Falcon 9 Block 5 | Starlink V1 L16

Status

Success

Starlink V1 L16

Launch Time
Wed Jan 20, 2021 13:02 UTC

First Falcon 9 to fly for an 8th time, and fastest turnaround to date at 38 days.

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Rocket

Falcon 9 Block 5

Image Credit: SpaceX

SpaceX

Status: Active

Price: $67.0 million

Liftoff Thrust: 7,607 kN

Payload to LEO: 22,800 kg

Payload to GTO: 8,300 kg

Stages: 2

Strap-ons: 0

Rocket Height: 70.0 m

Fairing Diameter: 5.2 m

Fairing Height: 13.0 m

Details

Vehicles

Just Read the Instructions

B1051

Flight #8

38 day turnaround

82nd Falcon recovery attempt

71st successful Falcon recovery

22nd consecutive successful Falcon landing and recovery

Manifest

Mission Details

Starlink V1 L16

SpaceX launched a batch of Starlink satellites for their high-speed low earth orbit internet constellation.

Payloads: 60

Total Mass: 15,600.0 kg

Low Earth Orbit

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Location

LC-39A, Kennedy Space Center, Florida, USA

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Stats

2021

5th orbital launch attempt

SpaceX

114th mission

2nd mission of 2021

108th successful mission

80th consecutive successful mission

Falcon 9

106th mission

2nd mission of 2021

103rd successful mission

77th consecutive successful mission