Falcon 9 Block 5 | Starlink Group 6-83

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May 13, 2025, 3:36 a.m. - May 13, 2025, 7:31 a.m.

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SpaceX - Falcon 9 - Starlink 6-83 - LC-39A - Kennedy Space Center - May 13, 2025

Launch Date: May 13, 2025 Launch Time: 1:02 a.m. EDT, 0502 UTC, 07:02 CEST Launch Window: Open until 3:31 a.m. EDT Launch Site: LC-39A - Kennedy Space Center, Florida, USA Targeted Orbit: Low Eart...

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Overview

Destination: Low Earth Orbit
Mission: Communications

Low Earth Orbit Launch Complex 39A Kennedy Space Center, FL, USA Probability: 90%
B1067 - Just Read the Instructions

A batch of 28 satellites for the Starlink mega-constellation - SpaceX's project for space-based Internet communication system.

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Updates
Cosmic_Penguin • May 13, 2025, 6:13 a.m.

Launch success.

Link https://x.com/SpaceX/status/1922173116081377298
Cosmic_Penguin • May 13, 2025, 5:02 a.m.

Liftoff.

Link https://x.com/i/broadcasts/1OwGWXPLmAVJQ
LL2 • May 13, 2025, 4:58 a.m.

Unofficial Re-stream by SPACE AFFAIRS has started

Link https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bWdacZ2nDVM
Cosmic_Penguin • May 13, 2025, 1:32 a.m.

New T-0 and updated launch weather.

Link https://www.spacex.com/launches/mission/?missionId=sl-6-83
Cosmic_Penguin • May 12, 2025, 7:03 p.m.

Updated launch weather.

Link https://45thweathersquadron.nebula.spaceforce.mil/assets/LaunchForecasts/Falcon%209%20Starlink%206-83%20L-1%20Forecast%20-%2012%20May%20Launch.pdf
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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
  • 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
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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
    ―
  • Sun-Synchronous Capacity
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Booster Info

B1067

Status: Active

Type: Core
Flight Proven: Yes
First Flight: June 3, 2021
Last Flight: December 8, 2025
Flights: 32
Landings Attempted: 32
Landings Successful: 32
Previous B1067 Flights

Landing Information

The Falcon 9 1st stage B1067 has landed on ASDS JRTI after its 28th flight.

Result: Successful Autonomous Spaceport Drone Ship landing at Just Read the Instructions.

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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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