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Falcon 9 Block 5 | Starlink Group 6-83

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SpaceX · Falcon 9 Block 5 · Launch Complex 39A, Kennedy Space Center, FL, USA

SpaceX's 508th launch · 59th this year · humanity's 6,951st orbital launch attempt

T− --:--:--May 13, 2025 · 05:02 UTCAdd to calendar
Success90% go

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

Weather concerns: Cumulus Cloud Rule, Surface Electric Field Rules

Window: May 13, 03:36 – May 13, 07:31 UTC

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Starlink Group 6-83

A batch of 28 satellites for the Starlink mega-constellation - SpaceX's project for space-based Internet communication system.

Communications · Low Earth Orbit (LEO)

Booster

  • B1067 · flight 28 · Autonomous Spaceport Drone Ship @ Just Read the Instructions · landed ✓ · last flew Falcon 9 Block 5 | Starlink Group 6-73 · zone record 156/157

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Flight timeline

  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−1MStartup
  7. T−1MTank Press
  8. T−45SGO for Launch
  9. T−3SIgnition
  10. P0DLiftoff
  11. T+1M10SMax-Q
  12. T+2M24SMECO
  13. T+2M28SStage 2 Separation
  14. T+2M36SSES-1
  15. T+2M56SFairing Separation
  16. T+6M1SEntry Burn Startup
  17. T+6M27SEntry Burn Shutdown
  18. T+7M49SStage 1 Landing Burn
  19. T+8M13SStage 1 Landing
  20. T+8M39SSECO-1
  21. T+53M56SSES-2
  22. T+53M57SSECO-2
  23. T+1H5M4SStarlink Deployment

Updates

  • Launch success.

    Cosmic_Penguin · 5/13/2025 · source

  • Liftoff.

    Cosmic_Penguin · 5/13/2025 · source

  • Unofficial Re-stream by SPACE AFFAIRS has started

    LL2 · 5/13/2025 · source

  • New T-0 and updated launch weather.

    Cosmic_Penguin · 5/13/2025 · source

  • Updated launch weather.

    Cosmic_Penguin · 5/12/2025 · source

  • Tweaked T-0.

    Cosmic_Penguin · 5/12/2025 · source

  • Scrubbed for the day.

    Cosmic_Penguin · 5/12/2025 · source

  • New T-0.

    Cosmic_Penguin · 5/12/2025 · source

  • Now targeting May 12 at 05:41 UTC

    hitura-nobad · 5/12/2025 · source

  • New T-0.

    Cosmic_Penguin · 5/12/2025 · source

Pad — Launch Complex 39A

Local pad time: May 13, 1:02 AM EDT

222 launches from this pad · 281 from Kennedy Space Center, FL, USA

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