SpaceXFalcon 9 Block 5Space Launch Complex 40, Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA
Starlink Group 8-11
Launched
September 5, 2024 · 15:33 UTC
Image: SpaceX
Summary
Starlink Group 8-11 launched on a SpaceX Falcon 9 Block 5 from Space Launch Complex 40, Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA on September 5, 2024 at 15:33 UTC. The launch window ran from 12:35 to 16:31 UTC. It was SpaceX's 399th launch, 88th this year and humanity's 6,751st orbital launch attempt. It was the 314th Falcon 9 Block 5 flight and the 85th this year. Booster B1077 flew for the 15th time and landed at Just Read the Instructions. The payload was bound for low Earth orbit (LEO). The tracked orbit of Starlink 11278, one of 21 catalogued objects, from September 9, 2024, was 234 × 252 km inclined 53.1°. 21 objects from this launch are catalogued, all of them payloads.
- Vehicle
- Falcon 9 Block 5 · SpaceXStarlink
- Booster
- B1077 · flight 15 · Autonomous Spaceport Drone Ship at Just Read the Instructions · landed156/157 landed here · 39 days after its previous flight, Starlink Group 10-4 · 618 km downrange
- Mission
- Communications · Low Earth Orbit (LEO)for SpX
- Milestone
- 314th Falcon 9 Block 5 flight · 85th this yearSpaceX's 399th launch88th this yearhumanity's 6,751st orbital launch attempt162nd orbital launch attempt this year
Flight preview
Orbit: as tracked
Starlink 11278 · NORAD 60990 · 2024-158 · Space-Track · tracking 1 of 21 objects
Show the numbers for orbit elements
- Object
- TBA - TO BE ASSIGNED
- Object ID
- 2024-158A
- Epoch
- 2024-09-09 22:44:44 UTC
- Mean motion
- 16.14052803 rev/day
- Eccentricity
- 0.0013996
- Inclination
- 53.1425°
- Ascending node
- 93.489°
- Arg. of perigee
- 275.753°
- Mean anomaly
- 74.3573°
- Element set
- 999
- Rev at epoch
- 86
- B*
- 0.0024892
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+1M10SMax-Q
- T+2M25SMECO
- T+2M29SStage 2 Separation
- T+2M36SSES-1
- T+2M59SFairing Separation
- T+6M11SEntry Burn Startup
- T+6M34SEntry Burn Shutdown
- T+7M59SStage 1 Landing Burn
- T+8M22SStage 1 Landing
- T+8M38SSECO-1
- T+54M48SSES-2
- T+54M50SSECO-2
- T+1H3M42SStarlink Deployment
Catalogued objects
21 catalogued: 21 payloads; 19 still in orbit
- Starlink 11278 · NORAD 60990 · re-entered September 12, 2024
- Starlink 11289 · NORAD 60991 · in orbit
- Starlink 11282 · NORAD 60992 · in orbit
- Starlink 11283 · NORAD 60993 · in orbit
- Starlink 11267 · NORAD 60994 · in orbit
- Starlink 11269 · NORAD 60995 · in orbit
- Starlink 11281 · NORAD 60996 · in orbit
- Starlink 11260 · NORAD 60997 · in orbit
- Starlink 11287 · NORAD 60998 · in orbit
- Starlink 11270 · NORAD 60999 · in orbit
- Starlink 11290 · NORAD 61000 · in orbit
- Starlink 11274 · NORAD 61001 · in orbit
Show 9 more payloads
- Starlink 11288 · NORAD 61002 · in orbit
- Starlink 32279 · NORAD 61003 · in orbit
- Starlink 32336 · NORAD 61004 · in orbit
- Starlink 32284 · NORAD 61005 · in orbit
- Starlink 32282 · NORAD 61006 · in orbit
- Starlink 32360 · NORAD 61007 · in orbit
- Starlink 32340 · NORAD 61008 · in orbit
- Starlink 32357 · NORAD 61009 · re-entered November 19, 2025
- Starlink 32347 · NORAD 61010 · 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
260th launch from Space Launch Complex 40, 42nd this year · 973rd from Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA
Local pad time at liftoff: Sep 5, 11:33 AM EDT, in daylight
403 launches from this pad · 1,131 from Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA
5 days 7 hours after the previous launch from this pad
Updates
Launch success
Show 9 earlier updates
Liftoff
Nosu · 9/5/2024 · source
New T-0.
Cosmic_Penguin · 9/5/2024 · source
Weather is 75% favorable for launch, trending towards 60% at the end of the window.
Nosu · 9/4/2024 · source
Tweaked launch window.
Cosmic_Penguin · 9/4/2024 · source
Tweaked new launch window for September 5.
Cosmic_Penguin · 9/4/2024 · source
Launch scrubbed, due to bad recovery weather.
hitura-nobad · 9/4/2024 · source
Unofficial Re-stream by SPACE AFFAIRS has started
LL2 · 9/4/2024 · source
New T-0.
Cosmic_Penguin · 9/4/2024 · source
Now targeting Sep 04 at 16:55 UTC
Nosu · 9/4/2024 · source
Questions
When did Starlink Group 8-11 launch?
Starlink Group 8-11 launched on September 5, 2024 at 15:33 UTC. The launch window ran from 12:35 to 16:31 UTC.
Where can I watch Starlink Group 8-11?
Coverage: YouTube; YouTube; YouTube. Watch the replay
What rocket launched Starlink Group 8-11?
Falcon 9 Block 5, flown by SpaceX. Falcon 9 Block 5 spec sheet
Where did Starlink Group 8-11 launch from?
Space Launch Complex 40, Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA. Liftoff was Sep 5, 11:33 AM EDT local time at the pad.
Did the booster land?
Booster B1077 flew for the 15th time and landed at Just Read the Instructions.
What orbit did Starlink Group 8-11 reach?
The tracked orbit of Starlink 11278, one of 21 catalogued objects, from September 9, 2024, was 234 × 252 km inclined 53.1°.
How many satellites did Starlink Group 8-11 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 8-11 part of?
Starlink. About Starlink