SpaceXFalcon 9 Block 5Space Launch Complex 40, Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA
Starlink Group 6-9
Launched
August 11, 2023 · 05:17 UTC
Image: SpaceX
Summary
Starlink Group 6-9 launched on a SpaceX Falcon 9 Block 5 from Space Launch Complex 40, Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA on August 11, 2023 at 05:17 UTC. It was SpaceX's 269th launch, 56th this year and humanity's 6,493rd orbital launch attempt. It was the 190th Falcon 9 Block 5 flight and the 52nd this year. Booster B1069 flew for the 9th time and landed at Just Read the Instructions. The payload was bound for low Earth orbit (LEO). The tracked orbit of Starlink 30166, one of 22 catalogued objects, from August 22, 2023, was 330 × 336 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
- B1069 · flight 9 · Autonomous Spaceport Drone Ship at Just Read the Instructions · landed156/157 landed here · 48 days after its previous flight, Starlink Group 5-12 · 643 km downrange
- Mission
- Communications · Low Earth Orbit (LEO)for SpX
- Milestone
- 190th Falcon 9 Block 5 flight · 52nd this yearSpaceX's 269th launch56th this yearhumanity's 6,493rd orbital launch attempt125th orbital launch attempt this year
Webcast
Flight preview
Simulate in Flight ClubOrbit: as tracked
Starlink 30166 · NORAD 57602 · 2023-119 · Space-Track · tracking 1 of 22 objects
Show the numbers for orbit elements
- Object
- TBA - TO BE ASSIGNED
- Object ID
- 2023-119A
- Epoch
- 2023-08-22 18:00:00 UTC
- Mean motion
- 15.81612839 rev/day
- Eccentricity
- 0.0004081
- Inclination
- 43.0004°
- Ascending node
- 104.6493°
- Arg. of perigee
- 186.9458°
- Mean anomaly
- 146.1694°
- Element set
- 999
- Rev at epoch
- 302
- B*
- -0.0041807
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 30166 · NORAD 57602 · in orbit
- Starlink 30223 · NORAD 57603 · in orbit
- Starlink 30218 · NORAD 57604 · in orbit
- Starlink 30138 · NORAD 57605 · in orbit
- Starlink 30255 · NORAD 57606 · in orbit
- Starlink 30252 · NORAD 57607 · in orbit
- Starlink 30258 · NORAD 57608 · in orbit
- Starlink 30174 · NORAD 57609 · in orbit
- Starlink 30248 · NORAD 57610 · in orbit
- Starlink 30052 · NORAD 57611 · in orbit
- Starlink 30245 · NORAD 57612 · in orbit
- Starlink 30041 · NORAD 57613 · in orbit
Show 10 more payloads
- Starlink 30244 · NORAD 57614 · in orbit
- Starlink 30246 · NORAD 57615 · in orbit
- Starlink 30075 · NORAD 57616 · in orbit
- Starlink 30148 · NORAD 57617 · in orbit
- Starlink 30249 · NORAD 57618 · in orbit
- Starlink 30220 · NORAD 57619 · re-entered September 10, 2023
- Starlink 30141 · NORAD 57620 · in orbit
- Starlink 30150 · NORAD 57621 · in orbit
- Starlink 30056 · NORAD 57622 · in orbit
- Starlink 30100 · NORAD 57623 · 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
194th launch from Space Launch Complex 40, 31st this year · 901st from Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA
Local pad time at liftoff: Aug 11, 1:17 AM EDT, at night
403 launches from this pad · 1,131 from Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA
4 days 2 hours after the previous launch from this pad
Updates
Launch success.
Show 9 earlier updates
Liftoff
hitura-nobad · 8/11/2023 · source
Livestream has started
LL2 · 8/11/2023 · source
Adding seconds to T-0
Nosu · 8/11/2023 · source
New T-0
SwGustav · 8/11/2023 · source
New T-0
hitura-nobad · 8/10/2023 · source
Tweak to T-0.
Cosmic_Penguin · 8/10/2023 · source
GO for launch.
Cosmic_Penguin · 8/10/2023 · source
Weather 60%, trending towards 90% at the end of the window
Nosu · 8/9/2023 · source
New launch window.
Cosmic_Penguin · 8/8/2023 · source
Questions
When did Starlink Group 6-9 launch?
Starlink Group 6-9 launched on August 11, 2023 at 05:17 UTC.
Where can I watch Starlink Group 6-9?
Coverage: Starlink Mission. Watch the replay
What rocket launched Starlink Group 6-9?
Falcon 9 Block 5, flown by SpaceX. Falcon 9 Block 5 spec sheet
Where did Starlink Group 6-9 launch from?
Space Launch Complex 40, Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA. Liftoff was Aug 11, 1:17 AM EDT local time at the pad.
Did the booster land?
Booster B1069 flew for the 9th time and landed at Just Read the Instructions.
What orbit did Starlink Group 6-9 reach?
The tracked orbit of Starlink 30166, one of 22 catalogued objects, from August 22, 2023, was 330 × 336 km inclined 43.0°.
How many satellites did Starlink Group 6-9 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 6-9 part of?
Starlink. About Starlink