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Falcon 9 Block 5 | Starlink Group 6-10
SpaceX · Falcon 9 Block 5 · Space Launch Complex 40, Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA
SpaceX's 270th launch · 57th this year · humanity's 6,496th orbital launch attempt
The launch vehicle successfully inserted its payload(s) into the target orbit(s).
Weather concerns: Anvil Cloud Rules, Surface Electric Fields Rule, Cumulus Cloud Rule
Window: Aug 17, 00:14 – Aug 17, 04:00 UTC
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Starlink Group 6-10
A batch of satellites for the Starlink mega-constellation - SpaceX's project for space-based Internet communication system.
Communications · Low Earth Orbit (LEO)
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- B1067 · flight 13 · Autonomous Spaceport Drone Ship @ A Shortfall of Gravitas · landed ✓ · last flew Falcon 9 Block 5 | Satria-1 · zone record 161/162
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launch success
hitura-nobad · 8/17/2023 · source
Liftoff
hitura-nobad · 8/17/2023 · source
Livestream has started
LL2 · 8/17/2023 · source
Targeting third backup opportunity at 03:36:50 UTC
Jay · 8/17/2023 · source
Now targeting the second backup opportunity at 01:55:50 UTC
Jay · 8/16/2023 · source
GO for launch.
Cosmic_Penguin · 8/16/2023 · source
Updated launch window and T-0
hitura-nobad · 8/15/2023 · source
Weather now 20% GO at the start, improving to 65% towards the end.
hitura-nobad · 8/14/2023 · source
launch set TBC, Adjusted launch window based on weather forecast valid timeframe. Weather 25% go at the start of the window, increasing to 70% at the end.
hitura-nobad · 8/13/2023 · source
Adding approximate launch window per latest NGA Space Debris notice
Nosu · 8/12/2023 · source
Pad — Space Launch Complex 40
Local pad time: Aug 16, 11:36 PM EDT
394 launches from this pad · 1,122 from Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA
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