Falcon 9 Block 5 | Starlink Group 6-59

Status

Success

Starlink Group 6-59

Launch Time
Sat May 18, 2024 00:32 UTC

First time a Falcon booster launched for its 21st 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 #21

35 day turnaround

320th Falcon recovery attempt

307th successful Falcon recovery

54th consecutive successful Falcon recovery

235th consecutive successful Falcon landing

Manifest

Mission Details

Starlink Group 6-59

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

94th orbital launch attempt

SpaceX

351st mission

51st mission of 2024

345th successful mission

317th consecutive successful mission

Falcon 9

337th mission

51st mission of 2024

334th successful mission

308th consecutive successful mission