Falcon 9 Block 5 | Starlink Group 8-8

Falcon 9 Block 5 | Starlink Group 8-8

Space Launch Complex 4E
Vandenberg SFB, CA, 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 Group 8-8

A batch of 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 B1061

Status expended

Flight Proven Yes

Flights 23


Landing Attempt Yes

Landing Success Yes

Type ASDS

Location OCISLY


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Cosmic_Penguin

2024-06-08T14:03:30+0000

Launch success.

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Cosmic_Penguin

2024-06-08T12:58:18+0000

Liftoff.

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LL2

2024-06-08T12:49:40+0000

Unofficial Webcast by SPACE AFFAIRS has started

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Cosmic_Penguin

2024-06-08T12:03:14+0000

Launch window extended.

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Cosmic_Penguin

2024-06-08T03:04:57+0000

GO for launch.

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Cosmic_Penguin

2024-06-07T19:14:23+0000

Tweaked T-0.

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Cosmic_Penguin

2024-06-04T01:00:33+0000

Slip to NET June 8 per NOTAM R0126/24.

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Cosmic_Penguin

2024-05-31T00:43:07+0000

Targeting NET June 5 UTC per NOTAMs A1810/24.

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Starlink

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

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