Falcon 9 Block 5 | Starlink Group 8-7

Status

Success

Starlink Group 8-7

Launch Time
Tue May 14, 2024 18:39 UTC

Fastest turnaround of droneship OCISLY to date, at 4 days and around 14 hours, beating its previous record by about 10 hours.

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Rocket

Falcon 9 Block 5

Image Credit: SpaceX

SpaceX

Status: Active

Price: $67.0 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 #18

65 day turnaround

319th Falcon recovery attempt

306th successful Falcon recovery

53rd consecutive successful Falcon recovery

234th consecutive successful Falcon landing

Manifest

Mission Details

Starlink Group 8-7

SpaceX launch of a batch of Starlink v2-mini satellites for their second generation high-speed low earth orbit internet satellite constellation.

Payloads: 20

Low Earth Orbit

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Location

SLC-4E, Vandenberg SFB, California, USA

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Stats

2024

92nd orbital launch attempt

SpaceX

350th mission

50th mission of 2024

344th successful mission

316th consecutive successful mission

Falcon 9

336th mission

50th mission of 2024

333rd successful mission

307th consecutive successful mission