Falcon 9 Block 5 | Starlink Group 8-5

Status

Success

Starlink Group 8-5

Launch Time
Wed Jun 05, 2024 02:16 UTC

One of the fairing halves on this mission previously supported Starlink Group 6-62 less than two weeks prior, setting a new fairing half turnaround record of 13 days.

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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

B1067

Flight #20

33 day turnaround

327th Falcon recovery attempt

314th successful Falcon recovery

61st consecutive successful Falcon recovery

242nd consecutive successful Falcon landing

Manifest

Mission Details

Starlink Group 8-5

SpaceX launch of a batch of Starlink v2-mini satellites for their second generation high-speed low earth orbit internet satellite constellation. 13 of the 20 satellites included on this mission are Direct-to-Cell equipped.

Payloads: 20

Low Earth Orbit

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Location

SLC-40, Cape Canaveral SFS, Florida, USA

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Stats

2024

109th orbital launch attempt

SpaceX

358th mission

58th mission of 2024

352nd successful mission

324th consecutive successful mission

Falcon 9

344th mission

58th mission of 2024

341st successful mission

315th consecutive successful mission