SpaceXFalcon 9 Block 5Space Launch Complex 40, Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA
Starlink Group 6-53
Launched
April 23, 2024 · 22:17 UTC
Image: SpaceX
Summary
Starlink Group 6-53 launched on a SpaceX Falcon 9 Block 5 from Space Launch Complex 40, Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA on April 23, 2024 at 22:17 UTC. The launch window ran from 22:17 to 01:25 UTC. It was SpaceX's 353rd launch, 42nd this year and humanity's 6,666th orbital launch attempt. It was the 270th Falcon 9 Block 5 flight and the 41st this year. Booster B1078 flew for the 9th time and landed at Just Read the Instructions. The payload was bound for low Earth orbit (LEO). The tracked orbit of Starlink 31747, one of 23 catalogued objects, from April 29, 2024, was 307 × 309 km inclined 43.0°. 23 objects from this launch are catalogued, all of them payloads.
- Watch
- Vehicle
- Falcon 9 Block 5 · SpaceXStarlink
- Booster
- B1078 · flight 9 · Autonomous Spaceport Drone Ship at Just Read the Instructions · landed156/157 landed here · 28 days after its previous flight, Starlink Group 6-46 · 600 km downrange
- Mission
- Communications · Low Earth Orbit (LEO)for SpX
- Milestone
- 270th Falcon 9 Block 5 flight · 41st this yearSpaceX's 353rd launch42nd this yearhumanity's 6,666th orbital launch attempt77th orbital launch attempt this year
Flight preview
Simulate in Flight ClubOrbit: as tracked
Starlink 31747 · NORAD 59564 · 2024-076 · Space-Track · tracking 1 of 23 objects
Show the numbers for orbit elements
- Object
- TBA - TO BE ASSIGNED
- Object ID
- 2024-076A
- Epoch
- 2024-04-29 20:00:01 UTC
- Mean motion
- 15.9060903 rev/day
- Eccentricity
- 0.0001519
- Inclination
- 43.0028°
- Ascending node
- 287.1914°
- Arg. of perigee
- 283.9027°
- Mean anomaly
- 295.2122°
- Element set
- 999
- Rev at epoch
- 217
- B*
- -0.0029227
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+2M59SFairing Separation
- T+6M17SEntry Burn Startup
- T+6M40SEntry Burn Shutdown
- T+8M9SStage 1 Landing Burn
- T+8M31SStage 1 Landing
- T+8M43SSECO-1
- T+53M48SSES-2
- T+53M50SSECO-2
- T+1H4M57SStarlink Deployment
Catalogued objects
23 catalogued: 23 payloads; 23 still in orbit
- Starlink 31747 · NORAD 59564 · in orbit
- Starlink 31388 · NORAD 59565 · in orbit
- Starlink 31332 · NORAD 59566 · in orbit
- Starlink 31689 · NORAD 59567 · in orbit
- Starlink 31471 · NORAD 59568 · in orbit
- Starlink 31470 · NORAD 59569 · in orbit
- Starlink 31587 · NORAD 59570 · in orbit
- Starlink 31606 · NORAD 59571 · in orbit
- Starlink 31666 · NORAD 59572 · in orbit
- Starlink 31683 · NORAD 59573 · in orbit
- Starlink 31751 · NORAD 59574 · in orbit
- Starlink 31510 · NORAD 59575 · in orbit
Show 11 more payloads
- Starlink 31663 · NORAD 59576 · in orbit
- Starlink 31692 · NORAD 59577 · in orbit
- Starlink 31685 · NORAD 59578 · in orbit
- Starlink 31686 · NORAD 59579 · in orbit
- Starlink 31668 · NORAD 59580 · in orbit
- Starlink 31690 · NORAD 59581 · in orbit
- Starlink 31701 · NORAD 59582 · in orbit
- Starlink 31697 · NORAD 59583 · in orbit
- Starlink 31662 · NORAD 59584 · in orbit
- Starlink 31702 · NORAD 59585 · in orbit
- Starlink 31704 · NORAD 59586 · 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
237th launch from Space Launch Complex 40, 19th this year · 948th from Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA
Local pad time at liftoff: Apr 23, 6:17 PM EDT, in daylight
403 launches from this pad · 1,131 from Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA
4 days 23 hours after the previous launch from this pad
Updates
Launch success.
Show 9 earlier updates
Liftoff.
Cosmic_Penguin · 4/23/2024 · source
Unofficial Re-stream by SPACE AFFAIRS has started
LL2 · 4/23/2024 · source
GO for launch.
Cosmic_Penguin · 4/23/2024 · source
Delayed 24 hours per marine navigation warnings.
Cosmic_Penguin · 4/22/2024 · source
Updating window to match launch opportunities
Nosu · 4/22/2024 · source
Weather 30% trending towards 80% at the end of the window
Nosu · 4/22/2024 · source
Tweaked launch window.
Cosmic_Penguin · 4/19/2024
Swap of launch pad.
Cosmic_Penguin · 4/19/2024 · source
Targeting NET late April 22 UTC per NOTAM A1303/24
Nosu · 4/15/2024
Questions
When did Starlink Group 6-53 launch?
Starlink Group 6-53 launched on April 23, 2024 at 22:17 UTC. The launch window ran from 22:17 to 01:25 UTC.
Where can I watch Starlink Group 6-53?
Coverage: SpaceX Starlink Group 6-53; SpaceX - Falcon 9 - Starlink Group 6-53 - LC-39A - Kennedy Space Center - April 24, 2024; Watch live: SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket launches 23 Starlink satellites from Cape Canaveral. Watch the replay
What rocket launched Starlink Group 6-53?
Falcon 9 Block 5, flown by SpaceX. Falcon 9 Block 5 spec sheet
Where did Starlink Group 6-53 launch from?
Space Launch Complex 40, Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA. Liftoff was Apr 23, 6:17 PM EDT local time at the pad.
Did the booster land?
Booster B1078 flew for the 9th time and landed at Just Read the Instructions.
What orbit did Starlink Group 6-53 reach?
The tracked orbit of Starlink 31747, one of 23 catalogued objects, from April 29, 2024, was 307 × 309 km inclined 43.0°.
How many satellites did Starlink Group 6-53 launch?
23 payloads from this launch are catalogued, 23 of them still in orbit (Data from J. McDowell, planet4589.org).
Which program is Starlink Group 6-53 part of?
Starlink. About Starlink