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Falcon 9 Block 5 | Starlink Group 9-7

SpaceX · Falcon 9 Block 5 · Space Launch Complex 4E, Vandenberg SFB, CA, USA
SpaceX's 412th launch · 101st this year · humanity's 6,777th orbital launch attempt
The launch vehicle successfully inserted its payload(s) into the target orbit(s).
Window: Oct 15, 08:07 – Oct 15, 12:03 UTC
Flight preview
Starlink Group 9-7
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 19 · Autonomous Spaceport Drone Ship @ Of Course I Still Love You · landed ✓ · last flew Falcon 9 Block 5 | Starlink Group 9-6 · zone record 209/217
Watch
- SpaceX Starlink Group 9-7 — The Space Devs
- ON GO - SpaceX - Falcon 9 - Starlink 9-7 - SLC-4E - Vandenberg Space Force Base - October 15, 2024 — SPACE AFFAIRS
- Watch live: SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket launches 20 Starlink satellites from Vandenberg, California — Spaceflight Now
- Starlink Mission — SpaceX
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+2M37SSES-1
- T+3MFairing Separation
- T+6M6SEntry Burn Startup
- T+6M30SEntry Burn Shutdown
- T+7M50SStage 1 Landing Burn
- T+8M12SStage 1 Landing
- T+8M42SSECO-1
- T+54M17SSES-2
- T+54M18SSECO-2
- T+1H1M10SStarlink Deployment
Updates
Launch successful
hitura-nobad · 10/15/2024 · source
Liftoff
hitura-nobad · 10/15/2024 · source
Unofficial Re-stream by SPACE AFFAIRS has started
LL2 · 10/15/2024 · source
Now targeting Oct 15 at 08:21 UTC
hitura-nobad · 10/15/2024 · source
GO for launch.
Cosmic_Penguin · 10/15/2024 · source
Tweaked T-0.
Cosmic_Penguin · 10/14/2024 · source
Targeting NET October 15 per NOTAMs A1899/24 & R0261/24.
Cosmic_Penguin · 10/9/2024 · source
Pad — Space Launch Complex 4E
Local pad time: Oct 15, 1:21 AM PDT
284 launches from this pad · 900 from Vandenberg SFB, CA, USA
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