Watch the Launch

Additional Media

SpaceX - Falcon 9 - Starlink Group 7-13 - SLC-4E - Vandenberg SFB - February 10, 2024

SpaceX will launch a Falcon 9 with 22 Starlink satellites to low-Earth orbit from Space Launch Complex 4 East (SLC-4E) at Vandenberg Space Force Base in Cali...

Watch live: SpaceX launches 22 Starlink satellites from Vandenberg SFB, California

Watch live coverage as SpaceX launches a Falcon 9 rocket with 22 second-generation Starlink internet satellites. Liftoff from pad 4E at Vandenberg Space Forc...

Livestream on X

This browser is no longer supported. Please switch to a supported browser to continue using twitter.com. You can see a list of supported browsers in our Help Center.

SpaceX

SpaceX designs, manufactures and launches advanced rockets and spacecraft. The company was founded in 2002 to revolutionize space technology, with the ultimate goal of enabling people to live on other planets.

Starlink Group 7-13

Overview

Destination: Low Earth Orbit
Mission: Communications

Low Earth Orbit Space Launch Complex 4E Vandenberg SFB, CA, USA Probability: 80%
B1071 - Of Course I Still Love You

A batch of 22 satellites for the Starlink mega-constellation - SpaceX's project for space-based Internet communication system.

Telemetry

Launch trajectory and telemetry simulations provided by Flight Club - a rocket launch simulator and orbital trajectory visualiser for all things space!

View in Flightclub

Updates

Cosmic_Penguin • Feb. 10, 2024, 2:14 a.m.

Launch success.

SwGustav • Feb. 10, 2024, 12:34 a.m.

Liftoff

LL2 • Feb. 10, 2024, 12:24 a.m.

Livestream has started

SwGustav • Feb. 10, 2024, 12:08 a.m.

Updating weather

Cosmic_Penguin • Feb. 9, 2024, 4:19 a.m.

GO for launch and tweaked T-0.

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.

See Details

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
―
Variant
Block 5
Alias
―
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
―
Sun-Synchronous Capacity
―

Booster Info

B1071

Status: Active

Type: Core
Flight Proven: Yes
First Flight: February 2, 2022
Last Flight: November 18, 2024

Flights: 20
Landings Attempted: 20
Landings Successful: 20

Previous B1071 Flights

Landing Information

The Falcon 9 first stage B1071 has successfully landed on ASDS OCISLY after its 14th flight.

Result: Successful Autonomous Spaceport Drone Ship landing at Of Course I Still Love You.

SpaceX

(SpX)

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

Agency Type:

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.

INFO WIKI