SpaceXFalcon 9 Block 5Space Launch Complex 40, Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA
Starlink Group 6-55
Launched
May 3, 2024 · 02:37 UTC
Image: SpaceX
Summary
Starlink Group 6-55 launched on a SpaceX Falcon 9 Block 5 from Space Launch Complex 40, Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA on May 3, 2024 at 02:37 UTC. The launch window ran from 01:49 to 05:17 UTC. It was SpaceX's 357th launch, 46th this year and humanity's 6,672nd orbital launch attempt. It was the 274th Falcon 9 Block 5 flight and the 45th this year. Booster B1067 flew for the 19th time and landed at A Shortfall of Gravitas. The payload was bound for low Earth orbit (LEO). The tracked orbit of Starlink 31749, one of 23 catalogued objects, from May 8, 2024, was 292 × 295 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
- B1067 · flight 19 · Autonomous Spaceport Drone Ship at A Shortfall of Gravitas · landed161/162 landed here · 33 days after its previous flight, Starlink Group 6-45 · 600 km downrange
- Mission
- Communications · Low Earth Orbit (LEO)for SpX
- Milestone
- 274th Falcon 9 Block 5 flight · 45th this yearSpaceX's 357th launch46th this yearhumanity's 6,672nd orbital launch attempt83rd orbital launch attempt this year
Flight preview
Simulate in Flight ClubOrbit: as tracked
Starlink 31749 · NORAD 59631 · 2024-082 · Space-Track · tracking 1 of 23 objects
Show the numbers for orbit elements
- Object
- TBA - TO BE ASSIGNED
- Object ID
- 2024-082A
- Epoch
- 2024-05-08 16:00:01 UTC
- Mean motion
- 15.95853157 rev/day
- Eccentricity
- 0.0002203
- Inclination
- 43.0042°
- Ascending node
- 3.2988°
- Arg. of perigee
- 259.7041°
- Mean anomaly
- 162.9453°
- Element set
- 999
- Rev at epoch
- 161
- B*
- -0.0020171
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+2M26SMECO
- T+2M30SStage 2 Separation
- T+2M36SSES-1
- T+3M1SFairing Separation
- T+6M10SEntry Burn Startup
- T+6M33SEntry Burn Shutdown
- T+8M2SStage 1 Landing Burn
- T+8M24SStage 1 Landing
- T+8M40SSECO-1
- T+54M11SSES-2
- T+54M12SSECO-2
- T+1H5M20SStarlink Deployment
Catalogued objects
23 catalogued: 23 payloads; 21 still in orbit
- Starlink 31749 · NORAD 59631 · in orbit
- Starlink 31781 · NORAD 59632 · in orbit
- Starlink 31541 · NORAD 59633 · in orbit
- Starlink 31797 · NORAD 59634 · in orbit
- Starlink 31798 · NORAD 59635 · in orbit
- Starlink 31802 · NORAD 59636 · in orbit
- Starlink 31791 · NORAD 59637 · in orbit
- Starlink 31727 · NORAD 59638 · in orbit
- Starlink 31807 · NORAD 59639 · in orbit
- Starlink 31806 · NORAD 59640 · in orbit
- Starlink 31804 · NORAD 59641 · in orbit
- Starlink 31660 · NORAD 59642 · in orbit
Show 11 more payloads
- Starlink 31800 · NORAD 59643 · in orbit
- Starlink 31789 · NORAD 59644 · in orbit
- Starlink 31795 · NORAD 59645 · in orbit
- Starlink 31796 · NORAD 59646 · in orbit
- Starlink 31801 · NORAD 59647 · in orbit
- Starlink 31790 · NORAD 59648 · re-entered August 21, 2025
- Starlink 31803 · NORAD 59649 · re-entered May 3, 2025
- Starlink 31787 · NORAD 59650 · in orbit
- Starlink 31277 · NORAD 59651 · in orbit
- Starlink 31799 · NORAD 59652 · in orbit
- Starlink 31764 · NORAD 59653 · 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
239th launch from Space Launch Complex 40, 21st this year · 950th from Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA
Local pad time at liftoff: May 2, 10:37 PM EDT, at night
403 launches from this pad · 1,131 from Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA
4 days 4 hours after the previous launch from this pad
Updates
Launch success.
Show 9 earlier updates
Liftoff.
Cosmic_Penguin · 5/3/2024 · source
Unofficial Re-stream by SPACE AFFAIRS has started
LL2 · 5/3/2024 · source
Pushed to 02:37 UTC
Jay · 5/3/2024 · source
Delayed to 02:23 UTC
Jay · 5/3/2024 · source
Delayed to 02:13 UTC
Jay · 5/3/2024 · source
GO for launch.
Cosmic_Penguin · 5/1/2024 · source
Weather 85% GO
hitura-nobad · 5/1/2024 · source
24 hours slip.
Cosmic_Penguin · 4/29/2024 · source
Updated launch window.
Cosmic_Penguin · 4/27/2024 · source
Questions
When did Starlink Group 6-55 launch?
Starlink Group 6-55 launched on May 3, 2024 at 02:37 UTC. The launch window ran from 01:49 to 05:17 UTC.
Where can I watch Starlink Group 6-55?
Coverage: SpaceX Starlink Group 6-55; SpaceX - Falcon 9 - Starlink Group 6-55 - SLC-40 - Cape Canaveral SFS - May 3, 2024; Watch live: SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket launches 23 Starlink satellites from Cape Canaveral. Watch the replay
What rocket launched Starlink Group 6-55?
Falcon 9 Block 5, flown by SpaceX. Falcon 9 Block 5 spec sheet
Where did Starlink Group 6-55 launch from?
Space Launch Complex 40, Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA. Liftoff was May 2, 10:37 PM EDT local time at the pad.
Did the booster land?
Booster B1067 flew for the 19th time and landed at A Shortfall of Gravitas.
What orbit did Starlink Group 6-55 reach?
The tracked orbit of Starlink 31749, one of 23 catalogued objects, from May 8, 2024, was 292 × 295 km inclined 43.0°.
How many satellites did Starlink Group 6-55 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 6-55 part of?
Starlink. About Starlink