Falcon 9 Block 5 | Starlink V1 L18

Status

Success

Starlink V1 L18

Launch Time
Thu Feb 04, 2021 06:19 UTC

SpaceX unexpectedly changed the booster assignment from B1059 to B1060, making this the fastest turnaround to date, at 27 days, and the first time a Falcon 9 flew twice within a month.

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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

B1060

Flight #5

27 day turnaround

89th Falcon recovery attempt

78th successful Falcon recovery

24th consecutive successful Falcon landing and recovery

Manifest

Mission Details

Starlink V1 L18

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

SLC-40, Cape Canaveral SFS, Florida, USA

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Stats

2021

10th orbital launch attempt

SpaceX

116th mission

4th mission of 2021

110th successful mission

82nd consecutive successful mission

Falcon 9

108th mission

4th mission of 2021

105th successful mission

79th consecutive successful mission