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Falcon 9 Block 5 | Starlink Group 6-31
SpaceX · Falcon 9 Block 5 · Space Launch Complex 40, Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA
SpaceX's 304th launch · 91st this year · humanity's 6,563rd orbital launch attempt
The launch vehicle successfully inserted its payload(s) into the target orbit(s).
Weather concerns: Thick Cloud Layers Rule, Cumulus Cloud Rule
Window: Dec 3, 04:00 – Dec 3, 04:51 UTC
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Starlink Group 6-31
A batch of satellites for the Starlink mega-constellation - SpaceX's project for space-based Internet communication system.
Communications · Low Earth Orbit (LEO)
Booster
- B1078 · flight 6 · Autonomous Spaceport Drone Ship @ A Shortfall of Gravitas · landed ✓ · last flew Falcon 9 Block 5 | Starlink Group 6-16 · zone record 161/162
Watch
- SpaceX Starlink Group 6-31 — The Space Devs
- Watch live: SpaceX to launch Starlink satellites on Falcon 9 rocket from Cape Canaveral — Spaceflight Now
- SpaceX Falcon 9 Launches Starlink 6-31 — NASASpaceflight
- Starlink Mission — SpaceX
Updates
Launch success.
Cosmic_Penguin · 12/3/2023 · source
Liftoff.
Cosmic_Penguin · 12/3/2023 · source
Livestream has started
LL2 · 12/3/2023 · source
Weather 45%
Nosu · 12/2/2023 · source
Delayed to December 3 UTC
SwGustav · 12/2/2023 · source
Updating T-0
Nosu · 12/1/2023 · source
Weather 40%
Nosu · 11/30/2023 · source
Added launch window.
Cosmic_Penguin · 11/30/2023 · source
Adding approximate launch window
Nosu · 11/26/2023 · source
Targeting December 2 UTC per NOTAM F3970/23.
Cosmic_Penguin · 11/25/2023
Pad — Space Launch Complex 40
Local pad time: Dec 2, 11:00 PM EST
394 launches from this pad · 1,122 from Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA
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