Falcon 9 Block 5 | Starlink Group 6-40

A batch of 23 satellites for the Starlink mega-constellation - SpaceX's project for space-based Internet communication system.

Communications · Low Earth Orbit (LEO)

• B1076 · flight 11 · Autonomous Spaceport Drone Ship @ Just Read the Instructions · landed ✓ · last flew Falcon 9 Block 5 | Ovzon-3 · zone record 156/157

• SpaceX Starlink Group 6-40 — The Space Devs
• Watch Live: SpaceX launches a Falcon 9 rocket from Cape Canaveral with 23 Starlink satellites — Spaceflight Now
• SpaceX Falcon 9 Launches Starlink 6-40 — NASASpaceflight
• Starlink Mission — SpaceX

1. T−38MGO for Prop Load
2. T−35MProp Load
3. T−35MStage 1 LOX Load
4. T−16MStage 2 LOX Load
5. T−7MEngine Chill
6. T−1MTank Press
7. T−1MStartup
8. T−45SGO for Launch
9. T−3SIgnition
10. P0DLiftoff
11. T+1M12SMax-Q
12. T+2M26SMECO
13. T+2M29SStage 2 Separation
14. T+2M36SSES-1
15. T+3M3SFairing Separation
16. T+6M5SEntry Burn Startup
17. T+6M27SEntry Burn Shutdown
18. T+8MStage 1 Landing Burn
19. T+8M25SStage 1 Landing
20. T+8M39SSECO-1
21. T+54M9SSES-2
22. T+54M11SSECO-2
23. T+1H5M18SStarlink Deployment

• Launch success.

  Cosmic_Penguin · 2/29/2024 · source

• Liftoff

  hitura-nobad · 2/29/2024 · source

• Weather 95% GO

  hitura-nobad · 2/29/2024 · source

• Livestream has started

  LL2 · 2/29/2024 · source

• GO for launch.

  Cosmic_Penguin · 2/29/2024 · source

• Targeting Feb 29th for launch after delay of Crew-8

  hitura-nobad · 2/29/2024 · source

• Updated launch weather.

  Cosmic_Penguin · 2/28/2024 · source

• Delayed until after Crew-8, setting to the backup window registered for March 1

  Nosu · 2/26/2024 · source

• Tweaked launch window.

  Cosmic_Penguin · 2/24/2024 · source

• Updated launch window per marine navigation warnings.

  Cosmic_Penguin · 2/24/2024 · source