SpaceXFalcon 9 Block 5Space Launch Complex 4E, Vandenberg SFB, CA, USA
Starlink Group 9-8
Launched
September 25, 2024 · 04:01 UTC
Image: SpaceX
Summary
Starlink Group 9-8 launched on a SpaceX Falcon 9 Block 5 from Space Launch Complex 4E, Vandenberg SFB, CA, USA on September 25, 2024 at 04:01 UTC. The launch window ran from 03:59 to 04:05 UTC. It was SpaceX's 406th launch, 95th this year and humanity's 6,768th orbital launch attempt. It was the 321st Falcon 9 Block 5 flight and the 92nd this year. Booster B1081 flew for the 10th time and landed at Of Course I Still Love You. The payload was bound for low Earth orbit (LEO). The tracked orbit of Starlink 11300, one of 20 catalogued objects, from October 2, 2024, was 327 × 327 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 10 · Autonomous Spaceport Drone Ship at Of Course I Still Love You · landed209/217 landed here · 24 days after its previous flight, Starlink Group 9-5 · 627 km downrange
- Mission
- Communications · Low Earth Orbit (LEO)for SpX
- Milestone
- 321st Falcon 9 Block 5 flight · 92nd this yearSpaceX's 406th launch95th this yearhumanity's 6,768th orbital launch attempt179th orbital launch attempt this year
Flight preview
Orbit: as tracked
Starlink 11300 · NORAD 61243 · 2024-175 · Space-Track · tracking 1 of 20 objects
Show the numbers for orbit elements
- Object
- TBA - TO BE ASSIGNED
- Object ID
- 2024-175A
- Epoch
- 2024-10-02 16:00:00 UTC
- Mean motion
- 15.83762114 rev/day
- Eccentricity
- 0.0000572
- Inclination
- 53.1673°
- Ascending node
- 116.7625°
- Arg. of perigee
- 69.0292°
- Mean anomaly
- 166.9989°
- Element set
- 999
- Rev at epoch
- 224
- B*
- 0.00028683
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+1M7SMax-Q
- T+2M24SMECO
- T+2M28SStage 2 Separation
- T+2M34SSES-1
- T+3MFairing Separation
- T+6M2SEntry Burn Startup
- T+6M28SEntry Burn Shutdown
- T+7M51SStage 1 Landing Burn
- T+8M14SStage 1 Landing
- T+8M37SSECO-1
- T+53M13SSES-2
- T+53M14SSECO-2
- T+1H6SStarlink Deployment
Catalogued objects
20 catalogued: 20 payloads; 19 still in orbit
- Starlink 11300 · NORAD 61243 · in orbit
- Starlink 11276 · NORAD 61244 · in orbit
- Starlink 11280 · NORAD 61245 · in orbit
- Starlink 11308 · NORAD 61246 · in orbit
- Starlink 11305 · NORAD 61247 · in orbit
- Starlink 11317 · NORAD 61248 · in orbit
- Starlink 11293 · NORAD 61249 · in orbit
- Starlink 11334 · NORAD 61250 · re-entered October 6, 2025
- Starlink 11319 · NORAD 61251 · in orbit
- Starlink 11318 · NORAD 61252 · in orbit
- Starlink 11311 · NORAD 61253 · in orbit
- Starlink 11306 · NORAD 61254 · in orbit
Show 8 more payloads
- Starlink 11313 · NORAD 61255 · in orbit
- Starlink 32431 · NORAD 61256 · in orbit
- Starlink 32432 · NORAD 61257 · in orbit
- Starlink 32382 · NORAD 61258 · in orbit
- Starlink 32435 · NORAD 61259 · in orbit
- Starlink 32474 · NORAD 61260 · in orbit
- Starlink 32447 · NORAD 61261 · in orbit
- Starlink 32446 · NORAD 61262 · 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
160th launch from Space Launch Complex 4E, 32nd this year · 772nd from Vandenberg SFB, CA, USA
Local pad time at liftoff: Sep 24, 9:01 PM PDT, at night
303 launches from this pad · 919 from Vandenberg SFB, CA, USA
4 days 14 hours after the previous launch from this pad
Updates
Launch success.
Show 8 earlier updates
Liftoff.
Cosmic_Penguin · 9/25/2024 · source
Unofficial Re-stream by SPACE AFFAIRS has started
LL2 · 9/25/2024 · source
Tweaked launch window.
Cosmic_Penguin · 9/25/2024 · source
GO for launch.
Cosmic_Penguin · 9/24/2024 · source
Tweaked T-0.
Cosmic_Penguin · 9/24/2024 · source
Tweaked launch window.
Cosmic_Penguin · 9/21/2024 · source
Rescheduled for NET September 25 UTC per NOTAMs A1702/24.
Cosmic_Penguin · 9/20/2024 · source
Targeting NET September 22 per NOTAMs B0754/24 and B0755/24.
Cosmic_Penguin · 9/18/2024 · source
Questions
When did Starlink Group 9-8 launch?
Starlink Group 9-8 launched on September 25, 2024 at 04:01 UTC. The launch window ran from 03:59 to 04:05 UTC.
Where can I watch Starlink Group 9-8?
Coverage: SpaceX Starlink Group 9-8; SpaceX - Falcon 9 - Starlink 9-8 - SLC-4E - Vandenberg Space Force Base - September 24, 2024; Watch live: SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket launches 20 Starlink satellites from Vandenberg, California. Watch the replay
What rocket launched Starlink Group 9-8?
Falcon 9 Block 5, flown by SpaceX. Falcon 9 Block 5 spec sheet
Where did Starlink Group 9-8 launch from?
Space Launch Complex 4E, Vandenberg SFB, CA, USA. Liftoff was Sep 24, 9:01 PM PDT local time at the pad.
Did the booster land?
Booster B1081 flew for the 10th time and landed at Of Course I Still Love You.
What orbit did Starlink Group 9-8 reach?
The tracked orbit of Starlink 11300, one of 20 catalogued objects, from October 2, 2024, was 327 × 327 km inclined 53.2°.
How many satellites did Starlink Group 9-8 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 9-8 part of?
Starlink. About Starlink