Falcon 9 Block 5 | Starlink Group 6-9

Status

Success

Starlink Group 6-9

Launch Time
Fri Aug 11, 2023 05:17 UTC

One of the fairing halves was flown for its 11th time, a new record.

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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

Just Read the Instructions

B1069

Flight #9

49 day turnaround

227th Falcon recovery attempt

215th successful Falcon recovery

142nd consecutive successful Falcon landing and recovery

Manifest

Mission Details

Starlink Group 6-9

SpaceX launch of a batch of Starlink v2-mini satellites for their second generation high-speed low earth orbit internet satellite constellation.

Payloads: 22

Low Earth Orbit

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Location

SLC-40, Cape Canaveral SFS, Florida, USA

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Stats

2023

125th orbital launch attempt

SpaceX

259th mission

55th mission of 2023

253rd successful mission

225th consecutive successful mission

Falcon 9

247th mission

52nd mission of 2023

244th successful mission

218th consecutive successful mission