Falcon 9 Block 5 | Starlink Group 6-53

Status

Success

Starlink Group 6-53

Launch Time
Tue Apr 23, 2024 22:17 UTC

300th successful landing of a Falcon 9/Heavy booster since December 2015. Fastest turnaround of droneship JRTI to date, at 6 days and around 1 hour, beating its previous record by about 18 hours.

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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

B1078

Flight #9

29 day turnaround

316th Falcon recovery attempt

303rd successful Falcon recovery

45th consecutive successful Falcon recovery

226th consecutive successful Falcon landing

Manifest

Mission Details

Starlink Group 6-53

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

77th orbital launch attempt

SpaceX

341st mission

41st mission of 2024

335th successful mission

307th consecutive successful mission

Falcon 9

327th mission

41st mission of 2024

324th successful mission

298th consecutive successful mission