SpaceXFalcon 9 Block 5Space Launch Complex 40, Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA
Starlink Group 6-61
Launched
October 23, 2024 · 21:47 UTC
Image: SpaceX
Summary
Starlink Group 6-61 launched on a SpaceX Falcon 9 Block 5 from Space Launch Complex 40, Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA on October 23, 2024 at 21:47 UTC. The launch window ran from 21:47 to 01:23 UTC. It was SpaceX's 415th launch, 104th this year and humanity's 6,784th orbital launch attempt. It was the 328th Falcon 9 Block 5 flight and the 99th this year. Booster B1073 flew for the 18th time and landed at A Shortfall of Gravitas. The payload was bound for low Earth orbit (LEO). The tracked orbit of Starlink 32302, one of 23 catalogued objects, from October 29, 2024, was 311 × 313 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
- B1073 · flight 18 · Autonomous Spaceport Drone Ship at A Shortfall of Gravitas · landed161/162 landed here · 72 days after its previous flight, Starlink Group 10-7 · 600 km downrange
- Mission
- Communications · Low Earth Orbit (LEO)for SpX
- Milestone
- 328th Falcon 9 Block 5 flight · 99th this yearSpaceX's 415th launch104th this yearhumanity's 6,784th orbital launch attempt195th orbital launch attempt this year
Flight preview
Simulate in Flight ClubOrbit: as tracked
Starlink 32302 · NORAD 61621 · 2024-191 · Space-Track · tracking 1 of 23 objects
Show the numbers for orbit elements
- Object
- TBA - TO BE ASSIGNED
- Object ID
- 2024-191A
- Epoch
- 2024-10-29 16:00:03 UTC
- Mean motion
- 15.8916028 rev/day
- Eccentricity
- 0.0001707
- Inclination
- 43.0028°
- Ascending node
- 101.0151°
- Arg. of perigee
- 285.5844°
- Mean anomaly
- 150.1706°
- Element set
- 999
- Rev at epoch
- 214
- B*
- -0.0031225
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+1M10SMax-Q
- T+2M25SMECO
- T+2M29SStage 2 Separation
- T+2M36SSES-1
- T+2M57SFairing Separation
- T+6M2SEntry Burn Startup
- T+6M26SEntry Burn Shutdown
- T+7M44SStage 1 Landing Burn
- T+8M13SStage 1 Landing
- T+8M37SSECO-1
- T+54M5SSES-2
- T+54M6SSECO-2
- T+1H5M13SStarlink Deployment
Catalogued objects
23 catalogued: 23 payloads; 23 still in orbit
- Starlink 32302 · NORAD 61621 · in orbit
- Starlink 32364 · NORAD 61622 · in orbit
- Starlink 32331 · NORAD 61623 · in orbit
- Starlink 32398 · NORAD 61624 · in orbit
- Starlink 32365 · NORAD 61625 · in orbit
- Starlink 32333 · NORAD 61626 · in orbit
- Starlink 32399 · NORAD 61627 · in orbit
- Starlink 32421 · NORAD 61628 · in orbit
- Starlink 32403 · NORAD 61629 · in orbit
- Starlink 32390 · NORAD 61630 · in orbit
- Starlink 32348 · NORAD 61631 · in orbit
- Starlink 32455 · NORAD 61632 · in orbit
Show 11 more payloads
- Starlink 32396 · NORAD 61633 · in orbit
- Starlink 32355 · NORAD 61634 · in orbit
- Starlink 32370 · NORAD 61635 · in orbit
- Starlink 32405 · NORAD 61636 · in orbit
- Starlink 32419 · NORAD 61637 · in orbit
- Starlink 32320 · NORAD 61638 · in orbit
- Starlink 32341 · NORAD 61639 · in orbit
- Starlink 32339 · NORAD 61640 · in orbit
- Starlink 32327 · NORAD 61641 · in orbit
- Starlink 32264 · NORAD 61642 · in orbit
- Starlink 32337 · NORAD 61643 · 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
267th launch from Space Launch Complex 40, 49th this year · 981st from Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA
Local pad time at liftoff: Oct 23, 5:47 PM EDT, in daylight
403 launches from this pad · 1,131 from Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA
4 days 22 hours after the previous launch from this pad
Updates
Launch success.
Show 9 earlier updates
Liftoff.
Cosmic_Penguin · 10/23/2024 · source
Unofficial Webcast by SPACE AFFAIRS has started
LL2 · 10/23/2024 · source
Weather is 85% favorable for launch.
Cosmic_Penguin · 10/23/2024 · source
Scrubbed for the day.
Cosmic_Penguin · 10/23/2024 · source
New T-0.
Cosmic_Penguin · 10/22/2024 · source
Now targeting 23:48 UTC
juststephen · 10/22/2024 · source
Now targeting 23:28 UTC
Nosu · 10/22/2024 · source
GO for launch.
hitura-nobad · 10/22/2024 · source
Delayed to October 22 EDT.
Cosmic_Penguin · 10/21/2024 · source
Questions
When did Starlink Group 6-61 launch?
Starlink Group 6-61 launched on October 23, 2024 at 21:47 UTC. The launch window ran from 21:47 to 01:23 UTC.
Where can I watch Starlink Group 6-61?
Coverage: SpaceX Starlink Group 6-61; SpaceX - Falcon 9 - Starlink 6-61 - SLC-40 - Cape Canaveral SFS - October 23, 2024; Watch live: SpaceX Falcon 9 launches Starlink satellites from Cape Canaveral. Watch the replay
What rocket launched Starlink Group 6-61?
Falcon 9 Block 5, flown by SpaceX. Falcon 9 Block 5 spec sheet
Where did Starlink Group 6-61 launch from?
Space Launch Complex 40, Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA. Liftoff was Oct 23, 5:47 PM EDT local time at the pad.
Did the booster land?
Booster B1073 flew for the 18th time and landed at A Shortfall of Gravitas.
What orbit did Starlink Group 6-61 reach?
The tracked orbit of Starlink 32302, one of 23 catalogued objects, from October 29, 2024, was 311 × 313 km inclined 43.0°.
How many satellites did Starlink Group 6-61 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 6-61 part of?
Starlink. About Starlink