SpaceXFalcon 9 Block 5Space Launch Complex 40, Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA
Starlink Group 6-59
Launched
May 18, 2024 · 00:32 UTC
Image: SpaceX
Summary
Starlink Group 6-59 launched on a SpaceX Falcon 9 Block 5 from Space Launch Complex 40, Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA on May 18, 2024 at 00:32 UTC. The launch window ran from 00:32 to 03:30 UTC. It was SpaceX's 363rd launch, 52nd this year and humanity's 6,683rd orbital launch attempt. It was the 280th Falcon 9 Block 5 flight and the 51st this year. Booster B1062 flew for the 21st time and landed at A Shortfall of Gravitas. The payload was bound for low Earth orbit (LEO). The tracked orbit of Starlink 31363, one of 23 catalogued objects, from May 21, 2024, was 276 × 288 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
- B1062 · flight 21 · Autonomous Spaceport Drone Ship at A Shortfall of Gravitas · landed161/162 landed here · 34 days after its previous flight, Starlink Group 6-49 · 600 km downrange
- Mission
- Communications · Low Earth Orbit (LEO)for SpX
- Milestone
- 280th Falcon 9 Block 5 flight · 51st this yearSpaceX's 363rd launch52nd this yearhumanity's 6,683rd orbital launch attempt94th orbital launch attempt this year
Flight preview
Simulate in Flight ClubOrbit: as tracked
Starlink 31363 · NORAD 59782 · 2024-093 · Space-Track · tracking 1 of 23 objects
Show the numbers for orbit elements
- Object
- TBA - TO BE ASSIGNED
- Object ID
- 2024-093A
- Epoch
- 2024-05-21 18:00:00 UTC
- Mean motion
- 15.99871017 rev/day
- Eccentricity
- 0.000869
- Inclination
- 43.0045°
- Ascending node
- 358.2251°
- Arg. of perigee
- 280.3493°
- Mean anomaly
- 56.0839°
- Element set
- 999
- Rev at epoch
- 177
- B*
- 0.0015646
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+1M11SMax-Q
- T+2M26SMECO
- T+2M30SStage 2 Separation
- T+2M36SSES-1
- T+2M56SFairing Separation
- T+6M9SEntry Burn Startup
- T+6M33SEntry Burn Shutdown
- T+7M59SStage 1 Landing Burn
- T+8M22SStage 1 Landing
- T+8M41SSECO-1
- T+54M8SSES-2
- T+54M10SSECO-2
- T+1H5M17SStarlink Deployment
Catalogued objects
23 catalogued: 23 payloads; 20 still in orbit
- Starlink 31363 · NORAD 59782 · in orbit
- Starlink 31868 · NORAD 59783 · in orbit
- Starlink 31848 · NORAD 59784 · in orbit
- Starlink 31890 · NORAD 59785 · in orbit
- Starlink 31862 · NORAD 59786 · in orbit
- Starlink 31870 · NORAD 59787 · in orbit
- Starlink 31888 · NORAD 59788 · in orbit
- Starlink 31863 · NORAD 59789 · in orbit
- Starlink 31873 · NORAD 59790 · in orbit
- Starlink 31865 · NORAD 59791 · in orbit
- Starlink 31893 · NORAD 59792 · re-entered April 7, 2025
- Starlink 31901 · NORAD 59793 · re-entered March 29, 2025
Show 11 more payloads
- Starlink 31823 · NORAD 59794 · in orbit
- Starlink 31916 · NORAD 59795 · in orbit
- Starlink 31915 · NORAD 59796 · re-entered June 3, 2024
- Starlink 31907 · NORAD 59797 · in orbit
- Starlink 31687 · NORAD 59798 · in orbit
- Starlink 31810 · NORAD 59799 · in orbit
- Starlink 31812 · NORAD 59800 · in orbit
- Starlink 31815 · NORAD 59801 · in orbit
- Starlink 31814 · NORAD 59802 · in orbit
- Starlink 31794 · NORAD 59803 · in orbit
- Starlink 31824 · NORAD 59804 · 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
242nd launch from Space Launch Complex 40, 24th this year · 953rd from Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA
Local pad time at liftoff: May 17, 8:32 PM EDT, in twilight
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 9 earlier updates
Unofficial Webcast by SPACE AFFAIRS has started
LL2 · 5/18/2024 · source
Unofficial Webcast by Spaceflight Now has started
LL2 · 5/18/2024 · source
Liftoff.
Cosmic_Penguin · 5/18/2024 · source
Launch time is to the second.
Cosmic_Penguin · 5/17/2024 · source
Updated launch weather.
Cosmic_Penguin · 5/17/2024 · source
T-0 confirmed by SpaceX
Jay · 5/16/2024 · source
Tweaked launch window.
Cosmic_Penguin · 5/14/2024 · source
Tweaked launch window per marine navigation warnings.
Cosmic_Penguin · 5/13/2024 · source
Added launch per NOTAMs.
Cosmic_Penguin · 5/11/2024 · source
Questions
When did Starlink Group 6-59 launch?
Starlink Group 6-59 launched on May 18, 2024 at 00:32 UTC. The launch window ran from 00:32 to 03:30 UTC.
Where can I watch Starlink Group 6-59?
Coverage: SpaceX Starlink Group 6-59; SpaceX - Falcon 9 - Starlink Group 6-59 - SLC-40 - Cape Canaveral SFS - May 18, 2024; Watch live: SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket launches on record-breaking 21st flight from Cape Canaveral. Watch the replay
What rocket launched Starlink Group 6-59?
Falcon 9 Block 5, flown by SpaceX. Falcon 9 Block 5 spec sheet
Where did Starlink Group 6-59 launch from?
Space Launch Complex 40, Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA. Liftoff was May 17, 8:32 PM EDT local time at the pad.
Did the booster land?
Booster B1062 flew for the 21st time and landed at A Shortfall of Gravitas.
What orbit did Starlink Group 6-59 reach?
The tracked orbit of Starlink 31363, one of 23 catalogued objects, from May 21, 2024, was 276 × 288 km inclined 43.0°.
How many satellites did Starlink Group 6-59 launch?
23 payloads from this launch are catalogued, 20 of them still in orbit (Data from J. McDowell, planet4589.org).
Which program is Starlink Group 6-59 part of?
Starlink. About Starlink