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Falcon 9 Block 5 | Starlink Group 6-39

Name: Falcon 9 Block 5 | Starlink Group 6-39
Start: 2024-02-25T22:06:00.000Z
Location: Space Launch Complex 40, Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA

SpaceX · Falcon 9 Block 5 · Space Launch Complex 40, Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA

SpaceX's 329th launch · 18th this year · humanity's 6,627th orbital launch attempt

T− --:--:--February 25, 2024 · 22:06 UTCAdd to calendar

Success98% go

The launch vehicle successfully inserted its payload(s) into the target orbit(s).

Weather concerns: Cumulus Cloud Rule

Window: Feb 25, 21:34 – Feb 26, 01:34 UTC

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Starlink Group 6-39

A batch of 24 satellites for the Starlink mega-constellation - SpaceX's project for space-based Internet communication system.

Communications · Low Earth Orbit (LEO)

Booster

B1069 · flight 13 · Autonomous Spaceport Drone Ship @ A Shortfall of Gravitas · landed ✓ · last flew Falcon 9 Block 5 | Starlink Group 6-36 · zone record 161/162

Watch

SpaceX Starlink Group 6-39 — The Space Devs
SpaceX Falcon 9 Launches Starlink 6-39 — NASASpaceflight
Watch Live: SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket launches 24 Starlink satellites from Cape Canaveral — Spaceflight Now
Starlink Mission — SpaceX

Flight timeline

T−38MGO for Prop Load
T−35MProp Load
T−35MStage 1 LOX Load
T−16MStage 2 LOX Load
T−7MEngine Chill
T−1MTank Press
T−1MStartup
T−45SGO for Launch
T−3SIgnition
P0DLiftoff
T+1M10SMax-Q
T+2M27SMECO
T+2M31SStage 2 Separation
T+2M32SSES-1
T+3M5SFairing Separation
T+6M19SEntry Burn Startup
T+6M38SEntry Burn Shutdown
T+8M5SStage 1 Landing Burn
T+8M27SStage 1 Landing
T+8M41SSECO-1
T+53M39SSES-2
T+53M41SSECO-2
T+1H4M48SStarlink Deployment

Updates

Launch success.
Cosmic_Penguin · 2/25/2024 · source
Liftoff.
Cosmic_Penguin · 2/25/2024 · source
Livestream has started
LL2 · 2/25/2024 · source
New T-0.
Cosmic_Penguin · 2/25/2024 · source
Launch time accurate to the second.
Cosmic_Penguin · 2/25/2024 · source
Scrubbed for the day.
Cosmic_Penguin · 2/25/2024 · source
Updating T-0
SwGustav · 2/24/2024 · source
Updating T-0
SwGustav · 2/24/2024 · source
GO for launch.
Cosmic_Penguin · 2/24/2024 · source
Updated launch weather.
Cosmic_Penguin · 2/23/2024 · source

Pad — Space Launch Complex 40

Local pad time: Feb 25, 5:06 PM EST

394 launches from this pad · 1,122 from Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA

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