SpaceXFalcon 9 Block 5Space Launch Complex 4E, Vandenberg SFB, CA, USA
Starlink Group 9-9
Launched
October 30, 2024 · 12:07 UTC
Image: SpaceX
Summary
Starlink Group 9-9 launched on a SpaceX Falcon 9 Block 5 from Space Launch Complex 4E, Vandenberg SFB, CA, USA on October 30, 2024 at 12:07 UTC. The launch window ran from 11:07 to 12:09 UTC. It was SpaceX's 418th launch, 107th this year and humanity's 6,788th orbital launch attempt. It was the 331st Falcon 9 Block 5 flight and the 102nd this year. Booster B1075 flew for the 14th time and landed at Of Course I Still Love You. The payload was bound for low Earth orbit (LEO). Starlink 11335, one of 20 catalogued objects, reached a 339 × 374 km orbit 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 14 · Autonomous Spaceport Drone Ship at Of Course I Still Love You · landed209/217 landed here · 39 days after its previous flight, Starlink Group 9-17 · 574 km downrange
- Mission
- Communications · Low Earth Orbit (LEO)for SpX
- Milestone
- 331st Falcon 9 Block 5 flight · 102nd this yearSpaceX's 418th launch107th this yearhumanity's 6,788th orbital launch attempt199th orbital launch attempt this year
Flight preview
Simulate in Flight ClubOrbit: as tracked
Starlink 11335 · NORAD 61687 · 2024-195 · Space-Track · tracking 1 of 20 objects
Show the numbers for orbit elements
- Object
- STARLINK-11335
- Object ID
- 2024-195A
- Epoch
- 2024-10-31 03:04:42 UTC
- Mean motion
- 15.73460169 rev/day
- Eccentricity
- 0.0025793
- Inclination
- 53.2078°
- Ascending node
- 307.5543°
- Arg. of perigee
- 43.478°
- Mean anomaly
- 292.2489°
- Element set
- 999
- Rev at epoch
- 130
- B*
- 0.0046475
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+2M25SMECO
- T+2M28SStage 2 Separation
- T+2M35SSES-1
- T+3M1SFairing Separation
- T+6M1SEntry Burn Startup
- T+6M26SEntry Burn Shutdown
- T+7M46SStage 1 Landing Burn
- T+8M10SStage 1 Landing
- T+8M36SSECO-1
- T+53M47SSES-2
- T+53M48SSECO-2
- T+1H40SStarlink Deployment
Catalogued objects
20 catalogued: 20 payloads; 18 still in orbit
- Starlink 11335 · NORAD 61687 · in orbit
- Starlink 11344 · NORAD 61688 · in orbit
- Starlink 11312 · NORAD 61689 · in orbit
- Starlink 11340 · NORAD 61690 · in orbit
- Starlink 11339 · NORAD 61691 · in orbit
- Starlink 11315 · NORAD 61692 · in orbit
- Starlink 11366 · NORAD 61693 · in orbit
- Starlink 11348 · NORAD 61694 · in orbit
- Starlink 11327 · NORAD 61695 · in orbit
- Starlink 11341 · NORAD 61696 · in orbit
- Starlink 11346 · NORAD 61697 · in orbit
- Starlink 11336 · NORAD 61698 · re-entered December 11, 2025
Show 8 more payloads
- Starlink 11296 · NORAD 61699 · in orbit
- Starlink 32349 · NORAD 61700 · in orbit
- Starlink 32461 · NORAD 61701 · in orbit
- Starlink 32299 · NORAD 61702 · in orbit
- Starlink 32335 · NORAD 61703 · re-entered May 23, 2026
- Starlink 32387 · NORAD 61704 · in orbit
- Starlink 32515 · NORAD 61705 · in orbit
- Starlink 32533 · NORAD 61706 · 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
164th launch from Space Launch Complex 4E, 36th this year · 776th from Vandenberg SFB, CA, USA
Local pad time at liftoff: Oct 30, 5:07 AM PDT, at night
303 launches from this pad · 919 from Vandenberg SFB, CA, USA
5 days 18 hours after the previous launch from this pad
Updates
Launch success.
Show 8 earlier updates
Liftoff.
Cosmic_Penguin · 10/30/2024 · source
Unofficial Webcast by SPACE AFFAIRS has started
LL2 · 10/30/2024 · source
New T-0.
Cosmic_Penguin · 10/30/2024 · source
Launch time is accurate to the second.
Cosmic_Penguin · 10/30/2024 · source
Delayed to October 30.
Cosmic_Penguin · 10/29/2024 · source
Updating T-0 and setting GO
Nosu · 10/28/2024 · source
Tweaked launch window.
Cosmic_Penguin · 10/25/2024 · source
Targeting NET October 29 per NOTAMs B0874/24 and B0875/24.
Cosmic_Penguin · 10/23/2024 · source
Questions
When did Starlink Group 9-9 launch?
Starlink Group 9-9 launched on October 30, 2024 at 12:07 UTC. The launch window ran from 11:07 to 12:09 UTC.
Where can I watch Starlink Group 9-9?
Coverage: SpaceX Starlink Group 9-9; SpaceX - Falcon 9 - Starlink 9-9 - SLC-4E - Vandenberg Space Force Base - October 30, 2024; Watch live: SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket launches 20 Starlink satellites from Vandenberg, California. Watch the replay
What rocket launched Starlink Group 9-9?
Falcon 9 Block 5, flown by SpaceX. Falcon 9 Block 5 spec sheet
Where did Starlink Group 9-9 launch from?
Space Launch Complex 4E, Vandenberg SFB, CA, USA. Liftoff was Oct 30, 5:07 AM PDT local time at the pad.
Did the booster land?
Booster B1075 flew for the 14th time and landed at Of Course I Still Love You.
What orbit did Starlink Group 9-9 reach?
Starlink 11335, one of 20 catalogued objects, reached a 339 × 374 km orbit inclined 53.2°.
How many satellites did Starlink Group 9-9 launch?
20 payloads from this launch are catalogued, 18 of them still in orbit (Data from J. McDowell, planet4589.org).
Which program is Starlink Group 9-9 part of?
Starlink. About Starlink