Falcon 9 Block 5 | Starlink Group 12-5

Status

Success

Starlink Group 12-5

Launch Time
Sun Dec 08, 2024 05:12 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

A Shortfall of Gravitas

B1086

Flight #2

165 day turnaround

398th Falcon recovery attempt

384th successful Falcon recovery

40th consecutive successful Falcon landing and recovery

Manifest

Mission Details

Starlink Group 12-5

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 10 normal v2-mini satellites.

Payloads: 23

Low Earth Orbit

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Location

SLC-40, Cape Canaveral SFS, Florida, USA

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Stats

2024

240th orbital launch attempt

SpaceX

425th mission

125th mission of 2024

418th successful mission

55th consecutive successful mission

Falcon 9

409th mission

123rd mission of 2024

405th successful mission

54th consecutive successful mission