SpaceXFalcon 9 Block 5Space Launch Complex 4E, Vandenberg SFB, CA, USA
Starlink Group 9-2
Launched
June 24, 2024 · 03:47 UTC
Image: SpaceX
Summary
Starlink Group 9-2 launched on a SpaceX Falcon 9 Block 5 from Space Launch Complex 4E, Vandenberg SFB, CA, USA on June 24, 2024 at 03:47 UTC. The launch window ran from 03:47 to 07:41 UTC. It was SpaceX's 377th launch, 66th this year and humanity's 6,710th orbital launch attempt. It was the 293rd Falcon 9 Block 5 flight and the 64th this year. Booster B1075 flew for the 11th time and landed at Of Course I Still Love You. The payload was bound for low Earth orbit (LEO). The tracked orbit of Starlink 11201, one of 20 catalogued objects, from July 1, 2024, was 320 × 321 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
- B1075 · flight 11 · Autonomous Spaceport Drone Ship at Of Course I Still Love You · landed209/217 landed here · 97 days after its previous flight, Starlink Group 7-16 · 642 km downrange
- Mission
- Communications · Low Earth Orbit (LEO)for SpX
- Milestone
- 293rd Falcon 9 Block 5 flight · 64th this yearSpaceX's 377th launch66th this yearhumanity's 6,710th orbital launch attempt121st orbital launch attempt this year
Flight preview
Simulate in Flight ClubOrbit: as tracked
Starlink 11201 · NORAD 60113 · 2024-118 · Space-Track · tracking 1 of 20 objects
Show the numbers for orbit elements
- Object
- TBA - TO BE ASSIGNED
- Object ID
- 2024-118A
- Epoch
- 2024-07-01 18:00:00 UTC
- Mean motion
- 15.85988535 rev/day
- Eccentricity
- 0.0000782
- Inclination
- 53.1694°
- Ascending node
- 21.0409°
- Arg. of perigee
- 57.8395°
- Mean anomaly
- 45.5972°
- Element set
- 999
- Rev at epoch
- 209
- B*
- -0.0040937
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+1M8SMax-Q
- T+2M25SMECO
- T+2M28SStage 2 Separation
- T+2M35SSES-1
- T+3M2SFairing Separation
- T+6M1SEntry Burn Startup
- T+6M26SEntry Burn Shutdown
- T+7M49SStage 1 Landing Burn
- T+8M14SStage 1 Landing
- T+8M38SSECO-1
- T+53M16SSES-2
- T+53M18SSECO-2
- T+1H10SStarlink Deployment
Catalogued objects
20 catalogued: 20 payloads; 20 still in orbit
- Starlink 11201 · NORAD 60113 · in orbit
- Starlink 11198 · NORAD 60114 · in orbit
- Starlink 11112 · NORAD 60115 · in orbit
- Starlink 11210 · NORAD 60116 · in orbit
- Starlink 11203 · NORAD 60117 · in orbit
- Starlink 11177 · NORAD 60118 · in orbit
- Starlink 11127 · NORAD 60119 · in orbit
- Starlink 11164 · NORAD 60120 · in orbit
- Starlink 11119 · NORAD 60121 · in orbit
- Starlink 11157 · NORAD 60122 · in orbit
- Starlink 11162 · NORAD 60123 · in orbit
- Starlink 11161 · NORAD 60124 · in orbit
Show 8 more payloads
- Starlink 11160 · NORAD 60125 · in orbit
- Starlink 31846 · NORAD 60126 · in orbit
- Starlink 31840 · NORAD 60127 · in orbit
- Starlink 31813 · NORAD 60128 · in orbit
- Starlink 31845 · NORAD 60129 · in orbit
- Starlink 31838 · NORAD 60130 · in orbit
- Starlink 31785 · NORAD 60131 · in orbit
- Starlink 31792 · NORAD 60132 · 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
149th launch from Space Launch Complex 4E, 21st this year · 760th from Vandenberg SFB, CA, USA
Local pad time at liftoff: Jun 23, 8:47 PM PDT, in twilight
303 launches from this pad · 919 from Vandenberg SFB, CA, USA
5 days after the previous launch from this pad
Updates
Launch success.
Show 6 earlier updates
Liftoff.
Cosmic_Penguin · 6/24/2024 · source
Unofficial Re-stream by SPACE AFFAIRS has started
LL2 · 6/24/2024 · source
Tweaked T-0.
Cosmic_Penguin · 6/23/2024 · source
GO for launch.
Cosmic_Penguin · 6/21/2024 · source
Targeting NET June 24 UTC per NOTAMs R0139/24.
Cosmic_Penguin · 6/19/2024 · source
Added launch.
Cosmic_Penguin · 2/8/2024
Questions
When did Starlink Group 9-2 launch?
Starlink Group 9-2 launched on June 24, 2024 at 03:47 UTC. The launch window ran from 03:47 to 07:41 UTC.
Where can I watch Starlink Group 9-2?
Coverage: SpaceX Starlink Group 9-2; SpaceX - Falcon 9 - Starlink 9-2 - SLC-4E - Vandenberg Space Force Base, CA - June 23, 2024; Watch live: SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket launches 20 Starlink satellites from Vandenberg, California. Watch the replay
What rocket launched Starlink Group 9-2?
Falcon 9 Block 5, flown by SpaceX. Falcon 9 Block 5 spec sheet
Where did Starlink Group 9-2 launch from?
Space Launch Complex 4E, Vandenberg SFB, CA, USA. Liftoff was Jun 23, 8:47 PM PDT local time at the pad.
Did the booster land?
Booster B1075 flew for the 11th time and landed at Of Course I Still Love You.
What orbit did Starlink Group 9-2 reach?
The tracked orbit of Starlink 11201, one of 20 catalogued objects, from July 1, 2024, was 320 × 321 km inclined 53.2°.
How many satellites did Starlink Group 9-2 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 9-2 part of?
Starlink. About Starlink