Falcon 9 Block 5 | Starlink Group 6-18

Status

Success

Starlink Group 6-18

Launch Time
Sun Sep 24, 2023 03:38 UTC

This mission marked the 200th re-flight of a Falcon 9/Heavy booster.

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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

Just Read the Instructions

B1060

Flight #17

70 day turnaround

239th Falcon recovery attempt

227th successful Falcon recovery

154th consecutive successful Falcon landing and recovery

Manifest

Mission Details

Starlink Group 6-18

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

156th orbital launch attempt

SpaceX

271st mission

67th mission of 2023

265th successful mission

237th consecutive successful mission

Falcon 9

259th mission

64th mission of 2023

256th successful mission

230th consecutive successful mission