SpaceXFalcon 9 Block 5Space Launch Complex 40, Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA
Starlink Group 6-6
Launched
July 24, 2023 · 00:50 UTC
Image: SpaceX
Summary
Starlink Group 6-6 launched on a SpaceX Falcon 9 Block 5 from Space Launch Complex 40, Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA on July 24, 2023 at 00:50 UTC. The launch window ran from 23:09 to 02:31 UTC. It was SpaceX's 263rd launch, 50th this year and humanity's 6,479th orbital launch attempt. It was the 185th Falcon 9 Block 5 flight and the 47th this year. Booster B1076 flew for the 6th time and landed at Just Read the Instructions. The payload was bound for low Earth orbit (LEO). The tracked orbit of Starlink 30189, one of 22 catalogued objects, from July 31, 2023, was 328 × 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
- B1076 · flight 6 · Autonomous Spaceport Drone Ship at Just Read the Instructions · landed156/157 landed here · 65 days after its previous flight, Starlink Group 6-3 · 643 km downrange
- Mission
- Communications · Low Earth Orbit (LEO)
- Milestone
- 185th Falcon 9 Block 5 flight · 47th this yearSpaceX's 263rd launch50th this yearhumanity's 6,479th orbital launch attempt111th orbital launch attempt this year
Webcast
Flight preview
Simulate in Flight ClubOrbit: as tracked
Starlink 30189 · NORAD 57430 · 2023-105 · Space-Track · tracking 1 of 22 objects
Show the numbers for orbit elements
- Object
- TBA - TO BE ASSIGNED
- Object ID
- 2023-105A
- Epoch
- 2023-07-31 18:00:02 UTC
- Mean motion
- 15.81994275 rev/day
- Eccentricity
- 0.0006281
- Inclination
- 43.002°
- Ascending node
- 43.7237°
- Arg. of perigee
- 215.5948°
- Mean anomaly
- 162.4766°
- Element set
- 999
- Rev at epoch
- 221
- B*
- -0.0043272
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 30189 · NORAD 57430 · re-entered May 1, 2025
- Starlink 30170 · NORAD 57431 · re-entered June 8, 2025
- Starlink 30188 · NORAD 57432 · re-entered August 17, 2026
- Starlink 30105 · NORAD 57433 · in orbit
- Starlink 30102 · NORAD 57434 · in orbit
- Starlink 30180 · NORAD 57435 · re-entered June 16, 2025
- Starlink 30183 · NORAD 57436 · re-entered January 30, 2026
- Starlink 30237 · NORAD 57437 · re-entered May 15, 2026
- Starlink 30158 · NORAD 57438 · in orbit
- Starlink 30173 · NORAD 57439 · re-entered June 10, 2025
- Starlink 30159 · NORAD 57440 · re-entered January 13, 2026
- Starlink 30160 · NORAD 57441 · in orbit
Show 10 more payloads
- Starlink 30146 · NORAD 57442 · in orbit
- Starlink 30197 · NORAD 57443 · in orbit
- Starlink 30181 · NORAD 57444 · in orbit
- Starlink 30215 · NORAD 57445 · in orbit
- Starlink 30162 · NORAD 57446 · in orbit
- Starlink 30178 · NORAD 57447 · in orbit
- Starlink 30196 · NORAD 57448 · in orbit
- Starlink 30225 · NORAD 57449 · in orbit
- Starlink 30217 · NORAD 57450 · in orbit
- Starlink 30216 · NORAD 57451 · 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
190th launch from Space Launch Complex 40, 27th this year · 897th from Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA
Local pad time at liftoff: Jul 23, 8:50 PM EDT, in twilight
403 launches from this pad · 1,131 from Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA
7 days 21 hours after the previous launch from this pad
Updates
Launch success.
Show 9 earlier updates
Liftoff.
Cosmic_Penguin · 7/24/2023 · source
Livestream has started
LL2 · 7/24/2023 · source
Updated weather for 2nd half of window; tweaked T-0.
Cosmic_Penguin · 7/23/2023 · source
Adjusting T-0
SwGustav · 7/23/2023 · source
Set GO for launch.
Cosmic_Penguin · 7/23/2023 · source
Scrubbed for the day.
Cosmic_Penguin · 7/23/2023 · source
New T-0.
Cosmic_Penguin · 7/23/2023 · source
Adjusting T-0
SwGustav · 7/23/2023 · source
Adjusting T-0
SwGustav · 7/23/2023 · source
Questions
When did Starlink Group 6-6 launch?
Starlink Group 6-6 launched on July 24, 2023 at 00:50 UTC. The launch window ran from 23:09 to 02:31 UTC.
Where can I watch Starlink Group 6-6?
Coverage: Starlink Mission. Watch the replay
What rocket launched Starlink Group 6-6?
Falcon 9 Block 5, flown by SpaceX. Falcon 9 Block 5 spec sheet
Where did Starlink Group 6-6 launch from?
Space Launch Complex 40, Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA. Liftoff was Jul 23, 8:50 PM EDT local time at the pad.
Did the booster land?
Booster B1076 flew for the 6th time and landed at Just Read the Instructions.
What orbit did Starlink Group 6-6 reach?
The tracked orbit of Starlink 30189, one of 22 catalogued objects, from July 31, 2023, was 328 × 336 km inclined 43.0°.
How many satellites did Starlink Group 6-6 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 6-6 part of?
Starlink. About Starlink