SpaceXFalcon 9 Block 5Space Launch Complex 4E, Vandenberg SFB, CA, USA
Starlink Group 7-13
Launched
February 10, 2024 · 00:34 UTC
Image: SpaceX
Summary
Starlink Group 7-13 launched on a SpaceX Falcon 9 Block 5 from Space Launch Complex 4E, Vandenberg SFB, CA, USA on February 10, 2024 at 00:34 UTC. The launch window ran from 00:34 to 04:32 UTC. It was SpaceX's 323rd launch, 12th this year and humanity's 6,616th orbital launch attempt. It was the 241st Falcon 9 Block 5 flight and the 12th this year. Booster B1071 flew for the 14th time and landed at Of Course I Still Love You. The payload was bound for low Earth orbit (LEO). The tracked orbit of Starlink 31317, one of 22 catalogued objects, from February 20, 2024, was 352 × 353 km inclined 53.2°. 22 objects from this launch are catalogued, all of them payloads.
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- Vehicle
- Falcon 9 Block 5 · SpaceXStarlink
- Booster
- B1071 · flight 14 · Autonomous Spaceport Drone Ship at Of Course I Still Love You · landed209/217 landed here · 63 days after its previous flight, Starlink Group 7-8 · 642 km downrange
- Mission
- Communications · Low Earth Orbit (LEO)for SpX
- Milestone
- 241st Falcon 9 Block 5 flight · 12th this yearSpaceX's 323rd launch12th this yearhumanity's 6,616th orbital launch attempt27th orbital launch attempt this year
Flight preview
Simulate in Flight ClubOrbit: as tracked
Starlink 31317 · NORAD 58931 · 2024-027 · Space-Track · tracking 1 of 22 objects
Show the numbers for orbit elements
- Object
- TBA - TO BE ASSIGNED
- Object ID
- UNKNOWN
- Epoch
- 2024-02-20 20:00:01 UTC
- Mean motion
- 15.74705607 rev/day
- Eccentricity
- 0.0000812
- Inclination
- 53.166°
- Ascending node
- 183.688°
- Arg. of perigee
- 49.4304°
- Mean anomaly
- 318.7483°
- Element set
- 999
- Rev at epoch
- 267
- B*
- -0.0082723
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+1M12SMax-Q
- T+2M26SMECO
- T+2M29SStage 2 Separation
- T+2M30SSES-1
- T+3M3SFairing Separation
- T+6M8SEntry Burn Startup
- T+6M31SEntry Burn Shutdown
- T+7M58SStage 1 Landing Burn
- T+8M23SStage 1 Landing
- T+8M38SSECO-1
- T+53M28SSES-2
- T+53M29SSECO-2
- T+1H2M22SStarlink Deployment
Catalogued objects
22 catalogued: 22 payloads; 21 still in orbit
- Starlink 31317 · NORAD 58931 · in orbit
- Starlink 31378 · NORAD 58932 · in orbit
- Starlink 31350 · NORAD 58933 · in orbit
- Starlink 31337 · NORAD 58934 · in orbit
- Starlink 31362 · NORAD 58935 · in orbit
- Starlink 31383 · NORAD 58936 · in orbit
- Starlink 31390 · NORAD 58937 · in orbit
- Starlink 31377 · NORAD 58938 · in orbit
- Starlink 31372 · NORAD 58939 · in orbit
- Starlink 31371 · NORAD 58940 · in orbit
- Starlink 31345 · NORAD 58941 · in orbit
- Starlink 31354 · NORAD 58942 · in orbit
Show 10 more payloads
- Starlink 31346 · NORAD 58943 · in orbit
- Starlink 31336 · NORAD 58944 · in orbit
- Starlink 31359 · NORAD 58945 · in orbit
- Starlink 31331 · NORAD 58946 · in orbit
- Starlink 31116 · NORAD 58947 · in orbit
- Starlink 31311 · NORAD 58948 · in orbit
- Starlink 31294 · NORAD 58949 · in orbit
- Starlink 31287 · NORAD 58950 · re-entered March 4, 2024
- Starlink 31330 · NORAD 58951 · in orbit
- Starlink 31293 · NORAD 58952 · 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 4E, Vandenberg SFB, CA, USA
133rd launch from Space Launch Complex 4E, 5th this year · 744th from Vandenberg SFB, CA, USA
Local pad time at liftoff: Feb 9, 4:34 PM PST, in daylight
303 launches from this pad · 919 from Vandenberg SFB, CA, USA
11 days after the previous launch from this pad
Updates
Launch success.
Show 9 earlier updates
Liftoff
SwGustav · 2/10/2024 · source
Livestream has started
LL2 · 2/10/2024 · source
Updating weather
SwGustav · 2/10/2024 · source
GO for launch and tweaked T-0.
Cosmic_Penguin · 2/9/2024 · source
Scrubbed for the day due to weather.
Cosmic_Penguin · 2/9/2024 · source
Hold.
Cosmic_Penguin · 2/9/2024 · source
Livestream has started
LL2 · 2/9/2024 · source
Tweaked T-0.
Cosmic_Penguin · 2/9/2024 · source
Updated weather.
Cosmic_Penguin · 2/9/2024 · source
Questions
When did Starlink Group 7-13 launch?
Starlink Group 7-13 launched on February 10, 2024 at 00:34 UTC. The launch window ran from 00:34 to 04:32 UTC.
Where can I watch Starlink Group 7-13?
Coverage: SpaceX Starlink Group 7-13; SpaceX - Falcon 9 - Starlink Group 7-13 - SLC-4E - Vandenberg SFB - February 10, 2024; Watch live: SpaceX launches 22 Starlink satellites from Vandenberg SFB, California. Watch the replay
What rocket launched Starlink Group 7-13?
Falcon 9 Block 5, flown by SpaceX. Falcon 9 Block 5 spec sheet
Where did Starlink Group 7-13 launch from?
Space Launch Complex 4E, Vandenberg SFB, CA, USA. Liftoff was Feb 9, 4:34 PM PST local time at the pad.
Did the booster land?
Booster B1071 flew for the 14th time and landed at Of Course I Still Love You.
What orbit did Starlink Group 7-13 reach?
The tracked orbit of Starlink 31317, one of 22 catalogued objects, from February 20, 2024, was 352 × 353 km inclined 53.2°.
How many satellites did Starlink Group 7-13 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 7-13 part of?
Starlink. About Starlink