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Falcon 9 Block 5 | Starlink Group 6-9
SpaceX · Falcon 9 Block 5 · Space Launch Complex 40, Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA
SpaceX's 269th launch · 56th this year · humanity's 6,493rd orbital launch attempt
The launch vehicle successfully inserted its payload(s) into the target orbit(s).
Weather concerns: Anvil Cloud Rule, Cumulus Cloud Rule
Window: Aug 11, 05:17 – Aug 11, 05:17 UTC
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Starlink Group 6-9
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
- B1069 · flight 9 · Autonomous Spaceport Drone Ship @ Just Read the Instructions · landed ✓ · last flew Falcon 9 Block 5 | Starlink Group 5-12 · zone record 156/157
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Updates
Launch success.
hitura-nobad · 8/11/2023 · source
Liftoff
hitura-nobad · 8/11/2023 · source
Livestream has started
LL2 · 8/11/2023 · source
Adding seconds to T-0
Nosu · 8/11/2023 · source
New T-0
SwGustav · 8/11/2023 · source
New T-0
hitura-nobad · 8/10/2023 · source
Tweak to T-0.
Cosmic_Penguin · 8/10/2023 · source
GO for launch.
Cosmic_Penguin · 8/10/2023 · source
Weather 60%, trending towards 90% at the end of the window
Nosu · 8/9/2023 · source
New launch window.
Cosmic_Penguin · 8/8/2023 · source
Pad — Space Launch Complex 40
Local pad time: Aug 11, 1:17 AM EDT
394 launches from this pad · 1,122 from Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA
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