Falcon 9 Block 5 | Starlink Group 7-16, USA 350, and USA 351

Status

Success

Starlink Group 7-16, USA 350, and USA 351

Launch Time
Tue Mar 19, 2024 02:28 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

B1075

Flight #10

50 day turnaround

296th Falcon recovery attempt

283rd successful Falcon recovery

30th consecutive successful Falcon recovery

211th consecutive successful Falcon landing

Manifest

Mission Details

Starlink Group 7-16

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

Payloads: 20

Low Earth Orbit

Wiki

USA 350 and USA 351

SpaceX launched two classified payloads on this mission identified as USA 350 and USA 351 by the US government. It is believed these two satellites are based off the company's Starshield satellite bus derived from the Starlink satellite bus.

Payloads: 2

Low Earth Orbit

Location

SLC-4E, Vandenberg SFB, California, USA

Wiki

Stats

2024

51st orbital launch attempt

SpaceX

326th mission

26th mission of 2024

320th successful mission

292nd consecutive successful mission

Falcon 9

312th mission

26th mission of 2024

309th successful mission

283rd consecutive successful mission