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Falcon 9 Block 5 | Starlink Group 6-21
SpaceX · Falcon 9 Block 5 · Space Launch Complex 40, Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA
SpaceX's 284th launch · 71st this year · humanity's 6,530th orbital launch attempt
The launch vehicle successfully inserted its payload(s) into the target orbit(s).
Weather concerns: Cumulus Cloud Rule, Liftoff Winds
Window: Oct 5, 02:45 – Oct 5, 05:57 UTC
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Starlink Group 6-21
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
- B1076 · flight 8 · Autonomous Spaceport Drone Ship @ Just Read the Instructions · landed ✓ · last flew Falcon 9 Block 5 | Starlink Group 6-14 · zone record 156/157
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- SpaceX Starlink Group 6-21 — The Space Devs
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Updates
Launch success.
Cosmic_Penguin · 10/5/2023 · source
Liftoff.
Cosmic_Penguin · 10/5/2023 · source
New T-0.
Cosmic_Penguin · 10/5/2023 · source
New T-0.
Cosmic_Penguin · 10/5/2023 · source
New T-0.
Cosmic_Penguin · 10/5/2023 · source
Launch window is accurate to the second
Nosu · 10/4/2023 · source
GO for launch.
Cosmic_Penguin · 10/4/2023 · source
Weather 50% GO.
Cosmic_Penguin · 10/3/2023 · source
Adding launch window
Nosu · 9/30/2023 · source
NET October 5, 2023 (probably after Psyche).
Cosmic_Penguin · 9/23/2023 · source
Pad — Space Launch Complex 40
Local pad time: Oct 5, 1:36 AM EDT
394 launches from this pad · 1,122 from Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA
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