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Falcon 9 Block 5 | Starlink Group 7-9
SpaceX · Falcon 9 Block 5 · Space Launch Complex 4E, Vandenberg SFB, CA, USA
SpaceX's 312th launch · 1st this year · humanity's 6,591st orbital launch attempt
The launch vehicle successfully inserted its payload(s) into the target orbit(s).
Weather concerns: Cumulus Clouds
Window: Jan 3, 02:13 – Jan 3, 06:02 UTC
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Starlink Group 7-9
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
- B1082 · flight 1 · Autonomous Spaceport Drone Ship @ Of Course I Still Love You · landed ✓ · zone record 209/217
Watch
- SpaceX Starlink Group 7-9 — The Space Devs
- Watch live: SpaceX Falcon 9 launches from California with first cell service Starlink satellites — Spaceflight Now
- SpaceX - Falcon 9 - Starlink Group 7-9 - SLC-4E - Vandenberg SFB - January 3, 2024 — SPACE AFFAIRS
- Starlink Mission — SpaceX
Updates
Launch success.
Cosmic_Penguin · 1/3/2024 · source
Liftoff
Jay · 1/3/2024
Livestream has started
LL2 · 1/3/2024 · source
New T-0.
Cosmic_Penguin · 1/3/2024 · source
New T-0.
Cosmic_Penguin · 1/3/2024 · source
Updated T-0.
Cosmic_Penguin · 1/2/2024 · source
Slipped to NET January 3 UTC.
Cosmic_Penguin · 12/29/2023 · source
NET December 31 UTC.
Cosmic_Penguin · 12/22/2023 · source
Long delay to December 29 UTC.
Cosmic_Penguin · 12/16/2023 · source
Tweaked launch window.
Cosmic_Penguin · 12/15/2023 · source
Pad — Space Launch Complex 4E
Local pad time: Jan 2, 7:44 PM PST
284 launches from this pad · 900 from Vandenberg SFB, CA, USA
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