Falcon 9 Block 5 | Starlink Group 6-36

Status

Success

Starlink Group 6-36

Launch Time
Fri Dec 29, 2023 04:01 UTC

Launched 2 hours and 54 minutes after Falcon Heavy's launch of USSF-52 from SpaceX's neighboring LC-39A launch pad, marking SpaceX's shortest period between two launches as of liftoff, and passing the previous record by about an hour.

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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

B1069

Flight #12

41 day turnaround

275th Falcon recovery attempt

262nd successful Falcon recovery

4th consecutive successful Falcon recovery

185th consecutive successful Falcon landing

Manifest

Mission Details

Starlink Group 6-36

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

Payloads: 23

Low Earth Orbit

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Location

SLC-40, Cape Canaveral SFS, Florida, USA

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Stats

2023

220th orbital launch attempt

SpaceX

300th mission

96th mission of 2023

294th successful mission

266th consecutive successful mission

Falcon 9

286th mission

91st mission of 2023

283rd successful mission

257th consecutive successful mission