SpaceXFalcon 9 Block 5Space Launch Complex 40, Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA
Starlink Group 6-60
Launched
May 28, 2024 · 14:24 UTC
Image: SpaceX
Summary
Starlink Group 6-60 launched on a SpaceX Falcon 9 Block 5 from Space Launch Complex 40, Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA on May 28, 2024 at 14:24 UTC. The launch window ran from 11:30 to 15:28 UTC. It was SpaceX's 367th launch, 56th this year and humanity's 6,691st orbital launch attempt. It was the 284th Falcon 9 Block 5 flight and the 55th this year. Booster B1078 flew for the 10th time and landed at A Shortfall of Gravitas. The payload was bound for low Earth orbit (LEO). The tracked orbit of Starlink 31974, one of 23 catalogued objects, from June 4, 2024, was 317 × 319 km inclined 43.0°. 23 objects from this launch are catalogued, all of them payloads.
- Watch
- Vehicle
- Falcon 9 Block 5 · SpaceXStarlink
- Booster
- B1078 · flight 10 · Autonomous Spaceport Drone Ship at A Shortfall of Gravitas · landed161/162 landed here · 34 days after its previous flight, Starlink Group 6-53 · 600 km downrange
- Mission
- Communications · Low Earth Orbit (LEO)for SpX
- Milestone
- 284th Falcon 9 Block 5 flight · 55th this yearSpaceX's 367th launch56th this yearhumanity's 6,691st orbital launch attempt102nd orbital launch attempt this year
Flight preview
Simulate in Flight ClubOrbit: as tracked
Starlink 31974 · NORAD 59885 · 2024-100 · Space-Track · tracking 1 of 23 objects
Show the numbers for orbit elements
- Object
- TBA - TO BE ASSIGNED
- Object ID
- 2024-100A
- Epoch
- 2024-06-04 18:00:00 UTC
- Mean motion
- 15.8695299 rev/day
- Eccentricity
- 0.0001475
- Inclination
- 43.0054°
- Ascending node
- 195.3915°
- Arg. of perigee
- 264.4843°
- Mean anomaly
- 248.7437°
- Element set
- 999
- Rev at epoch
- 227
- B*
- -0.0040796
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−1MStartup
- T−1MTank Press
- T−45SGO for Launch
- T−3SIgnition
- T−0Liftoff
- T+1M11SMax-Q
- T+2M25SMECO
- T+2M29SStage 2 Separation
- T+2M35SSES-1
- T+2M57SFairing Separation
- T+6M1SEntry Burn Startup
- T+6M27SEntry Burn Shutdown
- T+7M52SStage 1 Landing Burn
- T+8M15SStage 1 Landing
- T+8M39SSECO-1
- T+53M57SSES-2
- T+53M58SSECO-2
- T+1H5M5SStarlink Deployment
Catalogued objects
23 catalogued: 23 payloads; 23 still in orbit
- Starlink 31974 · NORAD 59885 · in orbit
- Starlink 31975 · NORAD 59886 · in orbit
- Starlink 31976 · NORAD 59887 · in orbit
- Starlink 31965 · NORAD 59888 · in orbit
- Starlink 31969 · NORAD 59889 · in orbit
- Starlink 31951 · NORAD 59890 · in orbit
- Starlink 31949 · NORAD 59891 · in orbit
- Starlink 31977 · NORAD 59892 · in orbit
- Starlink 31963 · NORAD 59893 · in orbit
- Starlink 31961 · NORAD 59894 · in orbit
- Starlink 31964 · NORAD 59895 · in orbit
- Starlink 31905 · NORAD 59896 · in orbit
Show 11 more payloads
- Starlink 31928 · NORAD 59897 · in orbit
- Starlink 31953 · NORAD 59898 · in orbit
- Starlink 31942 · NORAD 59899 · in orbit
- Starlink 31676 · NORAD 59900 · in orbit
- Starlink 31908 · NORAD 59901 · in orbit
- Starlink 31914 · NORAD 59902 · in orbit
- Starlink 31850 · NORAD 59903 · in orbit
- Starlink 31924 · NORAD 59904 · in orbit
- Starlink 31898 · NORAD 59905 · in orbit
- Starlink 31861 · NORAD 59906 · in orbit
- Starlink 31920 · NORAD 59907 · 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
244th launch from Space Launch Complex 40, 26th this year · 955th from Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA
Local pad time at liftoff: May 28, 10:24 AM EDT, in daylight
403 launches from this pad · 1,131 from Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA
5 days 11 hours after the previous launch from this pad
Updates
Launch Successful
Show 9 earlier updates
Liftoff.
Cosmic_Penguin · 5/28/2024 · source
Unofficial Webcast by SPACE AFFAIRS has started
LL2 · 5/28/2024 · source
New T-0 14:24 UTC
hitura-nobad · 5/28/2024 · source
New NET T-0.
Cosmic_Penguin · 5/28/2024 · source
Launch time slip; new T-0 TBD.
Cosmic_Penguin · 5/28/2024 · source
Scrubbed for the day.
Cosmic_Penguin · 5/27/2024 · source
New T-0 15:29 UTC
hitura-nobad · 5/27/2024 · source
New T-0 14:56 UTC
hitura-nobad · 5/27/2024 · source
New T-0 14:20 UTC
hitura-nobad · 5/27/2024 · source
Questions
When did Starlink Group 6-60 launch?
Starlink Group 6-60 launched on May 28, 2024 at 14:24 UTC. The launch window ran from 11:30 to 15:28 UTC.
Where can I watch Starlink Group 6-60?
Coverage: SpaceX Starlink Group 6-60; SpaceX - Falcon 9 - Starlink Group 6-60 - SLC-40 - Cape Canaveral SFS - May 28, 2024; Watch live: SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket launches from Cape Canaveral with 23 Starlink satellites. Watch the replay
What rocket launched Starlink Group 6-60?
Falcon 9 Block 5, flown by SpaceX. Falcon 9 Block 5 spec sheet
Where did Starlink Group 6-60 launch from?
Space Launch Complex 40, Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA. Liftoff was May 28, 10:24 AM EDT local time at the pad.
Did the booster land?
Booster B1078 flew for the 10th time and landed at A Shortfall of Gravitas.
What orbit did Starlink Group 6-60 reach?
The tracked orbit of Starlink 31974, one of 23 catalogued objects, from June 4, 2024, was 317 × 319 km inclined 43.0°.
How many satellites did Starlink Group 6-60 launch?
23 payloads from this launch are catalogued, 23 of them still in orbit (Data from J. McDowell, planet4589.org).
Which program is Starlink Group 6-60 part of?
Starlink. About Starlink