Status
Success
Starlink V1 L8 & SkySat 16 to 18
Launch Time
Sat Jun 13, 2020 09:21 UTC
Sat Jun 13, 2020 09:21 UTC
Rocket
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
Vehicles
B1059
Flight #3
Of Course I Still Love You
98 day turnaround
64th Falcon recovery attempt
53rd successful Falcon recovery attempt
4th consecutive successful Falcon recovery
Mission Details
Starlink V1 L8
SpaceX launched a batch of Starlink satellites for their high-speed low earth orbit internet constellation.
Payloads: 58
Total Mass: 15,080 kg
Low Earth Orbit
SkySat 16 to 18
SkySat are commercial Earth observation satellites by Skybox Imaging, licensed to collect high resolution panchromatic and multispectral images of the earth. The satellites operate in a polar inclined, circular orbit at approximately 450 km above the earth.
Payloads: 3
Total Mass: 360 kg
Low Earth Orbit
Location
SLC-40, Cape Canaveral SFS, Florida, USA
Stats
2020
42nd orbital launch attempt
SpaceX
96th mission
10th mission of 2020
90th successful mission
62nd consecutive successful mission
Falcon 9
88th mission
10th mission of 2020
85th successful mission
59th consecutive successful mission