SpaceXFalcon 9 Block 5Space Launch Complex 40, Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA
Starlink Group 6-66
Launched
November 21, 2024 · 16:07 UTC
Image: SpaceX
Summary
Starlink Group 6-66 launched on a SpaceX Falcon 9 Block 5 from Space Launch Complex 40, Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA on November 21, 2024 at 16:07 UTC. The launch window ran from 16:07 to 19:49 UTC. It was SpaceX's 431st launch, 120th this year and humanity's 6,809th orbital launch attempt. It was the 343rd Falcon 9 Block 5 flight and the 114th this year. Booster B1069 flew for the 20th time and landed at A Shortfall of Gravitas. The payload was bound for low Earth orbit (LEO). The tracked orbit of Starlink 32637, one of 24 catalogued objects, from November 25, 2024, was 299 × 302 km inclined 43.0°. 24 objects from this launch are catalogued, all of them payloads.
- Watch
- Vehicle
- Falcon 9 Block 5 · SpaceXStarlink
- Booster
- B1069 · flight 20 · Autonomous Spaceport Drone Ship at A Shortfall of Gravitas · landed161/162 landed here · 25 days after its previous flight, Starlink Group 10-8 · 600 km downrange
- Mission
- Communications · Low Earth Orbit (LEO)for SpX
- Milestone
- 343rd Falcon 9 Block 5 flight · 114th this yearSpaceX's 431st launch120th this yearhumanity's 6,809th orbital launch attempt220th orbital launch attempt this year
Flight preview
Simulate in Flight ClubOrbit: as tracked
Starlink 32637 · NORAD 62032 · 2024-216 · Space-Track · tracking 1 of 24 objects
Show the numbers for orbit elements
- Object
- TBA - TO BE ASSIGNED
- Object ID
- 2024-216A
- Epoch
- 2024-11-25 18:00:00 UTC
- Mean motion
- 15.93136495 rev/day
- Eccentricity
- 0.0001949
- Inclination
- 43.0073°
- Ascending node
- 55.0105°
- Arg. of perigee
- 289.2556°
- Mean anomaly
- 227.6043°
- Element set
- 999
- Rev at epoch
- 172
- B*
- -0.0020023
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+2M58SFairing Separation
- T+6M3SEntry Burn Startup
- T+6M27SEntry Burn Shutdown
- T+7M52SStage 1 Landing Burn
- T+8M14SStage 1 Landing
- T+8M39SSECO-1
- T+54M2SSES-2
- T+54M4SSECO-2
- T+1H5M11SStarlink Deployment
Catalogued objects
24 catalogued: 24 payloads; 23 still in orbit
- Starlink 32637 · NORAD 62032 · in orbit
- Starlink 32582 · NORAD 62033 · in orbit
- Starlink 32615 · NORAD 62034 · in orbit
- Starlink 32592 · NORAD 62035 · in orbit
- Starlink 32225 · NORAD 62036 · in orbit
- Starlink 32595 · NORAD 62037 · in orbit
- Starlink 32477 · NORAD 62038 · re-entered July 29, 2026
- Starlink 32480 · NORAD 62039 · in orbit
- Starlink 32510 · NORAD 62040 · in orbit
- Starlink 32456 · NORAD 62041 · in orbit
- Starlink 32509 · NORAD 62042 · in orbit
- Starlink 32491 · NORAD 62043 · in orbit
Show 12 more payloads
- Starlink 32577 · NORAD 62044 · in orbit
- Starlink 32618 · NORAD 62045 · in orbit
- Starlink 32598 · NORAD 62046 · in orbit
- Starlink 32630 · NORAD 62047 · in orbit
- Starlink 32599 · NORAD 62048 · in orbit
- Starlink 32473 · NORAD 62049 · in orbit
- Starlink 32492 · NORAD 62050 · in orbit
- Starlink 32496 · NORAD 62051 · in orbit
- Starlink 32495 · NORAD 62052 · in orbit
- Starlink 32494 · NORAD 62053 · in orbit
- Starlink 32408 · NORAD 62054 · in orbit
- Starlink 32571 · NORAD 62055 · in orbit
Data from J. McDowell, planet4589.org
About this launch
A batch of 24 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
274th launch from Space Launch Complex 40, 56th this year · 988th from Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA
Local pad time at liftoff: Nov 21, 11:07 AM EST, in daylight
403 launches from this pad · 1,131 from Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA
2 days 21 hours after the previous launch from this pad
Updates
Launch success.
Show 7 earlier updates
Liftoff.
Cosmic_Penguin · 11/21/2024 · source
Unofficial Webcast by SPACE AFFAIRS has started
LL2 · 11/21/2024 · source
Setting GO
Nosu · 11/20/2024 · source
Updated launch weather.
Cosmic_Penguin · 11/20/2024 · source
Tweaked T-0.
Cosmic_Penguin · 11/20/2024 · source
Delayed to NET November 21.
Cosmic_Penguin · 11/12/2024 · source
Targeting NET 16 November per NOTAMs F4242/24 & A3584/24.
Cosmic_Penguin · 11/9/2024 · source
Questions
When did Starlink Group 6-66 launch?
Starlink Group 6-66 launched on November 21, 2024 at 16:07 UTC. The launch window ran from 16:07 to 19:49 UTC.
Where can I watch Starlink Group 6-66?
Coverage: SpaceX Starlink Group 6-66; SpaceX - Falcon 9 - Starlink 6-66 - SLC-40 - Cape Canaveral SFS - November 21, 2024; Watch live: SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket launches 24 Starlink satellites from Cape Canaveral. Watch the replay
What rocket launched Starlink Group 6-66?
Falcon 9 Block 5, flown by SpaceX. Falcon 9 Block 5 spec sheet
Where did Starlink Group 6-66 launch from?
Space Launch Complex 40, Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA. Liftoff was Nov 21, 11:07 AM EST local time at the pad.
Did the booster land?
Booster B1069 flew for the 20th time and landed at A Shortfall of Gravitas.
What orbit did Starlink Group 6-66 reach?
The tracked orbit of Starlink 32637, one of 24 catalogued objects, from November 25, 2024, was 299 × 302 km inclined 43.0°.
How many satellites did Starlink Group 6-66 launch?
24 payloads from this launch are catalogued, 23 of them still in orbit (Data from J. McDowell, planet4589.org).
Which program is Starlink Group 6-66 part of?
Starlink. About Starlink