Falcon 9 Block 5 | Starlink Group 7-9

Status

Success

Starlink Group 7-9

Launch Time
Wed Jan 03, 2024 03:44 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

B1082

Flight #1

271st Falcon recovery attempt

258th successful Falcon recovery

5th consecutive successful Falcon recovery

186th consecutive successful Falcon landing

Manifest

Mission Details

Starlink Group 7-9

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

This launch will also include a batch of 6 Starlink satellites with direct-to-cell connectivity.

Payloads: 21

Low Earth Orbit

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Location

SLC-4E, Vandenberg SFB, California, USA

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Stats

2024

2nd orbital launch attempt

SpaceX

301st mission

1st mission of 2024

295th successful mission

267th consecutive successful mission

Falcon 9

287th mission

1st mission of 2024

284th successful mission

258th consecutive successful mission