SpaceXFalcon 9 Block 5Space Launch Complex 40, Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA
Starlink Group 6-71
Launched
January 6, 2025 · 20:43 UTC
Image: SpaceX
Summary
Starlink Group 6-71 launched on a SpaceX Falcon 9 Block 5 from Space Launch Complex 40, Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA on January 6, 2025 at 20:43 UTC. The launch window ran from 16:44 to 21:15 UTC. It was SpaceX's 451st launch, 2nd this year and humanity's 6,852nd orbital launch attempt. It was the 363rd Falcon 9 Block 5 flight and the 2nd this year. Booster B1077 flew for the 17th time and landed at Just Read the Instructions. The payload was bound for low Earth orbit (LEO). The tracked orbit of Starlink 32713, one of 24 catalogued objects, from January 14, 2025, was 308 × 311 km inclined 43.0°. 24 objects from this launch are catalogued, all of them payloads.
- Watch
- SpaceX Starlink Group 6-71The Space Devs
- SpaceX Starlink Group 6-71The Space Devs
- Watch live: SpaceX launches 24 Starlink satellites from Cape Canaveral on Falcon 9 rocketSpaceflight Now
- Vehicle
- Falcon 9 Block 5 · SpaceXStarlink
- Booster
- B1077 · flight 17 · Autonomous Spaceport Drone Ship at Just Read the Instructions · landed156/157 landed here · 49 days after its previous flight, Optus-X/TD7 · 600 km downrange
- Mission
- Communications · Low Earth Orbit (LEO)for SpX
- Milestone
- 363rd Falcon 9 Block 5 flight · 2nd this yearSpaceX's 451st launch2nd this yearhumanity's 6,852nd orbital launch attempt3rd orbital launch attempt this year
Flight preview
Simulate in Flight ClubOrbit: as tracked
Starlink 32713 · NORAD 62487 · 2025-003 · Space-Track · tracking 1 of 24 objects
Show the numbers for orbit elements
- Object
- TBA - TO BE ASSIGNED
- Object ID
- 2025-003A
- Epoch
- 2025-01-14 16:00:00 UTC
- Mean motion
- 15.90023081 rev/day
- Eccentricity
- 0.0001733
- Inclination
- 43.0035°
- Ascending node
- 146.1125°
- Arg. of perigee
- 281.5509°
- Mean anomaly
- 112.9236°
- Element set
- 999
- Rev at epoch
- 230
- B*
- -0.0039066
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−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+6M2SEntry Burn Startup
- T+6M25SEntry Burn Shutdown
- T+7M48SStage 1 Landing Burn
- T+8M11SStage 1 Landing
- T+8M39SSECO-1
- T+54M3SSES-2
- T+54M5SSECO-2
- T+1H5M12SStarlink Deployment
Catalogued objects
24 catalogued: 24 payloads; 24 still in orbit
- Starlink 32713 · NORAD 62487 · in orbit
- Starlink 32732 · NORAD 62488 · in orbit
- Starlink 32328 · NORAD 62489 · in orbit
- Starlink 32332 · NORAD 62490 · in orbit
- Starlink 32717 · NORAD 62491 · in orbit
- Starlink 32757 · NORAD 62492 · in orbit
- Starlink 32731 · NORAD 62493 · in orbit
- Starlink 32694 · NORAD 62494 · in orbit
- Starlink 32708 · NORAD 62495 · in orbit
- Starlink 32718 · NORAD 62496 · in orbit
- Starlink 32729 · NORAD 62497 · in orbit
- Starlink 32739 · NORAD 62498 · in orbit
Show 12 more payloads
- Starlink 32714 · NORAD 62499 · in orbit
- Starlink 32685 · NORAD 62500 · in orbit
- Starlink 32691 · NORAD 62501 · in orbit
- Starlink 32788 · NORAD 62502 · in orbit
- Starlink 32768 · NORAD 62503 · in orbit
- Starlink 32792 · NORAD 62504 · in orbit
- Starlink 32725 · NORAD 62505 · in orbit
- Starlink 32681 · NORAD 62506 · in orbit
- Starlink 32679 · NORAD 62507 · in orbit
- Starlink 32749 · NORAD 62508 · in orbit
- Starlink 32744 · NORAD 62509 · in orbit
- Starlink 32701 · NORAD 62510 · 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
282nd launch from Space Launch Complex 40, 2nd this year · 996th from Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA
Local pad time at liftoff: Jan 6, 3:43 PM EST, in daylight
403 launches from this pad · 1,131 from Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA
2 days 19 hours after the previous launch from this pad
Updates
Launch success.
Show 9 earlier updates
Unofficial Webcast by SPACE AFFAIRS has started
LL2 · 1/6/2025 · source
Liftoff!
hitura-nobad · 1/6/2025 · source
Unofficial Webcast by SPACE AFFAIRS has started
LL2 · 1/6/2025 · source
Now targeting Jan 06 at 20:43 UTC
hitura-nobad · 1/6/2025 · source
New T-0.
Cosmic_Penguin · 1/6/2025 · source
New T-0.
Cosmic_Penguin · 1/6/2025 · source
GO for launch.
Cosmic_Penguin · 1/5/2025 · source
Tweaked T-0.
Cosmic_Penguin · 1/5/2025 · source
Delayed to NET January 6 per NOTAMs.
Cosmic_Penguin · 1/3/2025 · source
Questions
When did Starlink Group 6-71 launch?
Starlink Group 6-71 launched on January 6, 2025 at 20:43 UTC. The launch window ran from 16:44 to 21:15 UTC.
Where can I watch Starlink Group 6-71?
Coverage: SpaceX Starlink Group 6-71; SpaceX Starlink Group 6-71; Watch live: SpaceX launches 24 Starlink satellites from Cape Canaveral on Falcon 9 rocket. Watch the replay
What rocket launched Starlink Group 6-71?
Falcon 9 Block 5, flown by SpaceX. Falcon 9 Block 5 spec sheet
Where did Starlink Group 6-71 launch from?
Space Launch Complex 40, Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA. Liftoff was Jan 6, 3:43 PM EST local time at the pad.
Did the booster land?
Booster B1077 flew for the 17th time and landed at Just Read the Instructions.
What orbit did Starlink Group 6-71 reach?
The tracked orbit of Starlink 32713, one of 24 catalogued objects, from January 14, 2025, was 308 × 311 km inclined 43.0°.
How many satellites did Starlink Group 6-71 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 6-71 part of?
Starlink. About Starlink