Falcon 9 Block 5 | Starlink Group 6-49

Status

Success

Starlink Group 6-49

Launch Time
Sat Apr 13, 2024 01:40 UTC

First time a Falcon booster has launched for its 20th time.

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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

B1062

Flight #20

28 day turnaround

308th Falcon recovery attempt

295th successful Falcon recovery

42nd consecutive successful Falcon recovery

223rd consecutive successful Falcon landing

Manifest

Mission Details

Starlink Group 6-49

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

SLC-40, Cape Canaveral SFS, Florida, USA

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Stats

2024

72nd orbital launch attempt

SpaceX

338th mission

38th mission of 2024

332nd successful mission

304th consecutive successful mission

Falcon 9

324th mission

38th mission of 2024

321st successful mission

295th consecutive successful mission