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SpaceX - Falcon 9 - Starlink 8-19 - SLC-40 - Cape Canaveral SFS - October 18, 2024

Launch Date: October 18, 2024 Launch Time: 7:31 p.m. EDT, 2331 UTC / October 19, 01:31CEST Launch Window: Open til 7:31 p.m. EDT Launch Site: SLC-40 - Cape Canaveral Space Force Station, Florida, US...

Watch live: SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket launches 20 Starlink satellites from Cape Canaveral

Watch live coverage as SpaceX launches a Falcon 9 rocket with another batch of 20 Starlink internet relay satellites, of which 13 feature Direct to Cell capabilities. Liftoff from pad 40 at Cape Canav...

Somehow, the Booster Returned! (Plus Starlink 8-19) - The Flame Trench

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Starlink Group 8-19

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Overview

Destination: Low Earth Orbit
Mission: Communications

Low Earth Orbit Space Launch Complex 40 Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA Probability: 40%
B1076 - Just Read the Instructions

A batch of 20 satellites for the Starlink mega-constellation - SpaceX's project for space-based Internet communication system.

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Updates

Cosmic_Penguin • Oct. 19, 2024, 12:37 a.m.

Launch success.


Cosmic_Penguin • Oct. 18, 2024, 11:31 p.m.

Liftoff.


LL2 • Oct. 18, 2024, 11:21 p.m.

Unofficial Re-stream by SPACE AFFAIRS has started


Cosmic_Penguin • Oct. 18, 2024, 5:47 p.m.

GO for launch.


Cosmic_Penguin • Oct. 18, 2024, 12:08 a.m.

Tweaked T-0.


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
  • Minimum Stage
    1
  • Max Stage
    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


B1076

Status: Active


Type: Core
Flight Proven: Yes
First Flight: November 26, 2022
Last Flight: November 14, 2024
Flights: 18
Landings Attempted: 18
Landings Successful: 18
Previous B1076 Flights

Landing Information

The Falcon 9 Booster B1076 has landed on ASDS JRTI after its 17th flight.

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

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CEO: Elon Musk Founded: 2002 Successes: 414 Failures: 12 Pending: 118

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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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