SpaceXFalcon 9 Block 5Space Launch Complex 40, Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA
Starlink Group 8-9
Launched
July 3, 2024 · 08:55 UTC
Image: SpaceX
Summary
Starlink Group 8-9 launched on a SpaceX Falcon 9 Block 5 from Space Launch Complex 40, Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA on July 3, 2024 at 08:55 UTC. The launch window ran from 06:57 to 09:59 UTC. It was SpaceX's 381st launch, 70th this year and humanity's 6,716th orbital launch attempt. It was the 296th Falcon 9 Block 5 flight and the 67th this year. Booster B1073 flew for the 16th time and landed at A Shortfall of Gravitas. The payload was bound for low Earth orbit (LEO). Starlink 11168, one of 20 catalogued objects, reached a 292 × 304 km orbit 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
- B1073 · flight 16 · Autonomous Spaceport Drone Ship at A Shortfall of Gravitas · landed161/162 landed here · 51 days after its previous flight, Starlink Group 6-58 · 618 km downrange
- Mission
- Communications · Low Earth Orbit (LEO)for SpX
- Milestone
- 296th Falcon 9 Block 5 flight · 67th this yearSpaceX's 381st launch70th this yearhumanity's 6,716th orbital launch attempt127th orbital launch attempt this year
Flight preview
Simulate in Flight ClubOrbit: as tracked
Starlink 11168 · NORAD 60183 · 2024-124 · Space-Track · tracking 1 of 20 objects
Show the numbers for orbit elements
- Object
- STARLINK-11168
- Object ID
- 2024-124A
- Epoch
- 2024-07-04 02:02:41 UTC
- Mean motion
- 15.94140378 rev/day
- Eccentricity
- 0.0009196
- Inclination
- 53.1598°
- Ascending node
- 309.2303°
- Arg. of perigee
- 291.7552°
- Mean anomaly
- 224.7396°
- Element set
- 999
- Rev at epoch
- 130
- B*
- 0.0019357
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−35MStage 1 LOX Load
- T−35MProp 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+2M25SMECO
- T+2M28SStage 2 Separation
- T+2M35SSES-1
- T+3MFairing Separation
- T+6M6SEntry Burn Startup
- T+6M29SEntry Burn Shutdown
- T+7M49SStage 1 Landing Burn
- T+8M13SStage 1 Landing
- T+8M38SSECO-1
- T+51M57SSES-2
- T+51M58SSECO-2
- T+1H51SStarlink Deployment
Catalogued objects
20 catalogued: 20 payloads; 20 still in orbit
- Starlink 11168 · NORAD 60183 · in orbit
- Starlink 11187 · NORAD 60184 · in orbit
- Starlink 11180 · NORAD 60185 · in orbit
- Starlink 11197 · NORAD 60186 · in orbit
- Starlink 11194 · NORAD 60187 · in orbit
- Starlink 11189 · NORAD 60188 · in orbit
- Starlink 11183 · NORAD 60189 · in orbit
- Starlink 11179 · NORAD 60190 · in orbit
- Starlink 11175 · NORAD 60191 · in orbit
- Starlink 11173 · NORAD 60192 · in orbit
- Starlink 11172 · NORAD 60193 · in orbit
- Starlink 11152 · NORAD 60194 · in orbit
Show 8 more payloads
- Starlink 11193 · NORAD 60195 · in orbit
- Starlink 31869 · NORAD 60196 · in orbit
- Starlink 32023 · NORAD 60197 · in orbit
- Starlink 32046 · NORAD 60198 · in orbit
- Starlink 32049 · NORAD 60199 · in orbit
- Starlink 32002 · NORAD 60200 · in orbit
- Starlink 32020 · NORAD 60201 · in orbit
- Starlink 32041 · NORAD 60202 · 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
251st launch from Space Launch Complex 40, 33rd this year · 963rd from Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA
Local pad time at liftoff: Jul 3, 4:55 AM EDT, at night
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
Successful launch
Show 9 earlier updates
Liftoff
Nosu · 7/3/2024 · source
Unofficial Re-stream by SPACE AFFAIRS has started
LL2 · 7/3/2024 · source
Updating T-0
Nosu · 7/3/2024 · source
New T-0.
Cosmic_Penguin · 7/3/2024 · source
Launch time is to the second.
Cosmic_Penguin · 7/3/2024 · source
Updating T-0
Nosu · 7/2/2024 · source
Adjusting window end
Nosu · 7/2/2024 · source
GO for launch.
Cosmic_Penguin · 7/2/2024 · source
Weather 80%
Nosu · 7/2/2024 · source
Questions
When did Starlink Group 8-9 launch?
Starlink Group 8-9 launched on July 3, 2024 at 08:55 UTC. The launch window ran from 06:57 to 09:59 UTC.
Where can I watch Starlink Group 8-9?
Coverage: SpaceX Starlink Group 8-9; SpaceX - Falcon 9 - Starlink Group 8-9 - SLC-40 - Cape Canaveral SFS - July 3, 2024; Watch live: SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket launches 20 Starlink satellites from Cape Canaveral. Watch the replay
What rocket launched Starlink Group 8-9?
Falcon 9 Block 5, flown by SpaceX. Falcon 9 Block 5 spec sheet
Where did Starlink Group 8-9 launch from?
Space Launch Complex 40, Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA. Liftoff was Jul 3, 4:55 AM EDT local time at the pad.
Did the booster land?
Booster B1073 flew for the 16th time and landed at A Shortfall of Gravitas.
What orbit did Starlink Group 8-9 reach?
Starlink 11168, one of 20 catalogued objects, reached a 292 × 304 km orbit inclined 53.2°.
How many satellites did Starlink Group 8-9 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 8-9 part of?
Starlink. About Starlink