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Falcon 9 Block 5 | Starlink Group 7-2
SpaceX · Falcon 9 Block 5 · Space Launch Complex 4E, Vandenberg SFB, CA, USA
SpaceX's 278th launch · 65th this year · humanity's 6,516th orbital launch attempt
The launch vehicle successfully inserted its payload(s) into the target orbit(s).
Window: Sep 12, 06:57 – Sep 12, 10:20 UTC
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Starlink Group 7-2
A batch of 21 satellites for the Starlink mega-constellation - SpaceX's project for space-based Internet communication system.
Communications · Low Earth Orbit (LEO)
Booster
- B1071 · flight 11 · Autonomous Spaceport Drone Ship @ Of Course I Still Love You · landed ✓ · last flew Falcon 9 Block 5 | Starlink Group 6-15 · zone record 209/217
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Updates
Launch success, all satellites deployed.
Cosmic_Penguin · 9/12/2023 · source
Liftoff
Nosu · 9/12/2023 · source
Updated launch times.
Cosmic_Penguin · 9/11/2023 · source
Updated launch window per marine navigation warnings.
Cosmic_Penguin · 9/10/2023 · source
Targeting September 12 per NOTAM A7251/23
Nosu · 9/7/2023
Adding launch NET late August
Nosu · 7/10/2023 · source
Pad — Space Launch Complex 4E
Local pad time: Sep 11, 11:57 PM PDT
284 launches from this pad · 900 from Vandenberg SFB, CA, USA
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