SpaceXFalcon 9 Block 5Space Launch Complex 40, Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA
Starlink Group 8-19
Launched
October 18, 2024 · 23:31 UTC
Image: SpaceX
Summary
Starlink Group 8-19 launched on a SpaceX Falcon 9 Block 5 from Space Launch Complex 40, Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA on October 18, 2024 at 23:31 UTC. The launch window ran from 19:31 to 23:31 UTC. It was SpaceX's 413th launch, 102nd this year and humanity's 6,780th orbital launch attempt. It was the 326th Falcon 9 Block 5 flight and the 97th this year. Booster B1076 flew for the 17th time and landed at Just Read the Instructions. The payload was bound for low Earth orbit (LEO). The tracked orbit of Starlink 11356, one of 20 catalogued objects, from October 24, 2024, was 314 × 315 km inclined 53.2°. 20 objects from this launch are catalogued, all of them payloads.
- Watch
- Vehicle
- Falcon 9 Block 5 · SpaceXStarlink
- Booster
- B1076 · flight 17 · Autonomous Spaceport Drone Ship at Just Read the Instructions · landed156/157 landed here · 64 days after its previous flight, WorldView Legion 3 & 4 · 618 km downrange
- Mission
- Communications · Low Earth Orbit (LEO)for SpX
- Milestone
- 326th Falcon 9 Block 5 flight · 97th this yearSpaceX's 413th launch102nd this yearhumanity's 6,780th orbital launch attempt191st orbital launch attempt this year
Flight preview
Simulate in Flight ClubOrbit: as tracked
Starlink 11356 · NORAD 61574 · 2024-187 · Space-Track · tracking 1 of 20 objects
Show the numbers for orbit elements
- Object
- TBA - TO BE ASSIGNED
- Object ID
- 2024-187A
- Epoch
- 2024-10-24 16:00:01 UTC
- Mean motion
- 15.88185999 rev/day
- Eccentricity
- 0.0000783
- Inclination
- 53.158°
- Ascending node
- 248.9632°
- Arg. of perigee
- 127.6719°
- Mean anomaly
- 110.0558°
- Element set
- 999
- Rev at epoch
- 198
- B*
- -0.0029018
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−35MProp Load
- T−35MStage 1 LOX Load
- T−16MStage 2 LOX Load
- T−7MEngine Chill
- T−1MStartup
- T−1MTank Press
- T−45SGO for Launch
- T−3SIgnition
- T−0Liftoff
- T+1M9SMax-Q
- T+2M24SMECO
- T+2M28SStage 2 Separation
- T+2M35SSES-1
- T+2M58SFairing Separation
- T+6M8SEntry Burn Startup
- T+6M32SEntry Burn Shutdown
- T+7M55SStage 1 Landing Burn
- T+8M20SStage 1 Landing
- T+8M38SSECO-1
- T+54M48SSES-2
- T+54M50SSECO-2
- T+1H3M42SStarlink Deployment
Catalogued objects
20 catalogued: 20 payloads; 20 still in orbit
- Starlink 11356 · NORAD 61574 · in orbit
- Starlink 11376 · NORAD 61575 · in orbit
- Starlink 11372 · NORAD 61576 · in orbit
- Starlink 11375 · NORAD 61577 · in orbit
- Starlink 11285 · NORAD 61578 · in orbit
- Starlink 11275 · NORAD 61579 · in orbit
- Starlink 11342 · NORAD 61580 · in orbit
- Starlink 11374 · NORAD 61581 · in orbit
- Starlink 11373 · NORAD 61582 · in orbit
- Starlink 11368 · NORAD 61583 · in orbit
- Starlink 11370 · NORAD 61584 · in orbit
- Starlink 11361 · NORAD 61585 · in orbit
Show 8 more payloads
- Starlink 11360 · NORAD 61586 · in orbit
- Starlink 32353 · NORAD 61587 · in orbit
- Starlink 32325 · NORAD 61588 · in orbit
- Starlink 32416 · NORAD 61589 · in orbit
- Starlink 32413 · NORAD 61590 · in orbit
- Starlink 32409 · NORAD 61591 · in orbit
- Starlink 32422 · NORAD 61592 · in orbit
- Starlink 32397 · NORAD 61593 · in orbit
Data from J. McDowell, planet4589.org
About this launch
A batch of 20 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
266th launch from Space Launch Complex 40, 48th this year · 980th from Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA
Local pad time at liftoff: Oct 18, 7:31 PM EDT, in twilight
403 launches from this pad · 1,131 from Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA
3 days 17 hours after the previous launch from this pad
Updates
Launch success.
Show 9 earlier updates
Liftoff.
Cosmic_Penguin · 10/18/2024 · source
Unofficial Re-stream by SPACE AFFAIRS has started
LL2 · 10/18/2024 · source
GO for launch.
Cosmic_Penguin · 10/18/2024 · source
Tweaked T-0.
Cosmic_Penguin · 10/18/2024 · source
Delayed to October 18 per NOTAMs F3895/24.
Cosmic_Penguin · 10/17/2024 · source
Weather is 50% favorable for launch.
Cosmic_Penguin · 10/16/2024 · source
Updated T-0.
Cosmic_Penguin · 10/16/2024 · source
Delayed to NET October 17 as a result of delays to previous Falcon launches.
Cosmic_Penguin · 10/12/2024 · source
Targeting NET October 16 per NOTAMs F3769/24.
Cosmic_Penguin · 10/11/2024 · source
Questions
When did Starlink Group 8-19 launch?
Starlink Group 8-19 launched on October 18, 2024 at 23:31 UTC. The launch window ran from 19:31 to 23:31 UTC.
Where can I watch Starlink Group 8-19?
Coverage: SpaceX Starlink Group 8-19; SpaceX - Falcon 9 - Starlink 8-19 - SLC-40 - Cape Canaveral SFS - October 18, 2024; Watch live: SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket launches 20 Starlink satellites from Cape Canaveral. Watch the replay
What rocket launched Starlink Group 8-19?
Falcon 9 Block 5, flown by SpaceX. Falcon 9 Block 5 spec sheet
Where did Starlink Group 8-19 launch from?
Space Launch Complex 40, Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA. Liftoff was Oct 18, 7:31 PM EDT local time at the pad.
Did the booster land?
Booster B1076 flew for the 17th time and landed at Just Read the Instructions.
What orbit did Starlink Group 8-19 reach?
The tracked orbit of Starlink 11356, one of 20 catalogued objects, from October 24, 2024, was 314 × 315 km inclined 53.2°.
How many satellites did Starlink Group 8-19 launch?
20 payloads from this launch are catalogued, 20 of them still in orbit (Data from J. McDowell, planet4589.org).
Which program is Starlink Group 8-19 part of?
Starlink. About Starlink