Falcon 9 Block 5 | Starlink Group 6-56

Status

Success

Starlink Group 6-56

Launch Time
Wed May 08, 2024 18:42 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

B1083

Flight #3

29 day turnaround

316th Falcon recovery attempt

303rd successful Falcon recovery

50th consecutive successful Falcon recovery

231st consecutive successful Falcon landing

Manifest

Mission Details

Starlink Group 6-56

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

LC-39A, Kennedy Space Center, Florida, USA

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Stats

2024

87th orbital launch attempt

SpaceX

347th mission

47th mission of 2024

341st successful mission

313th consecutive successful mission

Falcon 9

333rd mission

47th mission of 2024

330th successful mission

304th consecutive successful mission