SpaceXFalcon 9 Block 5Space Launch Complex 4E, Vandenberg SFB, CA, USA
Starlink Group 8-1
Launched
April 7, 2024 · 02:25 UTC
Image: SpaceX
Summary
Starlink Group 8-1 launched on a SpaceX Falcon 9 Block 5 from Space Launch Complex 4E, Vandenberg SFB, CA, USA on April 7, 2024 at 02:25 UTC. The launch window ran from 02:25 to 06:17 UTC. It was SpaceX's 346th launch, 35th this year and humanity's 6,655th orbital launch attempt. It was the 263rd Falcon 9 Block 5 flight and the 34th this year. Booster B1081 flew for the 6th time and landed at Of Course I Still Love You. The payload was bound for low Earth orbit (LEO). The tracked orbit of Starlink 11087, one of 21 catalogued objects, from April 12, 2024, was 361 × 362 km inclined 53.2°. 21 objects from this launch are catalogued, all of them payloads.
- Watch
- Vehicle
- Falcon 9 Block 5 · SpaceXStarlink
- Booster
- B1081 · flight 6 · Autonomous Spaceport Drone Ship at Of Course I Still Love You · landed209/217 landed here · 33 days after its previous flight, Transporter 10 (Dedicated SSO Rideshare) · 627 km downrange
- Mission
- Communications · Low Earth Orbit (LEO)for SpX
- Milestone
- 263rd Falcon 9 Block 5 flight · 34th this yearSpaceX's 346th launch35th this yearhumanity's 6,655th orbital launch attempt66th orbital launch attempt this year
Flight preview
Simulate in Flight ClubOrbit: as tracked
Starlink 11087 · NORAD 59421 · 2024-065 · Space-Track · tracking 1 of 21 objects
Show the numbers for orbit elements
- Object
- TBA - TO BE ASSIGNED
- Object ID
- 2024-065A
- Epoch
- 2024-04-12 16:00:00 UTC
- Mean motion
- 15.71497164 rev/day
- Eccentricity
- 0.0001096
- Inclination
- 53.1698°
- Ascending node
- 294.6201°
- Arg. of perigee
- 116.8535°
- Mean anomaly
- 256.1628°
- Element set
- 999
- Rev at epoch
- 207
- B*
- -0.00061675
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+2M30SMECO
- T+2M34SStage 2 Separation
- T+2M41SSES-1
- T+3M8SFairing Separation
- T+6M10SEntry Burn Startup
- T+6M30SEntry Burn Shutdown
- T+7M55SStage 1 Landing Burn
- T+8M17SStage 1 Landing
- T+8M42SSECO-1
- T+53M33SSES-2
- T+53M36SSECO-2
- T+1H2M28SStarlink Deployment
Catalogued objects
21 catalogued: 21 payloads; 19 still in orbit
- Starlink 11087 · NORAD 59421 · in orbit
- Starlink 11090 · NORAD 59422 · in orbit
- Starlink 11093 · NORAD 59423 · in orbit
- Starlink 11083 · NORAD 59424 · in orbit
- Starlink 11085 · NORAD 59425 · in orbit
- Starlink 11089 · NORAD 59426 · in orbit
- Starlink 31757 · NORAD 59427 · in orbit
- Starlink 31752 · NORAD 59428 · re-entered September 25, 2024
- Starlink 31773 · NORAD 59429 · in orbit
- Starlink 31772 · NORAD 59430 · in orbit
- Starlink 31613 · NORAD 59431 · in orbit
- Starlink 31780 · NORAD 59432 · in orbit
Show 9 more payloads
- Starlink 31740 · NORAD 59433 · in orbit
- Starlink 31580 · NORAD 59434 · in orbit
- Starlink 31696 · NORAD 59435 · in orbit
- Starlink 31700 · NORAD 59436 · in orbit
- Starlink 31706 · NORAD 59437 · in orbit
- Starlink 31711 · NORAD 59438 · in orbit
- Starlink 31708 · NORAD 59439 · in orbit
- Starlink 31682 · NORAD 59440 · re-entered October 11, 2024
- Starlink 31693 · NORAD 59441 · 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
140th launch from Space Launch Complex 4E, 12th this year · 751st from Vandenberg SFB, CA, USA
Local pad time at liftoff: Apr 6, 7:25 PM PDT, in twilight
303 launches from this pad · 919 from Vandenberg SFB, CA, USA
4 days 23 hours after the previous launch from this pad
Updates
Launch success.
Show 9 earlier updates
Unofficial Re-stream by SPACE AFFAIRS has started
LL2 · 4/7/2024 · source
Liftoff.
Cosmic_Penguin · 4/7/2024 · source
24 hours slip due to weather.
Cosmic_Penguin · 4/6/2024 · source
T-0 accurate to the second
hitura-nobad · 4/5/2024 · source
GO for launch.
Cosmic_Penguin · 4/5/2024 · source
NET April 6 UTC.
Cosmic_Penguin · 4/2/2024 · source
Targeting NET April 4 UTC per NOTAM R0057/24 and A0439/24.
Cosmic_Penguin · 3/29/2024 · source
NET March 2024.
Cosmic_Penguin · 2/8/2024 · source
Adding launch
Nosu · 9/7/2023 · source
Questions
When did Starlink Group 8-1 launch?
Starlink Group 8-1 launched on April 7, 2024 at 02:25 UTC. The launch window ran from 02:25 to 06:17 UTC.
Where can I watch Starlink Group 8-1?
Coverage: SpaceX Starlink Group 8-1; SpaceX - Falcon 9 - Starlink Group 8-1 - SLC-4E - Vandenberg SFB - April 7, 2024; Watch live: SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket Launches 21 Starlink satellites from California. Watch the replay
What rocket launched Starlink Group 8-1?
Falcon 9 Block 5, flown by SpaceX. Falcon 9 Block 5 spec sheet
Where did Starlink Group 8-1 launch from?
Space Launch Complex 4E, Vandenberg SFB, CA, USA. Liftoff was Apr 6, 7:25 PM PDT local time at the pad.
Did the booster land?
Booster B1081 flew for the 6th time and landed at Of Course I Still Love You.
What orbit did Starlink Group 8-1 reach?
The tracked orbit of Starlink 11087, one of 21 catalogued objects, from April 12, 2024, was 361 × 362 km inclined 53.2°.
How many satellites did Starlink Group 8-1 launch?
21 payloads from this launch are catalogued, 19 of them still in orbit (Data from J. McDowell, planet4589.org).
Which program is Starlink Group 8-1 part of?
Starlink. About Starlink