Falcon 9 Block 5 | Starlink Group 8-9

Status

Success

Starlink Group 8-9

Launch Time
Wed Jul 03, 2024 08:55 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

A Shortfall of Gravitas

B1073

Flight #16

51 day turnaround

343rd Falcon recovery attempt

330th successful Falcon recovery

72nd consecutive successful Falcon recovery

253rd consecutive successful Falcon landing

Manifest

Mission Details

Starlink Group 8-9

SpaceX launch of a batch of Starlink v2-mini satellites for their second generation high-speed low earth orbit internet satellite constellation. Includes a mix of 13 Direct to Cell and 7 normal v2-mini satellites.

Payloads: 20

Low Earth Orbit

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Location

SLC-40, Cape Canaveral SFS, Florida, USA

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Stats

2024

126th orbital launch attempt

SpaceX

372nd mission

70th mission of 2024

364th successful mission

82nd consecutive successful mission

Falcon 9

353rd mission

67th mission of 2024

350th successful mission

324th consecutive successful mission