Status
Success
Starlink Group 4-20 and Varuna-TDM
Launch Time
Mon Sep 05, 2022 02:09 UTC
Mon Sep 05, 2022 02:09 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
B1052
Flight #7
Just Read the Instructions
31 day turnaround
151st Falcon recovery attempt
139th successful Falcon recovery attempt
66th consecutive successful Falcon recovery
Mission Details
Starlink Group 4-20
SpaceX launched a batch of Starlink satellites for their high-speed low earth orbit internet constellation.
Payloads: 51
Total Mass: 15,800 kg
Low Earth Orbit
Varuna-TDM
Boeing’s Varuna Technology Demonstration Mission (Varuna-TDM) will test V-band communications for a proposed constellation of 147 non-geostationary broadband satellites. The satellite will be deployed from Spaceflight's Sherpa-LTC2 orbital transfer vehicle (OTV) after Sherpa-LTC2 transports its customer payload to a 1000-kilometer low Earth orbit.
Payloads: 1
Low Earth Orbit
Location
SLC-40, Cape Canaveral SFS, Florida, USA
Stats
2022
111th orbital launch attempt
SpaceX
183rd mission
40th mission of 2022
177th successful mission
149th consecutive successful mission
Falcon 9
175th mission
40th mission of 2022
172nd successful mission
146th consecutive successful mission