Falcon 9 Block 5 | Starlink Group 7-18
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Launch Window
April 2, 2024, 2:30 a.m. - April 2, 2024, 6:30 a.m.
April 2, 2024, 2:30 a.m. - April 2, 2024, 6:30 a.m.
Watch live coverage as SpaceX launches a Falcon 9 rocket with 22 second-generation Starlink internet satellites. Liftoff from pad 4E at Vandenberg Space Force Base is scheduled for 7:30 p.m. PDT on Mo...
A batch of 22 satellites for the Starlink mega-constellation - SpaceX's project for space-based Internet communication system.
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Launch success.
Liftoff.
Unofficial Webcast by SPACE AFFAIRS has started
Rescheduled for April 2nd UTC.
NET April 1 UTC, weather pending.
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 first stage B1071 has landed on ASDS OCISLY after its 15th flight.
Result: Successful Autonomous Spaceport Drone Ship landing at Of Course I Still Love You.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
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