Falcon 9 Block 5 | Starlink Group 15-5
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Launch Window
May 16, 2025, 1:43 p.m. - May 16, 2025, 1:50 p.m.
May 16, 2025, 1:43 p.m. - May 16, 2025, 1:50 p.m.
A batch of 26 satellites for the Starlink mega-constellation - SpaceX's project for space-based Internet communication system.
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Launch success.
Liftoff.
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GO for launch.
Falcon 9 is a two-stage rocket designed and manufactured by SpaceX for the reliable and safe transport of satellites and the Dragon spacecraft into orbit. The Block 5 variant is the fifth major interval aimed at improving upon the ability for rapid reusability.
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The Falcon 9 first stage B1093 has landed on ASDS OCISLY after its 2nd flight.
Result: Successful Autonomous Spaceport Drone Ship landing at Of Course I Still Love You.Space Exploration Technologies Corp., known as SpaceX, is an American aerospace manufacturer and space transport services company headquartered in Hawthorne, California. It was founded in 2002 by entrepreneur Elon Musk with the goal of reducing space transportation costs and enabling the colonization of Mars. SpaceX operates from many pads, on the East Coast of the US they operate from SLC-40 at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station and historic LC-39A at Kennedy Space Center. They also operate from SLC-4E at Vandenberg Space Force Base, California, usually for polar launches. Another launch site is being developed at Boca Chica, Texas.
INFO WIKI
The Starlink 15-5 will be SpaceX’s 58th Falcon 9 launch of the year. Liftoff from pad 4 East at Vandneberg Space Force Base is targeted 6:43 a.m. PDT (9:43 a.m. EDT, 1343 UTC).
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