SpaceX

Starlink Group 6-59

Success

Falcon 9 Block 5

T-minus to liftoff

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Saturday May 18 2024, 00:32:00 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 May 18 2024, 00:32:00 UTC→Saturday May 18 2024, 03:30:00 UTC

Vehicle

FamilyFalcon

All launches

SpaceX

Starlink Group 6-59

Success

Falcon 9 Block 5

T-minus to liftoff

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00

HOURS

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00

MINUTES

:

00

SECONDS

Saturday May 18 2024, 00:32:00 UTC

StatusSuccess

Scrub riskLOW

Go93%

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

destroyed21st flight

Flights23

Landings22/2396%

Fastest turn21d 6h

Recovered · ASDS · ASOG· 600 km downrange

34d 22h 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 Go93%LL2 Go75%Wind2 m/sGusts3 m/sCloud38%Temp26°C

Limiting rule: No flight within 10 nmi of any lightning flash in the previous 30 minutes (extended for nearby cloud).

METAR reports DISTANT lightning (beyond 10 SM, outside the LCC radius): "KCOF 090655Z AUTO 18003KT 10SM CLR 28/26 A3003 RMK AO2 LTG DSNT S SLP174 T027602"

Quick facts

VehicleFalcon 9 Block 5

OrbitLow Earth Orbit

PadSpace Launch Complex 40

SiteCape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA

WindowSaturday May 18 2024, 00:32:00 UTC→Saturday May 18 2024, 03:30:00 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

destroyed21st flight

Flights23

Landings22/2396%

Fastest turn21d 6h

Recovered · ASDS · ASOG· 600 km downrange

34d 22h 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

Go93%

Q's read

Weather & scrubLOW risk

Weather Go93%LL2 Go75%Wind2 m/sGusts3 m/sCloud38%Temp26°C

Limiting rule: No flight within 10 nmi of any lightning flash in the previous 30 minutes (extended for nearby cloud).

METAR reports DISTANT lightning (beyond 10 SM, outside the LCC radius): "KCOF 090655Z AUTO 18003KT 10SM CLR 28/26 A3003 RMK AO2 LTG DSNT S SLP174 T027602"