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Falcon 9 Block 5 | Starlink Group 6-57
SpaceX · Falcon 9 Block 5 · Space Launch Complex 40, Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA
SpaceX's 358th launch · 47th this year · humanity's 6,674th orbital launch attempt
The launch vehicle successfully inserted its payload(s) into the target orbit(s).
Weather concerns: Cumulus Cloud Rule
Window: May 6, 16:36 – May 6, 18:48 UTC
Flight preview
Starlink Group 6-57
A batch of 23 satellites for the Starlink mega-constellation - SpaceX's project for space-based Internet communication system.
Communications · Low Earth Orbit (LEO)
Booster
- B1069 · flight 15 · Autonomous Spaceport Drone Ship @ Just Read the Instructions · landed ✓ · last flew Falcon 9 Block 5 | Starlink Group 6-47 · zone record 156/157
Watch
- SpaceX Starlink Group 6-57 — The Space Devs
- Watch live: SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket launches from Cape Canaveral carrying 23 Starlink satellites — Spaceflight Now
- SpaceX Falcon 9 Launches Starlink 6-57 — NASASpaceflight
- Starlink Mission — SpaceX
Flight timeline
- T−38MGO for Prop Load
- T−35MStage 1 LOX Load
- T−35MProp Load
- T−16MStage 2 LOX Load
- T−7MEngine Chill
- T−1MStartup
- T−1MTank Press
- T−45SGO for Launch
- T−3SIgnition
- P0DLiftoff
- T+1M12SMax-Q
- T+2M30SMECO
- T+2M34SStage 2 Separation
- T+2M41SSES-1
- T+3M6SFairing Separation
- T+6M11SEntry Burn Startup
- T+6M32SEntry Burn Shutdown
- T+7M55SStage 1 Landing Burn
- T+8M17SStage 1 Landing
- T+8M44SSECO-1
- T+54M14SSES-2
- T+54M16SSECO-2
- T+1H5M23SStarlink Deployment
Updates
Launch Successfull
hitura-nobad · 5/6/2024 · source
Liftoff
hitura-nobad · 5/6/2024 · source
Unofficial Re-stream by SPACE AFFAIRS has started
LL2 · 5/6/2024 · source
New T-0.
Cosmic_Penguin · 5/6/2024 · source
Launch time is to the second.
Cosmic_Penguin · 5/6/2024 · source
GO for launch.
Cosmic_Penguin · 5/5/2024 · source
Moved up several hours per marine navigation warnings.
Cosmic_Penguin · 5/4/2024 · source
Added launch.
Cosmic_Penguin · 4/30/2024 · source
Pad — Space Launch Complex 40
Local pad time: May 6, 2:14 PM EDT
394 launches from this pad · 1,122 from Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA
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