SpaceXFalcon 9 Block 5Space Launch Complex 4E, Vandenberg SFB, CA, USA
Starlink Group 7-16
Launched
March 19, 2024 · 02:28 UTC
Image: SpaceX
Summary
Starlink Group 7-16 launched on a SpaceX Falcon 9 Block 5 from Space Launch Complex 4E, Vandenberg SFB, CA, USA on March 19, 2024 at 02:28 UTC. The launch window ran from 02:28 to 06:10 UTC. It was SpaceX's 338th launch, 27th this year and humanity's 6,640th orbital launch attempt. It was the 255th Falcon 9 Block 5 flight and the 26th this year. Booster B1075 flew for the 10th time and landed at Of Course I Still Love You. The payload was bound for low Earth orbit (LEO). The tracked orbit of Starlink 31659, one of 22 catalogued objects, from March 25, 2024, was 335 × 336 km inclined 53.2°. 22 objects from this launch are catalogued, all of them payloads.
- Watch
- Vehicle
- Falcon 9 Block 5 · SpaceXStarlink
- Booster
- B1075 · flight 10 · Autonomous Spaceport Drone Ship at Of Course I Still Love You · landed209/217 landed here · 49 days after its previous flight, Starlink Group 7-12 · 642 km downrange
- Mission
- Communications · Low Earth Orbit (LEO)for SpX
- Milestone
- 255th Falcon 9 Block 5 flight · 26th this yearSpaceX's 338th launch27th this yearhumanity's 6,640th orbital launch attempt51st orbital launch attempt this year
Flight preview
Simulate in Flight ClubOrbit: as tracked
Starlink 31659 · NORAD 59254 · 2024-050 · Space-Track · tracking 1 of 22 objects
Show the numbers for orbit elements
- Object
- TBA - TO BE ASSIGNED
- Object ID
- 2024-050A
- Epoch
- 2024-03-25 20:00:01 UTC
- Mean motion
- 15.80676749 rev/day
- Eccentricity
- 0.0000834
- Inclination
- 53.1704°
- Ascending node
- 270.2374°
- Arg. of perigee
- 80.5708°
- Mean anomaly
- 337.958°
- Element set
- 999
- Rev at epoch
- 222
- B*
- -0.0061243
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−35MProp Load
- T−35MStage 1 LOX Load
- T−16MStage 2 LOX Load
- T−7MEngine Chill
- T−1MTank Press
- T−1MStartup
- T−45SGO for Launch
- T−3SIgnition
- T−0Liftoff
- T+1M12SMax-Q
- T+2M26SMECO
- T+2M29SStage 2 Separation
- T+2M36SSES-1
- T+3M5SFairing Separation
- T+6M4SEntry Burn Startup
- T+6M26SEntry Burn Shutdown
- T+7M55SStage 1 Landing Burn
- T+8M19SStage 1 Landing
- T+8M38SSECO-1
- T+53M22SSES-2
- T+53M24SSECO-2
- T+1H2M17SStarlink Deployment
Catalogued objects
22 catalogued: 22 payloads; 19 still in orbit
- Starlink 31659 · NORAD 59254 · in orbit
- Starlink 31629 · NORAD 59255 · in orbit
- Starlink 31652 · NORAD 59256 · in orbit
- Starlink 31655 · NORAD 59257 · re-entered February 7, 2026
- Starlink 31637 · NORAD 59258 · in orbit
- Starlink 31506 · NORAD 59259 · in orbit
- Starlink 31288 · NORAD 59260 · re-entered October 3, 2025
- Starlink 31639 · NORAD 59261 · in orbit
- Starlink 31673 · NORAD 59262 · re-entered July 1, 2025
- Starlink 31598 · NORAD 59263 · in orbit
- Starlink 31645 · NORAD 59264 · in orbit
- Starlink 31646 · NORAD 59265 · in orbit
Show 10 more payloads
- Starlink 31648 · NORAD 59266 · in orbit
- Starlink 31579 · NORAD 59267 · in orbit
- Starlink 31627 · NORAD 59268 · in orbit
- Starlink 31609 · NORAD 59269 · in orbit
- Starlink 31616 · NORAD 59270 · in orbit
- Starlink 31630 · NORAD 59271 · in orbit
- Starlink 31623 · NORAD 59272 · in orbit
- Starlink 31595 · NORAD 59273 · in orbit
- USA 350 · NORAD 59274 · in orbit
- USA 351 · NORAD 59275 · 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. 2 US military Starshield satellites are also on board.
Pad
Space Launch Complex 4E, Vandenberg SFB, CA, USA
138th launch from Space Launch Complex 4E, 10th this year · 749th from Vandenberg SFB, CA, USA
Local pad time at liftoff: Mar 18, 7:28 PM PDT, in twilight
303 launches from this pad · 919 from Vandenberg SFB, CA, USA
7 days 22 hours after the previous launch from this pad
Updates
Launch success.
Show 7 earlier updates
Liftoff.
Cosmic_Penguin · 3/19/2024 · source
Unofficial Re-stream by SPACE AFFAIRS has started
LL2 · 3/19/2024 · source
GO for launch.
Cosmic_Penguin · 3/18/2024 · source
Tweaked launch window.
Cosmic_Penguin · 3/18/2024 · source
Added launch window.
Cosmic_Penguin · 3/14/2024 · source
Targeting NET March 19 UTC per NOTAM A0371/24.
Cosmic_Penguin · 3/12/2024 · source
Adding launch
Cosmic_Penguin · 12/28/2023 · source
Questions
When did Starlink Group 7-16 launch?
Starlink Group 7-16 launched on March 19, 2024 at 02:28 UTC. The launch window ran from 02:28 to 06:10 UTC.
Where can I watch Starlink Group 7-16?
Coverage: SpaceX Starlink Group 7-16; SpaceX - Falcon 9 - Starlink Group 7-16 - SLC-4E - Vandenberg SFB - March 19, 2024; Watch live: SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket launches 22 Starlink satellites from Vandenberg SFB, California. Watch the replay
What rocket launched Starlink Group 7-16?
Falcon 9 Block 5, flown by SpaceX. Falcon 9 Block 5 spec sheet
Where did Starlink Group 7-16 launch from?
Space Launch Complex 4E, Vandenberg SFB, CA, USA. Liftoff was Mar 18, 7:28 PM PDT local time at the pad.
Did the booster land?
Booster B1075 flew for the 10th time and landed at Of Course I Still Love You.
What orbit did Starlink Group 7-16 reach?
The tracked orbit of Starlink 31659, one of 22 catalogued objects, from March 25, 2024, was 335 × 336 km inclined 53.2°.
How many satellites did Starlink Group 7-16 launch?
22 payloads from this launch are catalogued, 19 of them still in orbit (Data from J. McDowell, planet4589.org).
Which program is Starlink Group 7-16 part of?
Starlink. About Starlink