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Starlink Group 4-2 & BlueWalker 3

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Falcon 9 Block 5

T-minus to liftoff

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MINUTES

SECONDS

Sunday September 11 2022, 01:20:00 UTC

StatusSuccess

Scrub riskHIGH

Go12%

VehicleFalcon 9 Block 5

OrbitLow Earth Orbit

PadLaunch Complex 39A

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Launch Complex 39A

Kennedy Space Center, FL, USA

28.608, -80.604

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Mission

A batch of 34 satellites for Starlink mega-constellation - SpaceX's project for space-based Internet communication system. BlueWalker 3 is a rideshare test satellite for AST SpaceMobile’s planned space-based cellular broadband network.

Reusable Hardware

All boosters →

First Stage · Flight-provenB1058

lost14th flight

Flights19

Landings19/19100%

Fastest turn27d 8h

Recovered · ASDS · ASOG· 657 km downrange

65d 12h since last flight

Booster first flown during the DEMO-2 mission. Only booster featuring the NASA worm logo. Written off after toppled by rough seas during transport on 25 December 2023 after safely landing aboard JRTI.

Previous flights · 18

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Weather & scrubHIGH risk

Weather Go12%LL2 Go60%Wind1 m/sGusts4 m/sCloud22%Temp24°C

Limiting rule: No flight through cumulus cloud with top at or above the freezing level.

max cloud-top 5591 m above freezing 4617 m (73% cover in 10 nmi) · GLM ingest not primed — treating conservatively · max-top 5591 m, mean 4331 m, 73% cover, freezing 4617 m · METAR reports DISTANT lightning (beyond 10 SM, outside the LCC radius): "KTTS 270655Z AUTO 00000KT 10SM FEW046 SCT150 BKN180 24/23 A2997 RMK AO2 LTG DSNT"

Quick facts

VehicleFalcon 9 Block 5

OrbitLow Earth Orbit

PadLaunch Complex 39A

SiteKennedy Space Center, FL, USA

WindowSunday September 11 2022, 01:20:00 UTC→Sunday September 11 2022, 01:20:00 UTC

Vehicle

FamilyFalcon

Height70 m

Diameter3.7 m

Stages2

ReusableYes

LEO capacity22,800 kg

Track record606/607 successful

Landings593/598