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Falcon 9 Block 5 | Starlink Group 9-12
SpaceX · Falcon 9 Block 5 · Space Launch Complex 4E, Vandenberg SFB, CA, USA
SpaceX's 428th launch · 117th this year · humanity's 6,806th orbital launch attempt
Success
The launch vehicle successfully inserted its payload(s) into the target orbit(s).
Window: Nov 18, 05:47 – Nov 18, 09:46 UTC
Flight preview
Starlink Group 9-12
A batch of 20 satellites for the Starlink mega-constellation - SpaceX's project for space-based Internet communication system.
Communications · Low Earth Orbit (LEO)
Booster
- B1071 · flight 20 · Autonomous Spaceport Drone Ship @ Of Course I Still Love You · landed ✓ · last flew Falcon 9 Block 5 | Starlink Group 9-7 · zone record 209/217
Watch
- SpaceX Starlink Group 9-12 — The Space Devs
- SpaceX - Falcon 9 - Starlink 9-12 - SLC-4E - Vandenberg Space Force Base - November 17, 2024 — SPACE AFFAIRS
- Watch live: SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket launches from California with 20 Starlink satellites — Spaceflight Now
- Starlink Mission — SpaceX
Flight timeline
- T−38MGO for Prop Load
- T−35MStage 1 LOX Load
- T−35MProp Load
- T−16MStage 2 LOX Load
- T−7MEngine Chill
- T−1MStartup
- T−1MTank Press
- T−45SGO for Launch
- T−3SIgnition
- P0DLiftoff
- T+1M7SMax-Q
- T+2M25SMECO
- T+2M29SStage 2 Separation
- T+2M36SSES-1
- T+3M3SFairing Separation
- T+6M4SEntry Burn Startup
- T+6M29SEntry Burn Shutdown
- T+7M44SStage 1 Landing Burn
- T+8M13SStage 1 Landing
- T+8M37SSECO-1
- T+54M54SSES-2
- T+54M56SSECO-2
- T+1H1M48SStarlink Deployment
Updates
Pad — Space Launch Complex 4E
Local pad time: Nov 17, 9:53 PM PST
284 launches from this pad · 900 from Vandenberg SFB, CA, USA
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