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Falcon 9 Block 5 | Starlink Group 9-5
SpaceX · Falcon 9 Block 5 · Space Launch Complex 4E, Vandenberg SFB, CA, USA
SpaceX's 398th launch · 87th this year · humanity's 6,748th orbital launch attempt
The launch vehicle successfully inserted its payload(s) into the target orbit(s).
Window: Aug 31, 04:54 – Aug 31, 08:48 UTC
Flight preview
Starlink Group 9-5
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
- B1081 · flight 9 · Autonomous Spaceport Drone Ship @ Of Course I Still Love You · landed ✓ · last flew Falcon 9 Block 5 | NROL-186 · zone record 209/217
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Flight timeline
- T−38MGO for Prop Load
- T−35MProp Load
- T−35MStage 1 LOX 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+3M1SFairing Separation
- T+6M7SEntry Burn Startup
- T+6M27SEntry Burn Shutdown
- T+7M51SStage 1 Landing Burn
- T+8M13SStage 1 Landing
- T+8M39SSECO-1
- T+53M7SSES-2
- T+53M8SSECO-2
- T+1HStarlink Deployment
Updates
Launch success.
Cosmic_Penguin · 8/31/2024 · source
Liftoff.
Cosmic_Penguin · 8/31/2024 · source
Unofficial Re-stream by SPACE AFFAIRS has started
LL2 · 8/31/2024 · source
New T-0.
Cosmic_Penguin · 8/31/2024 · source
New T-0.
Cosmic_Penguin · 8/31/2024 · source
GO for launch.
Cosmic_Penguin · 8/31/2024 · source
NET August 31 UTC.
Cosmic_Penguin · 8/30/2024 · source
Delayed to August 30
Nosu · 8/28/2024 · source
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Nosu · 8/28/2024 · source
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Nosu · 8/28/2024 · source
Pad — Space Launch Complex 4E
Local pad time: Aug 31, 1:48 AM PDT
284 launches from this pad · 900 from Vandenberg SFB, CA, USA
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