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Starlink Group 2-1

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Overview

Destination: Polar Orbit
Mission: Communications

Polar Orbit Space Launch Complex 4E Vandenberg SFB, CA, USA
B1049 - Of Course I Still Love You

A batch of 51 satellites for Starlink mega-constellation - SpaceX's project for space-based Internet communication system.

Updates

SwGustav • Sept. 14, 2021, 4:26 a.m.

Successful payload deployment.


Cosmic_Penguin • Sept. 11, 2021, 2:43 a.m.

New launch time.


Nosu • July 28, 2021, 6:43 a.m.

Renamed to 'Starlink 2-1', set NET August 10 and launch site to Vandenberg SFB.


Nosu • Sept. 8, 2021, 5:11 p.m.

Targeting NET September 13


Falcon 9

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Configuration: Block 5

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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Specifications
  • Minimum Stage
    1
  • Max Stage
    2
  • Length
    70.0 m
  • Diameter
    3.65 m
  • Fairing Diameter
    5.2 m
  • Launch Mass
    549.0 T
  • Thrust
    7607.0 kN
Family
  • Name
    Falcon 9
  • Family
  • Variant
    Block 5
  • Alias
  • Full Name
    Falcon 9 Block 5
Payload Capacity
  • Launch Cost
    $52000000
  • Low Earth Orbit
    22800.0 kg
  • Geostationary Transfer Orbit
    8300.0 kg
  • Direct Geostationary
  • Sun-Synchronous Capacity

Booster Info


B1049

Status: Expended


Type: Core
Flight Proven: Yes
First Flight: September 10, 2018
Last Flight: November 23, 2022
Flights: 11
Landings Attempted: 10
Landings Successful: 10
Previous B1049 Flights

Landing Information

B1049 successfully landed on ASDS OCISLY after its tenth launch.

Result: Successful Autonomous Spaceport Drone Ship landing at Of Course I Still Love You.

SpaceX

SpaceX

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CEO: Elon Musk Founded: 2002 Successes: 470 Failures: 14 Pending: 107

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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.

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