Falcon 9 Block 5 | Starlink Group 4-23

Status

Success

Starlink Group 4-23

Launch Time
Sun Aug 28, 2022 03:41 UTC

First launch of 54 Starlink v1.5 satellites. Heaviest payload launched to date by Falcon 9 at 16.7 metric tons.

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Rocket

Falcon 9 Block 5

Image Credit: SpaceX

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

Details

Vehicles

A Shortfall of Gravitas

B1069

Flight #2

250 day turnaround

149th Falcon recovery attempt

137th successful Falcon recovery

64th consecutive successful Falcon landing and recovery

Manifest

Mission Details

Starlink Group 4-23

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

Payloads: 54

Total Mass: 16,700.0 kg

Low Earth Orbit

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Location

SLC-40, Cape Canaveral SFS, Florida, USA

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Stats

2022

108th orbital launch attempt

SpaceX

181st mission

38th mission of 2022

175th successful mission

147th consecutive successful mission

Falcon 9

173rd mission

38th mission of 2022

170th successful mission

144th consecutive successful mission