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Falcon 9 Block 5 | Starlink Group 6-12
SpaceX · Falcon 9 Block 5 · Launch Complex 39A, Kennedy Space Center, FL, USA
SpaceX's 276th launch · 63rd this year · humanity's 6,509th orbital launch attempt
The launch vehicle successfully inserted its payload(s) into the target orbit(s).
Weather concerns: Cumulus Cloud Rule
Window: Sep 3, 23:34 – Sep 4, 03:05 UTC
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Starlink Group 6-12
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
- B1073 · flight 10 · Autonomous Spaceport Drone Ship @ Just Read the Instructions · landed ✓ · last flew Falcon 9 Block 5 | Starlink Group 5-11 · zone record 156/157
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- SpaceX Starlink Group 6-12 — The Space Devs
- Starlink Mission — SpaceX
Updates
Successful deployment of 21 Starlink satellites
SwGustav · 9/4/2023 · source
Liftoff
SwGustav · 9/4/2023 · source
Updating T-0
SwGustav · 9/3/2023 · source
Updating T-0
Nosu · 9/3/2023 · source
Updating precision to seconds
Nosu · 9/2/2023 · source
Updating T-0 and setting GO
Nosu · 9/1/2023 · source
Weather 90%
Nosu · 9/1/2023 · source
Adding approximate T-0
Nosu · 9/1/2023 · source
Adding window on September 3/4 per latest NGA notice
Nosu · 8/31/2023 · source
Adding launch
Nosu · 5/22/2023 · source
Pad — Launch Complex 39A
Local pad time: Sep 3, 10:47 PM EDT
222 launches from this pad · 281 from Kennedy Space Center, FL, USA
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