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List of SpaceX Starlink launches for July 2024

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SpaceX Starlink: rocket launches upward with glowing stream of hot gas extending from the bottom and a massive cloud of smoke billowing into the air. — On June 27, 2024, Falcon 9 launched 23 Starlink satellites into orbit from Florida. Image via SpaceX.

Upcoming SpaceX Starlink launches in July 2024

Starlink Group 8-9: July 3, 2024, 2:01 a.m. EDT
Falcon 9 Block 5 | Cape Canaveral Space Force Station, Florida | DATE/TIME MAY CHANGE

Starlink Group 9-3: July 6, 2024, 8:33 p.m. PDT
Falcon 9 Block 5 | Vandenberg Space Force Base, California | DATE/TIME MAY CHANGE

You can watch a livestream of the Starlink launches on SpaceX’s X account.

Watch this space for updates!

After launch, look for a train of lights

Following every Starlink launch, the internet buzzes with people asking:

What’s that long line of lights in the sky that looks like a train?

What you’re seeing is the Starlink satellites moving into a higher orbit. You can check to see if they will pass over your area using the Find Starlink website.

Growing numbers amid controversy

According to Wikipedia, as of early March 2024, Starlink consists of over 6,000 mass-produced small satellites in low Earth orbit that communicate with designated ground transceivers. They provide internet access to more than 2 million subscribers.

Love ’em or hate ’em, these Starlink satellites are part of SpaceX’s vision for a global internet communication satellite constellation. They deliver high-speed internet service worldwide, mainly to locations where ground-based internet is unreliable, unavailable or expensive. The private company is well-known for launching batches back-to-back, several times a month, regularly lofting up to 60 satellites at a time. And SpaceX plans to build up to perhaps as many as 30,000 eventually.

Most thought it was exciting to see the first few Starlink satellites traveling together in the night sky. But then more were launched, and then more. And astronomers began to worry.

Because Starlinks are bright, astronomers say they’re photobombing astronomical images. Therefore, they have the potential to interfere with the professional astronomical observations that have brought us our modern-day view of the cosmos. And although SpaceX has tried to address the issue, they remain far from what astronomers say is acceptable.

Bottom line: Get a list of all the SpaceX Starlink launches for July 2024 from both the West and East Coasts. Find out how to watch the livestream, and get updates, too.

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Brooke Allen is an editorial intern for EarthSky. As a team member, she assists in editing posts for publication, updating the website and social media, and completing other editorial tasks. A journalism major at the University of Texas at Austin, Brooke has a knack for words and a passion for storytelling. She joined EarthSky to delve into the world of astronomy, an interest of hers since she took her first class and fell irrevocably in love. Alongside studying the stars and cosmos, she is also learning Italian. In her free time, she loves to cook and bake, hike, visit thrift shops, and pet every dog she sees.