SpaceXFalcon 9 Block 5Space Launch Complex 4E, Vandenberg SFB, CA, USA
Starlink Group 8-2
Launched
May 10, 2024 · 04:30 UTC
Image: SpaceX
Summary
Starlink Group 8-2 launched on a SpaceX Falcon 9 Block 5 from Space Launch Complex 4E, Vandenberg SFB, CA, USA on May 10, 2024 at 04:30 UTC. The launch window ran from 03:20 to 05:18 UTC. It was SpaceX's 360th launch, 49th this year and humanity's 6,678th orbital launch attempt. It was the 277th Falcon 9 Block 5 flight and the 48th this year. Booster B1082 flew for the 4th time and landed at Of Course I Still Love You. The payload was bound for low Earth orbit (LEO). The tracked orbit of Starlink 11107, one of 20 catalogued objects, from May 15, 2024, was 301 × 302 km inclined 53.2°. 20 objects from this launch are catalogued, all of them payloads.
- Watch
- Vehicle
- Falcon 9 Block 5 · SpaceXStarlink
- Booster
- Mission
- Communications · Low Earth Orbit (LEO)for SpX
- Milestone
- 277th Falcon 9 Block 5 flight · 48th this yearSpaceX's 360th launch49th this yearhumanity's 6,678th orbital launch attempt89th orbital launch attempt this year
Flight preview
Simulate in Flight ClubOrbit: as tracked
Starlink 11107 · NORAD 59708 · 2024-088 · Space-Track · tracking 1 of 20 objects
Show the numbers for orbit elements
- Object
- TBA - TO BE ASSIGNED
- Object ID
- 2024-088A
- Epoch
- 2024-05-15 20:00:01 UTC
- Mean motion
- 15.92802813 rev/day
- Eccentricity
- 0.0000361
- Inclination
- 53.1682°
- Ascending node
- 357.2775°
- Arg. of perigee
- 48.661°
- Mean anomaly
- 91.9296°
- Element set
- 999
- Rev at epoch
- 200
- B*
- -0.0009486
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−1MTank Press
- T−1MStartup
- T−45SGO for Launch
- T−3SIgnition
- T−0Liftoff
- T+1M12SMax-Q
- T+2M31SMECO
- T+2M34SStage 2 Separation
- T+2M41SSES-1
- T+3M5SFairing Separation
- T+6M10SEntry Burn Startup
- T+6M31SEntry Burn Shutdown
- T+7M55SStage 1 Landing Burn
- T+8M18SStage 1 Landing
- T+8M43SSECO-1
- T+52M31SSES-2
- T+52M32SSECO-2
- T+1H1M25SStarlink Deployment
Catalogued objects
20 catalogued: 20 payloads; 20 still in orbit
- Starlink 11107 · NORAD 59708 · in orbit
- Starlink 11088 · NORAD 59709 · in orbit
- Starlink 11092 · NORAD 59710 · in orbit
- Starlink 11082 · NORAD 59711 · in orbit
- Starlink 11108 · NORAD 59712 · in orbit
- Starlink 11100 · NORAD 59713 · in orbit
- Starlink 11094 · NORAD 59714 · in orbit
- Starlink 11101 · NORAD 59715 · in orbit
- Starlink 11099 · NORAD 59716 · in orbit
- Starlink 11084 · NORAD 59717 · in orbit
- Starlink 11103 · NORAD 59718 · in orbit
- Starlink 11096 · NORAD 59719 · in orbit
Show 8 more payloads
- Starlink 11095 · NORAD 59720 · in orbit
- Starlink 31834 · NORAD 59721 · in orbit
- Starlink 31843 · NORAD 59722 · in orbit
- Starlink 31766 · NORAD 59723 · in orbit
- Starlink 31836 · NORAD 59724 · in orbit
- Starlink 31820 · NORAD 59725 · in orbit
- Starlink 31642 · NORAD 59726 · in orbit
- Starlink 31827 · NORAD 59727 · 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 4E, Vandenberg SFB, CA, USA
143rd launch from Space Launch Complex 4E, 15th this year · 754th from Vandenberg SFB, CA, USA
Local pad time at liftoff: May 9, 9:30 PM PDT, at night
303 launches from this pad · 919 from Vandenberg SFB, CA, USA
7 days 9 hours after the previous launch from this pad
Updates
Launch success.
Show 9 earlier updates
Liftoff.
Cosmic_Penguin · 5/10/2024 · source
Unofficial Webcast by SPACE AFFAIRS has started
LL2 · 5/10/2024 · source
New T-0.
Cosmic_Penguin · 5/10/2024 · source
Scrubbed for the day.
Cosmic_Penguin · 5/9/2024 · source
New T-0.
Cosmic_Penguin · 5/9/2024 · source
New T-0.
Cosmic_Penguin · 5/9/2024 · source
GO for launch.
Cosmic_Penguin · 5/8/2024 · source
NET May 9 UTC.
Cosmic_Penguin · 5/7/2024 · source
Delayed to NET May 8 UTC per NOTAMs A0686/24 & R0078/24.
Cosmic_Penguin · 5/2/2024 · source
Questions
When did Starlink Group 8-2 launch?
Starlink Group 8-2 launched on May 10, 2024 at 04:30 UTC. The launch window ran from 03:20 to 05:18 UTC.
Where can I watch Starlink Group 8-2?
Coverage: SpaceX Starlink Group 8-2; SpaceX - Falcon 9 - Starlink Group 8-2 - SLC-4E - Vandenberg Space Force Base - May 10, 2024; Watch live: SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket launches 20 Starlink satellites from Vandenberg, California. Watch the replay
What rocket launched Starlink Group 8-2?
Falcon 9 Block 5, flown by SpaceX. Falcon 9 Block 5 spec sheet
Where did Starlink Group 8-2 launch from?
Space Launch Complex 4E, Vandenberg SFB, CA, USA. Liftoff was May 9, 9:30 PM PDT local time at the pad.
Did the booster land?
Booster B1082 flew for the 4th time and landed at Of Course I Still Love You.
What orbit did Starlink Group 8-2 reach?
The tracked orbit of Starlink 11107, one of 20 catalogued objects, from May 15, 2024, was 301 × 302 km inclined 53.2°.
How many satellites did Starlink Group 8-2 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 8-2 part of?
Starlink. About Starlink