Starlink Group 4-20 and Varuna-TDM

Launch Success

Liftoff Time (GMT)

02:09:40

Monday September 5, 2022

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Starlink Group 4-20

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

Low Earth Orbit

51 Payloads

15,800 kilograms

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.

Low Earth Orbit

1 Payload

Rocket

Active
Falcon 9 Block 5

Active Since 2018

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Agency

SpaceX

Price

$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

Launch Site

SLC-40

Cape Canaveral SFS, Florida, USA

Fastest Turnaround

2 days 8 hours

Stats

Falcon 9


175th

Mission

40th

Mission of 2022

SpaceX


183rd

Mission

40th

Mission of 2022

2022


111th

Orbital launch attempt