SpaceXFalcon 9 Block 5Space Launch Complex 40, Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA
Starlink Group 8-6
Launched
August 28, 2024 · 07:48 UTC
Image: SpaceX
Summary
Starlink Group 8-6 launched on a SpaceX Falcon 9 Block 5 from Space Launch Complex 40, Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA on August 28, 2024 at 07:48 UTC. The launch window ran from 05:50 to 09:50 UTC. It was SpaceX's 396th launch, 85th this year and humanity's 6,745th orbital launch attempt. It was the 311th Falcon 9 Block 5 flight and the 82nd this year. Booster B1062 flew for the 23rd time and its landing at A Shortfall of Gravitas failed. The payload was bound for low Earth orbit (LEO). The tracked orbit of Starlink 11247, one of 21 catalogued objects, from September 3, 2024, was 315 × 316 km inclined 53.2°. 21 objects from this launch are catalogued, all of them payloads.
- Vehicle
- Falcon 9 Block 5 · SpaceXStarlink
- Booster
- B1062 · flight 23 · Autonomous Spaceport Drone Ship at A Shortfall of Gravitas · landing failed161/162 landed here · 61 days after its previous flight, Starlink Group 10-3 · 618 km downrange
- Mission
- Communications · Low Earth Orbit (LEO)for SpX
- Milestone
- 311th Falcon 9 Block 5 flight · 82nd this yearSpaceX's 396th launch85th this yearhumanity's 6,745th orbital launch attempt156th orbital launch attempt this year
Flight preview
Simulate in Flight ClubOrbit: as tracked
Starlink 11247 · NORAD 60720 · 2024-152 · Space-Track · tracking 1 of 21 objects
Show the numbers for orbit elements
- Object
- TBA - TO BE ASSIGNED
- Object ID
- 2024-152A
- Epoch
- 2024-09-03 20:00:01 UTC
- Mean motion
- 15.87786785 rev/day
- Eccentricity
- 0.0000587
- Inclination
- 53.1539°
- Ascending node
- 318.0737°
- Arg. of perigee
- 75.7311°
- Mean anomaly
- 196.6682°
- Element set
- 999
- Rev at epoch
- 216
- B*
- -0.0031697
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+1M10SMax-Q
- T+2M26SMECO
- T+2M29SStage 2 Separation
- T+2M36SSES-1
- T+2M59SFairing Separation
- T+6M12SEntry Burn Startup
- T+6M34SEntry Burn Shutdown
- T+7M59SStage 1 Landing Burn
- T+8M22SStage 1 Landing
- T+8M39SSECO-1
- T+54M47SSES-2
- T+54M49SSECO-2
- T+1H3M41SStarlink Deployment
Catalogued objects
21 catalogued: 21 payloads; 19 still in orbit
- Starlink 11247 · NORAD 60720 · in orbit
- Starlink 11259 · NORAD 60721 · in orbit
- Starlink 11188 · NORAD 60722 · in orbit
- Starlink 11272 · NORAD 60723 · in orbit
- Starlink 11261 · NORAD 60724 · in orbit
- Starlink 11263 · NORAD 60725 · in orbit
- Starlink 11235 · NORAD 60726 · in orbit
- Starlink 11080 · NORAD 60727 · in orbit
- Starlink 11249 · NORAD 60728 · in orbit
- Starlink 11146 · NORAD 60729 · in orbit
- Starlink 11255 · NORAD 60730 · in orbit
- Starlink 11254 · NORAD 60731 · in orbit
Show 9 more payloads
- Starlink 11266 · NORAD 60732 · in orbit
- Starlink 32253 · NORAD 60733 · in orbit
- Starlink 32179 · NORAD 60734 · in orbit
- Starlink 32272 · NORAD 60735 · re-entered April 5, 2026
- Starlink 32280 · NORAD 60736 · re-entered October 15, 2025
- Starlink 32289 · NORAD 60737 · in orbit
- Starlink 32304 · NORAD 60738 · in orbit
- Starlink 32235 · NORAD 60739 · in orbit
- Starlink 32315 · NORAD 60740 · 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
258th launch from Space Launch Complex 40, 40th this year · 971st from Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA
Local pad time at liftoff: Aug 28, 3:48 AM EDT, at night
403 launches from this pad · 1,131 from Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA
7 days 18 hours after the previous launch from this pad
Updates
Launch success
Show 9 earlier updates
Liftoff!
hitura-nobad · 8/28/2024 · source
Unofficial Re-stream by SPACE AFFAIRS has started
LL2 · 8/28/2024 · source
New T-0.
Cosmic_Penguin · 8/28/2024 · source
GO for launch.
Cosmic_Penguin · 8/28/2024 · source
Tweaked T-0.
Cosmic_Penguin · 8/26/2024 · source
NET August 28.
Cosmic_Penguin · 8/26/2024 · source
Tweaked T-0.
Cosmic_Penguin · 8/26/2024 · source
Updating window to match launch opportunities
Nosu · 8/24/2024 · source
Reverted back to NET August 27.
Cosmic_Penguin · 8/24/2024 · source
Questions
When did Starlink Group 8-6 launch?
Starlink Group 8-6 launched on August 28, 2024 at 07:48 UTC. The launch window ran from 05:50 to 09:50 UTC.
Where can I watch Starlink Group 8-6?
Coverage: YouTube; YouTube; YouTube. Watch the replay
What rocket launched Starlink Group 8-6?
Falcon 9 Block 5, flown by SpaceX. Falcon 9 Block 5 spec sheet
Where did Starlink Group 8-6 launch from?
Space Launch Complex 40, Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA. Liftoff was Aug 28, 3:48 AM EDT local time at the pad.
Did the booster land?
Booster B1062 flew for the 23rd time and its landing at A Shortfall of Gravitas failed.
What orbit did Starlink Group 8-6 reach?
The tracked orbit of Starlink 11247, one of 21 catalogued objects, from September 3, 2024, was 315 × 316 km inclined 53.2°.
How many satellites did Starlink Group 8-6 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 8-6 part of?
Starlink. About Starlink