Falcon 9 Block 5 | Starlink Group 6-17

Status

Success

Starlink Group 6-17

Launch Time
Wed Sep 20, 2023 03:38 UTC

First time a Falcon 9 booster launched for its 17th time.

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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

B1058

Flight #17

72 day turnaround

243rd Falcon recovery attempt

231st successful Falcon recovery

153rd consecutive successful Falcon landing and recovery

Manifest

Mission Details

Starlink Group 6-17

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

154th orbital launch attempt

SpaceX

270th mission

66th mission of 2023

264th successful mission

236th consecutive successful mission

Falcon 9

258th mission

63rd mission of 2023

255th successful mission

229th consecutive successful mission