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Falcon 9 - B1078

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Falcon 9 Block 5 booster first used for the Crew-6 mission.

Previous Flights

B1078 flew on five previous launch(es).

Falcon 9 Block 5 | Starlink Group 6-16

SpaceX | USA
Cape Canaveral, FL, USA
Sept. 16, 2023, 3:38 a.m.

Status: Launch Successful

Mission:

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

Low Earth Orbit B1078 - Flight Proven ( ) Just Read the Instructions

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Falcon 9 Block 5 | Starlink Group 6-8

SpaceX | USA
Cape Canaveral, FL, USA
Aug. 7, 2023, 2:41 a.m.

Status: Launch Successful

Mission:

A batch of 22 satellites for the Starlink mega-constellation - SpaceX's project for space-based Internet communication system.

Low Earth Orbit B1078 - Flight Proven ( ) A Shortfall of Gravitas

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Falcon 9 Block 5 | Starlink Group 6-4

SpaceX | USA
Cape Canaveral, FL, USA
June 4, 2023, 12:20 p.m.

Status: Launch Successful

Mission:

A batch of 22 satellites for the Starlink mega-constellation - SpaceX's project for space-based Internet communication system.

Low Earth Orbit B1078 - Flight Proven ( ) Just Read the Instructions

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Falcon 9 Block 5 | O3b mPower 3 & 4

SpaceX | USA
Cape Canaveral, FL, USA
April 28, 2023, 10:12 p.m.

Status: Launch Successful

Mission:

Third and fourth of a constellation of eleven high-throughput communications satellites in Medium Earth Orbit (MEO) built by Boeing and operated by SES.

Medium Earth Orbit B1078 - Flight Proven ( ) Just Read the Instructions

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Falcon 9 Block 5 | Crew-6

SpaceX | USA
Kennedy Space Center, FL, USA
March 2, 2023, 5:34 a.m.

Status: Launch Successful

Mission:

SpaceX Crew-6 is the sixth crewed operational flight of a Crew Dragon spacecraft to the International Space Station as part of NASA's Commercial Crew Program.

Low Earth Orbit B1078 - Maiden Flight Just Read the Instructions

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Recent Launches

Falcon 9

Success

2 days, 22 hours ago

Starlink Group 6-30

Space Launch Complex 40 - Cape Canaveral, FL, USA

A batch of 23 satellites for the Starlink mega-constellation - SpaceX's project for space-based Internet communication system.

Soyuz 2.1b

Success

5 days, 6 hours ago

Razdan No. 1?

43/4 (43R) - Plesetsk Cosmodrome, Russian Federation

Note: Payload identity and Cosmos series number uncertain. The Razdan satellite is reportedly a new electro-optical reconnaissance satellite desi…

Long March 2D/YZ-3

Success

1 week ago

3 x SatNet test satellites

Launch Complex 3 (LC-3/LA-1) - Xichang Satellite Launch Center, People's Republic of China

Officially described as "Satellite-Internet Technology Demonstration Satellite(s)" built by Chinese Academy of Sciences. Probable 3 (?) test satellit…

Falcon 9

Success

1 week, 1 day ago

Starlink Group 6-29

Space Launch Complex 40 - Cape Canaveral, FL, USA

A batch of 23 satellites for the Starlink mega-constellation - SpaceX's project for space-based Internet communication system.

Chollima-1

Success

1 week, 2 days ago

Malligyong-1c

Malligyong-1 Pad - Sohae Satellite Launching Station, Cholsan County, North Pyongan Province, Democratic People's Republic of Korea

Malligyong-1c (meaning "Telescope-1") is the third attempt by North Korea to launch a satellite officially declared to be for military reconnaissance…