SpaceXFalcon 9 Block 5Space Launch Complex 40, Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA
Starlink Group 6-68
Launched
November 14, 2024 · 13:21 UTC
Image: SpaceX
Summary
Starlink Group 6-68 launched on a SpaceX Falcon 9 Block 5 from Space Launch Complex 40, Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA on November 14, 2024 at 13:21 UTC. The launch window ran from 10:33 to 14:33 UTC. It was SpaceX's 426th launch, 115th this year and humanity's 6,803rd orbital launch attempt. It was the 339th Falcon 9 Block 5 flight and the 110th this year. Booster B1076 flew for the 18th time and landed at Just Read the Instructions. The payload was bound for low Earth orbit (LEO). The tracked orbit of Starlink 32499, one of 24 catalogued objects, from November 20, 2024, was 303 × 306 km inclined 43.0°. 24 objects from this launch are catalogued, all of them payloads.
- Watch
- Vehicle
- Falcon 9 Block 5 · SpaceXStarlink
- Booster
- B1076 · flight 18 · Autonomous Spaceport Drone Ship at Just Read the Instructions · landed156/157 landed here · 26 days after its previous flight, Starlink Group 8-19 · 600 km downrange
- Mission
- Communications · Low Earth Orbit (LEO)for SpX
- Milestone
- 339th Falcon 9 Block 5 flight · 110th this yearSpaceX's 426th launch115th this yearhumanity's 6,803rd orbital launch attempt214th orbital launch attempt this year
Flight preview
Simulate in Flight ClubOrbit: as tracked
Starlink 32499 · NORAD 61959 · 2024-210 · Space-Track · tracking 1 of 24 objects
Show the numbers for orbit elements
- Object
- TBA - TO BE ASSIGNED
- Object ID
- 2024-210A
- Epoch
- 2024-11-20 16:00:01 UTC
- Mean motion
- 15.9172027 rev/day
- Eccentricity
- 0.0001782
- Inclination
- 43.0035°
- Ascending node
- 353.5382°
- Arg. of perigee
- 282.2926°
- Mean anomaly
- 59.2813°
- Element set
- 999
- Rev at epoch
- 219
- B*
- -0.0025202
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+1M10SMax-Q
- T+2M25SMECO
- T+2M29SStage 2 Separation
- T+2M36SSES-1
- T+2M57SFairing Separation
- T+6M4SEntry Burn Startup
- T+6M25SEntry Burn Shutdown
- T+7M43SStage 1 Landing Burn
- T+7M49SStage 1 Landing
- T+8M39SSECO-1
- T+53M57SSES-2
- T+53M58SSECO-2
- T+1H5M5SStarlink Deployment
Catalogued objects
24 catalogued: 24 payloads; 24 still in orbit
- Starlink 32499 · NORAD 61959 · in orbit
- Starlink 32372 · NORAD 61960 · in orbit
- Starlink 32452 · NORAD 61961 · in orbit
- Starlink 32458 · NORAD 61962 · in orbit
- Starlink 32487 · NORAD 61963 · in orbit
- Starlink 32513 · NORAD 61964 · in orbit
- Starlink 32514 · NORAD 61965 · in orbit
- Starlink 32498 · NORAD 61966 · in orbit
- Starlink 32518 · NORAD 61967 · in orbit
- Starlink 32471 · NORAD 61968 · in orbit
- Starlink 32450 · NORAD 61969 · in orbit
- Starlink 32613 · NORAD 61970 · in orbit
Show 12 more payloads
- Starlink 32610 · NORAD 61971 · in orbit
- Starlink 32612 · NORAD 61972 · in orbit
- Starlink 32601 · NORAD 61973 · in orbit
- Starlink 32593 · NORAD 61974 · in orbit
- Starlink 32586 · NORAD 61975 · in orbit
- Starlink 32611 · NORAD 61976 · in orbit
- Starlink 32607 · NORAD 61977 · in orbit
- Starlink 32606 · NORAD 61978 · in orbit
- Starlink 32578 · NORAD 61979 · in orbit
- Starlink 32517 · NORAD 61980 · in orbit
- Starlink 32522 · NORAD 61981 · in orbit
- Starlink 32560 · NORAD 61982 · 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
272nd launch from Space Launch Complex 40, 54th this year · 986th from Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA
Local pad time at liftoff: Nov 14, 8:21 AM EST, in daylight
403 launches from this pad · 1,131 from Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA
2 days 15 hours after the previous launch from this pad
Updates
Launch success.
Show 9 earlier updates
Liftoff.
Cosmic_Penguin · 11/14/2024 · source
Official Re-stream by SPACE AFFAIRS has started
LL2 · 11/14/2024 · source
Now targeting Nov 14 at 13:21 UTC
Nosu · 11/14/2024 · source
New T-0.
Cosmic_Penguin · 11/14/2024 · source
No T-20 minutes vent observed, pending new T-0.
Cosmic_Penguin · 11/14/2024 · source
Now targeting Nov 14 at 10:45 UTC
Nosu · 11/14/2024 · source
GO for launch.
Cosmic_Penguin · 11/13/2024 · source
Weather is 85% favorable for launch.
Nosu · 11/13/2024 · source
Tweaked launch window.
Cosmic_Penguin · 11/13/2024 · source
Questions
When did Starlink Group 6-68 launch?
Starlink Group 6-68 launched on November 14, 2024 at 13:21 UTC. The launch window ran from 10:33 to 14:33 UTC.
Where can I watch Starlink Group 6-68?
Coverage: SpaceX Starlink Group 6-68; SpaceX - Falcon 9 - Starlink 6-68 - SLC-40 - Cape Canaveral SFS - November 14, 2024; Watch live: SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket launches 24 Starlink satellites from Cape Canaveral. Watch the replay
What rocket launched Starlink Group 6-68?
Falcon 9 Block 5, flown by SpaceX. Falcon 9 Block 5 spec sheet
Where did Starlink Group 6-68 launch from?
Space Launch Complex 40, Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA. Liftoff was Nov 14, 8:21 AM EST local time at the pad.
Did the booster land?
Booster B1076 flew for the 18th time and landed at Just Read the Instructions.
What orbit did Starlink Group 6-68 reach?
The tracked orbit of Starlink 32499, one of 24 catalogued objects, from November 20, 2024, was 303 × 306 km inclined 43.0°.
How many satellites did Starlink Group 6-68 launch?
24 payloads from this launch are catalogued, 24 of them still in orbit (Data from J. McDowell, planet4589.org).
Which program is Starlink Group 6-68 part of?
Starlink. About Starlink