NEXT SPACEFLIGHT

Status

Success

Starlink Group 8-1

Launch Time
Sun Apr 07, 2024 02:25 UTC

Fastest droneship turnaround to date, at 4 days, 23 hours, and 55 minutes, beating the record set the previous week by around 2 hours. First droneship turnaround in under 5 days.

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

Vehicles

Of Course I Still Love You

B1081

Flight #6
33 day turnaround
304th Falcon recovery attempt
291st successful Falcon recovery
38th consecutive successful Falcon recovery
219th consecutive successful Falcon landing

Mission Details

Starlink Group 8-1

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

Payloads: 21
Low Earth Orbit

Location

SLC-4E, Vandenberg SFB, California, USA

Stats

2024

66th orbital launch attempt

SpaceX

334th mission
34th mission of 2024
328th successful mission
300th consecutive successful mission

Falcon 9

320th mission
34th mission of 2024
317th successful mission
291st consecutive successful mission