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Falcon 9 Block 5 | Starlink Group 5-13
SpaceX · Falcon 9 Block 5 · Space Launch Complex 4E, Vandenberg SFB, CA, USA
SpaceX's 259th launch · 46th this year · humanity's 6,468th orbital launch attempt
The launch vehicle successfully inserted its payload(s) into the target orbit(s).
Window: Jul 7, 19:29 – Jul 7, 19:29 UTC
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Starlink Group 5-13
A batch of 48 satellites for the Starlink mega-constellation - SpaceX's project for space-based Internet communication system.
Communications · Low Earth Orbit (LEO)
Booster
- B1063 · flight 12 · Autonomous Spaceport Drone Ship @ Of Course I Still Love You · landed ✓ · last flew Falcon 9 Block 5 | Iridium-9 & OneWeb 19 · zone record 209/217
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Updates
Launch success.
Cosmic_Penguin · 7/7/2023 · source
Liftoff
Nosu · 7/7/2023 · source
Livestream has started
LL2 · 7/7/2023 · source
Setting GO
hitura-nobad · 7/6/2023 · source
Tweaked T-0.
Cosmic_Penguin · 7/6/2023 · source
Added tentative launch window per marine navigation warnings.
Cosmic_Penguin · 7/2/2023 · source
NET July 6 per USCG District 11 Local Notice to Mariners
Nosu · 6/29/2023 · source
Adding launch
Nosu · 5/22/2023 · source
Pad — Space Launch Complex 4E
Local pad time: Jul 7, 12:29 PM PDT
284 launches from this pad · 900 from Vandenberg SFB, CA, USA
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