SpaceXFalcon 9 Block 5Space Launch Complex 40, Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA
Starlink Group 8-10
Launched
August 31, 2024 · 07:43 UTC
Image: SpaceX
Summary
Starlink Group 8-10 launched on a SpaceX Falcon 9 Block 5 from Space Launch Complex 40, Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA on August 31, 2024 at 07:43 UTC. The launch window ran from 05:39 to 09:39 UTC. It was SpaceX's 397th launch, 86th this year and humanity's 6,747th orbital launch attempt. It was the 312th Falcon 9 Block 5 flight and the 83rd this year. Booster B1069 flew for the 18th time and landed at Just Read the Instructions. The payload was bound for low Earth orbit (LEO). The tracked orbit of Starlink 11242, one of 21 catalogued objects, from September 5, 2024, was 317 × 319 km inclined 53.2°. 21 objects from this launch are catalogued, all of them payloads.
- Vehicle
- Falcon 9 Block 5 · SpaceXStarlink
- Booster
- B1069 · flight 18 · Autonomous Spaceport Drone Ship at Just Read the Instructions · landed156/157 landed here · 35 days after its previous flight, Starlink Group 10-9 · 618 km downrange
- Mission
- Communications · Low Earth Orbit (LEO)for SpX
- Milestone
- 312th Falcon 9 Block 5 flight · 83rd this yearSpaceX's 397th launch86th this yearhumanity's 6,747th orbital launch attempt158th orbital launch attempt this year
Flight preview
Simulate in Flight ClubOrbit: as tracked
Starlink 11242 · NORAD 60903 · 2024-154 · Space-Track · tracking 1 of 21 objects
Show the numbers for orbit elements
- Object
- TBA - TO BE ASSIGNED
- Object ID
- 2024-154A
- Epoch
- 2024-09-05 16:00:01 UTC
- Mean motion
- 15.86933799 rev/day
- Eccentricity
- 0.0001085
- Inclination
- 53.1547°
- Ascending node
- 325.739°
- Arg. of perigee
- 41.382°
- Mean anomaly
- 20.7306°
- Element set
- 999
- Rev at epoch
- 208
- B*
- -0.0042495
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+1M10SMax-Q
- T+2M26SMECO
- T+2M29SStage 2 Separation
- T+2M36SSES-1
- T+2M59SFairing Separation
- T+6M12SEntry Burn Startup
- T+6M35SEntry Burn Shutdown
- T+8MStage 1 Landing Burn
- T+8M23SStage 1 Landing
- T+8M39SSECO-1
- T+54M52SSES-2
- T+54M54SSECO-2
- T+1H3M46SStarlink Deployment
Catalogued objects
21 catalogued: 21 payloads; 20 still in orbit
- Starlink 11242 · NORAD 60903 · in orbit
- Starlink 11256 · NORAD 60904 · in orbit
- Starlink 11159 · NORAD 60905 · in orbit
- Starlink 11264 · NORAD 60906 · in orbit
- Starlink 11226 · NORAD 60907 · in orbit
- Starlink 11229 · NORAD 60908 · in orbit
- Starlink 11265 · NORAD 60909 · in orbit
- Starlink 11250 · NORAD 60910 · in orbit
- Starlink 11190 · NORAD 60911 · in orbit
- Starlink 11225 · NORAD 60912 · in orbit
- Starlink 11273 · NORAD 60913 · in orbit
- Starlink 11248 · NORAD 60914 · re-entered December 30, 2025
Show 9 more payloads
- Starlink 11271 · NORAD 60915 · in orbit
- Starlink 32371 · NORAD 60916 · in orbit
- Starlink 32369 · NORAD 60917 · in orbit
- Starlink 32317 · NORAD 60918 · in orbit
- Starlink 32367 · NORAD 60919 · in orbit
- Starlink 32345 · NORAD 60920 · in orbit
- Starlink 32356 · NORAD 60921 · in orbit
- Starlink 32274 · NORAD 60922 · in orbit
- Starlink 32373 · NORAD 60923 · 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 40, Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA
259th launch from Space Launch Complex 40, 41st this year · 972nd from Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA
Local pad time at liftoff: Aug 31, 3:43 AM EDT, at night
403 launches from this pad · 1,131 from Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA
2 days 23 hours after the previous launch from this pad
Updates
Launch success.
Show 8 earlier updates
Liftoff.
Cosmic_Penguin · 8/31/2024 · source
Unofficial Re-stream by SPACE AFFAIRS has started
LL2 · 8/31/2024 · source
Unofficial Webcast by Spaceflight Now has started
LL2 · 8/31/2024 · source
GO for launch.
Cosmic_Penguin · 8/31/2024 · source
Weather 85%
Nosu · 8/31/2024 · source
Rescheduled for NET August 31 per NOTAMs F3061/24.
Cosmic_Penguin · 8/25/2024 · source
NET August 27.
Cosmic_Penguin · 8/17/2024 · source
Adding launch.
Cosmic_Penguin · 3/8/2024
Questions
When did Starlink Group 8-10 launch?
Starlink Group 8-10 launched on August 31, 2024 at 07:43 UTC. The launch window ran from 05:39 to 09:39 UTC.
Where can I watch Starlink Group 8-10?
Coverage: YouTube; YouTube; YouTube. Watch the replay
What rocket launched Starlink Group 8-10?
Falcon 9 Block 5, flown by SpaceX. Falcon 9 Block 5 spec sheet
Where did Starlink Group 8-10 launch from?
Space Launch Complex 40, Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA. Liftoff was Aug 31, 3:43 AM EDT local time at the pad.
Did the booster land?
Booster B1069 flew for the 18th time and landed at Just Read the Instructions.
What orbit did Starlink Group 8-10 reach?
The tracked orbit of Starlink 11242, one of 21 catalogued objects, from September 5, 2024, was 317 × 319 km inclined 53.2°.
How many satellites did Starlink Group 8-10 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 8-10 part of?
Starlink. About Starlink