Falcon 9 Block 5 | Starlink Group 4-18

Status

Success

Starlink Group 4-18

Launch Time
Wed May 18, 2022 10:59 UTC

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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

A Shortfall of Gravitas

B1052

Flight #5

70 day turnaround

137th Falcon recovery attempt

125th successful Falcon recovery

47th consecutive successful Falcon landing and recovery

Manifest

Mission Details

Starlink Group 4-18

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

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Location

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

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Stats

2022

55th orbital launch attempt

SpaceX

164th mission

21st mission of 2022

158th successful mission

130th consecutive successful mission

Falcon 9

156th mission

21st mission of 2022

153rd successful mission

127th consecutive successful mission