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Falcon 9 Block 5 | Starlink Group 7-4
SpaceX · Falcon 9 Block 5 · Space Launch Complex 4E, Vandenberg SFB, CA, USA
SpaceX's 285th launch · 72nd this year · humanity's 6,533rd orbital launch attempt
The launch vehicle successfully inserted its payload(s) into the target orbit(s).
Window: Oct 9, 07:43 – Oct 9, 11:06 UTC
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Starlink Group 7-4
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
- B1063 · flight 14 · Autonomous Spaceport Drone Ship @ Of Course I Still Love You · landed ✓ · last flew Falcon 9 Block 5 | SDA Tranche 0B · zone record 209/217
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Updates
Successful launch
Nosu · 10/9/2023 · source
Liftoff
Nosu · 10/9/2023 · source
Tweak in T-0.
Cosmic_Penguin · 10/8/2023 · source
Tweaked T-0.
Cosmic_Penguin · 10/7/2023 · source
GO for launch.
Cosmic_Penguin · 10/6/2023 · source
NET October 9.
Cosmic_Penguin · 10/5/2023 · source
Targeting October 7 per NOTAM A8106/23
Nosu · 9/28/2023
Adding launch NET September
Nosu · 7/10/2023 · source
Pad — Space Launch Complex 4E
Local pad time: Oct 9, 12:43 AM PDT
284 launches from this pad · 900 from Vandenberg SFB, CA, USA
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