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Starlink Group 12-2

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Starlink Group 12-2

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Falcon 9 Block 5
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Monday December 23 2024, 05:35:30 UTC
StatusSuccess
VehicleFalcon 9 Block 5
OrbitLow Earth Orbit
PadLaunch Complex 39A
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Mission

A batch of 21 satellites for the Starlink mega-constellation - SpaceX's project for space-based Internet communication system.

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

Startup

T-00:01:00

Tank Press

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+00:02:29

Stage 2 Separation

T+00:02:36

SES-1

T+00:03:06

Fairing Separation

T+00:06:00

Entry Burn Startup

T+00:06:24

Entry Burn Shutdown

T+00:07:47

Stage 1 Landing Burn

T+00:08:10

Stage 1 Landing

T+00:08:37

SECO-1

T+00:53:57

SES-2

T+00:53:59

SECO-2

T+01:05:06

Starlink Deployment

Quick facts

VehicleFalcon 9 Block 5
OrbitLow Earth Orbit
PadLaunch Complex 39A
SiteKennedy Space Center, FL, USA
WindowMonday December 23 2024, 05:35:30 UTC→Monday December 23 2024, 08:21:20 UTC

Vehicle

FamilyFalcon
Height70 m
Diameter3.7 m
Stages2
ReusableYes
LEO capacity22,800 kg
Track record606/607 successful
Landings593/598
Launch CodexDossier

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Reusable Hardware

All boosters →
First Stage · Flight-provenB1080
active14th flight
Flights28
Landings28/28100%
Fastest turn13d 12h
Recovered · ASDS · JRTI· 600 km downrange
27d 19h since last flight

Falcon 9 Block 5 booster first used for the Axiom Space Mission 2 Crew Dragon mission.

Acquiring satellite view…
Trajectory unknown
Launch Complex 39A
Kennedy Space Center, FL, USA
28.608, -80.604
Scrub riskLOW
Go92%
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Weather & scrubLOW risk
Weather Go92%LL2 Go60%Wind4 m/sGusts4 m/sCloud50%Temp27°C

Limiting rule: No flight within 10 nmi of an attached thunderstorm anvil.

HRRR F+0: CAPE 1516 · upper-level wind 30 kt — anvil-producing environment, no live proximity (no satellite cloud-top at this pad)