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Falcon 9 Block 5 | Starlink Group 6-17
SpaceX · Falcon 9 Block 5 · Space Launch Complex 40, Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA
SpaceX's 280th launch · 67th this year · humanity's 6,522nd orbital launch attempt
The launch vehicle successfully inserted its payload(s) into the target orbit(s).
Weather concerns: Cumulus Cloud Rule
Window: Sep 20, 02:47 – Sep 20, 05:46 UTC
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Starlink Group 6-17
A batch of 22 satellites for the Starlink mega-constellation - SpaceX's project for space-based Internet communication system.
Communications · Low Earth Orbit (LEO)
Booster
- B1058 · flight 17 · Autonomous Spaceport Drone Ship @ A Shortfall of Gravitas · landed ✓ · last flew Falcon 9 Block 5 | Starlink Group 6-5 · zone record 161/162
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Updates
Launch success; satellites deployed.
Cosmic_Penguin · 9/20/2023 · source
Liftoff.
Cosmic_Penguin · 9/20/2023 · source
Delayed to first backup opportunity (03:38:10 UTC)
Jay · 9/20/2023 · source
GO for launch.
Cosmic_Penguin · 9/19/2023 · source
Updating T-0 and launch window
Nosu · 9/18/2023 · source
Weather 60%
Nosu · 9/18/2023 · source
Tweaked launch period (~02:00 UTC per https://www.launchphotography.com/Launch_Viewing_Guide.html)
Cosmic_Penguin · 9/16/2023 · source
Delayed by a day
Nosu · 9/15/2023 · source
Adding approximate launch window
Nosu · 9/14/2023 · source
Targeting September 19 per NOTAM F3022/23
Nosu · 9/13/2023
Pad — Space Launch Complex 40
Local pad time: Sep 19, 11:38 PM EDT
394 launches from this pad · 1,122 from Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA
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