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Starlink Group 9-12

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Starlink Group 9-12

Success

Falcon 9 Block 5
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Monday November 18 2024, 05:53:30 UTC
StatusSuccess
VehicleFalcon 9 Block 5
OrbitLow Earth Orbit
PadSpace Launch Complex 4E
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Mission

A batch of 20 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

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

Quick facts

VehicleFalcon 9 Block 5
OrbitLow Earth Orbit
PadSpace Launch Complex 4E
SiteVandenberg SFB, CA, USA
WindowMonday November 18 2024, 05:47:00 UTC→Monday November 18 2024, 09:46:10 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.

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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.

Acquiring satellite view…
Trajectory unknown
Space Launch Complex 4E
Vandenberg SFB, CA, USA
34.632, -120.611
Scrub riskLOW
Go92%
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Q's read

Weather & scrubLOW risk
Weather Go92%Wind2 m/sGusts2 m/sCloud3%Temp14°C

Limiting rule: Droneship recovery upper limit on sea state.

6.2 ≥ 6 ft significant wave height