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Falcon 9 Block 5 | Starlink Group 2-8
SpaceX · Falcon 9 Block 5 · Space Launch Complex 4E, Vandenberg SFB, CA, USA
SpaceX's 231st launch · 18th this year · humanity's 6,409th orbital launch attempt
The launch vehicle successfully inserted its payload(s) into the target orbit(s).
Window: Mar 17, 19:26 – Mar 17, 23:24 UTC
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Starlink Group 2-8
A batch of 52 satellites for the Starlink mega-constellation - SpaceX's project for space-based Internet communication system.
Communications · Low Earth Orbit (LEO)
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- B1071 · flight 8 · Autonomous Spaceport Drone Ship @ Of Course I Still Love You · landed ✓ · last flew Falcon 9 Block 5 | Starlink Group 2-6 & ION SCV009 · zone record 209/217
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Updates
Successful launch of 52 Starlink satellites.
Nosu · 3/17/2023 · source
Liftoff
Nosu · 3/17/2023 · source
Livestream has started
LL2 · 3/17/2023 · source
Tweak in T-0.
Cosmic_Penguin · 3/17/2023 · source
GO for launch.
Cosmic_Penguin · 3/16/2023 · source
NET March 17
Cosmic_Penguin · 3/14/2023 · source
Updated tentative launch window.
Cosmic_Penguin · 3/13/2023 · source
Delayed to March 16 per marine navigation notices.
Nosu · 3/11/2023 · source
Targeting approximately 18:30 UTC
Nosu · 3/11/2023 · source
New launch date per marine navigation notices.
Cosmic_Penguin · 3/9/2023 · source
Pad — Space Launch Complex 4E
Local pad time: Mar 17, 12:26 PM PDT
284 launches from this pad · 900 from Vandenberg SFB, CA, USA
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