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Starlink Group 6-18

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Starlink Group 6-18

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Falcon 9 Block 5
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Sep 24, 03:38:30 UTC
StatusSuccess
VehicleFalcon 9 Block 5
OrbitLow Earth Orbit
PadSpace Launch Complex 40
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Mission

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

Quick facts

VehicleFalcon 9 Block 5
OrbitLow Earth Orbit
PadSpace Launch Complex 40
SiteCape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA
WindowSep 24, 01:07:00 UTC→Sep 24, 04:05:30 UTC

Vehicle

FamilyFalcon

Reusable Hardware

All boosters →
First Stage · Flight-provenB1060
expended17th flight
Flights20
Landings19/19100%
Fastest turn27d 4h
Recovered · ASDS · JRTI· 618 km downrange
69d 23h since last flight

Stage Expended for the Galileo L12 mission.

Previous flights · 19
  1. #20Galileo L12 (FOC FM25 & FM27)+34d 21hATLApr 28, 2024
  2. #19Starlink Group 6-42+37d 21hJRTIMar 24, 2024
  3. #18Nova-C IM-1+144d 2hLZ-1Feb 15, 2024
  4. #16Starlink Group 5-15+193d 12hASOGJul 16, 2023
  5. #15Transporter 6 (Dedicated SSO Rideshare)+86d 15hLZ-1Jan 3, 2023
Acquiring satellite view…
Trajectory unknown
Space Launch Complex 40
Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA
28.562, -80.577
Scrub riskLOW
Go90%
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Weather & scrubLOW risk
Weather Go90%LL2 Go95%Wind4 ktGusts4 ktCloud50%Temp77°F

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

4400% cloud cover in layer above freezing (14146 ft) — approximated