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Falcon 9 - B1078

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Falcon 9 Block 5 booster first used for the Crew-6 mission.

Previous Flights

B1078 flew on nine previous launch(es).

Falcon 9 Block 5 | Starlink Group 6-53

SpaceX | United States of America
Cape Canaveral, FL, USA
April 23, 2024, 10:17 p.m.

Status: Launch Successful

Mission:

A batch of 23 satellites for the Starlink mega-constellation - SpaceX's project for space-based Internet communication system.

Low Earth Orbit B1078 - Flight Proven ( ) Just Read the Instructions

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Falcon 9 Block 5 | Starlink Group 6-46

SpaceX | United States of America
Cape Canaveral, FL, USA
March 25, 2024, 11:42 p.m.

Status: Launch Successful

Mission:

A batch of 23 satellites for the Starlink mega-constellation - SpaceX's project for space-based Internet communication system.

Low Earth Orbit B1078 - Flight Proven ( ) A Shortfall of Gravitas

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Falcon 9 Block 5 | USSF-124

SpaceX | United States of America
Cape Canaveral, FL, USA
Feb. 14, 2024, 10:30 p.m.

Status: Launch Successful

Mission:

2 satellites, one by L3Harris and the other by Northrop Grumman, will be launched as the Hypersonic and Ballistic Tracking Space Sensor (HBTSS) mission for the US Missile Defense Agency. These satellites have improved sensitivity to detect and track hypersonic missiles with fainter signatures. 4 SDA Tranche 0 Tracking Layer missile warning satellites by L3Harris will also be on board.

Low Earth Orbit B1078 - Flight Proven ( ) Landing Zone 2

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Falcon 9 Block 5 | Starlink Group 6-31

SpaceX | United States of America
Cape Canaveral, FL, USA
Dec. 3, 2023, 4 a.m.

Status: Launch Successful

Mission:

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

Low Earth Orbit B1078 - Flight Proven ( ) A Shortfall of Gravitas

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Falcon 9 Block 5 | Starlink Group 6-16

SpaceX | United States of America
Cape Canaveral, FL, USA
Sept. 16, 2023, 3:38 a.m.

Status: Launch Successful

Mission:

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

Low Earth Orbit B1078 - Flight Proven ( ) Just Read the Instructions

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Falcon 9 Block 5 | Starlink Group 6-8

SpaceX | United States of America
Cape Canaveral, FL, USA
Aug. 7, 2023, 2:41 a.m.

Status: Launch Successful

Mission:

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

Low Earth Orbit B1078 - Flight Proven ( ) A Shortfall of Gravitas

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Falcon 9 Block 5 | Starlink Group 6-4

SpaceX | United States of America
Cape Canaveral, FL, USA
June 4, 2023, 12:20 p.m.

Status: Launch Successful

Mission:

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

Low Earth Orbit B1078 - Flight Proven ( ) Just Read the Instructions

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Falcon 9 Block 5 | O3b mPower 3 & 4

SpaceX | United States of America
Cape Canaveral, FL, USA
April 28, 2023, 10:12 p.m.

Status: Launch Successful

Mission:

Third and fourth of a constellation of eleven high-throughput communications satellites in Medium Earth Orbit (MEO) built by Boeing and operated by SES.

Medium Earth Orbit B1078 - Flight Proven ( ) Just Read the Instructions

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Falcon 9 Block 5 | Crew-6

SpaceX | United States of America
Kennedy Space Center, FL, USA
March 2, 2023, 5:34 a.m.

Status: Launch Successful

Mission:

SpaceX Crew-6 is the sixth crewed operational flight of a Crew Dragon spacecraft to the International Space Station as part of NASA's Commercial Crew Program.

Low Earth Orbit B1078 - Maiden Flight Just Read the Instructions

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