Falcon 9 Block 5 | Starlink V0.9

Status

Success

Starlink V0.9

Launch Time
Fri May 24, 2019 02:30 UTC

First dedicated Starlink mission and the heaviest payload mass launched to date by SpaceX.

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Rocket

Falcon 9 Block 5

Image Credit: SpaceX

SpaceX

Status: Active

Price: $69.75 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

Of Course I Still Love You

B1049

Flight #3

132 day turnaround

47th Falcon recovery attempt

39th successful Falcon recovery

2nd consecutive successful Falcon recovery

8th consecutive successful Falcon landing

Manifest

Mission Details

Starlink v0.9

SpaceX launched 60 Starlink satellites for their high-speed low earth orbit internet constellation.

Payloads: 60

Total Mass: 13,620.0 kg

Low Earth Orbit

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Location

SLC-40, Cape Canaveral SFS, Florida, USA

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Stats

2019

33rd orbital launch attempt

SpaceX

79th mission

6th mission of 2019

73rd successful mission

45th consecutive successful mission

Falcon 9

72nd mission

5th mission of 2019

69th successful mission

43rd consecutive successful mission