Launch Success
Liftoff Time (GMT)
02:09:40
Monday September 5, 2022
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SpaceX launched a batch of Starlink satellites for their high-speed low earth orbit internet constellation.
Low Earth Orbit
51 Payloads
15,800 kilograms
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.
Low Earth Orbit
1 Payload
Agency
SpaceXPrice
$69.75 million
Rocket
Diameter: 3.7m
Height: 70m
Payload to Orbit
LEO: 22,800 kg
GTO: 8,300 kg
Liftoff Thrust
7,607 Kilonewtons
Fairing
Diameter: 5.2m
Height: 13m
Stages
2
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Mission of 2022
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Mission of 2022
111th
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