SpaceX

Starlink 9

Success

Falcon 9 Block 5

T-minus to liftoff

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Friday August 7 2020, 05:12:00 UTC

StatusSuccess

VehicleFalcon 9 Block 5

OrbitLow Earth Orbit

PadLaunch Complex 39A

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Mission

A batch of 57 satellites for Starlink mega-constellation - SpaceX's project for space-based Internet communication system. This launch will also carry two BlackSky Earth-imaging satellites as a rideshare.

Quick facts

VehicleFalcon 9 Block 5

OrbitLow Earth Orbit

PadLaunch Complex 39A

SiteKennedy Space Center, FL, USA

WindowFriday August 7 2020, 05:12:00 UTC→Friday August 7 2020, 05:12:00 UTC

Vehicle

FamilyFalcon

All launches

SpaceX

Starlink 9

Success

Falcon 9 Block 5

T-minus to liftoff

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00

HOURS

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00

MINUTES

:

00

SECONDS

Friday August 7 2020, 05:12:00 UTC

StatusSuccess

Scrub riskLOW

Go95%

VehicleFalcon 9 Block 5

OrbitLow Earth Orbit

PadLaunch Complex 39A

Launch CodexDossier

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

Explore

Acquiring satellite view…

Trajectory unknown

Launch Complex 39A

Kennedy Space Center, FL, USA

28.608, -80.604

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Mission

A batch of 57 satellites for Starlink mega-constellation - SpaceX's project for space-based Internet communication system. This launch will also carry two BlackSky Earth-imaging satellites as a rideshare.

Reusable Hardware

All boosters →

First Stage · Flight-provenB1051

expended5th flight

Flights14

Landings13/13100%

Fastest turn37d 19h

Recovered · ASDS · OCISLY· 630 km downrange

106d 9h since last flight

Stage Expended

Previous flights · 13

Q's read

Weather & scrubLOW risk

Weather Go95%LL2 Go70%Wind4 m/sGusts8 m/sCloud35%Temp26°C

Limiting rule: No flight through cumulus cloud with top at or above the freezing level.

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 · max-top 7850 m, mean 5859 m, 100% cover, freezing 5120 m

Quick facts

VehicleFalcon 9 Block 5

OrbitLow Earth Orbit

PadLaunch Complex 39A

SiteKennedy Space Center, FL, USA

WindowFriday August 7 2020, 05:12:00 UTC→Friday August 7 2020, 05:12:00 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-provenB1051

expended5th flight

Flights14

Landings13/13100%

Fastest turn37d 19h

Recovered · ASDS · OCISLY· 630 km downrange

106d 9h since last flight

Stage Expended

Previous flights · 13

Acquiring satellite view…

Trajectory unknown

Launch Complex 39A

Kennedy Space Center, FL, USA

28.608, -80.604

Scrub riskLOW

Go95%

Q's read

Weather & scrubLOW risk

Weather Go95%LL2 Go70%Wind4 m/sGusts8 m/sCloud35%Temp26°C

Limiting rule: No flight through cumulus cloud with top at or above the freezing level.

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 · max-top 7850 m, mean 5859 m, 100% cover, freezing 5120 m