Falcon 9 Block 5 | Starlink Group 8-3
Space Launch Complex 40
Cape Canaveral SFS, 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 Group 8-3
A batch of 21 satellites for the Starlink mega-constellation - SpaceX's project for space-based Internet communication system.
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 345
Consecutive Success 48
Maiden Flight 2018-05-11
Launch Failures 1
Core
Serial B1067
Status active
Flight Proven Yes
Flights 23
Landing Attempt Yes
Landing Success Yes
Type ASDS
Location JRTI
Updates
Cosmic_Penguin
2024-08-10T14:01:55+0000
Launch success.
Cosmic_Penguin
2024-08-10T12:50:18+0000
Liftoff.
Cosmic_Penguin
2024-08-10T12:41:08+0000
Weather 95% GO.
LL2
2024-08-10T12:41:02+0000
Unofficial Webcast by SPACE AFFAIRS has started
Cosmic_Penguin
2024-08-10T00:50:22+0000
Tweaked T-0.
Cosmic_Penguin
2024-08-10T00:30:53+0000
Updated launch window to de-conflict with another Falcon 9 launch at Cape Canaveral the same day.
Cosmic_Penguin
2024-08-09T16:29:52+0000
Tweaked launch window.
Nosu
2024-08-09T15:55:19+0000
Scrubbed due to recovery weather conditions
Nosu
2024-08-09T13:55:45+0000
Targeting the end of the window
Cosmic_Penguin
2024-08-09T13:07:44+0000
Launch window extended.
Nosu
2024-08-09T12:57:15+0000
Updating T-0
Cosmic_Penguin
2024-08-09T10:48:57+0000
New T-0.
Nosu
2024-08-08T20:10:10+0000
Setting GO
Nosu
2024-08-08T17:54:37+0000
Update window end
hitura-nobad
2024-08-07T19:31:21+0000
Weather 90% GO, decreasing to 80% at the end of the window
Cosmic_Penguin
2024-08-06T01:30:25+0000
NET August 9.
Nosu
2024-08-04T17:30:32+0000
T-0 accurate to the second
Cosmic_Penguin
2024-08-01T15:59:22+0000
Targeting NET August 7 per NOTAMs F2764/24.
Nosu
2024-07-12T14:57:06+0000
Reverting to TBD July pending completion of the investigation into the Starlink Group 9-3 second engine failure
Cosmic_Penguin
2024-07-11T00:33:00+0000
Targeting NET July 17 per NOTAMs F2464/24.
Cosmic_Penguin
2024-03-27T23:31:54+0000
Reverting back to April TBD with relevant marine navigation warnings and NOTAMs cancelled.
Cosmic_Penguin
2024-03-26T23:29:05+0000
Targeting NET April 5 UTC per NOTAM A1078/24.
Cosmic_Penguin
2024-02-21T05:46:26+0000
Added launch.
Programs
Starlink
Starlink is a satellite internet constellation operated by American aerospace company SpaceX
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