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Falcon 9 Block 5

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Sunday December 8 2024, 05:12:30 UTC

StatusSuccess

Scrub riskHIGH

Go16%

VehicleFalcon 9 Block 5

OrbitLow Earth Orbit

PadSpace Launch Complex 40

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Space Launch Complex 40

Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA

28.562, -80.577

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Mission

A batch of 23 satellites for the Starlink mega-constellation - SpaceX's project for space-based Internet communication system.

Reusable Hardware

All boosters →

First Stage · Flight-provenB1086

lost2nd flight

Flights5

Landings5/5100%

Fastest turn26d 3h

Recovered · ASDS · ASOG· 600 km downrange

165d 7h since last flight

Falcon 9 booster that started out as a Falcon Heavy side booster flown during the GOES-U mission. Written off on 3 March 2025 after safely landing aboard JRTI due to post-landing aft end fire damaging one of the landing legs and tipping it overboard.

Previous flights · 4

Q's read

Weather & scrubHIGH risk

Weather Go16%LL2 Go99%Wind2 m/sGusts5 m/sCloud38%Temp26°C

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

100% cloud cover in layer above freezing (14805 ft) — approximated · METAR reports thunder or overhead lightning: "KCOF 270255Z AUTO 18004KT 10SM VCTS -DZ SCT190 25/23 A3001 RMK AO2 RAE0155DZB015" · ≥60% layer 13422–17835 ft (4413 ft thick) — approximated

Launch Timeline

Countdown

T-00:38:00

GO for Prop Load

T-00:35:00

Stage 1 LOX Load

T-00:35:00

Prop Load

T-00:16:00

Stage 2 LOX Load

T-00:07:00

Engine Chill

T-00:01:00

Tank Press

T-00:01:00

Startup

T-00:00:45

GO for Launch

T-00:00:03

Ignition

In-flight

T+00:00:00

Liftoff

T+00:01:10

Max-Q

T+00:02:25

MECO

T+00:02:29

Stage 2 Separation

T+00:02:36

SES-1

T+00:03:03

Fairing Separation

T+00:06:06

Entry Burn Startup

T+00:06:30

Entry Burn Shutdown

T+00:07:53

Stage 1 Landing Burn

T+00:08:17

Stage 1 Landing

T+00:08:39

SECO-1

T+00:54:00

SES-2

T+00:54:02

SECO-2

T+01:05:09

Starlink Deployment

Quick facts

VehicleFalcon 9 Block 5

OrbitLow Earth Orbit

PadSpace Launch Complex 40

SiteCape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA

WindowSunday December 8 2024, 05:12:30 UTC→Sunday December 8 2024, 09:02:20 UTC

Vehicle

FamilyFalcon

Height70 m

Diameter3.7 m

Stages2

ReusableYes

LEO capacity22,800 kg

Track record606/607 successful

Landings593/598