SpaceXFalcon 9 Block 5Launch Complex 39A, Kennedy Space Center, FL, USA
Starlink Group 6-56
Launched
May 8, 2024 · 18:42 UTC
Image: SpaceX
Summary
Starlink Group 6-56 launched on a SpaceX Falcon 9 Block 5 from Launch Complex 39A, Kennedy Space Center, FL, USA on May 8, 2024 at 18:42 UTC. The launch window ran from 15:00 to 18:42 UTC. It was SpaceX's 359th launch, 48th this year and humanity's 6,676th orbital launch attempt. It was the 276th Falcon 9 Block 5 flight and the 47th this year. Booster B1083 flew for the 3rd time and landed at A Shortfall of Gravitas. The payload was bound for low Earth orbit (LEO). The tracked orbit of Starlink 32108, one of 23 catalogued objects, from May 14, 2024, was 343 × 346 km inclined 43.0°. 23 objects from this launch are catalogued, all of them payloads.
- Watch
- SpaceX Starlink Group 6-56The Space Devs
- SpaceX Falcon 9 Launches Starlink 6-56NASASpaceflight
- Starlink MissionSpaceX
- Vehicle
- Falcon 9 Block 5 · SpaceXStarlink
- Booster
- B1083 · flight 3 · Autonomous Spaceport Drone Ship at A Shortfall of Gravitas · landed161/162 landed here · 28 days after its previous flight, Starlink Group 6-48 · 600 km downrange
- Mission
- Communications · Low Earth Orbit (LEO)for SpX
- Milestone
- 276th Falcon 9 Block 5 flight · 47th this yearSpaceX's 359th launch48th this yearhumanity's 6,676th orbital launch attempt87th orbital launch attempt this year
Webcast
Flight preview
Simulate in Flight ClubOrbit: as tracked
Starlink 32108 · NORAD 59682 · 2024-086 · Space-Track · tracking 1 of 23 objects
Show the numbers for orbit elements
- Object
- TBA - TO BE ASSIGNED
- Object ID
- 2024-086A
- Epoch
- 2024-05-14 16:00:00 UTC
- Mean motion
- 15.77555906 rev/day
- Eccentricity
- 0.0001611
- Inclination
- 43.0061°
- Ascending node
- 248.8247°
- Arg. of perigee
- 285.7627°
- Mean anomaly
- 295.4037°
- Element set
- 999
- Rev at epoch
- 203
- B*
- -0.0060994
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+3M2SFairing Separation
- T+6M9SEntry Burn Startup
- T+6M33SEntry Burn Shutdown
- T+7M55SStage 1 Landing Burn
- T+8M18SStage 1 Landing
- T+8M39SSECO-1
- T+54M13SSES-2
- T+54M15SSECO-2
- T+1H5M22SStarlink Deployment
Catalogued objects
23 catalogued: 23 payloads; 22 still in orbit
- Starlink 32108 · NORAD 59682 · in orbit
- Starlink 32080 · NORAD 59683 · in orbit
- Starlink 32091 · NORAD 59684 · in orbit
- Starlink 32085 · NORAD 59685 · in orbit
- Starlink 32100 · NORAD 59686 · in orbit
- Starlink 32089 · NORAD 59687 · in orbit
- Starlink 32103 · NORAD 59688 · in orbit
- Starlink 32105 · NORAD 59689 · in orbit
- Starlink 32106 · NORAD 59690 · in orbit
- Starlink 32090 · NORAD 59691 · in orbit
- Starlink 32095 · NORAD 59692 · re-entered April 24, 2025
- Starlink 32088 · NORAD 59693 · in orbit
Show 11 more payloads
- Starlink 32107 · NORAD 59694 · in orbit
- Starlink 32104 · NORAD 59695 · in orbit
- Starlink 32094 · NORAD 59696 · in orbit
- Starlink 32099 · NORAD 59697 · in orbit
- Starlink 32096 · NORAD 59698 · in orbit
- Starlink 32102 · NORAD 59699 · in orbit
- Starlink 32092 · NORAD 59700 · in orbit
- Starlink 32093 · NORAD 59701 · in orbit
- Starlink 32087 · NORAD 59702 · in orbit
- Starlink 32086 · NORAD 59703 · in orbit
- Starlink 32098 · NORAD 59704 · 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
Launch Complex 39A, Kennedy Space Center, FL, USA
179th launch from Launch Complex 39A, 11th this year · 237th from Kennedy Space Center, FL, USA
Local pad time at liftoff: May 8, 2:42 PM EDT, in daylight
224 launches from this pad · 283 from Kennedy Space Center, FL, USA
10 days after the previous launch from this pad
Updates
Launch success
Show 9 earlier updates
Liftoff
hitura-nobad · 5/8/2024 · source
Unofficial Re-stream by SPACE AFFAIRS has started
LL2 · 5/8/2024 · source
New T-0.
Cosmic_Penguin · 5/8/2024 · source
New T-0.
Cosmic_Penguin · 5/8/2024 · source
New T-0 17:34 UTC
hitura-nobad · 5/8/2024 · source
GO for launch.
Cosmic_Penguin · 5/8/2024 · source
Launch time is to the second.
Cosmic_Penguin · 5/7/2024 · source
Slip to May 8.
Cosmic_Penguin · 5/6/2024 · source
Updated launch weather.
Cosmic_Penguin · 5/6/2024 · source
Questions
When did Starlink Group 6-56 launch?
Starlink Group 6-56 launched on May 8, 2024 at 18:42 UTC. The launch window ran from 15:00 to 18:42 UTC.
Where can I watch Starlink Group 6-56?
Coverage: SpaceX Starlink Group 6-56; SpaceX Falcon 9 Launches Starlink 6-56; Starlink Mission. Watch the replay
What rocket launched Starlink Group 6-56?
Falcon 9 Block 5, flown by SpaceX. Falcon 9 Block 5 spec sheet
Where did Starlink Group 6-56 launch from?
Launch Complex 39A, Kennedy Space Center, FL, USA. Liftoff was May 8, 2:42 PM EDT local time at the pad.
Did the booster land?
Booster B1083 flew for the 3rd time and landed at A Shortfall of Gravitas.
What orbit did Starlink Group 6-56 reach?
The tracked orbit of Starlink 32108, one of 23 catalogued objects, from May 14, 2024, was 343 × 346 km inclined 43.0°.
How many satellites did Starlink Group 6-56 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 6-56 part of?
Starlink. About Starlink