SpaceXFalcon 9 Block 5Space Launch Complex 4E, Vandenberg SFB, CA, USA
Starlink Group 7-17
Launched
March 11, 2024 · 04:09 UTC
Image: SpaceX
Summary
Starlink Group 7-17 launched on a SpaceX Falcon 9 Block 5 from Space Launch Complex 4E, Vandenberg SFB, CA, USA on March 11, 2024 at 04:09 UTC. The launch window ran from 02:13 to 06:13 UTC. It was SpaceX's 335th launch, 24th this year and humanity's 6,635th orbital launch attempt. It was the 253rd Falcon 9 Block 5 flight and the 24th this year. Booster B1063 flew for the 17th time and landed at Of Course I Still Love You. The payload was bound for low Earth orbit (LEO). The tracked orbit of Starlink 31603, one of 23 catalogued objects, from March 15, 2024, was 296 × 296 km inclined 53.2°. 23 objects from this launch are catalogued, all of them payloads.
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- Vehicle
- Falcon 9 Block 5 · SpaceXStarlink
- Booster
- B1063 · flight 17 · Autonomous Spaceport Drone Ship at Of Course I Still Love You · landed209/217 landed here · 47 days after its previous flight, Starlink Group 7-11 · 608 km downrange
- Mission
- Communications · Low Earth Orbit (LEO)for SpX
- Milestone
- 253rd Falcon 9 Block 5 flight · 24th this yearSpaceX's 335th launch24th this yearhumanity's 6,635th orbital launch attempt46th orbital launch attempt this year
Flight preview
Simulate in Flight ClubOrbit: as tracked
Starlink 31603 · NORAD 59201 · 2024-046 · Space-Track · tracking 1 of 23 objects
Show the numbers for orbit elements
- Object
- TBA - TO BE ASSIGNED
- Object ID
- 2024-046A
- Epoch
- 2024-03-15 16:00:00 UTC
- Mean motion
- 15.9483609 rev/day
- Eccentricity
- 0.0000483
- Inclination
- 53.1691°
- Ascending node
- 298.5422°
- Arg. of perigee
- 69.7888°
- Mean anomaly
- 356.6631°
- Element set
- 999
- Rev at epoch
- 169
- B*
- -0.0031303
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−1MTank Press
- T−1MStartup
- T−45SGO for Launch
- T−3SIgnition
- T−0Liftoff
- T+1M9SMax-Q
- T+2M28SMECO
- T+2M32SStage 2 Separation
- T+2M38SSES-1
- T+3M8SFairing Separation
- T+6M14SEntry Burn Startup
- T+6M32SEntry Burn Shutdown
- T+7M52SStage 1 Landing Burn
- T+8M14SStage 1 Landing
- T+8M41SSECO-1
- T+53MSES-2
- T+53M2SSECO-2
- T+1H1M54SStarlink Deployment
Catalogued objects
23 catalogued: 23 payloads; 23 still in orbit
- Starlink 31603 · NORAD 59201 · in orbit
- Starlink 31602 · NORAD 59202 · in orbit
- Starlink 31577 · NORAD 59203 · in orbit
- Starlink 31522 · NORAD 59204 · in orbit
- Starlink 31586 · NORAD 59205 · in orbit
- Starlink 31247 · NORAD 59206 · in orbit
- Starlink 31591 · NORAD 59207 · in orbit
- Starlink 31576 · NORAD 59208 · in orbit
- Starlink 31601 · NORAD 59209 · in orbit
- Starlink 31520 · NORAD 59210 · in orbit
- Starlink 31496 · NORAD 59211 · in orbit
- Starlink 31492 · NORAD 59212 · in orbit
Show 11 more payloads
- Starlink 31517 · NORAD 59213 · in orbit
- Starlink 31604 · NORAD 59214 · in orbit
- Starlink 31434 · NORAD 59215 · in orbit
- Starlink 31417 · NORAD 59216 · in orbit
- Starlink 31499 · NORAD 59217 · in orbit
- Starlink 31421 · NORAD 59218 · in orbit
- Starlink 31518 · NORAD 59219 · in orbit
- Starlink 31523 · NORAD 59220 · in orbit
- Starlink 31516 · NORAD 59221 · in orbit
- Starlink 31490 · NORAD 59222 · in orbit
- Starlink 31420 · NORAD 59223 · in orbit
Data from J. McDowell, planet4589.org
About this launch
A batch of 23 satellites for the Starlink mega-constellation - SpaceX's project for space-based Internet communication system.
Pad
Space Launch Complex 4E, Vandenberg SFB, CA, USA
137th launch from Space Launch Complex 4E, 9th this year · 748th from Vandenberg SFB, CA, USA
Local pad time at liftoff: Mar 10, 9:09 PM PDT, at night
303 launches from this pad · 919 from Vandenberg SFB, CA, USA
6 days 6 hours after the previous launch from this pad
Updates
Launch success.
Show 8 earlier updates
Liftoff.
Cosmic_Penguin · 3/11/2024 · source
Livestream has started
LL2 · 3/11/2024 · source
New T-0.
Cosmic_Penguin · 3/11/2024 · source
Launch time is to the second.
Cosmic_Penguin · 3/10/2024 · source
GO for launch.
Cosmic_Penguin · 3/8/2024 · source
NET March 11 UTC per marine navigation warnings.
Cosmic_Penguin · 3/6/2024 · source
NET early March 10 UTC per NOTAMs.
Cosmic_Penguin · 3/5/2024 · source
Adding launch
Cosmic_Penguin · 12/28/2023 · source
Questions
When did Starlink Group 7-17 launch?
Starlink Group 7-17 launched on March 11, 2024 at 04:09 UTC. The launch window ran from 02:13 to 06:13 UTC.
Where can I watch Starlink Group 7-17?
Coverage: SpaceX Starlink Group 7-17; SpaceX - Falcon 9 - Starlink Group 7-17 - SLC-4E - Vandenberg SFB - March 11, 2024; Watch live: SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket launches 23 Starlink satellites from Vandenberg SFB, California. Watch the replay
What rocket launched Starlink Group 7-17?
Falcon 9 Block 5, flown by SpaceX. Falcon 9 Block 5 spec sheet
Where did Starlink Group 7-17 launch from?
Space Launch Complex 4E, Vandenberg SFB, CA, USA. Liftoff was Mar 10, 9:09 PM PDT local time at the pad.
Did the booster land?
Booster B1063 flew for the 17th time and landed at Of Course I Still Love You.
What orbit did Starlink Group 7-17 reach?
The tracked orbit of Starlink 31603, one of 23 catalogued objects, from March 15, 2024, was 296 × 296 km inclined 53.2°.
How many satellites did Starlink Group 7-17 launch?
23 payloads from this launch are catalogued, 23 of them still in orbit (Data from J. McDowell, planet4589.org).
Which program is Starlink Group 7-17 part of?
Starlink. About Starlink