Falcon 9 Block 5 | Starlink 26
Launch Complex 39A
Kennedy Space Center, FL, USA
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SpaceX
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.
Starlink 26 & Rideshare
A batch of 52 satellites for Starlink mega-constellation - SpaceX's project for space-based Internet communication system. Two rideshare satellites are also on this flight: a Capella radar observation spacecraft and a small payload from the California-based smallsat manufacturer Tyvak.
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 343
Consecutive Success 46
Maiden Flight 2018-05-11
Launch Failures 1
Core
Serial B1058
Status lost
Flight Proven Yes
Flights 19
Landing Attempt Yes
Landing Success Yes
Type ASDS
Location OCISLY
Updates
JRascagneres
2021-05-16T01:15:11+0000
Marking success per visual confirmation
JRascagneres
2021-05-15T22:06:26+0000
Shifting NET to 22:56 UTC
SwGustav
2021-05-14T01:45:59+0000
Adjusting T-0
Nosu
2021-05-12T16:15:37+0000
Setting GO and weather 70%
Cosmic_Penguin
2021-05-08T04:01:00+0000
Adding launch.
Programs
Starlink
Starlink is a satellite internet constellation operated by American aerospace company SpaceX
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