SpaceXFalcon 9 Block 5Space Launch Complex 40, Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA
Starlink Group 6-70
Launched
December 4, 2024 · 10:13 UTC
Image: SpaceX
Summary
Starlink Group 6-70 launched on a SpaceX Falcon 9 Block 5 from Space Launch Complex 40, Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA on December 4, 2024 at 10:13 UTC. The launch window ran from 08:29 to 12:29 UTC. It was SpaceX's 437th launch, 126th this year and humanity's 6,822nd orbital launch attempt. It was the 349th Falcon 9 Block 5 flight and the 120th this year. Booster B1067 flew for the 24th time and landed at A Shortfall of Gravitas. The payload was bound for low Earth orbit (LEO). The tracked orbit of Starlink 32686, one of 24 catalogued objects, from December 9, 2024, was 297 × 299 km inclined 43.0°. 24 objects from this launch are catalogued, all of them payloads.
- Watch
- Vehicle
- Falcon 9 Block 5 · SpaceXStarlink
- Booster
- B1067 · flight 24 · Autonomous Spaceport Drone Ship at A Shortfall of Gravitas · landed161/162 landed here · 22 days after its previous flight, Koreasat 6A · 600 km downrange
- Mission
- Communications · Low Earth Orbit (LEO)for SpX
- Milestone
- 349th Falcon 9 Block 5 flight · 120th this yearSpaceX's 437th launch126th this yearhumanity's 6,822nd orbital launch attempt233rd orbital launch attempt this year
Flight preview
Simulate in Flight ClubOrbit: as tracked
Starlink 32686 · NORAD 62192 · 2024-229 · Space-Track · tracking 1 of 24 objects
Show the numbers for orbit elements
- Object
- TBA - TO BE ASSIGNED
- Object ID
- 2024-229A
- Epoch
- 2024-12-09 20:00:01 UTC
- Mean motion
- 15.94209642 rev/day
- Eccentricity
- 0.0001672
- Inclination
- 43.0041°
- Ascending node
- 330.4653°
- Arg. of perigee
- 269.5439°
- Mean anomaly
- 21.1386°
- Element set
- 999
- Rev at epoch
- 201
- B*
- -0.0020219
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−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+2M58SFairing Separation
- T+6M4SEntry Burn Startup
- T+6M25SEntry Burn Shutdown
- T+7M51SStage 1 Landing Burn
- T+8M13SStage 1 Landing
- T+8M39SSECO-1
- T+53M56SSES-2
- T+53M58SSECO-2
- T+1H5M5SStarlink Deployment
Catalogued objects
24 catalogued: 24 payloads; 24 still in orbit
- Starlink 32686 · NORAD 62192 · in orbit
- Starlink 32688 · NORAD 62193 · in orbit
- Starlink 32684 · NORAD 62194 · in orbit
- Starlink 32672 · NORAD 62195 · in orbit
- Starlink 32682 · NORAD 62196 · in orbit
- Starlink 32663 · NORAD 62197 · in orbit
- Starlink 32640 · NORAD 62198 · in orbit
- Starlink 32653 · NORAD 62199 · in orbit
- Starlink 32647 · NORAD 62200 · in orbit
- Starlink 32667 · NORAD 62201 · in orbit
- Starlink 32655 · NORAD 62202 · in orbit
- Starlink 32665 · NORAD 62203 · in orbit
Show 12 more payloads
- Starlink 32664 · NORAD 62204 · in orbit
- Starlink 32660 · NORAD 62205 · in orbit
- Starlink 32448 · NORAD 62206 · in orbit
- Starlink 32430 · NORAD 62207 · in orbit
- Starlink 32675 · NORAD 62208 · in orbit
- Starlink 32671 · NORAD 62209 · in orbit
- Starlink 32670 · NORAD 62210 · in orbit
- Starlink 32642 · NORAD 62211 · in orbit
- Starlink 32668 · NORAD 62212 · in orbit
- Starlink 32669 · NORAD 62213 · in orbit
- Starlink 32666 · NORAD 62214 · in orbit
- Starlink 32662 · NORAD 62215 · 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
277th launch from Space Launch Complex 40, 59th this year · 991st from Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA
Local pad time at liftoff: Dec 4, 5:13 AM EST, at night
403 launches from this pad · 1,131 from Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA
4 days 5 hours after the previous launch from this pad
Updates
Launch success.
Show 6 earlier updates
Liftoff.
Cosmic_Penguin · 12/4/2024 · source
Unofficial Re-stream by SPACE AFFAIRS has started
LL2 · 12/4/2024 · source
GO for launch.
Cosmic_Penguin · 12/4/2024 · source
Launch time is accurate to the second.
Cosmic_Penguin · 12/3/2024 · source
Updating launch weather.
Cosmic_Penguin · 12/3/2024 · source
Targeting NET December 4.
Cosmic_Penguin · 11/26/2024 · source
Questions
When did Starlink Group 6-70 launch?
Starlink Group 6-70 launched on December 4, 2024 at 10:13 UTC. The launch window ran from 08:29 to 12:29 UTC.
Where can I watch Starlink Group 6-70?
Coverage: SpaceX Starlink Group 6-70; SpaceX - Falcon 9 - Starlink 6-70 - SLC-40 - Cape Canaveral SFS - December 4, 2024; Watch live: SpaceX launches Starlink satellites from Cape Canaveral on Falcon 9 rocket. Watch the replay
What rocket launched Starlink Group 6-70?
Falcon 9 Block 5, flown by SpaceX. Falcon 9 Block 5 spec sheet
Where did Starlink Group 6-70 launch from?
Space Launch Complex 40, Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA. Liftoff was Dec 4, 5:13 AM EST local time at the pad.
Did the booster land?
Booster B1067 flew for the 24th time and landed at A Shortfall of Gravitas.
What orbit did Starlink Group 6-70 reach?
The tracked orbit of Starlink 32686, one of 24 catalogued objects, from December 9, 2024, was 297 × 299 km inclined 43.0°.
How many satellites did Starlink Group 6-70 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 6-70 part of?
Starlink. About Starlink