SpaceXFalcon 9 Block 5Space Launch Complex 4E, Vandenberg SFB, CA, USA
Starlink Group 9-6
Launched
September 13, 2024 · 01:45 UTC
Image: SpaceX
Summary
Starlink Group 9-6 launched on a SpaceX Falcon 9 Block 5 from Space Launch Complex 4E, Vandenberg SFB, CA, USA on September 13, 2024 at 01:45 UTC. The launch window ran from 01:45 to 04:49 UTC. It was SpaceX's 403rd launch, 92nd this year and humanity's 6,757th orbital launch attempt. It was the 318th Falcon 9 Block 5 flight and the 89th this year. Booster B1071 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 11286, one of 21 catalogued objects, from September 20, 2024, was 325 × 326 km inclined 53.2°. 21 objects from this launch are catalogued, all of them payloads.
- Watch
- Vehicle
- Falcon 9 Block 5 · SpaceXStarlink
- Booster
- B1071 · flight 18 · Autonomous Spaceport Drone Ship at Of Course I Still Love You · landed209/217 landed here · 46 days after its previous flight, Starlink Group 9-4 · 642 km downrange
- Mission
- Communications · Low Earth Orbit (LEO)for SpX
- Milestone
- 318th Falcon 9 Block 5 flight · 89th this yearSpaceX's 403rd launch92nd this yearhumanity's 6,757th orbital launch attempt168th orbital launch attempt this year
Flight preview
Simulate in Flight ClubOrbit: as tracked
Starlink 11286 · NORAD 61050 · 2024-164 · Space-Track · tracking 1 of 21 objects
Show the numbers for orbit elements
- Object
- TBA - TO BE ASSIGNED
- Object ID
- 2024-164A
- Epoch
- 2024-09-20 16:00:00 UTC
- Mean motion
- 15.84272828 rev/day
- Eccentricity
- 0.0000888
- Inclination
- 53.1688°
- Ascending node
- 70.3906°
- Arg. of perigee
- 63.3408°
- Mean anomaly
- 347.0073°
- Element set
- 999
- Rev at epoch
- 241
- B*
- -0.0042424
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+1M7SMax-Q
- T+2M26SMECO
- T+2M30SStage 2 Separation
- T+2M36SSES-1
- T+3M2SFairing Separation
- T+6M6SEntry Burn Startup
- T+6M28SEntry Burn Shutdown
- T+7M50SStage 1 Landing Burn
- T+8M12SStage 1 Landing
- T+8M40SSECO-1
- T+53M55SSES-2
- T+53M56SSECO-2
- T+1H48SStarlink Deployment
Catalogued objects
21 catalogued: 21 payloads; 19 still in orbit
- Starlink 11286 · NORAD 61050 · in orbit
- Starlink 11252 · NORAD 61051 · in orbit
- Starlink 11284 · NORAD 61052 · re-entered October 8, 2025
- Starlink 11230 · NORAD 61053 · in orbit
- Starlink 11294 · NORAD 61054 · in orbit
- Starlink 11268 · NORAD 61055 · in orbit
- Starlink 11156 · NORAD 61056 · in orbit
- Starlink 11231 · NORAD 61057 · in orbit
- Starlink 11299 · NORAD 61058 · in orbit
- Starlink 11154 · NORAD 61059 · in orbit
- Starlink 11297 · NORAD 61060 · in orbit
- Starlink 11233 · NORAD 61061 · in orbit
Show 9 more payloads
- Starlink 11236 · NORAD 61062 · in orbit
- Starlink 32350 · NORAD 61063 · in orbit
- Starlink 32378 · NORAD 61064 · in orbit
- Starlink 32321 · NORAD 61065 · in orbit
- Starlink 32381 · NORAD 61066 · in orbit
- Starlink 32368 · NORAD 61067 · re-entered December 18, 2024
- Starlink 32385 · NORAD 61068 · in orbit
- Starlink 32380 · NORAD 61069 · in orbit
- Starlink 32375 · NORAD 61070 · in orbit
Data from J. McDowell, planet4589.org
About this launch
A batch of 21 satellites for the Starlink mega-constellation - SpaceX's project for space-based Internet communication system.
Pad
Space Launch Complex 4E, Vandenberg SFB, CA, USA
158th launch from Space Launch Complex 4E, 30th this year · 770th from Vandenberg SFB, CA, USA
Local pad time at liftoff: Sep 12, 6:45 PM PDT, in daylight
303 launches from this pad · 919 from Vandenberg SFB, CA, USA
6 days 22 hours after the previous launch from this pad
Updates
Launch success.
Show 8 earlier updates
Liftoff.
Cosmic_Penguin · 9/13/2024 · source
Unofficial Re-stream by SPACE AFFAIRS has started
LL2 · 9/13/2024 · source
Launch window is accurate to the second
Nosu · 9/12/2024 · source
Setting GO
Nosu · 9/12/2024 · source
Delayed to NET September 13 UTC per NOTAMs.
Cosmic_Penguin · 9/12/2024 · source
Tweaked T-0.
Cosmic_Penguin · 9/11/2024 · source
Tweaked launch window.
Cosmic_Penguin · 9/8/2024 · source
Targeting NET September 12 UTC per NOTAMs A1585/24 & R0237/24.
Cosmic_Penguin · 9/6/2024 · source
Questions
When did Starlink Group 9-6 launch?
Starlink Group 9-6 launched on September 13, 2024 at 01:45 UTC. The launch window ran from 01:45 to 04:49 UTC.
Where can I watch Starlink Group 9-6?
Coverage: SpaceX Starlink Group 9-6; SpaceX - Falcon 9 - Starlink 9-6 - SLC-4E - Vandenberg Space Force Base - September 12, 2024; Watch Live: SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket launches 21 Starlink satellites from Vandenberg, California. Watch the replay
What rocket launched Starlink Group 9-6?
Falcon 9 Block 5, flown by SpaceX. Falcon 9 Block 5 spec sheet
Where did Starlink Group 9-6 launch from?
Space Launch Complex 4E, Vandenberg SFB, CA, USA. Liftoff was Sep 12, 6:45 PM PDT local time at the pad.
Did the booster land?
Booster B1071 flew for the 18th time and landed at Of Course I Still Love You.
What orbit did Starlink Group 9-6 reach?
The tracked orbit of Starlink 11286, one of 21 catalogued objects, from September 20, 2024, was 325 × 326 km inclined 53.2°.
How many satellites did Starlink Group 9-6 launch?
21 payloads from this launch are catalogued, 19 of them still in orbit (Data from J. McDowell, planet4589.org).
Which program is Starlink Group 9-6 part of?
Starlink. About Starlink