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Falcon 9 Block 5 | Starlink Group 2-6 & ION SCV009
SpaceX · Falcon 9 Block 5 · Space Launch Complex 4E, Vandenberg SFB, CA, USA
SpaceX's 220th launch · 7th this year · humanity's 6,384th orbital launch attempt
The launch vehicle successfully inserted its payload(s) into the target orbit(s).
Window: Jan 31, 16:15 – Jan 31, 16:15 UTC
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Starlink Group 2-6 & ION SCV009
A batch of 49 satellites for the Starlink mega-constellation - SpaceX's project for space-based Internet communication system. This launch carries D-Orbit’s ION SCV009 Eclectic Elena as a rideshare payload.
Communications · Low Earth Orbit (LEO)
Booster
- B1071 · flight 7 · Autonomous Spaceport Drone Ship @ Of Course I Still Love You · landed ✓ · last flew Falcon 9 Block 5 | SWOT (Surface Water and Ocean Topography) · zone record 209/217
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- Starlink Mission — SpaceX
Updates
Successful launch of 49 Starlink satellites and D-Orbit's ION SCV009 Eclectic Elena spacecraft.
Nosu · 1/31/2023 · source
Liftoff
Nosu · 1/31/2023 · source
Live coverage has started
Nosu · 1/31/2023 · source
24 hours slip
Cosmic_Penguin · 1/30/2023 · source
New T-0
Cosmic_Penguin · 1/30/2023 · source
New T-0
Cosmic_Penguin · 1/30/2023 · source
Delayed by a day
Nosu · 1/29/2023 · source
Setting GO & adding rideshare
SwGustav · 1/28/2023 · source
Updating T-0, pending a T-0 update expected from SpaceX on Saturday.
Nosu · 1/27/2023 · source
Updated launch time.
Cosmic_Penguin · 1/26/2023 · source
