Falcon 9 Block 5 | Starlink Group 6-68

Status

Success

Starlink Group 6-68

Launch Time
Thu Nov 14, 2024 13:21 UTC

SpaceX's fastest pad turnaround to date at 2 days, 15 hours, and 53 minutes, beating the previous record by around 4 hours.

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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

Just Read the Instructions

B1076

Flight #18

27 day turnaround

385th Falcon recovery attempt

371st successful Falcon recovery

27th consecutive successful Falcon landing and recovery

Manifest

Mission Details

Starlink Group 6-68

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

Payloads: 24

Low Earth Orbit

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Location

SLC-40, Cape Canaveral SFS, Florida, USA

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Stats

2024

213th orbital launch attempt

SpaceX

412th mission

112th mission of 2024

405th successful mission

42nd consecutive successful mission

Falcon 9

396th mission

110th mission of 2024

392nd successful mission

41st consecutive successful mission