NEXT SPACEFLIGHT

Status

Success

Starlink Group 4-16

Launch Time
Fri Apr 29, 2022 21:27 UTC

Fastest Falcon 9 booster turnaround to date at 21 days and 6 hours, beating the 27 days and 4 hours record previously held by B1060. Additionally, this is the fastest droneship turnaround to date at 8 days and 3 hours, beating the previous record by about 3 hours, and was the first time JRTI held the droneship turnaround record.

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

Vehicles

Just Read the Instructions

B1062

Flight #6
21 day turnaround
133rd Falcon recovery attempt
121st successful Falcon recovery
43rd consecutive successful Falcon landing and recovery

Mission Details

Starlink Group 4-16

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

Payloads: 53
Total Mass: 16,400.0 kg
Low Earth Orbit

Location

SLC-40, Cape Canaveral SFS, Florida, USA

Stats

2022

46th orbital launch attempt

SpaceX

160th mission
17th mission of 2022
154th successful mission
126th consecutive successful mission

Falcon 9

152nd mission
17th mission of 2022
149th successful mission
123rd consecutive successful mission