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Falcon 9 Block 5 | Starlink Group 7-12
SpaceX · Falcon 9 Block 5 · Space Launch Complex 4E, Vandenberg SFB, CA, USA
SpaceX's 320th launch · 9th this year · humanity's 6,609th orbital launch attempt
The launch vehicle successfully inserted its payload(s) into the target orbit(s).
Window: Jan 29, 02:16 – Jan 29, 06:03 UTC
Flight preview
Starlink Group 7-12
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
- B1075 · flight 9 · Autonomous Spaceport Drone Ship @ Of Course I Still Love You · landed ✓ · last flew Falcon 9 Block 5 | SARah 2 & 3 · zone record 209/217
Watch
- SpaceX Starlink Group 7-12 — The Space Devs
- SpaceX - Falcon 9 - Starlink Group 7-12 - SLC-4E - Vandenberg SFB - January 29, 2024 — SPACE AFFAIRS
- Starlink Mission — SpaceX
- Starlink Mission — SpaceX
Flight timeline
- T−38MGO for Prop Load
- T−35MProp Load
- T−35MStage 1 LOX Load
- T−16MStage 2 LOX Load
- T−7MEngine Chill
- T−1MTank Press
- T−1MStartup
- T−45SGO for Launch
- T−3SIgnition
- P0DLiftoff
- T+1M12SMax-Q
- T+2M25SMECO
- T+2M29SStage 2 Separation
- T+2M30SSES-1
- T+3M6SFairing Separation
- T+6M4SEntry Burn Startup
- T+6M27SEntry Burn Shutdown
- T+7M57SStage 1 Landing Burn
- T+8M18SStage 1 Landing
- T+8M37SSECO-1
- T+53M23SSES-2
- T+53M25SSECO-2
- T+1H2M18SStarlink Deployment
Updates
Launch success.
Cosmic_Penguin · 1/29/2024 · source
Liftoff.
Cosmic_Penguin · 1/29/2024 · source
Livestream has started
LL2 · 1/29/2024 · source
New T-0.
Cosmic_Penguin · 1/29/2024 · source
New T-0.
Cosmic_Penguin · 1/29/2024 · source
New T-0.
Cosmic_Penguin · 1/29/2024 · source
Updating T-0
SwGustav · 1/29/2024 · source
Updating T-0 and window
Nosu · 1/28/2024 · source
GO for launch.
Cosmic_Penguin · 1/28/2024 · source
Added launch window.
Cosmic_Penguin · 1/24/2024 · source
Pad — Space Launch Complex 4E
Local pad time: Jan 28, 9:57 PM PST
284 launches from this pad · 900 from Vandenberg SFB, CA, USA
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