Falcon 9 Block 5 | Starlink Group 8-8

Status

Success

Starlink Group 8-8

Launch Time
Sat Jun 08, 2024 12:58 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

Of Course I Still Love You

B1061

Flight #21

37 day turnaround

334th Falcon recovery attempt

321st successful Falcon recovery

63rd consecutive successful Falcon recovery

244th consecutive successful Falcon landing

Manifest

Mission Details

Starlink Group 8-8

SpaceX launch of a batch of Starlink v2-mini satellites for their second generation high-speed low earth orbit internet satellite constellation. Includes a mix of 13 Direct to Cell and 7 normal v2-mini satellites.

Payloads: 20

Low Earth Orbit

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Location

SLC-4E, Vandenberg SFB, California, USA

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Stats

2024

114th orbital launch attempt

SpaceX

360th mission

60th mission of 2024

354th successful mission

326th consecutive successful mission

Falcon 9

346th mission

60th mission of 2024

343rd successful mission

317th consecutive successful mission