Falcon 9 Block 5 | Starlink Group 6-42

Status

Success

Starlink Group 6-42

Launch Time
Sun Mar 24, 2024 03:09 UTC

Fastest turnaround of LC-39A to date at 8 days and around 3 hours, beating its previous record by about 16 hours.

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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 #19

38 day turnaround

303rd Falcon recovery attempt

290th successful Falcon recovery

32nd consecutive successful Falcon recovery

213th consecutive successful Falcon landing

Manifest

Mission Details

Starlink Group 6-42

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

LC-39A, Kennedy Space Center, Florida, USA

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Stats

2024

57th orbital launch attempt

SpaceX

331st mission

29th mission of 2024

323rd successful mission

41st consecutive successful mission

Falcon 9

314th mission

28th mission of 2024

311th successful mission

285th consecutive successful mission