SpaceXFalcon 9 Block 5Space Launch Complex 40, Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA
Starlink Group 6-48
Launched
April 10, 2024 · 05:40 UTC
Image: SpaceX
Summary
Starlink Group 6-48 launched on a SpaceX Falcon 9 Block 5 from Space Launch Complex 40, Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA on April 10, 2024 at 05:40 UTC. The launch window ran from 04:04 to 07:30 UTC. It was SpaceX's 348th launch, 37th this year and humanity's 6,658th orbital launch attempt. It was the 265th Falcon 9 Block 5 flight and the 36th this year. Booster B1083 flew for the 2nd time and landed at Just Read the Instructions. The payload was bound for low Earth orbit (LEO). The tracked orbit of Starlink 31617, one of 23 catalogued objects, from April 15, 2024, was 311 × 313 km inclined 43.0°. 23 objects from this launch are catalogued, all of them payloads.
- Watch
- SpaceX Starlink Group 6-48The Space Devs
- Watch live: SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket launches 23 Starlink satellites from Cape CanaveralSpaceflight Now
- SpaceX Falcon 9 Launches Starlink 6-48NASASpaceflight
- Vehicle
- Falcon 9 Block 5 · SpaceXStarlink
- Booster
- Mission
- Communications · Low Earth Orbit (LEO)for SpX
- Milestone
- 265th Falcon 9 Block 5 flight · 36th this yearSpaceX's 348th launch37th this yearhumanity's 6,658th orbital launch attempt69th orbital launch attempt this year
Flight preview
Simulate in Flight ClubOrbit: as tracked
Starlink 31617 · NORAD 59455 · 2024-068 · Space-Track · tracking 1 of 23 objects
Show the numbers for orbit elements
- Object
- TBA - TO BE ASSIGNED
- Object ID
- 2024-068A
- Epoch
- 2024-04-15 20:00:01 UTC
- Mean motion
- 15.8908666 rev/day
- Eccentricity
- 0.0001863
- Inclination
- 43.0041°
- Ascending node
- 26.3893°
- Arg. of perigee
- 255.5538°
- Mean anomaly
- 335.1535°
- Element set
- 999
- Rev at epoch
- 212
- B*
- -0.0035676
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−35MProp Load
- T−35MStage 1 LOX Load
- T−16MStage 2 LOX Load
- T−7MEngine Chill
- T−1MTank Press
- T−1MStartup
- T−45SGO for Launch
- T−3SIgnition
- T−0Liftoff
- T+1M12SMax-Q
- T+2M31SMECO
- T+2M34SStage 2 Separation
- T+2M41SSES-1
- T+3M5SFairing Separation
- T+6M15SEntry Burn Startup
- T+6M36SEntry Burn Shutdown
- T+7M57SStage 1 Landing Burn
- T+8M20SStage 1 Landing
- T+8M44SSECO-1
- T+54M16SSES-2
- T+54M18SSECO-2
- T+1H5M25SStarlink Deployment
Catalogued objects
23 catalogued: 23 payloads; 20 still in orbit
- Starlink 31617 · NORAD 59455 · re-entered May 2, 2025
- Starlink 31622 · NORAD 59456 · in orbit
- Starlink 31319 · NORAD 59457 · in orbit
- Starlink 31625 · NORAD 59458 · in orbit
- Starlink 31631 · NORAD 59459 · in orbit
- Starlink 31620 · NORAD 59460 · in orbit
- Starlink 31482 · NORAD 59461 · re-entered August 10, 2024
- Starlink 31511 · NORAD 59462 · in orbit
- Starlink 31364 · NORAD 59463 · in orbit
- Starlink 31597 · NORAD 59464 · in orbit
- Starlink 31621 · NORAD 59465 · in orbit
- Starlink 31462 · NORAD 59466 · in orbit
Show 11 more payloads
- Starlink 31592 · NORAD 59467 · in orbit
- Starlink 31267 · NORAD 59468 · in orbit
- Starlink 31381 · NORAD 59469 · in orbit
- Starlink 31546 · NORAD 59470 · in orbit
- Starlink 31575 · NORAD 59471 · in orbit
- Starlink 31375 · NORAD 59472 · re-entered November 3, 2024
- Starlink 31610 · NORAD 59473 · in orbit
- Starlink 31581 · NORAD 59474 · in orbit
- Starlink 31566 · NORAD 59475 · in orbit
- Starlink 31515 · NORAD 59476 · in orbit
- Starlink 31531 · NORAD 59477 · 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
234th launch from Space Launch Complex 40, 16th this year · 945th from Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA
Local pad time at liftoff: Apr 10, 1:40 AM EDT, at night
403 launches from this pad · 1,131 from Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA
4 days 20 hours after the previous launch from this pad
Updates
Launch Success
Show 9 earlier updates
Liftoff
hitura-nobad · 4/10/2024 · source
Unofficial Re-stream by SPACE AFFAIRS has started
LL2 · 4/10/2024 · source
launch delayed to 05:40 UTC
hitura-nobad · 4/10/2024 · source
Launch delayed to 05:16 UTC
hitura-nobad · 4/10/2024 · source
Unofficial Webcast by Spaceflight Now has started
LL2 · 4/10/2024 · source
Launch delayed to 04:44 UTC
hitura-nobad · 4/10/2024 · source
Launch time is to the second.
Cosmic_Penguin · 4/10/2024 · source
Setting GO
hitura-nobad · 4/9/2024 · source
Updated launch weather.
Cosmic_Penguin · 4/8/2024 · source
Questions
When did Starlink Group 6-48 launch?
Starlink Group 6-48 launched on April 10, 2024 at 05:40 UTC. The launch window ran from 04:04 to 07:30 UTC.
Where can I watch Starlink Group 6-48?
Coverage: SpaceX Starlink Group 6-48; Watch live: SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket launches 23 Starlink satellites from Cape Canaveral; SpaceX Falcon 9 Launches Starlink 6-48. Watch the replay
What rocket launched Starlink Group 6-48?
Falcon 9 Block 5, flown by SpaceX. Falcon 9 Block 5 spec sheet
Where did Starlink Group 6-48 launch from?
Space Launch Complex 40, Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA. Liftoff was Apr 10, 1:40 AM EDT local time at the pad.
Did the booster land?
Booster B1083 flew for the 2nd time and landed at Just Read the Instructions.
What orbit did Starlink Group 6-48 reach?
The tracked orbit of Starlink 31617, one of 23 catalogued objects, from April 15, 2024, was 311 × 313 km inclined 43.0°.
How many satellites did Starlink Group 6-48 launch?
23 payloads from this launch are catalogued, 20 of them still in orbit (Data from J. McDowell, planet4589.org).
Which program is Starlink Group 6-48 part of?
Starlink. About Starlink