Falcon 9 Block 5 | Starlink Group 6-17

Falcon 9 Block 5 | Starlink Group 6-17

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.

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Starlink Group 6-17

A batch of 22 satellites for the 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 342

Consecutive Success 45

Maiden Flight 2018-05-11

Launch Failures 1


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Serial B1058

Status lost

Flight Proven Yes

Flights 19


Landing Attempt Yes

Landing Success Yes

Type ASDS

Location ASOG


Updates

Cosmic_Penguin

2023-09-20T04:45:43+0000

Launch success; satellites deployed.

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Cosmic_Penguin

2023-09-20T03:40:10+0000

Liftoff.

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Jay

2023-09-20T02:23:40+0000

Delayed to first backup opportunity (03:38:10 UTC)

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Cosmic_Penguin

2023-09-19T00:50:44+0000

GO for launch.

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Nosu

2023-09-18T20:43:24+0000

Updating T-0 and launch window

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Nosu

2023-09-18T18:11:32+0000

Weather 60%

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Cosmic_Penguin

2023-09-16T14:03:20+0000

Tweaked launch period (~02:00 UTC per https://www.launchphotography.com/Launch_Viewing_Guide.html)

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Nosu

2023-09-15T09:44:50+0000

Delayed by a day

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Nosu

2023-09-14T07:21:41+0000

Adding approximate launch window

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Nosu

2023-09-13T06:36:39+0000

Targeting September 19 per NOTAM F3022/23

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Nosu

2023-05-22T09:10:57+0000

Adding launch

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Starlink

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

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