Falcon 9 Block 5 | Starlink Group 9-8

Status

Success

Starlink Group 9-8

Launch Time
Wed Sep 25, 2024 04:01 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

B1081

Flight #10

25 day turnaround

368th Falcon recovery attempt

354th successful Falcon recovery

10th consecutive successful Falcon landing and recovery

Manifest

Mission Details

Starlink Group 9-8

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

Payloads: 20

Low Earth Orbit

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Location

SLC-4E, Vandenberg SFB, California, USA

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Stats

2024

178th orbital launch attempt

SpaceX

393rd mission

93rd mission of 2024

386th successful mission

23rd consecutive successful mission

Falcon 9

378th mission

92nd mission of 2024

374th successful mission

23rd consecutive successful mission