SpaceX

Starlink Group 9-12

Success

Falcon 9 Block 5

T-minus to liftoff

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Monday November 18 2024, 05:53:30 UTC

StatusSuccess

Scrub riskLOW

Go94%

VehicleFalcon 9 Block 5

OrbitLow Earth Orbit

PadSpace Launch Complex 4E

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Space Launch Complex 4E

Vandenberg SFB, CA, USA

34.632, -120.611

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Mission

A batch of 20 satellites for the Starlink mega-constellation - SpaceX's project for space-based Internet communication system.

Reusable Hardware

All boosters →

First Stage · Flight-provenB1071

active20th flight

Flights35

Landings35/35100%

Fastest turn19d 16h

Recovered · ASDS · OCISLY· 574 km downrange

33d 21h since last flight

Falcon 9 Block 5 booster first used for the NROL-87 mission.

Q's read

Weather & scrubLOW risk

Weather Go94%Wind6 m/sGusts8 m/sCloud72%Temp16°C

Limiting rule: Droneship recovery upper limit on sea state.

7.5 ≥ 6 ft significant wave height

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

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+00:01:07

Max-Q

T+00:02:25

MECO

T+00:02:29

Stage 2 Separation

T+00:02:36

SES-1

T+00:03:03

Fairing Separation

T+00:06:04

Entry Burn Startup

T+00:06:29

Entry Burn Shutdown

T+00:07:44

Stage 1 Landing Burn

T+00:08:13

Stage 1 Landing

T+00:08:37

SECO-1

T+00:54:54

SES-2

T+00:54:56

SECO-2

T+01:01:48

Starlink Deployment

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