SpaceXFalcon 9 Block 5Space Launch Complex 4E, Vandenberg SFB, CA, USA
Starlink Group 9-7
Launched
October 15, 2024 · 08:21 UTC
Image: SpaceX
Summary
Starlink Group 9-7 launched on a SpaceX Falcon 9 Block 5 from Space Launch Complex 4E, Vandenberg SFB, CA, USA on October 15, 2024 at 08:21 UTC. The launch window ran from 08:07 to 12:03 UTC. It was SpaceX's 412th launch, 101st this year and humanity's 6,777th orbital launch attempt. It was the 325th Falcon 9 Block 5 flight and the 96th this year. Booster B1071 flew for the 19th time and landed at Of Course I Still Love You. The payload was bound for low Earth orbit (LEO). The tracked orbit of Starlink 11354, one of 20 catalogued objects, from October 22, 2024, was 302 × 302 km inclined 53.2°. 20 objects from this launch are catalogued, all of them payloads.
- Watch
- Vehicle
- Falcon 9 Block 5 · SpaceXStarlink
- Booster
- B1071 · flight 19 · Autonomous Spaceport Drone Ship at Of Course I Still Love You · landed209/217 landed here · 32 days after its previous flight, Starlink Group 9-6 · 627 km downrange
- Mission
- Communications · Low Earth Orbit (LEO)for SpX
- Milestone
- 325th Falcon 9 Block 5 flight · 96th this yearSpaceX's 412th launch101st this yearhumanity's 6,777th orbital launch attempt188th orbital launch attempt this year
Flight preview
Orbit: as tracked
Starlink 11354 · NORAD 61532 · 2024-184 · Space-Track · tracking 1 of 20 objects
Show the numbers for orbit elements
- Object
- TBA - TO BE ASSIGNED
- Object ID
- 2024-184A
- Epoch
- 2024-10-22 16:00:01 UTC
- Mean motion
- 15.92630231 rev/day
- Eccentricity
- 0.0000414
- Inclination
- 53.1624°
- Ascending node
- 202.3051°
- Arg. of perigee
- 135.8959°
- Mean anomaly
- 305.0573°
- Element set
- 999
- Rev at epoch
- 225
- B*
- -0.001788
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+2M25SMECO
- T+2M29SStage 2 Separation
- T+2M37SSES-1
- T+3MFairing Separation
- T+6M6SEntry Burn Startup
- T+6M30SEntry Burn Shutdown
- T+7M50SStage 1 Landing Burn
- T+8M12SStage 1 Landing
- T+8M42SSECO-1
- T+54M17SSES-2
- T+54M18SSECO-2
- T+1H1M10SStarlink Deployment
Catalogued objects
20 catalogued: 20 payloads; 19 still in orbit
- Starlink 11354 · NORAD 61532 · in orbit
- Starlink 11323 · NORAD 61533 · in orbit
- Starlink 11338 · NORAD 61534 · in orbit
- Starlink 11362 · NORAD 61535 · in orbit
- Starlink 11295 · NORAD 61536 · in orbit
- Starlink 11331 · NORAD 61537 · re-entered April 3, 2026
- Starlink 11325 · NORAD 61538 · in orbit
- Starlink 11332 · NORAD 61539 · in orbit
- Starlink 11350 · NORAD 61540 · in orbit
- Starlink 11357 · NORAD 61541 · in orbit
- Starlink 11322 · NORAD 61542 · in orbit
- Starlink 11364 · NORAD 61543 · in orbit
Show 8 more payloads
- Starlink 11349 · NORAD 61544 · in orbit
- Starlink 32406 · NORAD 61545 · in orbit
- Starlink 32445 · NORAD 61546 · in orbit
- Starlink 32411 · NORAD 61547 · in orbit
- Starlink 32424 · NORAD 61548 · in orbit
- Starlink 32389 · NORAD 61549 · in orbit
- Starlink 32476 · NORAD 61550 · in orbit
- Starlink 32366 · NORAD 61551 · 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
161st launch from Space Launch Complex 4E, 33rd this year · 773rd from Vandenberg SFB, CA, USA
Local pad time at liftoff: Oct 15, 1:21 AM PDT, at night
303 launches from this pad · 919 from Vandenberg SFB, CA, USA
20 days after the previous launch from this pad
Updates
Launch successful
Show 6 earlier updates
Liftoff
hitura-nobad · 10/15/2024 · source
Unofficial Re-stream by SPACE AFFAIRS has started
LL2 · 10/15/2024 · source
Now targeting Oct 15 at 08:21 UTC
hitura-nobad · 10/15/2024 · source
GO for launch.
Cosmic_Penguin · 10/15/2024 · source
Tweaked T-0.
Cosmic_Penguin · 10/14/2024 · source
Targeting NET October 15 per NOTAMs A1899/24 & R0261/24.
Cosmic_Penguin · 10/9/2024 · source
Questions
When did Starlink Group 9-7 launch?
Starlink Group 9-7 launched on October 15, 2024 at 08:21 UTC. The launch window ran from 08:07 to 12:03 UTC.
Where can I watch Starlink Group 9-7?
Coverage: SpaceX Starlink Group 9-7; ON GO - SpaceX - Falcon 9 - Starlink 9-7 - SLC-4E - Vandenberg Space Force Base - October 15, 2024; Watch live: SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket launches 20 Starlink satellites from Vandenberg, California. Watch the replay
What rocket launched Starlink Group 9-7?
Falcon 9 Block 5, flown by SpaceX. Falcon 9 Block 5 spec sheet
Where did Starlink Group 9-7 launch from?
Space Launch Complex 4E, Vandenberg SFB, CA, USA. Liftoff was Oct 15, 1:21 AM PDT local time at the pad.
Did the booster land?
Booster B1071 flew for the 19th time and landed at Of Course I Still Love You.
What orbit did Starlink Group 9-7 reach?
The tracked orbit of Starlink 11354, one of 20 catalogued objects, from October 22, 2024, was 302 × 302 km inclined 53.2°.
How many satellites did Starlink Group 9-7 launch?
20 payloads from this launch are catalogued, 19 of them still in orbit (Data from J. McDowell, planet4589.org).
Which program is Starlink Group 9-7 part of?
Starlink. About Starlink