Falcon 9 Block 5 | Starlink Group 2-8

Status

Success

Starlink Group 2-8

Launch Time
Fri Mar 17, 2023 19:26 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

Of Course I Still Love You

B1071

Flight #8

45 day turnaround

195th Falcon recovery attempt

183rd successful Falcon recovery

105th consecutive successful Falcon landing and recovery

Manifest

Mission Details

Starlink Group 2-8

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

Payloads: 52

Low Earth Orbit

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Location

SLC-4E, Vandenberg SFB, California, USA

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Stats

2023

41st orbital launch attempt

SpaceX

222nd mission

18th mission of 2023

216th successful mission

188th consecutive successful mission

Falcon 9

212th mission

17th mission of 2023

209th successful mission

183rd consecutive successful mission