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Falcon 9 Block 5

T-minus to liftoff

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Friday February 21 2025, 15:19:00 UTC

StatusSuccess

Scrub riskHIGH

Go12%

VehicleFalcon 9 Block 5

OrbitLow Earth Orbit

PadSpace Launch Complex 40

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Space Launch Complex 40

Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA

28.562, -80.577

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Mission

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

Reusable Hardware

All boosters →

First Stage · Flight-provenB1076

expended21st flight

Flights22

Landings21/21100%

Fastest turn21d 2h

Recovered · ASDS · ASOG· 600 km downrange

24d 17h since last flight

Booster first launched on the Dragon CRS-26 mission. Expended during the SPAINSAT-NG II launch.

Previous flights · 21

Q's read

Weather & scrubHIGH risk

Weather Go12%LL2 Go85%Wind2 m/sGusts4 m/sCloud57%Temp26°C

Limiting rule: No flight through a thick (>4500 ft) cloud layer extending across the freezing level.

max-top 6752 m, mean 4632 m, 75% cover, freezing 4763 m · max cloud-top 6752 m above freezing 4763 m (75% cover in 10 nmi) · no GLM flashes within 25 nmi / 30 min, likely cirrus / stratiform ice rather than cumulus

Launch Timeline

Countdown

T-00:38:00

GO for Prop Load

T-00:35:00

Stage 1 LOX Load

T-00:35:00

Prop Load

T-00:16:00

Stage 2 LOX Load

T-00:07:00

Engine Chill

T-00:01:00

Tank Press

T-00:01:00

Startup

T-00:00:45

GO for Launch

T-00:00:03

Ignition

In-flight

T+00:00:00

Liftoff

T+00:01:10

Max-Q

T+00:02:25

MECO

T+00:02:28

Stage 2 Separation

T+00:02:35

SES-1

T+00:03:04

Fairing Separation

T+00:06:02

Entry Burn Startup

T+00:06:26

Entry Burn Shutdown

T+00:07:48

Stage 1 Landing Burn

T+00:08:13

Stage 1 Landing

T+00:08:39

SECO-1

T+00:54:04

SES-2

T+00:54:05

SECO-2

T+01:05:12

Starlink Deployment

Quick facts

VehicleFalcon 9 Block 5

OrbitLow Earth Orbit

PadSpace Launch Complex 40

SiteCape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA

WindowFriday February 21 2025, 11:40:00 UTC→Friday February 21 2025, 15:25:39 UTC

Vehicle

FamilyFalcon

Height70 m

Diameter3.7 m

Stages2

ReusableYes

LEO capacity22,800 kg

Track record606/607 successful

Landings593/598