SpaceXFalcon 9 Block 5Space Launch Complex 4E, Vandenberg SFB, CA, USA
Starlink Group 9-14
Launched
December 5, 2024 · 03:05 UTC
Image: SpaceX
Summary
Starlink Group 9-14 launched on a SpaceX Falcon 9 Block 5 from Space Launch Complex 4E, Vandenberg SFB, CA, USA on December 5, 2024 at 03:05 UTC. The launch window ran from 00:06 to 04:06 UTC. It was SpaceX's 438th launch, 127th this year and humanity's 6,824th orbital launch attempt. It was the 350th Falcon 9 Block 5 flight and the 121st this year. Booster B1081 flew for the 12th time and landed at Of Course I Still Love You. The payload was bound for low Earth orbit (LEO). The tracked orbit of Starlink 11394, one of 20 catalogued objects, from December 9, 2024, was 291 × 292 km inclined 53.2°. 20 objects from this launch are catalogued, all of them payloads.
- Watch
- Vehicle
- Falcon 9 Block 5 · SpaceXStarlink
- Booster
- B1081 · flight 12 · Autonomous Spaceport Drone Ship at Of Course I Still Love You · landed209/217 landed here · 25 days after its previous flight, Starlink Group 9-10 · 574 km downrange
- Mission
- Communications · Low Earth Orbit (LEO)for SpX
- Milestone
- 350th Falcon 9 Block 5 flight · 121st this yearSpaceX's 438th launch127th this yearhumanity's 6,824th orbital launch attempt235th orbital launch attempt this year
Flight preview
Simulate in Flight ClubOrbit: as tracked
Starlink 11394 · NORAD 62218 · 2024-231 · Space-Track · tracking 1 of 20 objects
Show the numbers for orbit elements
- Object
- TBA - TO BE ASSIGNED
- Object ID
- 2024-231A
- Epoch
- 2024-12-09 20:00:01 UTC
- Mean motion
- 15.96466264 rev/day
- Eccentricity
- 0.0000498
- Inclination
- 53.1674°
- Ascending node
- 186.6119°
- Arg. of perigee
- 44.9703°
- Mean anomaly
- 166.8953°
- Element set
- 999
- Rev at epoch
- 183
- B*
- -0.0019285
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+1M7SMax-Q
- T+2M24SMECO
- T+2M28SStage 2 Separation
- T+2M35SSES-1
- T+3M2SFairing Separation
- T+6M2SEntry Burn Startup
- T+6M27SEntry Burn Shutdown
- T+7M47SStage 1 Landing Burn
- T+8M11SStage 1 Landing
- T+8M37SSECO-1
- T+53M50SSES-2
- T+53M52SSECO-2
- T+1H44SStarlink Deployment
Catalogued objects
20 catalogued: 20 payloads; 20 still in orbit
- Starlink 11394 · NORAD 62218 · in orbit
- Starlink 11490 · NORAD 62219 · in orbit
- Starlink 11466 · NORAD 62220 · in orbit
- Starlink 11468 · NORAD 62221 · in orbit
- Starlink 11488 · NORAD 62222 · in orbit
- Starlink 11483 · NORAD 62223 · in orbit
- Starlink 11492 · NORAD 62224 · in orbit
- Starlink 11471 · NORAD 62225 · in orbit
- Starlink 11475 · NORAD 62226 · in orbit
- Starlink 11469 · NORAD 62227 · in orbit
- Starlink 11476 · NORAD 62228 · in orbit
- Starlink 11485 · NORAD 62229 · in orbit
Show 8 more payloads
- Starlink 11481 · NORAD 62230 · in orbit
- Starlink 32650 · NORAD 62231 · in orbit
- Starlink 32636 · NORAD 62232 · in orbit
- Starlink 32643 · NORAD 62233 · in orbit
- Starlink 32652 · NORAD 62234 · in orbit
- Starlink 32631 · NORAD 62235 · in orbit
- Starlink 32641 · NORAD 62236 · in orbit
- Starlink 32632 · NORAD 62262 · 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
170th launch from Space Launch Complex 4E, 42nd this year · 782nd from Vandenberg SFB, CA, USA
Local pad time at liftoff: Dec 4, 7:05 PM PST, at night
303 launches from this pad · 919 from Vandenberg SFB, CA, USA
4 days 18 hours after the previous launch from this pad
Updates
Launch success.
Show 6 earlier updates
Liftoff.
Cosmic_Penguin · 12/5/2024 · source
Unofficial Re-stream by SPACE AFFAIRS has started
LL2 · 12/5/2024 · source
Go for launch.
Cosmic_Penguin · 12/4/2024 · source
Updated launch time.
Cosmic_Penguin · 12/3/2024 · source
Delayed to NET December 5 UTC per NOTAMs A1538/24.
Cosmic_Penguin · 12/3/2024 · source
NET December 4 UTC.
Cosmic_Penguin · 11/24/2024 · source
Questions
When did Starlink Group 9-14 launch?
Starlink Group 9-14 launched on December 5, 2024 at 03:05 UTC. The launch window ran from 00:06 to 04:06 UTC.
Where can I watch Starlink Group 9-14?
Coverage: SpaceX Starlink Group 9-14; SpaceX - Falcon 9 - Starlink 9-14 - SLC-4E - Vandenberg Space Force Base - December 4, 2024; Starlink Mission. Watch the replay
What rocket launched Starlink Group 9-14?
Falcon 9 Block 5, flown by SpaceX. Falcon 9 Block 5 spec sheet
Where did Starlink Group 9-14 launch from?
Space Launch Complex 4E, Vandenberg SFB, CA, USA. Liftoff was Dec 4, 7:05 PM PST local time at the pad.
Did the booster land?
Booster B1081 flew for the 12th time and landed at Of Course I Still Love You.
What orbit did Starlink Group 9-14 reach?
The tracked orbit of Starlink 11394, one of 20 catalogued objects, from December 9, 2024, was 291 × 292 km inclined 53.2°.
How many satellites did Starlink Group 9-14 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 9-14 part of?
Starlink. About Starlink