SpaceXFalcon 9 Block 5Space Launch Complex 40, Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA
Starlink Group 8-3
Launched
August 10, 2024 · 12:50 UTC
Image: SpaceX
Summary
Starlink Group 8-3 launched on a SpaceX Falcon 9 Block 5 from Space Launch Complex 40, Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA on August 10, 2024 at 12:50 UTC. The launch window ran from 12:00 to 14:48 UTC. It was SpaceX's 390th launch, 79th this year and humanity's 6,734th orbital launch attempt. It was the 305th Falcon 9 Block 5 flight and the 76th this year. Booster B1067 flew for the 21st time and landed at Just Read the Instructions. The payload was bound for low Earth orbit (LEO). The tracked orbit of Starlink 11228, one of 21 catalogued objects, from August 14, 2024, was 304 × 306 km inclined 53.2°. 21 objects from this launch are catalogued, all of them payloads.
- Vehicle
- Falcon 9 Block 5 · SpaceXStarlink
- Booster
- B1067 · flight 21 · Autonomous Spaceport Drone Ship at Just Read the Instructions · landed156/157 landed here · 66 days after its previous flight, Starlink Group 8-5 · 618 km downrange
- Mission
- Communications · Low Earth Orbit (LEO)for SpX
- Milestone
- 305th Falcon 9 Block 5 flight · 76th this yearSpaceX's 390th launch79th this yearhumanity's 6,734th orbital launch attempt145th orbital launch attempt this year
Flight preview
Simulate in Flight ClubOrbit: as tracked
Starlink 11228 · NORAD 60398 · 2024-141 · Space-Track · tracking 1 of 21 objects
Show the numbers for orbit elements
- Object
- TBA - TO BE ASSIGNED
- Object ID
- 2024-141A
- Epoch
- 2024-08-14 20:00:01 UTC
- Mean motion
- 15.91524296 rev/day
- Eccentricity
- 0.0000997
- Inclination
- 53.1582°
- Ascending node
- 27.266°
- Arg. of perigee
- 35.4965°
- Mean anomaly
- 184.1501°
- Element set
- 999
- Rev at epoch
- 184
- B*
- -0.0021499
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+1M10SMax-Q
- T+2M26SMECO
- T+2M30SStage 2 Separation
- T+2M36SSES-1
- T+2M59SFairing Separation
- T+6M13SEntry Burn Startup
- T+6M34SEntry Burn Shutdown
- T+7M59SStage 1 Landing Burn
- T+8M21SStage 1 Landing
- T+8M39SSECO-1
- T+54M50SSES-2
- T+54M51SSECO-2
- T+1H3M44SStarlink Deployment
Catalogued objects
21 catalogued: 21 payloads; 20 still in orbit
- Starlink 11228 · NORAD 60398 · re-entered October 5, 2026
- Starlink 11182 · NORAD 60399 · in orbit
- Starlink 11234 · NORAD 60400 · in orbit
- Starlink 11232 · NORAD 60401 · in orbit
- Starlink 11139 · NORAD 60402 · in orbit
- Starlink 11158 · NORAD 60403 · in orbit
- Starlink 11199 · NORAD 60404 · in orbit
- Starlink 11081 · NORAD 60405 · in orbit
- Starlink 11150 · NORAD 60406 · in orbit
- Starlink 11136 · NORAD 60407 · in orbit
- Starlink 11196 · NORAD 60408 · in orbit
- Starlink 11174 · NORAD 60409 · in orbit
Show 9 more payloads
- Starlink 11191 · NORAD 60410 · in orbit
- Starlink 32244 · NORAD 60411 · in orbit
- Starlink 32186 · NORAD 60412 · in orbit
- Starlink 32178 · NORAD 60413 · in orbit
- Starlink 32234 · NORAD 60414 · in orbit
- Starlink 32265 · NORAD 60415 · in orbit
- Starlink 32197 · NORAD 60416 · in orbit
- Starlink 32255 · NORAD 60417 · in orbit
- Starlink 32236 · NORAD 60418 · 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
255th launch from Space Launch Complex 40, 37th this year · 968th from Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA
Local pad time at liftoff: Aug 10, 8:50 AM EDT, in daylight
403 launches from this pad · 1,131 from Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA
5 days 21 hours after the previous launch from this pad
Updates
Launch success.
Show 9 earlier updates
Liftoff.
Cosmic_Penguin · 8/10/2024 · source
Weather 95% GO.
Cosmic_Penguin · 8/10/2024 · source
Unofficial Webcast by SPACE AFFAIRS has started
LL2 · 8/10/2024 · source
Tweaked T-0.
Cosmic_Penguin · 8/10/2024 · source
Updated launch window to de-conflict with another Falcon 9 launch at Cape Canaveral the same day.
Cosmic_Penguin · 8/10/2024 · source
Tweaked launch window.
Cosmic_Penguin · 8/9/2024 · source
Scrubbed due to recovery weather conditions
Nosu · 8/9/2024 · source
Targeting the end of the window
Nosu · 8/9/2024 · source
Launch window extended.
Cosmic_Penguin · 8/9/2024 · source
Questions
When did Starlink Group 8-3 launch?
Starlink Group 8-3 launched on August 10, 2024 at 12:50 UTC. The launch window ran from 12:00 to 14:48 UTC.
Where can I watch Starlink Group 8-3?
Coverage: YouTube; YouTube; YouTube. Watch the replay
What rocket launched Starlink Group 8-3?
Falcon 9 Block 5, flown by SpaceX. Falcon 9 Block 5 spec sheet
Where did Starlink Group 8-3 launch from?
Space Launch Complex 40, Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA. Liftoff was Aug 10, 8:50 AM EDT local time at the pad.
Did the booster land?
Booster B1067 flew for the 21st time and landed at Just Read the Instructions.
What orbit did Starlink Group 8-3 reach?
The tracked orbit of Starlink 11228, one of 21 catalogued objects, from August 14, 2024, was 304 × 306 km inclined 53.2°.
How many satellites did Starlink Group 8-3 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 8-3 part of?
Starlink. About Starlink