SpaceXFalcon 9 Block 5Space Launch Complex 40, Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA
Starlink Group 6-62
Launched
May 23, 2024 · 02:35 UTC
Image: SpaceX
Summary
Starlink Group 6-62 launched on a SpaceX Falcon 9 Block 5 from Space Launch Complex 40, Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA on May 23, 2024 at 02:35 UTC. The launch window ran from 02:35 to 06:31 UTC. It was SpaceX's 365th launch, 54th this year and humanity's 6,687th orbital launch attempt. It was the 282nd Falcon 9 Block 5 flight and the 53rd this year. Booster B1080 flew for the 8th time and landed at A Shortfall of Gravitas. The payload was bound for low Earth orbit (LEO). The tracked orbit of Starlink 31947, one of 23 catalogued objects, from May 30, 2024, was 322 × 324 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
- B1080 · flight 8 · Autonomous Spaceport Drone Ship at A Shortfall of Gravitas · landed161/162 landed here · 34 days after its previous flight, Starlink Group 6-52 · 600 km downrange
- Mission
- Communications · Low Earth Orbit (LEO)for SpX
- Milestone
- 282nd Falcon 9 Block 5 flight · 53rd this yearSpaceX's 365th launch54th this yearhumanity's 6,687th orbital launch attempt98th orbital launch attempt this year
Flight preview
Simulate in Flight ClubOrbit: as tracked
Starlink 31947 · NORAD 59835 · 2024-097 · Space-Track · tracking 1 of 23 objects
Show the numbers for orbit elements
- Object
- TBA - TO BE ASSIGNED
- Object ID
- 2024-097A
- Epoch
- 2024-05-30 14:00:01 UTC
- Mean motion
- 15.85020979 rev/day
- Eccentricity
- 0.0001606
- Inclination
- 43.0051°
- Ascending node
- 10.9036°
- Arg. of perigee
- 271.0608°
- Mean anomaly
- 240.9032°
- Element set
- 999
- Rev at epoch
- 240
- B*
- -0.003473
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+1M12SMax-Q
- T+2M30SMECO
- T+2M33SStage 2 Separation
- T+2M40SSES-1
- T+3M7SFairing Separation
- T+6M3SEntry Burn Startup
- T+6M25SEntry Burn Shutdown
- T+7M50SStage 1 Landing Burn
- T+8M12SStage 1 Landing
- T+8M44SSECO-1
- T+54M3SSES-2
- T+54M5SSECO-2
- T+1H5M12SStarlink Deployment
Catalogued objects
23 catalogued: 23 payloads; 21 still in orbit
- Starlink 31947 · NORAD 59835 · in orbit
- Starlink 31929 · NORAD 59836 · in orbit
- Starlink 31927 · NORAD 59837 · in orbit
- Starlink 31855 · NORAD 59838 · in orbit
- Starlink 31887 · NORAD 59839 · in orbit
- Starlink 31925 · NORAD 59840 · re-entered January 13, 2026
- Starlink 31852 · NORAD 59841 · in orbit
- Starlink 31906 · NORAD 59842 · in orbit
- Starlink 31857 · NORAD 59843 · in orbit
- Starlink 31851 · NORAD 59844 · in orbit
- Starlink 31903 · NORAD 59845 · in orbit
- Starlink 31922 · NORAD 59846 · in orbit
Show 11 more payloads
- Starlink 31889 · NORAD 59847 · in orbit
- Starlink 31859 · NORAD 59848 · in orbit
- Starlink 31895 · NORAD 59849 · in orbit
- Starlink 31899 · NORAD 59850 · in orbit
- Starlink 31896 · NORAD 59851 · in orbit
- Starlink 31897 · NORAD 59852 · re-entered October 10, 2025
- Starlink 31892 · NORAD 59853 · in orbit
- Starlink 31891 · NORAD 59854 · in orbit
- Starlink 31882 · NORAD 59855 · in orbit
- Starlink 31691 · NORAD 59856 · in orbit
- Starlink 31569 · NORAD 59857 · 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
243rd launch from Space Launch Complex 40, 25th this year · 954th from Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA
Local pad time at liftoff: May 22, 10:35 PM EDT, at night
403 launches from this pad · 1,131 from Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA
5 days 2 hours after the previous launch from this pad
Updates
Launch success.
Show 9 earlier updates
Liftoff.
Cosmic_Penguin · 5/23/2024 · source
Unofficial Webcast by SPACE AFFAIRS has started
LL2 · 5/23/2024 · source
Launch window accurate to the second
Nosu · 5/22/2024 · source
GO for launch
hitura-nobad · 5/22/2024 · source
Updated launch weather.
Cosmic_Penguin · 5/21/2024 · source
Launch time moved up per NOTAMs.
Cosmic_Penguin · 5/20/2024 · source
NET May 23 EDT.
Cosmic_Penguin · 5/17/2024 · source
Updated launch window.
Cosmic_Penguin · 5/16/2024 · source
Added launch. (launch window per https://www.launchphotography.com/Launch_Viewing_Guide.html)
Cosmic_Penguin · 5/14/2024 · source
Questions
When did Starlink Group 6-62 launch?
Starlink Group 6-62 launched on May 23, 2024 at 02:35 UTC. The launch window ran from 02:35 to 06:31 UTC.
Where can I watch Starlink Group 6-62?
Coverage: SpaceX Starlink Group 6-62; SpaceX - Falcon 9 - Starlink Group 6-62 - SLC-40 - Cape Canaveral SFS - May 22, 2024; Watch live: SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket launches from Cape Canaveral with 23 Starlink satellites. Watch the replay
What rocket launched Starlink Group 6-62?
Falcon 9 Block 5, flown by SpaceX. Falcon 9 Block 5 spec sheet
Where did Starlink Group 6-62 launch from?
Space Launch Complex 40, Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA. Liftoff was May 22, 10:35 PM EDT local time at the pad.
Did the booster land?
Booster B1080 flew for the 8th time and landed at A Shortfall of Gravitas.
What orbit did Starlink Group 6-62 reach?
The tracked orbit of Starlink 31947, one of 23 catalogued objects, from May 30, 2024, was 322 × 324 km inclined 43.0°.
How many satellites did Starlink Group 6-62 launch?
23 payloads from this launch are catalogued, 21 of them still in orbit (Data from J. McDowell, planet4589.org).
Which program is Starlink Group 6-62 part of?
Starlink. About Starlink