SpaceXFalcon 9 Block 5Space Launch Complex 4E, Vandenberg SFB, CA, USA
Starlink Group 7-9
Launched
January 3, 2024 · 03:44 UTC
Image: SpaceX
Summary
Starlink Group 7-9 launched on a SpaceX Falcon 9 Block 5 from Space Launch Complex 4E, Vandenberg SFB, CA, USA on January 3, 2024 at 03:44 UTC. The launch window ran from 02:13 to 06:02 UTC. It was SpaceX's 312th launch, 1st this year and humanity's 6,591st orbital launch attempt. It was the 230th Falcon 9 Block 5 flight and the 1st this year. Booster B1082 flew for the 1st time and landed at Of Course I Still Love You. The payload was bound for low Earth orbit (LEO). The tracked orbit of Starlink 11072, one of 21 catalogued objects, from January 11, 2024, was 366 × 368 km inclined 53.2°. 21 objects from this launch are catalogued, all of them payloads.
- Watch
- Vehicle
- Falcon 9 Block 5 · SpaceXStarlink
- Booster
- B1082 · flight 1 · Autonomous Spaceport Drone Ship at Of Course I Still Love You · landed209/217 landed here · 642 km downrange
- Mission
- Communications · Low Earth Orbit (LEO)for SpX
- Milestone
- 230th Falcon 9 Block 5 flight · 1st this yearSpaceX's 312th launch1st this yearhumanity's 6,591st orbital launch attempt2nd orbital launch attempt this year
Flight preview
Simulate in Flight ClubOrbit: as tracked
Starlink 11072 · NORAD 58705 · 2024-002 · Space-Track · tracking 1 of 21 objects
Show the numbers for orbit elements
- Object
- TBA - TO BE ASSIGNED
- Object ID
- 2024-002A
- Epoch
- 2024-01-11 16:00:00 UTC
- Mean motion
- 15.69678335 rev/day
- Eccentricity
- 0.0000967
- Inclination
- 53.1629°
- Ascending node
- 206.1793°
- Arg. of perigee
- 349.4122°
- Mean anomaly
- 140.003°
- Element set
- 999
- Rev at epoch
- 252
- B*
- 0.00057856
Perigee, apogee and period are Kepler figures from the catalogued mean elements, not a propagated state. Published orbit: LEO.
Catalogued objects
21 catalogued: 21 payloads; 20 still in orbit
- Starlink 11072 · NORAD 58705 · in orbit
- Starlink 11075 · NORAD 58706 · in orbit
- Starlink 11077 · NORAD 58707 · in orbit
- Starlink 11079 · NORAD 58708 · in orbit
- Starlink 11076 · NORAD 58709 · in orbit
- Starlink 11078 · NORAD 58710 · in orbit
- Starlink 31031 · NORAD 58711 · in orbit
- Starlink 31029 · NORAD 58712 · in orbit
- Starlink 30973 · NORAD 58713 · in orbit
- Starlink 31100 · NORAD 58714 · in orbit
- Starlink 31102 · NORAD 58715 · in orbit
- Starlink 31098 · NORAD 58716 · in orbit
Show 9 more payloads
- Starlink 31093 · NORAD 58717 · in orbit
- Starlink 31097 · NORAD 58718 · in orbit
- Starlink 31051 · NORAD 58719 · in orbit
- Starlink 31027 · NORAD 58720 · re-entered September 22, 2026
- Starlink 30972 · NORAD 58721 · in orbit
- Starlink 31040 · NORAD 58722 · in orbit
- Starlink 31033 · NORAD 58723 · in orbit
- Starlink 30893 · NORAD 58724 · in orbit
- Starlink 30856 · NORAD 58725 · in orbit
Data from J. McDowell, planet4589.org
About this launch
A batch of 21 satellites for the Starlink mega-constellation - SpaceX's project for space-based Internet communication system.
Pad
Space Launch Complex 4E, Vandenberg SFB, CA, USA
129th launch from Space Launch Complex 4E, 1st this year · 740th from Vandenberg SFB, CA, USA
Local pad time at liftoff: Jan 2, 7:44 PM PST, at night
303 launches from this pad · 919 from Vandenberg SFB, CA, USA
9 days 14 hours after the previous launch from this pad
Updates
Launch success.
Show 9 earlier updates
Liftoff
Jay · 1/3/2024
Livestream has started
LL2 · 1/3/2024 · source
New T-0.
Cosmic_Penguin · 1/3/2024 · source
New T-0.
Cosmic_Penguin · 1/3/2024 · source
Updated T-0.
Cosmic_Penguin · 1/2/2024 · source
Slipped to NET January 3 UTC.
Cosmic_Penguin · 12/29/2023 · source
NET December 31 UTC.
Cosmic_Penguin · 12/22/2023 · source
Long delay to December 29 UTC.
Cosmic_Penguin · 12/16/2023 · source
Tweaked launch window.
Cosmic_Penguin · 12/15/2023 · source
Questions
When did Starlink Group 7-9 launch?
Starlink Group 7-9 launched on January 3, 2024 at 03:44 UTC. The launch window ran from 02:13 to 06:02 UTC.
Where can I watch Starlink Group 7-9?
Coverage: SpaceX Starlink Group 7-9; Watch live: SpaceX Falcon 9 launches from California with first cell service Starlink satellites; SpaceX - Falcon 9 - Starlink Group 7-9 - SLC-4E - Vandenberg SFB - January 3, 2024. Watch the replay
What rocket launched Starlink Group 7-9?
Falcon 9 Block 5, flown by SpaceX. Falcon 9 Block 5 spec sheet
Where did Starlink Group 7-9 launch from?
Space Launch Complex 4E, Vandenberg SFB, CA, USA. Liftoff was Jan 2, 7:44 PM PST local time at the pad.
Did the booster land?
Booster B1082 flew for the 1st time and landed at Of Course I Still Love You.
What orbit did Starlink Group 7-9 reach?
The tracked orbit of Starlink 11072, one of 21 catalogued objects, from January 11, 2024, was 366 × 368 km inclined 53.2°.
How many satellites did Starlink Group 7-9 launch?
21 payloads from this launch are catalogued, 20 of them still in orbit (Data from J. McDowell, planet4589.org).
Which program is Starlink Group 7-9 part of?
Starlink. About Starlink