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Falcon 9 Block 5 | Starlink Group 6-8
SpaceX · Falcon 9 Block 5 · Space Launch Complex 40, Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA
SpaceX's 267th launch · 54th this year · humanity's 6,487th orbital launch attempt
The launch vehicle successfully inserted its payload(s) into the target orbit(s).
Weather concerns: Cumulus Cloud Rule, Anvil Cloud Rules, Surface Electric Fields Rule
Window: Aug 7, 01:00 – Aug 7, 04:22 UTC
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Starlink Group 6-8
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
- B1078 · flight 4 · Autonomous Spaceport Drone Ship @ A Shortfall of Gravitas · landed ✓ · last flew Falcon 9 Block 5 | Starlink Group 6-4 · zone record 161/162
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Updates
Launch success.
Cosmic_Penguin · 8/7/2023 · source
Liftoff.
Cosmic_Penguin · 8/7/2023 · source
Livestream has started
LL2 · 8/7/2023 · source
Tweaked T-0.
Cosmic_Penguin · 8/7/2023 · source
New T-0 and updated launch weather for 2nd half of launch window.
Cosmic_Penguin · 8/6/2023 · source
GO for launch.
Cosmic_Penguin · 8/4/2023 · source
Updating T-0
Nosu · 8/4/2023 · source
Weather 30% at the beginning of the window, trending towards 80% at the end
Nosu · 8/3/2023 · source
New launch window based on marine navigation warnings.
Cosmic_Penguin · 8/2/2023 · source
Launch delayed per marine navigation warnings.
Cosmic_Penguin · 7/28/2023 · source
Pad — Space Launch Complex 40
Local pad time: Aug 6, 10:41 PM EDT
394 launches from this pad · 1,122 from Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA
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