SpaceXFalcon 9 Block 5Space Launch Complex 40, Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA
Starlink Group 6-49
Launched
April 13, 2024 · 01:40 UTC
Image: SpaceX
Summary
Starlink Group 6-49 launched on a SpaceX Falcon 9 Block 5 from Space Launch Complex 40, Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA on April 13, 2024 at 01:40 UTC. The launch window ran from 01:22 to 04:48 UTC. It was SpaceX's 350th launch, 39th this year and humanity's 6,661st orbital launch attempt. It was the 267th Falcon 9 Block 5 flight and the 38th this year. Booster B1062 flew for the 20th time and landed at A Shortfall of Gravitas. The payload was bound for low Earth orbit (LEO). Starlink 31753, one of 23 catalogued objects, reached a 348 × 363 km orbit inclined 43.0°. 23 objects from this launch are catalogued, all of them payloads.
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- Vehicle
- Falcon 9 Block 5 · SpaceXStarlink
- Booster
- B1062 · flight 20 · Autonomous Spaceport Drone Ship at A Shortfall of Gravitas · landed161/162 landed here · 28 days after its previous flight, Starlink Group 6-44 · 615 km downrange
- Mission
- Communications · Low Earth Orbit (LEO)for SpX
- Milestone
- 267th Falcon 9 Block 5 flight · 38th this yearSpaceX's 350th launch39th this yearhumanity's 6,661st orbital launch attempt72nd orbital launch attempt this year
Flight preview
Simulate in Flight ClubOrbit: as tracked
Starlink 31753 · NORAD 59484 · 2024-071 · Space-Track · tracking 1 of 23 objects
Show the numbers for orbit elements
- Object
- STARLINK-31753
- Object ID
- 2024-071A
- Epoch
- 2024-04-14 01:53:41 UTC
- Mean motion
- 15.73546549 rev/day
- Eccentricity
- 0.0011129
- Inclination
- 43.0086°
- Ascending node
- 356.9971°
- Arg. of perigee
- 58.275°
- Mean anomaly
- 38.7494°
- Element set
- 999
- Rev at epoch
- 130
- B*
- 0.0054506
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+2M26SMECO
- T+2M30SStage 2 Separation
- T+2M37SSES-1
- T+3M1SFairing Separation
- T+6M10SEntry Burn Startup
- T+6M34SEntry Burn Shutdown
- T+8M5SStage 1 Landing Burn
- T+8M28SStage 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 31753 · NORAD 59484 · in orbit
- Starlink 31653 · NORAD 59485 · re-entered February 25, 2025
- Starlink 31733 · NORAD 59486 · in orbit
- Starlink 31657 · NORAD 59487 · in orbit
- Starlink 31754 · NORAD 59488 · in orbit
- Starlink 31638 · NORAD 59489 · in orbit
- Starlink 31670 · NORAD 59490 · in orbit
- Starlink 31712 · NORAD 59491 · in orbit
- Starlink 31684 · NORAD 59492 · in orbit
- Starlink 31678 · NORAD 59493 · in orbit
- Starlink 31744 · NORAD 59494 · in orbit
- Starlink 31719 · NORAD 59495 · in orbit
Show 11 more payloads
- Starlink 31728 · NORAD 59496 · in orbit
- Starlink 31720 · NORAD 59497 · in orbit
- Starlink 31731 · NORAD 59498 · in orbit
- Starlink 31742 · NORAD 59499 · in orbit
- Starlink 31512 · NORAD 59500 · in orbit
- Starlink 31458 · NORAD 59501 · in orbit
- Starlink 31357 · NORAD 59502 · in orbit
- Starlink 31508 · NORAD 59503 · in orbit
- Starlink 31535 · NORAD 59504 · in orbit
- Starlink 31533 · NORAD 59505 · in orbit
- Starlink 31524 · NORAD 59506 · 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
235th launch from Space Launch Complex 40, 17th this year · 946th from Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA
Local pad time at liftoff: Apr 12, 9:40 PM EDT, at night
403 launches from this pad · 1,131 from Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA
2 days 20 hours after the previous launch from this pad
Updates
Launch success.
Show 9 earlier updates
Liftoff.
Cosmic_Penguin · 4/13/2024 · source
Unofficial Webcast by Spaceflight Now has started
LL2 · 4/13/2024 · source
New T-0.
Cosmic_Penguin · 4/13/2024 · source
Launch time is to the second.
Cosmic_Penguin · 4/12/2024 · source
Setting GO
Nosu · 4/11/2024 · source
NET April 13 UTC. Weather >95%
Nosu · 4/11/2024 · source
NET April 13 EDT/14th UTC.
Cosmic_Penguin · 4/11/2024 · source
Added launch window.
Cosmic_Penguin · 4/8/2024 · source
Targeting NET April 13 UTC per NOTAM F1313/24 and A1191/24.
Cosmic_Penguin · 4/7/2024 · source
Questions
When did Starlink Group 6-49 launch?
Starlink Group 6-49 launched on April 13, 2024 at 01:40 UTC. The launch window ran from 01:22 to 04:48 UTC.
Where can I watch Starlink Group 6-49?
Coverage: SpaceX Starlink Group 6-49; Watch live: SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket launches 23 Starlink satellites from Cape Canaveral; 20th Flight of a Falcon 9, and Closeup Pictures of Europa Clipper - NSF Live. Watch the replay
What rocket launched Starlink Group 6-49?
Falcon 9 Block 5, flown by SpaceX. Falcon 9 Block 5 spec sheet
Where did Starlink Group 6-49 launch from?
Space Launch Complex 40, Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA. Liftoff was Apr 12, 9:40 PM EDT local time at the pad.
Did the booster land?
Booster B1062 flew for the 20th time and landed at A Shortfall of Gravitas.
What orbit did Starlink Group 6-49 reach?
Starlink 31753, one of 23 catalogued objects, reached a 348 × 363 km orbit inclined 43.0°.
How many satellites did Starlink Group 6-49 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 6-49 part of?
Starlink. About Starlink