SpaceXFalcon 9 Block 5Space Launch Complex 40, Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA
Starlink Group 6-58
Launched
May 13, 2024 · 00:53 UTC
Image: SpaceX
Summary
Starlink Group 6-58 launched on a SpaceX Falcon 9 Block 5 from Space Launch Complex 40, Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA on May 13, 2024 at 00:53 UTC. The launch window ran from 00:53 to 04:11 UTC. It was SpaceX's 361st launch, 50th this year and humanity's 6,680th orbital launch attempt. It was the 278th Falcon 9 Block 5 flight and the 49th this year. Booster B1073 flew for the 15th time and landed at A Shortfall of Gravitas. The payload was bound for low Earth orbit (LEO). The tracked orbit of Starlink 31472, one of 23 catalogued objects, from May 16, 2024, was 304 × 307 km inclined 43.0°. 23 objects from this launch are catalogued, all of them payloads.
- Watch
- Vehicle
- Falcon 9 Block 5 · SpaceXStarlink
- Booster
- B1073 · flight 15 · Autonomous Spaceport Drone Ship at A Shortfall of Gravitas · landed161/162 landed here · 35 days after its previous flight, Bandwagon 1 (Dedicated Mid-Inclination Rideshare) · 600 km downrange
- Mission
- Communications · Low Earth Orbit (LEO)for SpX
- Milestone
- 278th Falcon 9 Block 5 flight · 49th this yearSpaceX's 361st launch50th this yearhumanity's 6,680th orbital launch attempt91st orbital launch attempt this year
Flight preview
Simulate in Flight ClubOrbit: as tracked
Starlink 31472 · NORAD 59730 · 2024-090 · Space-Track · tracking 1 of 23 objects
Show the numbers for orbit elements
- Object
- TBA - TO BE ASSIGNED
- Object ID
- 2024-090A
- Epoch
- 2024-05-16 14:00:01 UTC
- Mean motion
- 15.91392635 rev/day
- Eccentricity
- 0.0001668
- Inclination
- 43.0054°
- Ascending node
- 359.7549°
- Arg. of perigee
- 269.5049°
- Mean anomaly
- 64.7324°
- Element set
- 999
- Rev at epoch
- 170
- B*
- -0.0027064
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+1M9SMax-Q
- T+2M25SMECO
- T+2M28SStage 2 Separation
- T+2M35SSES-1
- T+2M59SFairing Separation
- T+6M10SEntry Burn Startup
- T+6M31SEntry Burn Shutdown
- T+7M52SStage 1 Landing Burn
- T+8M15SStage 1 Landing
- T+8M38SSECO-1
- T+54M9SSES-2
- T+54M10SSECO-2
- T+1H5M18SStarlink Deployment
Catalogued objects
23 catalogued: 23 payloads; 22 still in orbit
- Starlink 31472 · NORAD 59730 · in orbit
- Starlink 31817 · NORAD 59731 · in orbit
- Starlink 31841 · NORAD 59732 · re-entered December 6, 2025
- Starlink 31833 · NORAD 59733 · in orbit
- Starlink 31849 · NORAD 59734 · in orbit
- Starlink 31661 · NORAD 59735 · in orbit
- Starlink 31707 · NORAD 59736 · in orbit
- Starlink 31821 · NORAD 59737 · in orbit
- Starlink 31819 · NORAD 59738 · in orbit
- Starlink 31726 · NORAD 59739 · in orbit
- Starlink 31759 · NORAD 59740 · in orbit
- Starlink 31818 · NORAD 59741 · in orbit
Show 11 more payloads
- Starlink 31816 · NORAD 59742 · in orbit
- Starlink 31809 · NORAD 59743 · in orbit
- Starlink 31779 · NORAD 59744 · in orbit
- Starlink 31805 · NORAD 59745 · in orbit
- Starlink 31681 · NORAD 59746 · in orbit
- Starlink 31636 · NORAD 59747 · in orbit
- Starlink 31640 · NORAD 59748 · in orbit
- Starlink 31677 · NORAD 59749 · in orbit
- Starlink 31783 · NORAD 59750 · in orbit
- Starlink 31808 · NORAD 59751 · in orbit
- Starlink 31822 · NORAD 59752 · 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
241st launch from Space Launch Complex 40, 23rd this year · 952nd from Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA
Local pad time at liftoff: May 12, 8:53 PM EDT, in twilight
403 launches from this pad · 1,131 from Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA
6 days 6 hours after the previous launch from this pad
Updates
Launch success.
Show 7 earlier updates
Liftoff.
Cosmic_Penguin · 5/13/2024 · source
Unofficial Webcast by SPACE AFFAIRS has started
LL2 · 5/13/2024 · source
New T-0.
Cosmic_Penguin · 5/11/2024 · source
Updated launch weather.
Cosmic_Penguin · 5/11/2024 · source
GO for launch.
Cosmic_Penguin · 5/11/2024 · source
Added launch window per marine navigation warnings.
Cosmic_Penguin · 5/7/2024 · source
Adding launch.
Cosmic_Penguin · 5/4/2024 · source
Questions
When did Starlink Group 6-58 launch?
Starlink Group 6-58 launched on May 13, 2024 at 00:53 UTC. The launch window ran from 00:53 to 04:11 UTC.
Where can I watch Starlink Group 6-58?
Coverage: SpaceX Starlink Group 6-58; SpaceX - Falcon 9 - Starlink Group 6-58 - SLC-40 - Cape Canaveral SFS - May 12, 2024; Watch live: SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket launches 23 Starlink satellites from Cape Canaveral. Watch the replay
What rocket launched Starlink Group 6-58?
Falcon 9 Block 5, flown by SpaceX. Falcon 9 Block 5 spec sheet
Where did Starlink Group 6-58 launch from?
Space Launch Complex 40, Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA. Liftoff was May 12, 8:53 PM EDT local time at the pad.
Did the booster land?
Booster B1073 flew for the 15th time and landed at A Shortfall of Gravitas.
What orbit did Starlink Group 6-58 reach?
The tracked orbit of Starlink 31472, one of 23 catalogued objects, from May 16, 2024, was 304 × 307 km inclined 43.0°.
How many satellites did Starlink Group 6-58 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 6-58 part of?
Starlink. About Starlink