Falcon 9 Block 5 | Starlink Group 8-2

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May 10, 2024, 3:20 a.m. - May 10, 2024, 5:18 a.m.

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SpaceX - Falcon 9 - Starlink Group 8-2 - SLC-4E - Vandenberg Space Force Base - May 10, 2024

SpaceX targets Thursday, May 9, for a Falcon 9 launch of 20 Starlink satellites, including 13 with Direct Cell capabilities, to low-Earth orbit from Space La...

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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.

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Overview

Destination: Low Earth Orbit
Mission: Communications

Low Earth Orbit Space Launch Complex 4E Vandenberg SFB, CA, USA
B1082 - Of Course I Still Love You

A batch of 20 satellites for the Starlink mega-constellation - SpaceX's project for space-based Internet communication system.

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Cosmic_Penguin • May 10, 2024, 5:40 a.m.

Launch success.

Link https://twitter.com/spacex/status/1788806226845073804
Cosmic_Penguin • May 10, 2024, 4:30 a.m.

Liftoff.

Link https://twitter.com/i/broadcasts/1LyxBnANDLoxN
LL2 • May 10, 2024, 4:20 a.m.

Unofficial Webcast by SPACE AFFAIRS has started

Link https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sOR7QFns_n0
Cosmic_Penguin • May 10, 2024, 2:49 a.m.

New T-0.

Link https://www.spacex.com/launches/mission/?missionId=sl-8-2
Cosmic_Penguin • May 9, 2024, 3:59 a.m.

Scrubbed for the day.

Link https://twitter.com/SpaceX/status/1788417702316634399
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Falcon 9

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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
    ―
  • Sun-Synchronous Capacity
    ―

Booster Info

B1082

Status: Active

Type: Core
Flight Proven: Yes
First Flight: January 3, 2024
Last Flight: December 13, 2024
Flights: 9
Landings Attempted: 9
Landings Successful: 9
Previous B1082 Flights

Landing Information

The Falcon 9 first stage B1082 has landed on ASDS OCISLY after its 4th flight.

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

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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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