SpaceX

Starlink Group 7-9

Success

Falcon 9 Block 5

T-minus to liftoff

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Wednesday January 3 2024, 03:44:20 UTC

StatusSuccess

VehicleFalcon 9 Block 5

OrbitLow Earth Orbit

PadSpace Launch Complex 4E

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Mission

A batch of 21 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 4E

SiteVandenberg SFB, CA, USA

WindowWednesday January 3 2024, 02:13:00 UTC→Wednesday January 3 2024, 06:02:10 UTC

Vehicle

FamilyFalcon

Height70 m

Diameter3.7 m

Stages2

ReusableYes

LEO capacity22,800 kg

Track record606/607 successful

Landings593/598

All launches

SpaceX

Starlink Group 7-9

Success

Falcon 9 Block 5

T-minus to liftoff

-

00

HOURS

:

00

MINUTES

:

00

SECONDS

Wednesday January 3 2024, 03:44:20 UTC

StatusSuccess

Scrub riskLOW

Go95%

VehicleFalcon 9 Block 5

OrbitLow Earth Orbit

PadSpace Launch Complex 4E

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 4E

Vandenberg SFB, CA, USA

34.632, -120.611

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Mission

A batch of 21 satellites for the Starlink mega-constellation - SpaceX's project for space-based Internet communication system.

Launch intel

Weather & scrubLOW risk

Weather Go95%LL2 Go70%Wind4 m/sGusts5 m/sCloud82%Temp19°C

Limiting rule: Droneship recovery upper limit on sea state.

8.2 ≥ 8 ft significant wave height · max cloud-top 2378 m above freezing 3202 m (1% cover in 10 nmi) · no GLM flashes within 25 nmi / 30 min, likely cirrus / stratiform ice rather than cumulus

Quick facts

VehicleFalcon 9 Block 5

OrbitLow Earth Orbit

PadSpace Launch Complex 4E

SiteVandenberg SFB, CA, USA

WindowWednesday January 3 2024, 02:13:00 UTC→Wednesday January 3 2024, 06:02:10 UTC

Vehicle

FamilyFalcon

Height70 m

Diameter3.7 m

Stages2

ReusableYes

LEO capacity22,800 kg

Track record606/607 successful

Landings593/598

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 4E

Vandenberg SFB, CA, USA

34.632, -120.611

Scrub riskLOW

Go95%

Launch intel

Weather & scrubLOW risk

Weather Go95%LL2 Go70%Wind4 m/sGusts5 m/sCloud82%Temp19°C

Limiting rule: Droneship recovery upper limit on sea state.

8.2 ≥ 8 ft significant wave height · max cloud-top 2378 m above freezing 3202 m (1% cover in 10 nmi) · no GLM flashes within 25 nmi / 30 min, likely cirrus / stratiform ice rather than cumulus