SpaceX

Starlink 4

Success

Falcon 9 Block 5

T-minus to liftoff

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Monday February 17 2020, 15:05:55 UTC

StatusSuccess

VehicleFalcon 9 Block 5

OrbitLow Earth Orbit

PadSpace Launch Complex 40

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Mission

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

Quick facts

VehicleFalcon 9 Block 5

OrbitLow Earth Orbit

PadSpace Launch Complex 40

SiteCape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA

WindowMonday February 17 2020, 15:05:55 UTC→Monday February 17 2020, 15:05:55 UTC

Vehicle

FamilyFalcon

All launches

SpaceX

Starlink 4

Success

Falcon 9 Block 5

T-minus to liftoff

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00

HOURS

:

00

MINUTES

:

00

SECONDS

Monday February 17 2020, 15:05:55 UTC

StatusSuccess

Scrub riskHIGH

Go12%

VehicleFalcon 9 Block 5

OrbitLow Earth Orbit

PadSpace Launch Complex 40

Launch CodexDossier

Every source for this mission in one place — news, social, references, notes & the exact timeline.

Explore

Acquiring satellite view…

Trajectory unknown

Space Launch Complex 40

Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA

28.562, -80.577

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Mission

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

Reusable Hardware

All boosters →

First Stage · Flight-provenB1056

lost4th flight

Flights4

Landings3/475%

Fastest turn62d 14h

Landing failed · ASDS· 629 km downrange

62d 14h since last flight

Missed the droneship and made successful water landing; apparently scuttled at sea afterward.

Previous flights · 3

Q's read

Weather & scrubHIGH risk

Weather Go12%LL2 Go90%Wind4 m/sGusts8 m/sCloud35%Temp26°C

Limiting rule: No flight through a thick (>4500 ft) cloud layer extending across the freezing level.

max-top 7850 m, mean 5547 m, 100% cover, freezing 5120 m · max cloud-top 7850 m above freezing 5120 m (100% cover in 10 nmi) · no GLM flashes within 25 nmi / 30 min, likely cirrus / stratiform ice rather than cumulus

Quick facts

VehicleFalcon 9 Block 5

OrbitLow Earth Orbit

PadSpace Launch Complex 40

SiteCape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA

WindowMonday February 17 2020, 15:05:55 UTC→Monday February 17 2020, 15:05:55 UTC

Vehicle

FamilyFalcon

Launch CodexDossier

Every source for this mission in one place — news, social, references, notes & the exact timeline.

Explore

Reusable Hardware

All boosters →

First Stage · Flight-provenB1056

lost4th flight

Flights4

Landings3/475%

Fastest turn62d 14h

Landing failed · ASDS· 629 km downrange

62d 14h since last flight

Missed the droneship and made successful water landing; apparently scuttled at sea afterward.

Previous flights · 3

Acquiring satellite view…

Trajectory unknown

Space Launch Complex 40

Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA

28.562, -80.577

Scrub riskHIGH

Go12%

Q's read

Weather & scrubHIGH risk

Weather Go12%LL2 Go90%Wind4 m/sGusts8 m/sCloud35%Temp26°C

Limiting rule: No flight through a thick (>4500 ft) cloud layer extending across the freezing level.

max-top 7850 m, mean 5547 m, 100% cover, freezing 5120 m · max cloud-top 7850 m above freezing 5120 m (100% cover in 10 nmi) · no GLM flashes within 25 nmi / 30 min, likely cirrus / stratiform ice rather than cumulus