Falcon 9 Block 5 | Starlink Group 8-11
Launch Successful
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Launch Window
Sept. 5, 2024, 12:35 p.m. - Sept. 5, 2024, 4:31 p.m.
Sept. 5, 2024, 12:35 p.m. - Sept. 5, 2024, 4:31 p.m.
A batch of 21 satellites for the Starlink mega-constellation - SpaceX's project for space-based Internet communication system.
Launch success
Liftoff
New T-0.
Weather is 75% favorable for launch, trending towards 60% at the end of the window.
Tweaked launch window.
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 B1077 landed on ASDS JRTI after its 15th 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.
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The launch from pad 40 at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station was delayed a day due to poor weather in the booster landing zone. Liftoff is set for Thursday, Sept. 5, at 8:35 a.m. EDT (1235 UTC).
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