Falcon 9 Block 5 | Starlink Group 12-2

Status

Success

Starlink Group 12-2

Launch Time
Mon Dec 23, 2024 05:35 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

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B1080

Flight #14

28 day turnaround

404th Falcon recovery attempt

390th successful Falcon recovery

46th consecutive successful Falcon landing and recovery

Manifest

Mission Details

Starlink Group 12-2

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 8 normal v2-mini satellites.

Payloads: 21

Low Earth Orbit

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Location

LC-39A, Kennedy Space Center, Florida, USA

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Stats

2024

253rd orbital launch attempt

SpaceX

431st mission

131st mission of 2024

424th successful mission

61st consecutive successful mission

Falcon 9

415th mission

129th mission of 2024

411th successful mission

60th consecutive successful mission