Falcon 9 Block 5 | Starlink 18

Falcon 9 Block 5 | Starlink 18

Space Launch Complex 40
Cape Canaveral, FL, USA

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Space Exploration Technologies Corp., known as SpaceX, is an American aerospace manufacturer and space transport services company headquartered in Hawthorne, California. It was founded in 2002 by entrepreneur Elon Musk with the goal of reducing space transportation costs and enabling the colonization of Mars. SpaceX operates from many pads, on the East Coast of the US they operate from SLC-40 at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station and historic LC-39A at Kennedy Space Center. They also operate from SLC-4E at Vandenberg Space Force Base, California, usually for polar launches. Another launch site is being developed at Boca Chica, Texas.

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Starlink 18

A batch of 60 satellites for Starlink mega-constellation - SpaceX's project for space-based Internet communication system.

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Falcon 9 Block 5


Height 70.00 Meters

Max Stages 2

Mass To GTO 8300 kg

Liftoff Thrust 7607 kN

Diameter 3.65 Meters

Mass To LEO 22800 kg

Liftoff Mass 549 Tonnes


Launch Success 258

Consecutive Success 258

Maiden Flight 2018-05-11

Launch Failures 0


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Serial B1060

Status active

Flight Proven Yes

Flights 19


Landing Attempt Yes

Landing Success Yes

Type ASDS

Location OCISLY


Updates

Nosu

2021-02-04T07:28:07+0000

Successful launch

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SwGustav

2021-02-03T22:34:11+0000

Added webcast

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Nosu

2021-02-01T16:40:30+0000

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SwGustav

2021-01-31T01:21:13+0000

Setting GO

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Cosmic_Penguin

2021-01-28T00:42:13+0000

Added launch.

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Programs

Starlink

Starlink is a satellite internet constellation operated by American aerospace company SpaceX

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