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Starlink Group 4-26

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Overview

Destination: Low Earth Orbit
Mission: Communications

Low Earth Orbit Launch Complex 39A Kennedy Space Center, FL, USA Probability: 70%
B1073 - A Shortfall of Gravitas

A batch of 52 satellites for Starlink mega-constellation - SpaceX's project for space-based Internet communication system.

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Updates

Jay • Aug. 10, 2022, 2:32 a.m.

Payload deployment confirmed


Jay • Aug. 10, 2022, 2:15 a.m.

Liftoff


Jay • Aug. 10, 2022, 2:06 a.m.

Webcast live


Jay • Aug. 9, 2022, 10:30 p.m.

Delayed to 02:14 UTC due to upper level winds.


SwGustav • Aug. 8, 2022, 9:47 p.m.

Setting GO


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
  • Stages
    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


B1073

Status: Expended


Type: Core
Flight Proven: Yes
First Flight: May 14, 2022
Last Flight: January 30, 2025
Flights: 21
Landings Attempted: 20
Landings Successful: 20
Previous B1073 Flights

Landing Information

B1073 successfully landed on A Shortfall of Gravitas stationed 656km downrange after its third flight.

Result: Successful Autonomous Spaceport Drone Ship landing at A Shortfall of Gravitas.

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CEO: Elon Musk Founded: 2002 Successes: 604 Failures: 15 Pending: 116

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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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