Falcon 9 Block 5 | Starlink Group 6-72

Status

Success

Starlink Group 6-72

Launch Time
Sun Apr 06, 2025 03:07 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

Just Read the Instructions

B1078

Flight #19

22 day turnaround

445th Falcon recovery attempt

430th successful Falcon recovery

13th consecutive successful Falcon recovery

87th consecutive successful Falcon landing

Manifest

Mission Details

Starlink Group 6-72

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

Payloads: 28

Low Earth Orbit

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Location

SLC-40, Cape Canaveral SFS, Florida, USA

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Stats

2025

71st orbital launch attempt

SpaceX

473rd mission

39th mission of 2025

466th successful mission

103rd consecutive successful mission

Falcon 9

457th mission

39th mission of 2025

453rd successful mission

102nd consecutive successful mission