SpaceXFalcon 9 Block 5Space Launch Complex 40, Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA
Starlink Group 6-69
Launched
November 11, 2024 · 21:28 UTC
Image: SpaceX
Summary
Starlink Group 6-69 launched on a SpaceX Falcon 9 Block 5 from Space Launch Complex 40, Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA on November 11, 2024 at 21:28 UTC. The launch window ran from 21:02 to 00:44 UTC. It was SpaceX's 424th launch, 113th this year and humanity's 6,800th orbital launch attempt. It was the 337th Falcon 9 Block 5 flight and the 108th this year. Booster B1080 flew for the 12th time and landed at A Shortfall of Gravitas. The payload was bound for low Earth orbit (LEO). The tracked orbit of Starlink 32303, one of 24 catalogued objects, from November 15, 2024, was 290 × 294 km inclined 43.0°. 24 objects from this launch are catalogued, all of them payloads.
- Watch
- SpaceX Starlink Group 6-69The Space Devs
- Watch live: SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket launches from Cape Canaveral with 24 Starlink satellitesSpaceflight Now
- Starlink MissionSpaceX
- Vehicle
- Falcon 9 Block 5 · SpaceXStarlink
- Booster
- B1080 · flight 12 · Autonomous Spaceport Drone Ship at A Shortfall of Gravitas · landed161/162 landed here · 27 days after its previous flight, Starlink Group 10-10 · 600 km downrange
- Mission
- Communications · Low Earth Orbit (LEO)for SpX
- Milestone
- 337th Falcon 9 Block 5 flight · 108th this yearSpaceX's 424th launch113th this yearhumanity's 6,800th orbital launch attempt211th orbital launch attempt this year
Flight preview
Simulate in Flight ClubOrbit: as tracked
Starlink 32303 · NORAD 61912 · 2024-207 · Space-Track · tracking 1 of 24 objects
Show the numbers for orbit elements
- Object
- TBA - TO BE ASSIGNED
- Object ID
- 2024-207A
- Epoch
- 2024-11-15 22:00:00 UTC
- Mean motion
- 15.96173045 rev/day
- Eccentricity
- 0.0002575
- Inclination
- 43.0035°
- Ascending node
- 125.6745°
- Arg. of perigee
- 262.8208°
- Mean anomaly
- 327.4564°
- Element set
- 999
- Rev at epoch
- 185
- B*
- -0.0010564
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+2M26SMECO
- T+2M29SStage 2 Separation
- T+2M36SSES-1
- T+2M57SFairing Separation
- T+6M5SEntry Burn Startup
- T+6M27SEntry Burn Shutdown
- T+7M49SStage 1 Landing Burn
- T+8M17SStage 1 Landing
- T+8M38SSECO-1
- T+53M56SSES-2
- T+53M58SSECO-2
- T+1H5M5SStarlink Deployment
Catalogued objects
24 catalogued: 24 payloads; 22 still in orbit
- Starlink 32303 · NORAD 61912 · in orbit
- Starlink 32434 · NORAD 61913 · in orbit
- Starlink 32460 · NORAD 61914 · in orbit
- Starlink 32559 · NORAD 61915 · re-entered September 6, 2026
- Starlink 32541 · NORAD 61916 · in orbit
- Starlink 32544 · NORAD 61917 · in orbit
- Starlink 32555 · NORAD 61918 · in orbit
- Starlink 32547 · NORAD 61919 · in orbit
- Starlink 32616 · NORAD 61920 · in orbit
- Starlink 32605 · NORAD 61921 · in orbit
- Starlink 32579 · NORAD 61922 · in orbit
- Starlink 32537 · NORAD 61923 · in orbit
Show 12 more payloads
- Starlink 32564 · NORAD 61924 · in orbit
- Starlink 32536 · NORAD 61925 · in orbit
- Starlink 32624 · NORAD 61926 · in orbit
- Starlink 32622 · NORAD 61927 · in orbit
- Starlink 32620 · NORAD 61928 · in orbit
- Starlink 32609 · NORAD 61929 · in orbit
- Starlink 32567 · NORAD 61930 · in orbit
- Starlink 32420 · NORAD 61931 · in orbit
- Starlink 32354 · NORAD 61932 · in orbit
- Starlink 32361 · NORAD 61933 · in orbit
- Starlink 32563 · NORAD 61934 · re-entered June 2, 2025
- Starlink 32500 · NORAD 61935 · 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
271st launch from Space Launch Complex 40, 53rd this year · 985th from Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA
Local pad time at liftoff: Nov 11, 4:28 PM EST, in daylight
403 launches from this pad · 1,131 from Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA
4 days 1 hour after the previous launch from this pad
Updates
Launch success.
Show 9 earlier updates
Liftoff!
hitura-nobad · 11/11/2024 · source
Unofficial Re-stream by SPACE AFFAIRS has started
LL2 · 11/11/2024 · source
Fuel loading underway, targeting 21:28 UTC for liftoff.
hitura-nobad · 11/11/2024 · source
launch time currently uncertain, no visible signs of fuel loading as of 20:55 UTC
hitura-nobad · 11/11/2024 · source
Updated launch weather.
Cosmic_Penguin · 11/11/2024 · source
Scrubbed for the day.
Cosmic_Penguin · 11/11/2024 · source
Now targeting Nov 11 at 01:22 UTC
hitura-nobad · 11/10/2024 · source
Updated T-0.
Cosmic_Penguin · 11/10/2024 · source
Weather is 90% favorable for launch.
hitura-nobad · 11/9/2024 · source
Questions
When did Starlink Group 6-69 launch?
Starlink Group 6-69 launched on November 11, 2024 at 21:28 UTC. The launch window ran from 21:02 to 00:44 UTC.
Where can I watch Starlink Group 6-69?
Coverage: SpaceX Starlink Group 6-69; Watch live: SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket launches from Cape Canaveral with 24 Starlink satellites; Starlink Mission. Watch the replay
What rocket launched Starlink Group 6-69?
Falcon 9 Block 5, flown by SpaceX. Falcon 9 Block 5 spec sheet
Where did Starlink Group 6-69 launch from?
Space Launch Complex 40, Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA. Liftoff was Nov 11, 4:28 PM EST local time at the pad.
Did the booster land?
Booster B1080 flew for the 12th time and landed at A Shortfall of Gravitas.
What orbit did Starlink Group 6-69 reach?
The tracked orbit of Starlink 32303, one of 24 catalogued objects, from November 15, 2024, was 290 × 294 km inclined 43.0°.
How many satellites did Starlink Group 6-69 launch?
24 payloads from this launch are catalogued, 22 of them still in orbit (Data from J. McDowell, planet4589.org).
Which program is Starlink Group 6-69 part of?
Starlink. About Starlink