Falcon 9 Block 5 | Starlink Group 9-3

Status

Failure

Starlink Group 9-3

Launch Time
Fri Jul 12, 2024 02:35 UTC

The Falcon 9 second-stage engine failed to complete its second ignition due to a liquid oxygen leak, causing the planned orbit to be missed and the deployment of the Starlink satellites in an unusable orbit.

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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

B1063

Flight #19

58 day turnaround

340th Falcon recovery attempt

327th successful Falcon recovery

74th consecutive successful Falcon recovery

255th consecutive successful Falcon landing

Manifest

Mission Details

Starlink Group 9-3

SpaceX launch of a batch of Starlink v2-mini satellites for their second generation high-speed low earth orbit internet satellite constellation. Mission includes 13 Direct-to-Cell satellites and 7 V2-mini satellites.

Payloads: 20

Low Earth Orbit

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Location

SLC-4E, Vandenberg SFB, California, USA

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Stats

2024

132nd orbital launch attempt

SpaceX

370th mission

70th mission of 2024

6th failed mission

Falcon 9

355th mission

69th mission of 2024

3rd failed mission