SpaceXFalcon 9 Block 5Launch Complex 39A, Kennedy Space Center, FL, USA
Starlink Group 6-63
Launched
May 24, 2024 · 02:45 UTC
Image: SpaceX
Summary
Starlink Group 6-63 launched on a SpaceX Falcon 9 Block 5 from Launch Complex 39A, Kennedy Space Center, FL, USA on May 24, 2024 at 02:45 UTC. The launch window ran from 22:45 to 02:45 UTC. It was SpaceX's 366th launch, 55th this year and humanity's 6,688th orbital launch attempt. It was the 283rd Falcon 9 Block 5 flight and the 54th this year. Booster B1077 flew for the 13th time and landed at Just Read the Instructions. The payload was bound for low Earth orbit (LEO). The tracked orbit of Starlink 31654, one of 23 catalogued objects, from May 31, 2024, was 320 × 323 km inclined 43.0°. 23 objects from this launch are catalogued, all of them payloads.
- Watch
- Vehicle
- Falcon 9 Block 5 · SpaceXStarlink
- Booster
- B1077 · flight 13 · Autonomous Spaceport Drone Ship at Just Read the Instructions · landed156/157 landed here · 36 days after its previous flight, Starlink Group 6-51 · 604 km downrange
- Mission
- Communications · Low Earth Orbit (LEO)for SpX
- Milestone
- 283rd Falcon 9 Block 5 flight · 54th this yearSpaceX's 366th launch55th this yearhumanity's 6,688th orbital launch attempt99th orbital launch attempt this year
Flight preview
Simulate in Flight ClubOrbit: as tracked
Starlink 31654 · NORAD 59858 · 2024-098 · Space-Track · tracking 1 of 23 objects
Show the numbers for orbit elements
- Object
- TBA - TO BE ASSIGNED
- Object ID
- 2024-098A
- Epoch
- 2024-05-31 18:00:00 UTC
- Mean motion
- 15.85580829 rev/day
- Eccentricity
- 0.000204
- Inclination
- 43.007°
- Ascending node
- 13.3278°
- Arg. of perigee
- 262.0304°
- Mean anomaly
- 96.5583°
- Element set
- 999
- Rev at epoch
- 242
- B*
- -0.0035296
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−35MStage 1 LOX Load
- T−35MProp 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+2M25SMECO
- T+2M29SStage 2 Separation
- T+2M36SSES-1
- T+3M2SFairing Separation
- T+6M2SEntry Burn Startup
- T+6M27SEntry Burn Shutdown
- T+7M52SStage 1 Landing Burn
- T+8M15SStage 1 Landing
- T+8M39SSECO-1
- T+54M4SSES-2
- T+54M5SSECO-2
- T+1H5M13SStarlink Deployment
Catalogued objects
23 catalogued: 23 payloads; 21 still in orbit
- Starlink 31654 · NORAD 59858 · in orbit
- Starlink 31442 · NORAD 59859 · in orbit
- Starlink 31651 · NORAD 59860 · in orbit
- Starlink 31703 · NORAD 59861 · re-entered November 6, 2024
- Starlink 31584 · NORAD 59862 · in orbit
- Starlink 31950 · NORAD 59863 · in orbit
- Starlink 31931 · NORAD 59864 · in orbit
- Starlink 31938 · NORAD 59865 · in orbit
- Starlink 31941 · NORAD 59866 · in orbit
- Starlink 31952 · NORAD 59867 · in orbit
- Starlink 31921 · NORAD 59868 · in orbit
- Starlink 31760 · NORAD 59869 · in orbit
Show 11 more payloads
- Starlink 31945 · NORAD 59870 · in orbit
- Starlink 31937 · NORAD 59871 · in orbit
- Starlink 31944 · NORAD 59872 · re-entered August 15, 2024
- Starlink 31940 · NORAD 59873 · in orbit
- Starlink 31933 · NORAD 59874 · in orbit
- Starlink 31936 · NORAD 59875 · in orbit
- Starlink 31935 · NORAD 59876 · in orbit
- Starlink 31934 · NORAD 59877 · in orbit
- Starlink 31943 · NORAD 59878 · in orbit
- Starlink 31926 · NORAD 59879 · in orbit
- Starlink 31919 · NORAD 59880 · 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
Launch Complex 39A, Kennedy Space Center, FL, USA
180th launch from Launch Complex 39A, 12th this year · 238th from Kennedy Space Center, FL, USA
Local pad time at liftoff: May 23, 10:45 PM EDT, at night
224 launches from this pad · 283 from Kennedy Space Center, FL, USA
15 days after the previous launch from this pad
Updates
Launch success.
Show 8 earlier updates
Liftoff.
Cosmic_Penguin · 5/24/2024 · source
Unofficial Webcast by SPACE AFFAIRS has started
LL2 · 5/24/2024 · source
New T-0
SwGustav · 5/24/2024 · source
New T-0.
Cosmic_Penguin · 5/23/2024 · source
GO for launch.
Cosmic_Penguin · 5/23/2024 · source
Launch time is correct to the second.
Cosmic_Penguin · 5/23/2024 · source
Weather 95%
Nosu · 5/22/2024 · source
Added launch per NOTAMs.
Cosmic_Penguin · 5/20/2024 · source
Questions
When did Starlink Group 6-63 launch?
Starlink Group 6-63 launched on May 24, 2024 at 02:45 UTC. The launch window ran from 22:45 to 02:45 UTC.
Where can I watch Starlink Group 6-63?
Coverage: SpaceX Starlink Group 6-63; SpaceX - Falcon 9 - Starlink Group 6-63 - LC-39A - Kennedy Space Center - May 23, 2024; Watch live: SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket launches 23 Starlink satellites from NASA's Kennedy Space Center. Watch the replay
What rocket launched Starlink Group 6-63?
Falcon 9 Block 5, flown by SpaceX. Falcon 9 Block 5 spec sheet
Where did Starlink Group 6-63 launch from?
Launch Complex 39A, Kennedy Space Center, FL, USA. Liftoff was May 23, 10:45 PM EDT local time at the pad.
Did the booster land?
Booster B1077 flew for the 13th time and landed at Just Read the Instructions.
What orbit did Starlink Group 6-63 reach?
The tracked orbit of Starlink 31654, one of 23 catalogued objects, from May 31, 2024, was 320 × 323 km inclined 43.0°.
How many satellites did Starlink Group 6-63 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 6-63 part of?
Starlink. About Starlink