Falcon 9 Block 5 | Starlink Group 6-72
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Launch Window
April 6, 2025, 2:40 a.m. - April 6, 2025, 6:40 a.m.
April 6, 2025, 2:40 a.m. - April 6, 2025, 6:40 a.m.
A batch of 28 satellites for the Starlink mega-constellation - SpaceX's project for space-based Internet communication system.
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Launch success.
Liftoff.
Unofficial Re-stream by SPACE AFFAIRS has started
Tweaked T-0.
Now targeting Apr 06 at 03:07 UTC
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.
See DetailsThe Falcon 9 1st stage B1078 has landed on ASDS JRTI after its 19th flight.
Result: Successful Autonomous Spaceport Drone Ship landing at Just Read the Instructions.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 6-72 mission will be the 26th launch of Starlink satellites in 2025. Liftoff of from pad 40 at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station is set for Saturday, April 5, at 10:40 p.m. EDT (0240 UTC).
Five Falcon 9 missions are scheduled to launch this week, including the first-ever crewed mission… The post Launch Roundup: Falcon 9 to fly five missions during busy week appeared first on NASASpaceFlight.com.
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A batch of 26 satellites for the Starlink mega-constellation - SpaceX's project for space-based Internet communication system.
A batch of 28 satellites for the Starlink mega-constellation - SpaceX's project for space-based Internet communication system.
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