SpaceXFalcon 9 Block 5Space Launch Complex 4E, Vandenberg SFB, CA, USA
Starlink Group 7-8
Launched
December 8, 2023 · 08:03 UTC
Image: SpaceX
Summary
Starlink Group 7-8 launched on a SpaceX Falcon 9 Block 5 from Space Launch Complex 4E, Vandenberg SFB, CA, USA on December 8, 2023 at 08:03 UTC. The launch window ran from 08:00 to 10:14 UTC. It was SpaceX's 306th launch, 93rd this year and humanity's 6,569th orbital launch attempt. It was the 225th Falcon 9 Block 5 flight and the 87th this year. Booster B1071 flew for the 13th time and landed at Of Course I Still Love You. The payload was bound for low Earth orbit (LEO). The tracked orbit of Starlink 31012, one of 22 catalogued objects, from December 14, 2023, was 317 × 318 km inclined 53.2°. 22 objects from this launch are catalogued, all of them payloads.
- Watch
- Vehicle
- Falcon 9 Block 5 · SpaceXStarlink
- Booster
- B1071 · flight 13 · Autonomous Spaceport Drone Ship at Of Course I Still Love You · landed209/217 landed here · 26 days after its previous flight, Transporter 9 (Dedicated SSO Rideshare) · 642 km downrange
- Mission
- Communications · Low Earth Orbit (LEO)for SpX
- Milestone
- 225th Falcon 9 Block 5 flight · 87th this yearSpaceX's 306th launch93rd this yearhumanity's 6,569th orbital launch attempt201st orbital launch attempt this year
Flight preview
Simulate in Flight ClubOrbit: as tracked
Starlink 31012 · NORAD 58531 · 2023-192 · Space-Track · tracking 1 of 22 objects
Show the numbers for orbit elements
- Object
- TBA - TO BE ASSIGNED
- Object ID
- 2023-192A
- Epoch
- 2023-12-14 20:00:01 UTC
- Mean motion
- 15.87147073 rev/day
- Eccentricity
- 0.0000435
- Inclination
- 53.1644°
- Ascending node
- 254.6328°
- Arg. of perigee
- 70.146°
- Mean anomaly
- 247.7415°
- Element set
- 999
- Rev at epoch
- 224
- B*
- -0.0042704
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; 22 still in orbit
- Starlink 31012 · NORAD 58531 · in orbit
- Starlink 31035 · NORAD 58532 · in orbit
- Starlink 31036 · NORAD 58533 · in orbit
- Starlink 30936 · NORAD 58534 · in orbit
- Starlink 31032 · NORAD 58535 · in orbit
- Starlink 31037 · NORAD 58536 · in orbit
- Starlink 31041 · NORAD 58537 · in orbit
- Starlink 31014 · NORAD 58538 · in orbit
- Starlink 31055 · NORAD 58539 · in orbit
- Starlink 31019 · NORAD 58540 · in orbit
- Starlink 31045 · NORAD 58541 · in orbit
- Starlink 31030 · NORAD 58542 · in orbit
Show 10 more payloads
- Starlink 31049 · NORAD 58543 · in orbit
- Starlink 31048 · NORAD 58544 · in orbit
- Starlink 31057 · NORAD 58545 · in orbit
- Starlink 31050 · NORAD 58546 · in orbit
- Starlink 31063 · NORAD 58547 · in orbit
- Starlink 31016 · NORAD 58548 · in orbit
- Starlink 31053 · NORAD 58549 · in orbit
- Starlink 31056 · NORAD 58550 · in orbit
- Starlink 30999 · NORAD 58551 · in orbit
- Starlink 31046 · NORAD 58552 · 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
127th launch from Space Launch Complex 4E, 27th this year · 737th from Vandenberg SFB, CA, USA
Local pad time at liftoff: Dec 8, 12:03 AM PST, at night
303 launches from this pad · 919 from Vandenberg SFB, CA, USA
6 days 13 hours after the previous launch from this pad
Updates
Adding seconds to T-0
Show 9 earlier updates
Launch success.
Cosmic_Penguin · 12/8/2023 · source
Liftoff confirmed per livestream thumbnail
Nosu · 12/8/2023 · source
Livestream has started
LL2 · 12/8/2023 · source
Weather 70%
Nosu · 12/8/2023 · source
Updated T-0.
Cosmic_Penguin · 12/8/2023 · source
GO for launch.
Cosmic_Penguin · 12/8/2023 · source
Updating window to match launch opportunities
Nosu · 12/7/2023 · source
Added launch window.
Cosmic_Penguin · 12/4/2023 · source
Targeting December 8 per NOTAM A2655/23
Nosu · 11/30/2023
Questions
When did Starlink Group 7-8 launch?
Starlink Group 7-8 launched on December 8, 2023 at 08:03 UTC. The launch window ran from 08:00 to 10:14 UTC.
Where can I watch Starlink Group 7-8?
Coverage: SpaceX Starlink Group 7-8; WORSE STREAM - SpaceX - Falcon 9 - Starlink Group 7-8 - SLC-4E - Vandenberg SFB - December 8, 2023; Starlink Mission. Watch the replay
What rocket launched Starlink Group 7-8?
Falcon 9 Block 5, flown by SpaceX. Falcon 9 Block 5 spec sheet
Where did Starlink Group 7-8 launch from?
Space Launch Complex 4E, Vandenberg SFB, CA, USA. Liftoff was Dec 8, 12:03 AM PST local time at the pad.
Did the booster land?
Booster B1071 flew for the 13th time and landed at Of Course I Still Love You.
What orbit did Starlink Group 7-8 reach?
The tracked orbit of Starlink 31012, one of 22 catalogued objects, from December 14, 2023, was 317 × 318 km inclined 53.2°.
How many satellites did Starlink Group 7-8 launch?
22 payloads from this launch are catalogued, 22 of them still in orbit (Data from J. McDowell, planet4589.org).
Which program is Starlink Group 7-8 part of?
Starlink. About Starlink