SpaceXFalcon 9 Block 5Space Launch Complex 40, Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA
Starlink Group 6-52
Launched
April 18, 2024 · 22:40 UTC
Image: SpaceX
Summary
Starlink Group 6-52 launched on a SpaceX Falcon 9 Block 5 from Space Launch Complex 40, Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA on April 18, 2024 at 22:40 UTC. The launch window ran from 22:40 to 02:40 UTC. It was SpaceX's 352nd launch, 41st this year and humanity's 6,664th orbital launch attempt. It was the 269th Falcon 9 Block 5 flight and the 40th this year. Booster B1080 flew for the 7th time and landed at A Shortfall of Gravitas. The payload was bound for low Earth orbit (LEO). The tracked orbit of Starlink 31734, one of 23 catalogued objects, from April 24, 2024, was 302 × 304 km 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
- B1080 · flight 7 · Autonomous Spaceport Drone Ship at A Shortfall of Gravitas · landed161/162 landed here · 28 days after its previous flight, Dragon CRS-2 SpX-30 · 600 km downrange
- Mission
- Communications · Low Earth Orbit (LEO)for SpX
- Milestone
- 269th Falcon 9 Block 5 flight · 40th this yearSpaceX's 352nd launch41st this yearhumanity's 6,664th orbital launch attempt75th orbital launch attempt this year
Flight preview
Simulate in Flight ClubOrbit: as tracked
Starlink 31734 · NORAD 59534 · 2024-074 · Space-Track · tracking 1 of 23 objects
Show the numbers for orbit elements
- Object
- TBA - TO BE ASSIGNED
- Object ID
- 2024-074A
- Epoch
- 2024-04-24 18:00:00 UTC
- Mean motion
- 15.92393041 rev/day
- Eccentricity
- 0.0001762
- Inclination
- 43.0034°
- Ascending node
- 288.6057°
- Arg. of perigee
- 262.0697°
- Mean anomaly
- 125.6223°
- Element set
- 999
- Rev at epoch
- 210
- B*
- -0.0028231
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+2M30SMECO
- T+2M34SStage 2 Separation
- T+2M41SSES-1
- T+3M8SFairing Separation
- T+6M10SEntry Burn Startup
- T+6M31SEntry Burn Shutdown
- T+7M57SStage 1 Landing Burn
- T+8M18SStage 1 Landing
- T+8M44SSECO-1
- T+54M1SSES-2
- T+54M3SSECO-2
- T+1H5M10SStarlink Deployment
Catalogued objects
23 catalogued: 23 payloads; 22 still in orbit
- Starlink 31734 · NORAD 59534 · in orbit
- Starlink 31738 · NORAD 59535 · in orbit
- Starlink 31721 · NORAD 59536 · in orbit
- Starlink 31737 · NORAD 59537 · in orbit
- Starlink 31725 · NORAD 59538 · re-entered May 24, 2026
- Starlink 31539 · NORAD 59539 · in orbit
- Starlink 31397 · NORAD 59540 · in orbit
- Starlink 31481 · NORAD 59541 · in orbit
- Starlink 31540 · NORAD 59542 · in orbit
- Starlink 31574 · NORAD 59543 · in orbit
- Starlink 31556 · NORAD 59544 · in orbit
- Starlink 31582 · NORAD 59545 · in orbit
Show 11 more payloads
- Starlink 31519 · NORAD 59546 · in orbit
- Starlink 31736 · NORAD 59547 · in orbit
- Starlink 31675 · NORAD 59548 · in orbit
- Starlink 31722 · NORAD 59549 · in orbit
- Starlink 31741 · NORAD 59550 · in orbit
- Starlink 31699 · NORAD 59551 · in orbit
- Starlink 31750 · NORAD 59552 · in orbit
- Starlink 31723 · NORAD 59553 · in orbit
- Starlink 31724 · NORAD 59554 · in orbit
- Starlink 31730 · NORAD 59555 · in orbit
- Starlink 31718 · NORAD 59556 · 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
236th launch from Space Launch Complex 40, 18th this year · 947th from Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA
Local pad time at liftoff: Apr 18, 6:40 PM EDT, in daylight
403 launches from this pad · 1,131 from Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA
5 days 21 hours after the previous launch from this pad
Updates
Launch success.
Show 7 earlier updates
Liftoff.
Cosmic_Penguin · 4/18/2024 · source
Unofficial Re-stream by SPACE AFFAIRS has started
LL2 · 4/18/2024 · source
Launch time is to the second.
Cosmic_Penguin · 4/18/2024 · source
Setting GO
Nosu · 4/18/2024 · source
Weather 90%
Nosu · 4/17/2024 · source
NET April 18 per marine navigation warnings.
Cosmic_Penguin · 4/13/2024 · source
Adding launch.
Cosmic_Penguin · 3/28/2024 · source
Questions
When did Starlink Group 6-52 launch?
Starlink Group 6-52 launched on April 18, 2024 at 22:40 UTC. The launch window ran from 22:40 to 02:40 UTC.
Where can I watch Starlink Group 6-52?
Coverage: SpaceX Starlink Group 6-52; SpaceX - Falcon 9 - Starlink Group 6-52 - SLC-40 - Cape Canaveral SFS - April 19, 2024; Watch live: SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket launches 23 Starlink satellites from Cape Canaveral. Watch the replay
What rocket launched Starlink Group 6-52?
Falcon 9 Block 5, flown by SpaceX. Falcon 9 Block 5 spec sheet
Where did Starlink Group 6-52 launch from?
Space Launch Complex 40, Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA. Liftoff was Apr 18, 6:40 PM EDT local time at the pad.
Did the booster land?
Booster B1080 flew for the 7th time and landed at A Shortfall of Gravitas.
What orbit did Starlink Group 6-52 reach?
The tracked orbit of Starlink 31734, one of 23 catalogued objects, from April 24, 2024, was 302 × 304 km inclined 43.0°.
How many satellites did Starlink Group 6-52 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 6-52 part of?
Starlink. About Starlink