SpaceXFalcon 9 Block 5Space Launch Complex 4E, Vandenberg SFB, CA, USA
Starlink Group 8-7
Launched
May 14, 2024 · 18:39 UTC
Image: SpaceX
Summary
Starlink Group 8-7 launched on a SpaceX Falcon 9 Block 5 from Space Launch Complex 4E, Vandenberg SFB, CA, USA on May 14, 2024 at 18:39 UTC. The launch window ran from 16:29 to 20:29 UTC. It was SpaceX's 362nd launch, 51st this year and humanity's 6,681st orbital launch attempt. It was the 279th Falcon 9 Block 5 flight and the 50th this year. Booster B1063 flew for the 18th time and landed at Of Course I Still Love You. The payload was bound for low Earth orbit (LEO). The tracked orbit of Starlink 11125, one of 20 catalogued objects, from May 21, 2024, was 319 × 320 km inclined 53.2°. 20 objects from this launch are catalogued, all of them payloads.
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- Vehicle
- Falcon 9 Block 5 · SpaceXStarlink
- Booster
- B1063 · flight 18 · Autonomous Spaceport Drone Ship at Of Course I Still Love You · landed209/217 landed here · 64 days after its previous flight, Starlink Group 7-17 · 642 km downrange
- Mission
- Communications · Low Earth Orbit (LEO)for SpX
- Milestone
- 279th Falcon 9 Block 5 flight · 50th this yearSpaceX's 362nd launch51st this yearhumanity's 6,681st orbital launch attempt92nd orbital launch attempt this year
Flight preview
Simulate in Flight ClubOrbit: as tracked
Starlink 11125 · NORAD 59753 · 2024-091 · Space-Track · tracking 1 of 20 objects
Show the numbers for orbit elements
- Object
- TBA - TO BE ASSIGNED
- Object ID
- 2024-091A
- Epoch
- 2024-05-21 18:00:00 UTC
- Mean motion
- 15.86266356 rev/day
- Eccentricity
- 0.0000663
- Inclination
- 53.1631°
- Ascending node
- 207.3962°
- Arg. of perigee
- 76.8313°
- Mean anomaly
- 57.7203°
- Element set
- 999
- Rev at epoch
- 232
- B*
- -0.0033687
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+1M7SMax-Q
- T+2M25SMECO
- T+2M29SStage 2 Separation
- T+2M36SSES-1
- T+3M2SFairing Separation
- T+6M4SEntry Burn Startup
- T+6M29SEntry Burn Shutdown
- T+7M59SStage 1 Landing Burn
- T+8M21SStage 1 Landing
- T+8M37SSECO-1
- T+52M11SSES-2
- T+52M13SSECO-2
- T+1H1M5SStarlink Deployment
Catalogued objects
20 catalogued: 20 payloads; 18 still in orbit
- Starlink 11125 · NORAD 59753 · re-entered June 14, 2025
- Starlink 11118 · NORAD 59754 · in orbit
- Starlink 11132 · NORAD 59755 · in orbit
- Starlink 11131 · NORAD 59756 · in orbit
- Starlink 11114 · NORAD 59757 · in orbit
- Starlink 11105 · NORAD 59758 · in orbit
- Starlink 11097 · NORAD 59759 · in orbit
- Starlink 11098 · NORAD 59760 · in orbit
- Starlink 11117 · NORAD 59761 · in orbit
- Starlink 11110 · NORAD 59762 · in orbit
- Starlink 11104 · NORAD 59763 · in orbit
- Starlink 11111 · NORAD 59764 · re-entered August 17, 2026
Show 8 more payloads
- Starlink 11106 · NORAD 59765 · in orbit
- Starlink 31739 · NORAD 59766 · in orbit
- Starlink 31828 · NORAD 59767 · in orbit
- Starlink 31826 · NORAD 59768 · in orbit
- Starlink 31830 · NORAD 59769 · in orbit
- Starlink 31829 · NORAD 59770 · in orbit
- Starlink 31786 · NORAD 59771 · in orbit
- Starlink 31835 · NORAD 59772 · 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
144th launch from Space Launch Complex 4E, 16th this year · 755th from Vandenberg SFB, CA, USA
Local pad time at liftoff: May 14, 11:39 AM PDT, in daylight
303 launches from this pad · 919 from Vandenberg SFB, CA, USA
4 days 14 hours after the previous launch from this pad
Updates
Launch success.
Show 6 earlier updates
Liftoff.
Cosmic_Penguin · 5/14/2024 · source
Unofficial Webcast by SPACE AFFAIRS has started
LL2 · 5/14/2024 · source
Updating T-0
SwGustav · 5/14/2024 · source
GO for launch.
Cosmic_Penguin · 5/14/2024 · source
NET May 14.
Cosmic_Penguin · 5/9/2024 · source
Adding launch per NOTAMs.
Cosmic_Penguin · 5/8/2024 · source
Questions
When did Starlink Group 8-7 launch?
Starlink Group 8-7 launched on May 14, 2024 at 18:39 UTC. The launch window ran from 16:29 to 20:29 UTC.
Where can I watch Starlink Group 8-7?
Coverage: SpaceX Starlink Group 8-7; SpaceX - Falcon 9 - Starlink Group 8-7 - SLC-4E - Vandenberg SFB - May 14, 2024; Watch live: SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket launches 20 Starlink satellites from Vandenberg, California. Watch the replay
What rocket launched Starlink Group 8-7?
Falcon 9 Block 5, flown by SpaceX. Falcon 9 Block 5 spec sheet
Where did Starlink Group 8-7 launch from?
Space Launch Complex 4E, Vandenberg SFB, CA, USA. Liftoff was May 14, 11:39 AM PDT local time at the pad.
Did the booster land?
Booster B1063 flew for the 18th time and landed at Of Course I Still Love You.
What orbit did Starlink Group 8-7 reach?
The tracked orbit of Starlink 11125, one of 20 catalogued objects, from May 21, 2024, was 319 × 320 km inclined 53.2°.
How many satellites did Starlink Group 8-7 launch?
20 payloads from this launch are catalogued, 18 of them still in orbit (Data from J. McDowell, planet4589.org).
Which program is Starlink Group 8-7 part of?
Starlink. About Starlink