NEXT SPACEFLIGHT
NEXT SPACEFLIGHT

Status

Success

Starlink V1 L9 & BlackSky

Launch Time
Fri Aug 07, 2020 05:12 UTC

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

B1051

Flight #5
106 day turnaround
72nd Falcon recovery attempt
61st successful Falcon recovery
7th consecutive successful Falcon landing and recovery
Manifest

Mission Details

Starlink V1 L9

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

Payloads: 57
Total Mass: 14,820.0 kg
Low Earth Orbit
Wiki

BlackSky 5 and 6

BlackSky Global 7 and 8 are the fifth and sixth of sixty high resolution earth observation microsatellites in the BlackSky constellation. This constellation will provide real-time earth observation. the constellation is built by Blacksky, a SpaceFlight Subsidiary, and the satellites are produced by LeoStella LLC, a joint venture of Spaceflight Industries and Thales Alenia Space.

Payloads: 2
Total Mass: 112.0 kg
Low Earth Orbit
Wiki

Location

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

Wiki

Stats

2020

61st orbital launch attempt

SpaceX

99th mission
13th mission of 2020
93rd successful mission
65th consecutive successful mission

Falcon 9

91st mission
13th mission of 2020
88th successful mission
62nd consecutive successful mission