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A batch of 29 satellites for the Starlink mega-constellation - SpaceX's project for space-based Internet communication system.
Launch heading 50° · NE from Starlink 10-47.
Pre-launch TLEs from Dillon's Space Page. Estimated before flight — the real orbit is confirmed post-launch.
Limiting rule: No flight through cumulus cloud with top at or above the freezing level.
max cloud-top 5784 m above freezing 4544 m (90% cover in 10 nmi) · no GLM flashes within 25 nmi / 30 min, likely cirrus / stratiform ice rather than cumulus · max-top 5784 m, mean 4843 m, 90% cover, freezing 4544 m · METAR reports DISTANT lightning (beyond 10 SM, outside the LCC radius): "KCOF 270655Z AUTO 15004KT 10SM -DZ OVC150 26/23 A2996 RMK AO2 LTG DSNT SW-W RAE1"
Falcon 9 Block 5 booster first used for the Crew-6 mission.