Falcon 9 Block 5 | Starlink Group 6-8

Status

Success

Starlink Group 6-8

Launch Time
Mon Aug 07, 2023 02:41 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

A Shortfall of Gravitas

B1078

Flight #4

64 day turnaround

230th Falcon recovery attempt

218th successful Falcon recovery

140th consecutive successful Falcon landing and recovery

Manifest

Mission Details

Starlink Group 6-8

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

119th orbital launch attempt

SpaceX

257th mission

53rd mission of 2023

251st successful mission

223rd consecutive successful mission

Falcon 9

245th mission

50th mission of 2023

242nd successful mission

216th consecutive successful mission