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Falcon 9 Block 5 | Starlink 8
SpaceX · Falcon 9 Block 5 · Space Launch Complex 40, Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA
SpaceX's 98th launch · 10th this year · humanity's 5,964th orbital launch attempt
Success70% go
The launch vehicle successfully inserted its payload(s) into the target orbit(s).
Window: Jun 13, 09:21 – Jun 13, 09:21 UTC
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Starlink 8
A batch of 58 satellites for Starlink mega-constellation - SpaceX's project for space-based Internet communication system. This launch will also carry three SkySat Earth-imaging satellites as a rideshare for Planet.
Communications · Low Earth Orbit (LEO)
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- B1059 · flight 3 · Autonomous Spaceport Drone Ship @ Of Course I Still Love You · landed ✓ · last flew Falcon 9 Block 5 | SpX CRS-20 · zone record 209/217
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Pad — Space Launch Complex 40
Local pad time: Jun 13, 5:21 AM EDT
394 launches from this pad · 1,122 from Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA
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