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Falcon 9 Block 5 | Starlink Group 6-23
SpaceX · Falcon 9 Block 5 · Space Launch Complex 40, Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA
SpaceX's 288th launch · 75th this year · humanity's 6,537th orbital launch attempt
The launch vehicle successfully inserted its payload(s) into the target orbit(s).
Weather concerns: Cumulus Cloud Rule
Window: Oct 17, 21:20 – Oct 18, 00:48 UTC
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Starlink Group 6-23
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
- B1062 · flight 16 · Autonomous Spaceport Drone Ship @ Just Read the Instructions · landed ✓ · last flew Falcon 9 Block 5 | Starlink Group 6-7 · zone record 156/157
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- SpaceX Starlink Group 6-23 — The Space Devs
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Updates
Launch success.
Cosmic_Penguin · 10/18/2023 · source
Liftoff.
Cosmic_Penguin · 10/18/2023 · source
T-0 accurate to the second.
Cosmic_Penguin · 10/18/2023 · source
New T-0.
Cosmic_Penguin · 10/17/2023 · source
New T-0.
Cosmic_Penguin · 10/17/2023 · source
Weather 95%
Nosu · 10/17/2023 · source
Tweaked T-0.
Cosmic_Penguin · 10/17/2023 · source
Adjusting T-0 and setting GO
Jay · 10/17/2023 · source
NET October 17
Nosu · 10/12/2023 · source
NET October 16.
Cosmic_Penguin · 10/11/2023 · source
Pad — Space Launch Complex 40
Local pad time: Oct 17, 8:39 PM EDT
394 launches from this pad · 1,122 from Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA
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