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Starlink Mission

SpaceX is targeting Sunday, February 12 at 12:10 a.m. ET (5:10 UTC) for a Falcon 9 launch of 55 satellites to low-Earth orbit from Space Launch Complex 40 (S...

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Starlink Group 5-4

Overview

Destination: Low Earth Orbit
Mission: Communications

Low Earth Orbit Space Launch Complex 40 Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA Probability: 20%
B1062 - A Shortfall of Gravitas

A batch of 55 satellites for the Starlink mega-constellation - SpaceX's project for space-based Internet communication.

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Updates

Cosmic_Penguin • Feb. 12, 2023, 6:16 a.m.

Launch success

Cosmic_Penguin • Feb. 12, 2023, 5:10 a.m.

Liftoff

Cosmic_Penguin • Feb. 12, 2023, 5:01 a.m.

Webcast started

Nosu • Feb. 10, 2023, 11:36 p.m.

Setting GO

Nosu • Feb. 10, 2023, 3:03 p.m.

Weather 20%

Falcon 9

Family:
Configuration: Block 5

Falcon 9 is a two-stage rocket designed and manufactured by SpaceX for the reliable and safe transport of satellites and the Dragon spacecraft into orbit. The Block 5 variant is the fifth major interval aimed at improving upon the ability for rapid reusability.

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Specifications

Minimum Stage
1
Max Stage
2
Length
70.0 m
Diameter
3.65 m
Fairing Diameter
5.2 m
Launch Mass
549.0 T
Thrust
7607.0 kN

Family

Name
Falcon 9
Family
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Variant
Block 5
Alias
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Full Name
Falcon 9 Block 5

Payload Capacity

Launch Cost
$52000000
Low Earth Orbit
22800.0 kg
Geostationary Transfer Orbit
8300.0 kg
Direct Geostationary
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Sun-Synchronous Capacity
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Booster Info

B1062

Status: Destroyed

Type: Core
Flight Proven: Yes
First Flight: November 5, 2020
Last Flight: August 28, 2024

Flights: 23
Landings Attempted: 23
Landings Successful: 22

Previous B1062 Flights

Landing Information

B1062 has successfully landed on ASDS ASOG after its twelfth flight.

Result: Successful Autonomous Spaceport Drone Ship landing at A Shortfall of Gravitas.

SpaceX

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CEO: Elon Musk Founded: 2002 Successes: 422 Failures: 12 Pending: 116

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Space Exploration Technologies Corp., known as SpaceX, is an American aerospace manufacturer and space transport services company headquartered in Hawthorne, California. It was founded in 2002 by entrepreneur Elon Musk with the goal of reducing space transportation costs and enabling the colonization of Mars. SpaceX operates from many pads, on the East Coast of the US they operate from SLC-40 at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station and historic LC-39A at Kennedy Space Center. They also operate from SLC-4E at Vandenberg Space Force Base, California, usually for polar launches. Another launch site is being developed at Boca Chica, Texas.

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