SpaceXFalcon 9 Block 5Space Launch Complex 40, Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA
Starlink Group 6-8
Launched
August 7, 2023 · 02:41 UTC
Image: SpaceX
Summary
Starlink Group 6-8 launched on a SpaceX Falcon 9 Block 5 from Space Launch Complex 40, Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA on August 7, 2023 at 02:41 UTC. The launch window ran from 01:00 to 04:22 UTC. It was SpaceX's 267th launch, 54th this year and humanity's 6,487th orbital launch attempt. It was the 188th Falcon 9 Block 5 flight and the 50th this year. Booster B1078 flew for the 4th time and landed at A Shortfall of Gravitas. The payload was bound for low Earth orbit (LEO). The tracked orbit of Starlink 30154, one of 22 catalogued objects, from August 15, 2023, was 327 × 329 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
- B1078 · flight 4 · Autonomous Spaceport Drone Ship at A Shortfall of Gravitas · landed161/162 landed here · 63 days after its previous flight, Starlink Group 6-4 · 643 km downrange
- Mission
- Communications · Low Earth Orbit (LEO)for SpX
- Milestone
- 188th Falcon 9 Block 5 flight · 50th this yearSpaceX's 267th launch54th this yearhumanity's 6,487th orbital launch attempt119th orbital launch attempt this year
Webcast
Flight preview
Simulate in Flight ClubOrbit: as tracked
Starlink 30154 · NORAD 57495 · 2023-113 · Space-Track · tracking 1 of 22 objects
Show the numbers for orbit elements
- Object
- STARLINK-30154
- Object ID
- 2023-113A
- Epoch
- 2023-08-15 18:00:00 UTC
- Mean motion
- 15.83321486 rev/day
- Eccentricity
- 0.0001633
- Inclination
- 43.0024°
- Ascending node
- 79.3602°
- Arg. of perigee
- 261.9489°
- Mean anomaly
- 78.8645°
- Element set
- 999
- Rev at epoch
- 244
- B*
- -0.0045548
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; 21 still in orbit
- Starlink 30154 · NORAD 57495 · in orbit
- Starlink 30145 · NORAD 57496 · in orbit
- Starlink 30226 · NORAD 57497 · in orbit
- Starlink 30203 · NORAD 57498 · in orbit
- Starlink 30169 · NORAD 57499 · in orbit
- Starlink 30164 · NORAD 57500 · in orbit
- Starlink 30072 · NORAD 57501 · in orbit
- Starlink 30228 · NORAD 57502 · re-entered January 29, 2026
- Starlink 30230 · NORAD 57503 · in orbit
- Starlink 30213 · NORAD 57504 · in orbit
- Starlink 30227 · NORAD 57505 · in orbit
- Starlink 30212 · NORAD 57506 · in orbit
Show 10 more payloads
- Starlink 30219 · NORAD 57507 · in orbit
- Starlink 30074 · NORAD 57508 · in orbit
- Starlink 30082 · NORAD 57509 · in orbit
- Starlink 30153 · NORAD 57510 · in orbit
- Starlink 30147 · NORAD 57511 · in orbit
- Starlink 30157 · NORAD 57512 · in orbit
- Starlink 30168 · NORAD 57513 · in orbit
- Starlink 30231 · NORAD 57514 · in orbit
- Starlink 30081 · NORAD 57515 · in orbit
- Starlink 30149 · NORAD 57516 · in orbit
Data from J. McDowell, planet4589.org
About this launch
A batch of 22 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
193rd launch from Space Launch Complex 40, 30th this year · 900th from Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA
Local pad time at liftoff: Aug 6, 10:41 PM EDT, at night
403 launches from this pad · 1,131 from Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA
3 days 21 hours after the previous launch from this pad
Updates
Launch success.
Show 9 earlier updates
Liftoff.
Cosmic_Penguin · 8/7/2023 · source
Livestream has started
LL2 · 8/7/2023 · source
Tweaked T-0.
Cosmic_Penguin · 8/7/2023 · source
New T-0 and updated launch weather for 2nd half of launch window.
Cosmic_Penguin · 8/6/2023 · source
GO for launch.
Cosmic_Penguin · 8/4/2023 · source
Updating T-0
Nosu · 8/4/2023 · source
Weather 30% at the beginning of the window, trending towards 80% at the end
Nosu · 8/3/2023 · source
New launch window based on marine navigation warnings.
Cosmic_Penguin · 8/2/2023 · source
Launch delayed per marine navigation warnings.
Cosmic_Penguin · 7/28/2023 · source
Questions
When did Starlink Group 6-8 launch?
Starlink Group 6-8 launched on August 7, 2023 at 02:41 UTC. The launch window ran from 01:00 to 04:22 UTC.
Where can I watch Starlink Group 6-8?
Coverage: Starlink Mission. Watch the replay
What rocket launched Starlink Group 6-8?
Falcon 9 Block 5, flown by SpaceX. Falcon 9 Block 5 spec sheet
Where did Starlink Group 6-8 launch from?
Space Launch Complex 40, Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA. Liftoff was Aug 6, 10:41 PM EDT local time at the pad.
Did the booster land?
Booster B1078 flew for the 4th time and landed at A Shortfall of Gravitas.
What orbit did Starlink Group 6-8 reach?
The tracked orbit of Starlink 30154, one of 22 catalogued objects, from August 15, 2023, was 327 × 329 km inclined 43.0°.
How many satellites did Starlink Group 6-8 launch?
22 payloads from this launch are catalogued, 21 of them still in orbit (Data from J. McDowell, planet4589.org).
Which program is Starlink Group 6-8 part of?
Starlink. About Starlink