SpaceXFalcon 9 Block 5Space Launch Complex 4E, Vandenberg SFB, CA, USA
Starlink Group 9-17
Launched
September 20, 2024 · 13:50 UTC
Image: SpaceX
Summary
Starlink Group 9-17 launched on a SpaceX Falcon 9 Block 5 from Space Launch Complex 4E, Vandenberg SFB, CA, USA on September 20, 2024 at 13:50 UTC. The launch window ran from 13:50 to 14:04 UTC. It was SpaceX's 405th launch, 94th this year and humanity's 6,764th orbital launch attempt. It was the 320th Falcon 9 Block 5 flight and the 91st this year. Booster B1075 flew for the 13th time and landed at Of Course I Still Love You. The payload was bound for low Earth orbit (LEO). The tracked orbit of Starlink 11209, one of 20 catalogued objects, from September 24, 2024, was 305 × 306 km inclined 53.2°. 20 objects from this launch are catalogued, all of them payloads.
- Watch
- Vehicle
- Falcon 9 Block 5 · SpaceXStarlink
- Booster
- B1075 · flight 13 · Autonomous Spaceport Drone Ship at Of Course I Still Love You · landed209/217 landed here · 34 days after its previous flight, Transporter 11 (Dedicated SSO Rideshare) · 627 km downrange
- Mission
- Communications · Low Earth Orbit (LEO)for SpX
- Milestone
- 320th Falcon 9 Block 5 flight · 91st this yearSpaceX's 405th launch94th this yearhumanity's 6,764th orbital launch attempt175th orbital launch attempt this year
Flight preview
Simulate in Flight ClubOrbit: as tracked
Starlink 11209 · NORAD 61200 · 2024-171 · Space-Track · tracking 1 of 20 objects
Show the numbers for orbit elements
- Object
- TBA - TO BE ASSIGNED
- Object ID
- 2024-171A
- Epoch
- 2024-09-24 18:00:00 UTC
- Mean motion
- 15.91437856 rev/day
- Eccentricity
- 0.0000547
- Inclination
- 53.1666°
- Ascending node
- 276.2574°
- Arg. of perigee
- 93.7541°
- Mean anomaly
- 227.7086°
- Element set
- 999
- Rev at epoch
- 188
- B*
- -0.0025858
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−1MTank Press
- T−1MStartup
- T−45SGO for Launch
- T−3SIgnition
- T−0Liftoff
- T+1M9SMax-Q
- T+2M29SMECO
- T+2M32SStage 2 Separation
- T+2M39SSES-1
- T+3M8SFairing Separation
- T+6M1SEntry Burn Startup
- T+6M24SEntry Burn Shutdown
- T+7M52SStage 1 Landing Burn
- T+8M18SStage 1 Landing
- T+8M47SSECO-1
- T+53M42SSES-2
- T+53M43SSECO-2
- T+1H35SStarlink Deployment
Catalogued objects
20 catalogued: 20 payloads; 20 still in orbit
- Starlink 11209 · NORAD 61200 · in orbit
- Starlink 11257 · NORAD 61201 · in orbit
- Starlink 11309 · NORAD 61202 · in orbit
- Starlink 11292 · NORAD 61203 · in orbit
- Starlink 11302 · NORAD 61204 · in orbit
- Starlink 11277 · NORAD 61205 · in orbit
- Starlink 11279 · NORAD 61206 · in orbit
- Starlink 11091 · NORAD 61207 · in orbit
- Starlink 11291 · NORAD 61208 · in orbit
- Starlink 11304 · NORAD 61209 · in orbit
- Starlink 11307 · NORAD 61210 · in orbit
- Starlink 11298 · NORAD 61211 · in orbit
Show 8 more payloads
- Starlink 11310 · NORAD 61212 · in orbit
- Starlink 32386 · NORAD 61213 · in orbit
- Starlink 32392 · NORAD 61214 · in orbit
- Starlink 32436 · NORAD 61215 · in orbit
- Starlink 32425 · NORAD 61216 · in orbit
- Starlink 32342 · NORAD 61217 · in orbit
- Starlink 32423 · NORAD 61218 · in orbit
- Starlink 32248 · NORAD 61219 · 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
159th launch from Space Launch Complex 4E, 31st this year · 771st from Vandenberg SFB, CA, USA
Local pad time at liftoff: Sep 20, 6:50 AM PDT, in twilight
303 launches from this pad · 919 from Vandenberg SFB, CA, USA
7 days 12 hours after the previous launch from this pad
Updates
Launch success.
Show 9 earlier updates
Liftoff.
Cosmic_Penguin · 9/20/2024 · source
Unofficial Re-stream by SPACE AFFAIRS has started
LL2 · 9/20/2024 · source
GO for launch.
Cosmic_Penguin · 9/19/2024 · source
Tweaked T-0.
Cosmic_Penguin · 9/19/2024 · source
Delayed to September 20.
Cosmic_Penguin · 9/18/2024 · source
Delayed to Sep 19
Nosu · 9/18/2024 · source
Updating T-0.
Cosmic_Penguin · 9/17/2024 · source
Updating launch window
Nosu · 9/15/2024 · source
Targeting NET September 18 UTC per NOTAMs R0243/24.
Cosmic_Penguin · 9/13/2024 · source
Questions
When did Starlink Group 9-17 launch?
Starlink Group 9-17 launched on September 20, 2024 at 13:50 UTC. The launch window ran from 13:50 to 14:04 UTC.
Where can I watch Starlink Group 9-17?
Coverage: SpaceX Starlink Group 9-17; SpaceX - Falcon 9 - Starlink 9-17 - SLC-4E - Vandenberg Space Force Base - September 20, 2024; Watch live: SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket launches 20 Starlink satellites from Vandenberg, California. Watch the replay
What rocket launched Starlink Group 9-17?
Falcon 9 Block 5, flown by SpaceX. Falcon 9 Block 5 spec sheet
Where did Starlink Group 9-17 launch from?
Space Launch Complex 4E, Vandenberg SFB, CA, USA. Liftoff was Sep 20, 6:50 AM PDT local time at the pad.
Did the booster land?
Booster B1075 flew for the 13th time and landed at Of Course I Still Love You.
What orbit did Starlink Group 9-17 reach?
The tracked orbit of Starlink 11209, one of 20 catalogued objects, from September 24, 2024, was 305 × 306 km inclined 53.2°.
How many satellites did Starlink Group 9-17 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 9-17 part of?
Starlink. About Starlink