SpaceXFalcon 9 Block 5Space Launch Complex 40, Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA
Starlink Group 6-57
Launched
May 6, 2024 · 18:14 UTC
Image: SpaceX
Summary
Starlink Group 6-57 launched on a SpaceX Falcon 9 Block 5 from Space Launch Complex 40, Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA on May 6, 2024 at 18:14 UTC. The launch window ran from 16:36 to 18:48 UTC. It was SpaceX's 358th launch, 47th this year and humanity's 6,674th orbital launch attempt. It was the 275th Falcon 9 Block 5 flight and the 46th this year. Booster B1069 flew for the 15th time and landed at Just Read the Instructions. The payload was bound for low Earth orbit (LEO). The tracked orbit of Starlink 31589, one of 23 catalogued objects, from May 10, 2024, was 304 × 306 km inclined 43.0°. 23 objects from this launch are catalogued, all of them payloads.
- Watch
- SpaceX Starlink Group 6-57The Space Devs
- Watch live: SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket launches from Cape Canaveral carrying 23 Starlink satellitesSpaceflight Now
- SpaceX Falcon 9 Launches Starlink 6-57NASASpaceflight
- Vehicle
- Falcon 9 Block 5 · SpaceXStarlink
- Booster
- B1069 · flight 15 · Autonomous Spaceport Drone Ship at Just Read the Instructions · landed156/157 landed here · 31 days after its previous flight, Starlink Group 6-47 · 600 km downrange
- Mission
- Communications · Low Earth Orbit (LEO)for SpX
- Milestone
- 275th Falcon 9 Block 5 flight · 46th this yearSpaceX's 358th launch47th this yearhumanity's 6,674th orbital launch attempt85th orbital launch attempt this year
Flight preview
Simulate in Flight ClubOrbit: as tracked
Starlink 31589 · NORAD 59654 · 2024-084 · Space-Track · tracking 1 of 23 objects
Show the numbers for orbit elements
- Object
- TBA - TO BE ASSIGNED
- Object ID
- 2024-084A
- Epoch
- 2024-05-10 16:00:00 UTC
- Mean motion
- 15.91472036 rev/day
- Eccentricity
- 0.0001375
- Inclination
- 43.008°
- Ascending node
- 251.5609°
- Arg. of perigee
- 284.7305°
- Mean anomaly
- 324.7892°
- Element set
- 999
- Rev at epoch
- 181
- B*
- -0.0028725
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+3M6SFairing Separation
- T+6M11SEntry Burn Startup
- T+6M32SEntry Burn Shutdown
- T+7M55SStage 1 Landing Burn
- T+8M17SStage 1 Landing
- T+8M44SSECO-1
- T+54M14SSES-2
- T+54M16SSECO-2
- T+1H5M23SStarlink Deployment
Catalogued objects
23 catalogued: 23 payloads; 22 still in orbit
- Starlink 31589 · NORAD 59654 · in orbit
- Starlink 31665 · NORAD 59655 · in orbit
- Starlink 31912 · NORAD 59656 · in orbit
- Starlink 31904 · NORAD 59657 · in orbit
- Starlink 31858 · NORAD 59658 · in orbit
- Starlink 31881 · NORAD 59659 · in orbit
- Starlink 31885 · NORAD 59660 · in orbit
- Starlink 31880 · NORAD 59661 · in orbit
- Starlink 31886 · NORAD 59662 · in orbit
- Starlink 31909 · NORAD 59663 · in orbit
- Starlink 31910 · NORAD 59664 · in orbit
- Starlink 31894 · NORAD 59665 · re-entered September 19, 2024
Show 11 more payloads
- Starlink 31902 · NORAD 59666 · in orbit
- Starlink 31913 · NORAD 59667 · in orbit
- Starlink 31866 · NORAD 59668 · in orbit
- Starlink 31917 · NORAD 59669 · in orbit
- Starlink 31860 · NORAD 59670 · in orbit
- Starlink 31854 · NORAD 59671 · in orbit
- Starlink 31842 · NORAD 59672 · in orbit
- Starlink 31871 · NORAD 59673 · in orbit
- Starlink 31875 · NORAD 59674 · in orbit
- Starlink 31877 · NORAD 59675 · in orbit
- Starlink 31884 · NORAD 59676 · 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
240th launch from Space Launch Complex 40, 22nd this year · 951st from Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA
Local pad time at liftoff: May 6, 2:14 PM EDT, in daylight
403 launches from this pad · 1,131 from Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA
3 days 15 hours after the previous launch from this pad
Updates
Launch Successfull
Show 7 earlier updates
Liftoff
hitura-nobad · 5/6/2024 · source
Unofficial Re-stream by SPACE AFFAIRS has started
LL2 · 5/6/2024 · source
New T-0.
Cosmic_Penguin · 5/6/2024 · source
Launch time is to the second.
Cosmic_Penguin · 5/6/2024 · source
GO for launch.
Cosmic_Penguin · 5/5/2024 · source
Moved up several hours per marine navigation warnings.
Cosmic_Penguin · 5/4/2024 · source
Added launch.
Cosmic_Penguin · 4/30/2024 · source
Questions
When did Starlink Group 6-57 launch?
Starlink Group 6-57 launched on May 6, 2024 at 18:14 UTC. The launch window ran from 16:36 to 18:48 UTC.
Where can I watch Starlink Group 6-57?
Coverage: SpaceX Starlink Group 6-57; Watch live: SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket launches from Cape Canaveral carrying 23 Starlink satellites; SpaceX Falcon 9 Launches Starlink 6-57. Watch the replay
What rocket launched Starlink Group 6-57?
Falcon 9 Block 5, flown by SpaceX. Falcon 9 Block 5 spec sheet
Where did Starlink Group 6-57 launch from?
Space Launch Complex 40, Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA. Liftoff was May 6, 2:14 PM EDT local time at the pad.
Did the booster land?
Booster B1069 flew for the 15th time and landed at Just Read the Instructions.
What orbit did Starlink Group 6-57 reach?
The tracked orbit of Starlink 31589, one of 23 catalogued objects, from May 10, 2024, was 304 × 306 km inclined 43.0°.
How many satellites did Starlink Group 6-57 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 6-57 part of?
Starlink. About Starlink