SpaceXFalcon 9 Block 5Space Launch Complex 40, Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA
Starlink Group 6-7
Launched
July 28, 2023 · 04:01 UTC
Image: SpaceX
Summary
Starlink Group 6-7 launched on a SpaceX Falcon 9 Block 5 from Space Launch Complex 40, Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA on July 28, 2023 at 04:01 UTC. The launch window ran from 02:20 to 04:01 UTC. It was SpaceX's 264th launch, 51st this year and humanity's 6,481st orbital launch attempt. It was the 186th Falcon 9 Block 5 flight and the 48th this year. Booster B1062 flew for the 15th time and landed at A Shortfall of Gravitas. The payload was bound for low Earth orbit (LEO). The tracked orbit of Starlink 30165, one of 22 catalogued objects, from August 3, 2023, was 350 × 351 km inclined 43.0°. 22 objects from this launch are catalogued, all of them payloads.
- Watch
- Starlink MissionSpaceX
- Vehicle
- Falcon 9 Block 5 · SpaceXStarlink
- Booster
- Mission
- Communications · Low Earth Orbit (LEO)
- Milestone
- 186th Falcon 9 Block 5 flight · 48th this yearSpaceX's 264th launch51st this yearhumanity's 6,481st orbital launch attempt113th orbital launch attempt this year
Webcast
Flight preview
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Starlink 30165 · NORAD 57457 · 2023-107 · Space-Track · tracking 1 of 22 objects
Show the numbers for orbit elements
- Object
- TBA - TO BE ASSIGNED
- Object ID
- 2023-107A
- Epoch
- 2023-08-03 18:00:00 UTC
- Mean motion
- 15.75444129 rev/day
- Eccentricity
- 0.0001098
- Inclination
- 43.0071°
- Ascending node
- 102.9073°
- Arg. of perigee
- 225.2403°
- Mean anomaly
- 332.0481°
- Element set
- 999
- Rev at epoch
- 194
- B*
- -0.0064764
Perigee, apogee and period are Kepler figures from the catalogued mean elements, not a propagated state. Published orbit: LEO.
Catalogued objects
22 catalogued: 22 payloads; 14 still in orbit
- Starlink 30165 · NORAD 57457 · in orbit
- Starlink 30140 · NORAD 57458 · in orbit
- Starlink 30185 · NORAD 57459 · re-entered February 12, 2026
- Starlink 30077 · NORAD 57460 · in orbit
- Starlink 30229 · NORAD 57461 · in orbit
- Starlink 30088 · NORAD 57462 · in orbit
- Starlink 30091 · NORAD 57463 · re-entered June 20, 2026
- Starlink 30115 · NORAD 57464 · re-entered May 29, 2025
- Starlink 30116 · NORAD 57465 · in orbit
- Starlink 30156 · NORAD 57466 · re-entered October 17, 2023
- Starlink 30092 · NORAD 57467 · in orbit
- Starlink 30039 · NORAD 57468 · in orbit
Show 10 more payloads
- Starlink 30171 · NORAD 57469 · in orbit
- Starlink 30186 · NORAD 57470 · in orbit
- Starlink 30190 · NORAD 57471 · re-entered December 11, 2025
- Starlink 30204 · NORAD 57472 · in orbit
- Starlink 30187 · NORAD 57473 · re-entered April 8, 2026
- Starlink 30110 · NORAD 57474 · re-entered February 5, 2026
- Starlink 30155 · NORAD 57475 · in orbit
- Starlink 30161 · NORAD 57476 · in orbit
- Starlink 30176 · NORAD 57477 · in orbit
- Starlink 30167 · NORAD 57478 · re-entered September 6, 2023
Data from J. McDowell, planet4589.org
About this launch
A batch of 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
191st launch from Space Launch Complex 40, 28th this year · 898th from Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA
Local pad time at liftoff: Jul 28, 12:01 AM EDT, at night
403 launches from this pad · 1,131 from Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA
4 days 3 hours after the previous launch from this pad
Updates
Launch success.
Show 9 earlier updates
Liftoff.
Cosmic_Penguin · 7/28/2023 · source
Livestream has started
LL2 · 7/28/2023 · source
Moved to 3rd launch opportunity of the day.
Cosmic_Penguin · 7/28/2023 · source
Shifted to 2nd launch opportunity.
Cosmic_Penguin · 7/28/2023 · source
Adding seconds
Jay · 7/27/2023 · source
Updated launch weather.
Cosmic_Penguin · 7/27/2023 · source
Setting GO
hitura-nobad · 7/26/2023 · source
Weather 60%
Nosu · 7/25/2023 · source
Updated launch window and weather.
Cosmic_Penguin · 7/24/2023 · source
Questions
When did Starlink Group 6-7 launch?
Starlink Group 6-7 launched on July 28, 2023 at 04:01 UTC. The launch window ran from 02:20 to 04:01 UTC.
Where can I watch Starlink Group 6-7?
Coverage: Starlink Mission. Watch the replay
What rocket launched Starlink Group 6-7?
Falcon 9 Block 5, flown by SpaceX. Falcon 9 Block 5 spec sheet
Where did Starlink Group 6-7 launch from?
Space Launch Complex 40, Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA. Liftoff was Jul 28, 12:01 AM EDT local time at the pad.
Did the booster land?
Booster B1062 flew for the 15th time and landed at A Shortfall of Gravitas.
What orbit did Starlink Group 6-7 reach?
The tracked orbit of Starlink 30165, one of 22 catalogued objects, from August 3, 2023, was 350 × 351 km inclined 43.0°.
How many satellites did Starlink Group 6-7 launch?
22 payloads from this launch are catalogued, 14 of them still in orbit (Data from J. McDowell, planet4589.org).
Which program is Starlink Group 6-7 part of?
Starlink. About Starlink