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Falcon 9 Block 5

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MINUTES

SECONDS

Sunday March 24 2024, 03:09:00 UTC

StatusSuccess

Scrub riskLOW

Go93%

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

Reusable Hardware

All boosters →

First Stage · Flight-provenB1060

expended19th flight

Flights20

Landings19/19100%

Fastest turn27d 4h

Recovered · ASDS · JRTI· 612 km downrange

37d 21h since last flight

Stage Expended for the Galileo L12 mission.

Previous flights · 19

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Weather & scrubLOW risk

Weather Go93%LL2 Go75%Wind1 m/sGusts3 m/sCloud20%Temp26°C

Launch Timeline

Countdown

T-00:38:00

GO for Prop Load

T-00:35:00

Prop Load

T-00:35:00

Stage 1 LOX 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+00:01:12

Max-Q

T+00:02:26

MECO

T+00:02:29

Stage 2 Separation

T+00:02:36

SES-1

T+00:03:04

Fairing Separation

T+00:06:09

Entry Burn Startup

T+00:06:33

Entry Burn Shutdown

T+00:08:04

Stage 1 Landing Burn

T+00:08:26

Stage 1 Landing

T+00:08:39

SECO-1

T+00:54:09

SES-2

T+00:54:10

SECO-2

T+01:05:18

Starlink Deployment

Quick facts

VehicleFalcon 9 Block 5

OrbitLow Earth Orbit

PadLaunch Complex 39A

SiteKennedy Space Center, FL, USA

WindowSaturday March 23 2024, 23:29:00 UTC→Sunday March 24 2024, 03:29:00 UTC

Vehicle

FamilyFalcon

Height70 m

Diameter3.7 m

Stages2

ReusableYes

LEO capacity22,800 kg

Track record606/607 successful

Landings593/598