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Falcon 9 Block 5 | Starlink Group 12-6

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SpaceX · Falcon 9 Block 5 · Launch Complex 39A, Kennedy Space Center, FL, USA

SpaceX's 449th launch · 138th this year · humanity's 6,849th orbital launch attempt

T− --:--:--December 31, 2024 · 05:39 UTCAdd to calendar

Success90% go

The launch vehicle successfully inserted its payload(s) into the target orbit(s).

Weather concerns: Cumulus Cloud Rule

Window: Dec 31, 05:39 – Dec 31, 06:28 UTC

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Starlink Group 12-6

A batch of 21 satellites for the Starlink mega-constellation - SpaceX's project for space-based Internet communication system.

Communications · Low Earth Orbit (LEO)

Booster

B1078 · flight 16 · Autonomous Spaceport Drone Ship @ Just Read the Instructions · landed ✓ · last flew Falcon 9 Block 5 | Starlink Group 6-76 · zone record 156/157

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Flight timeline

T−38MGO for Prop Load
T−35MStage 1 LOX Load
T−35MProp Load
T−16MStage 2 LOX Load
T−7MEngine Chill
T−1MStartup
T−1MTank Press
T−45SGO for Launch
T−3SIgnition
P0DLiftoff
T+1M10SMax-Q
T+2M24SMECO
T+2M28SStage 2 Separation
T+2M35SSES-1
T+3M1SFairing Separation
T+6M5SEntry Burn Startup
T+6M33SEntry Burn Shutdown
T+7M51SStage 1 Landing Burn
T+8M16SStage 1 Landing
T+8M38SSECO-1
T+54M3SSES-2
T+54M4SSECO-2
T+1H5M11SStarlink Deployment

Updates

Launch success.
Cosmic_Penguin · 12/31/2024 · source
Liftoff.
Cosmic_Penguin · 12/31/2024 · source
Unofficial Webcast by SPACE AFFAIRS has started
LL2 · 12/31/2024 · source
Tweaked T-0.
Cosmic_Penguin · 12/30/2024 · source
Now targeting Dec 31 at 05:39 UTC
hitura-nobad · 12/30/2024 · source
Tweaked T-0.
Cosmic_Penguin · 12/30/2024 · source
Scrubbed for the day.
Cosmic_Penguin · 12/29/2024 · source
Now targeting Dec 30 at 08:03 UTC
hitura-nobad · 12/29/2024 · source
Updated launch weather.
Cosmic_Penguin · 12/29/2024 · source
Weather 60% GO
Nosu · 12/28/2024 · source

Pad — Launch Complex 39A

Local pad time: Dec 31, 12:39 AM EST

222 launches from this pad · 281 from Kennedy Space Center, FL, USA

Map of Launch Complex 39A