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Starlink Group 6-52

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Starlink Group 6-52

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Falcon 9 Block 5
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Thursday April 18 2024, 22:40:00 UTC
StatusSuccess
VehicleFalcon 9 Block 5
OrbitLow Earth Orbit
PadSpace Launch Complex 40
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Mission

A batch of 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+00:01:12

Max-Q

T+00:02:30

MECO

T+00:02:34

Stage 2 Separation

T+00:02:41

SES-1

T+00:03:08

Fairing Separation

T+00:06:10

Entry Burn Startup

T+00:06:31

Entry Burn Shutdown

T+00:07:57

Stage 1 Landing Burn

T+00:08:18

Stage 1 Landing

T+00:08:44

SECO-1

T+00:54:01

SES-2

T+00:54:03

SECO-2

T+01:05:10

Starlink Deployment

Quick facts

VehicleFalcon 9 Block 5
OrbitLow Earth Orbit
PadSpace Launch Complex 40
SiteCape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA
WindowThursday April 18 2024, 22:40:00 UTC→Friday April 19 2024, 02:40:00 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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Acquiring satellite view…
Trajectory unknown
Space Launch Complex 40
Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA
28.562, -80.577
Scrub riskLOW
Go92%
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Weather & scrubLOW risk
Weather Go92%LL2 Go90%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)