- T+6M9SEntry Burn Startup
- T+6M34SEntry Burn Shutdown
- T+8M1SStage 1 Landing Burn
- T+8M29SStage 1 Landing
- T+8M40SSECO-1
- T+54M10SSES-2
- T+54M12SSECO-2
- T+1H5M19SStarlink Deployment
Catalogued objects
23 catalogued: 23 payloads; 22 still in orbit
- Starlink 31534 · NORAD 59398 · in orbit
- Starlink 31544 · NORAD 59399 · in orbit
- Starlink 31545 · NORAD 59400 · in orbit
- Starlink 31507 · NORAD 59401 · in orbit
- Starlink 31543 · NORAD 59402 · in orbit
- Starlink 31366 · NORAD 59403 · in orbit
- Starlink 31374 · NORAD 59404 · in orbit
- Starlink 31400 · NORAD 59405 · in orbit
- Starlink 31391 · NORAD 59406 · in orbit
- Starlink 31387 · NORAD 59407 · in orbit
- Starlink 31367 · NORAD 59408 · re-entered February 22, 2025
- Starlink 31396 · NORAD 59409 · in orbit
Show 11 more payloads
- Starlink 31412 · NORAD 59410 · in orbit
- Starlink 31483 · NORAD 59411 · in orbit
- Starlink 31568 · NORAD 59412 · in orbit
- Starlink 31615 · NORAD 59413 · in orbit
- Starlink 31457 · NORAD 59414 · in orbit
- Starlink 31398 · NORAD 59415 · in orbit
- Starlink 31399 · NORAD 59416 · in orbit
- Starlink 31401 · NORAD 59417 · in orbit
- Starlink 31414 · NORAD 59418 · in orbit
- Starlink 31415 · NORAD 59419 · in orbit
- Starlink 31466 · NORAD 59420 · 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
233rd launch from Space Launch Complex 40, 15th this year · 943rd from Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA
Local pad time at liftoff: Apr 5, 5:12 AM EDT, at night
403 launches from this pad · 1,131 from Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA
5 days 7 hours after the previous launch from this pad
Updates
Launch success.
Show 8 earlier updates
Liftoff
hitura-nobad · 4/5/2024 · source
Unofficial Webcast by Spaceflight Now has started
LL2 · 4/5/2024 · source
GO for launch.
Cosmic_Penguin · 4/5/2024 · source
Updated launch window.
Cosmic_Penguin · 4/4/2024 · source
Weather 90%
Nosu · 4/3/2024 · source
Added launch window per marine navigation warnings.
Cosmic_Penguin · 4/1/2024 · source
Targeting NET April 5 UTC per NOTAM F1210/24 and A1112/24.
Cosmic_Penguin · 3/30/2024 · source
Added launch.
Cosmic_Penguin · 2/6/2024 · source
Questions
When did Starlink Group 6-47 launch?
Starlink Group 6-47 launched on April 5, 2024 at 09:12 UTC. The launch window ran from 06:14 to 10:14 UTC.
Where can I watch Starlink Group 6-47?
Coverage: SpaceX Starlink Group 6-47; Watch live: SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket launches Starlink 6-47 mission from Cape Canaveral; SpaceX Falcon 9 Launches Starlink 6-47. Watch the replay
What rocket launched Starlink Group 6-47?
Falcon 9 Block 5, flown by SpaceX. Falcon 9 Block 5 spec sheet
Where did Starlink Group 6-47 launch from?
Space Launch Complex 40, Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA. Liftoff was Apr 5, 5:12 AM EDT local time at the pad.
Did the booster land?
Booster B1069 flew for the 14th time and landed at A Shortfall of Gravitas.
What orbit did Starlink Group 6-47 reach?
The tracked orbit of Starlink 31534, one of 23 catalogued objects, from April 10, 2024, was 315 × 317 km inclined 43.0°.
How many satellites did Starlink Group 6-47 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 6-47 part of?
Starlink. About Starlink