Falcon 9 Block 5 | Starlink Group 12-9

Status

Success

Starlink Group 12-9

Launch Time
Sat Feb 8, 2025 19:18 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

B1078

Flight #17

40 day turnaround

423rd Falcon recovery attempt

409th successful Falcon recovery

65th consecutive successful Falcon landing and recovery

Manifest

Mission Details

Starlink Group 12-9

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

SLC-40, Cape Canaveral SFS, Florida, USA

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Stats

2025

27th orbital launch attempt

SpaceX

451st mission

17th mission of 2025

444th successful mission

81st consecutive successful mission

Falcon 9

435th mission

17th mission of 2025

431st successful mission

80th consecutive successful mission