SpaceX

Starlink Group 6-49

Success

Falcon 9 Block 5

T-minus to liftoff

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Saturday April 13 2024, 01:40:00 UTC

StatusSuccess

VehicleFalcon 9 Block 5

OrbitLow Earth Orbit

PadSpace Launch Complex 40

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Mission

A batch of 23 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

WindowSaturday April 13 2024, 01:22:00 UTC→Saturday April 13 2024, 04:48:00 UTC

Vehicle

FamilyFalcon

All launches

SpaceX

Starlink Group 6-49

Success

Falcon 9 Block 5

T-minus to liftoff

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HOURS

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MINUTES

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SECONDS

Saturday April 13 2024, 01:40:00 UTC

StatusSuccess

Scrub riskLOW

Go95%

VehicleFalcon 9 Block 5

OrbitLow Earth Orbit

PadSpace Launch Complex 40

Launch CodexDossier

Every source for this mission in one place — news, social, references, notes & the exact timeline.

Explore

Acquiring satellite view…

Trajectory unknown

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-provenB1062

destroyed20th flight

Flights23

Landings22/2396%

Fastest turn21d 6h

Recovered · ASDS · ASOG· 615 km downrange

28d 1h since last flight

Notable launches include GPS III SV04 & SV05, Inspiration4 and Axiom-1. Destroyed during its 23rd landing attempt on ASOG on 28 August 2024.

Previous flights · 22

Q's read

Weather & scrubLOW risk

Weather Go95%LL2 Go98%Wind5 m/sGusts7 m/sCloud32%Temp27°C

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

max cloud-top 15937 m above freezing 5088 m (23% cover in 10 nmi) · no GLM flashes within 25 nmi / 30 min, likely cirrus / stratiform ice rather than cumulus · 25 high-cloud pixels (≥10 km top); nearest 4.8 nmi · no GLM flashes within 25 nmi / 30 min, likely cirrus rather than active anvil

Quick facts

VehicleFalcon 9 Block 5

OrbitLow Earth Orbit

PadSpace Launch Complex 40

SiteCape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA

WindowSaturday April 13 2024, 01:22:00 UTC→Saturday April 13 2024, 04:48:00 UTC

Vehicle

FamilyFalcon

Launch CodexDossier

Every source for this mission in one place — news, social, references, notes & the exact timeline.

Explore

Reusable Hardware

All boosters →

First Stage · Flight-provenB1062

destroyed20th flight

Flights23

Landings22/2396%

Fastest turn21d 6h

Recovered · ASDS · ASOG· 615 km downrange

28d 1h since last flight

Notable launches include GPS III SV04 & SV05, Inspiration4 and Axiom-1. Destroyed during its 23rd landing attempt on ASOG on 28 August 2024.

Previous flights · 22

Acquiring satellite view…

Trajectory unknown

Space Launch Complex 40

Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA

28.562, -80.577

Scrub riskLOW

Go95%

Q's read

Weather & scrubLOW risk

Weather Go95%LL2 Go98%Wind5 m/sGusts7 m/sCloud32%Temp27°C

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

max cloud-top 15937 m above freezing 5088 m (23% cover in 10 nmi) · no GLM flashes within 25 nmi / 30 min, likely cirrus / stratiform ice rather than cumulus · 25 high-cloud pixels (≥10 km top); nearest 4.8 nmi · no GLM flashes within 25 nmi / 30 min, likely cirrus rather than active anvil