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SpaceX designs, manufactures and launches advanced rockets and spacecraft. The company was founded in 2002 to revolutionize space technology, with the ultimate goal of enabling people to live on other planets.

Starlink Group 3-4

Overview

Destination: Low Earth Orbit
Mission: Communications

Low Earth Orbit Space Launch Complex 4E Vandenberg SFB, CA, USA
B1063 - Of Course I Still Love You

A batch of 46 satellites for Starlink mega-constellation - SpaceX's project for space-based Internet communication system.

Telemetry

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Updates

Nosu • Aug. 31, 2022, 6:56 a.m.

Successful launch of 46 Starlink satellites.

Nosu • Aug. 31, 2022, 5:40 a.m.

Liftoff

Nosu • Aug. 31, 2022, 5:32 a.m.

Webcast live

Nosu • Aug. 30, 2022, 5:24 p.m.

Adding seconds to T-0

Cosmic_Penguin • Aug. 29, 2022, 11:55 p.m.

Launch time confirmed by SpaceX

Falcon 9

Family:
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
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Variant
Block 5
Alias
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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
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Sun-Synchronous Capacity
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Booster Info

B1063

Status: Active

Type: Core
Flight Proven: Yes
First Flight: November 21, 2020
Last Flight: June 4, 2025

Flights: 26
Landings Attempted: 26
Landings Successful: 26

Previous B1063 Flights

Landing Information

Falcon 9 booster B1063 has successfully landed on ASDS Of Course I Still Love You after its 7th flight.

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

SpaceX

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CEO: Elon Musk Founded: 2002 Successes: 525 Failures: 15 Pending: 119

Agency Type:

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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