# SpaceX Starlink Group 6-16 Launch

**URL:** <https://scanalyst.fourmilab.ch/t/spacex-starlink-group-6-16-launch/3745>\
**Category:** The Happening World\
**Tags:** starlink, space, spacex\
**Created:** [15 September 2023 15:39 UTC](https://scanalyst.fourmilab.ch/t/spacex-starlink-group-6-16-launch/3745 "2023-09-15T15:39:11Z")\
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**Post date:** [15 September 2023 15:39 UTC](https://scanalyst.fourmilab.ch/t/spacex-starlink-group-6-16-launch/3745/1 "2023-09-15T15:39:11Z")

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[![](https://scanalyst.fourmilab.ch/uploads/default/original/2X/0/0e614b2e89e6a3ad384c9ae2d9e100bfaf5320bb.jpeg "SpaceX Falcon 9 Launches Starlink 6-16 Mission") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dZtcZ924kOQ)

**SpaceX has pulled all of their live streams from YouTube and announced that future live streams will be broadcast only on 𝕏. The live stream announcement now reads:**

> A live webcast of this mission will begin on X `@SpaceX` about five minutes prior to liftoff.

The live stream above is provided by the _NASASpaceflight_ YouTube channel, which has connection with the U.S. space agency.

SpaceX plans to launch 22 Starlink V2 mini satellites into the Generation 2 Group 6 shell on 2023-09-16 at 03:38 UTC. The launch will be from Space Launch Complex 40 at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station in Florida. The first stage booster, B1076, will be making its seventh flight, after a turnaround time of 46 days since its last mission. The operational orbit will be 530 km circular at 43°.

[Weather is forecast](https://www.patrick.spaceforce.mil/Portals/14/Weather/Falcon%209%20Starlink%206-16%20L-1%20Forecast%20-%2014%20Sep%20Launch.pdf?ver=GMCF2Tx4eBeXP6rs06cZqw%3d%3d) [PDF] as 65% favourable for launch. SpaceX continues to use its [flexible launch window](https://scanalyst.fourmilab.ch/t/spacex-starlink-group-6-9-launch/3584/3)schedule for this mission.

> If needed, an additional opportunity is available at 12:07 a.m. (04:07 UTC) on Saturday, September 16. Two backup opportunities are also currently available on Saturday, September 16 at 11:13 p.m. ET (03:13 UTC) and 11:38 p.m. ET (03:38 UTC).

Here is a [pre-flight preview](https://everydayastronaut.com/starlink-group-6-16-falcon-9-block-5/)from _Everyday Astronaut_.