SpaceXFalcon 9 Block 5Space Launch Complex 40, Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA
Starlink Group 6-54
Launched
April 28, 2024 · 22:08 UTC
Image: SpaceX
Summary
Starlink Group 6-54 launched on a SpaceX Falcon 9 Block 5 from Space Launch Complex 40, Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA on April 28, 2024 at 22:08 UTC. The launch window ran from 22:08 to 01:48 UTC. It was SpaceX's 355th launch, 44th this year and humanity's 6,670th orbital launch attempt. It was the 272nd Falcon 9 Block 5 flight and the 43rd this year. Booster B1076 flew for the 13th time and landed at Just Read the Instructions. The payload was bound for low Earth orbit (LEO). The tracked orbit of Starlink 31770, one of 23 catalogued objects, from May 2, 2024, was 305 × 308 km inclined 43.0°. 23 objects from this launch are catalogued, all of them payloads.
- Watch
- Vehicle
- Falcon 9 Block 5 · SpaceXStarlink
- Booster
- B1076 · flight 13 · Autonomous Spaceport Drone Ship at Just Read the Instructions · landed156/157 landed here · 29 days after its previous flight, Eutelsat 36D · 600 km downrange
- Mission
- Communications · Low Earth Orbit (LEO)for SpX
- Milestone
- 272nd Falcon 9 Block 5 flight · 43rd this yearSpaceX's 355th launch44th this yearhumanity's 6,670th orbital launch attempt81st orbital launch attempt this year
Flight preview
Simulate in Flight ClubOrbit: as tracked
Starlink 31770 · NORAD 59601 · 2024-080 · Space-Track · tracking 1 of 23 objects
Show the numbers for orbit elements
- Object
- TBA - TO BE ASSIGNED
- Object ID
- 2024-080A
- Epoch
- 2024-05-02 14:00:01 UTC
- Mean motion
- 15.91055877 rev/day
- Eccentricity
- 0.0001775
- Inclination
- 43.0055°
- Ascending node
- 303.8888°
- Arg. of perigee
- 271.3201°
- Mean anomaly
- 0.3497°
- Element set
- 999
- Rev at epoch
- 180
- B*
- -0.0031907
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+2M29SStage 2 Separation
- T+2M36SSES-1
- T+3M1SFairing Separation
- T+6M9SEntry Burn Startup
- T+6M30SEntry Burn Shutdown
- T+7M56SStage 1 Landing Burn
- T+8M17SStage 1 Landing
- T+8M39SSECO-1
- T+54M11SSES-2
- T+54M12SSECO-2
- T+1H5M20SStarlink Deployment
Catalogued objects
23 catalogued: 23 payloads; 21 still in orbit
- Starlink 31770 · NORAD 59601 · in orbit
- Starlink 31778 · NORAD 59602 · in orbit
- Starlink 31776 · NORAD 59603 · in orbit
- Starlink 31765 · NORAD 59604 · in orbit
- Starlink 31767 · NORAD 59605 · in orbit
- Starlink 31782 · NORAD 59606 · in orbit
- Starlink 31755 · NORAD 59607 · in orbit
- Starlink 31585 · NORAD 59608 · in orbit
- Starlink 31667 · NORAD 59609 · in orbit
- Starlink 31729 · NORAD 59610 · in orbit
- Starlink 31448 · NORAD 59611 · in orbit
- Starlink 31748 · NORAD 59612 · in orbit
Show 11 more payloads
- Starlink 31746 · NORAD 59613 · in orbit
- Starlink 31762 · NORAD 59614 · in orbit
- Starlink 31761 · NORAD 59615 · re-entered May 7, 2025
- Starlink 31768 · NORAD 59616 · in orbit
- Starlink 31769 · NORAD 59617 · in orbit
- Starlink 31784 · NORAD 59618 · in orbit
- Starlink 31777 · NORAD 59619 · in orbit
- Starlink 31771 · NORAD 59620 · re-entered December 24, 2025
- Starlink 31758 · NORAD 59621 · in orbit
- Starlink 31774 · NORAD 59622 · in orbit
- Starlink 31763 · NORAD 59623 · 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
238th launch from Space Launch Complex 40, 20th this year · 949th from Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA
Local pad time at liftoff: Apr 28, 6:08 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 7 earlier updates
Liftoff.
Cosmic_Penguin · 4/28/2024 · source
Unofficial Webcast by SPACE AFFAIRS has started
LL2 · 4/28/2024 · source
T-0 updated to 22:08 UTC
hitura-nobad · 4/28/2024 · source
Updated launch weather.
Cosmic_Penguin · 4/27/2024 · source
GO for launch.
Cosmic_Penguin · 4/26/2024 · source
NET April 28.
Cosmic_Penguin · 4/23/2024 · source
Adding launch per NOTAMs.
Cosmic_Penguin · 4/19/2024 · source
Questions
When did Starlink Group 6-54 launch?
Starlink Group 6-54 launched on April 28, 2024 at 22:08 UTC. The launch window ran from 22:08 to 01:48 UTC.
Where can I watch Starlink Group 6-54?
Coverage: SpaceX Starlink Group 6-54; SpaceX - Falcon 9 - Starlink Group 6-54 - SLC-40 - Cape Canaveral SFS - April 29, 2024; Watch live: SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket launches from Cape Canaveral with 23 Starlink satellites. Watch the replay
What rocket launched Starlink Group 6-54?
Falcon 9 Block 5, flown by SpaceX. Falcon 9 Block 5 spec sheet
Where did Starlink Group 6-54 launch from?
Space Launch Complex 40, Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA. Liftoff was Apr 28, 6:08 PM EDT local time at the pad.
Did the booster land?
Booster B1076 flew for the 13th time and landed at Just Read the Instructions.
What orbit did Starlink Group 6-54 reach?
The tracked orbit of Starlink 31770, one of 23 catalogued objects, from May 2, 2024, was 305 × 308 km inclined 43.0°.
How many satellites did Starlink Group 6-54 launch?
23 payloads from this launch are catalogued, 21 of them still in orbit (Data from J. McDowell, planet4589.org).
Which program is Starlink Group 6-54 part of?
Starlink. About Starlink