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Starlink Group 4-17

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Falcon 9 Block 5

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MINUTES

SECONDS

Friday May 6 2022, 09:42:00 UTC

StatusSuccess

Scrub riskLOW

Go95%

VehicleFalcon 9 Block 5

OrbitLow Earth Orbit

PadLaunch Complex 39A

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General trajectory

Launch Complex 39A

Kennedy Space Center, FL, USA

Launching

Southwest

226° · SW

28.608, -80.604

Orbital elements (TLE)

4 element sets

Orbit

Apogee262 km

Perigee246 km

Period89.6 min

Inclination97.29°

Launch heading 226° · SW from Starlink 17-30.

OrbitStarlink 17-20low

1 70012U 26016A 26025.77269676 .00033015 00000-0 41372-4 0 9993

2 70012 97.2906 083.6243 0011020 270.6608 105.6107 16.07501555 09

OrbitStarlink 17-30› conelow

1 70010U 26014A 26022.15890046 .00019681 00000-0 24737-4 0 9998

2 70010 97.2886 219.0247 0011767 278.0041 099.2576 16.07439173 08

OrbitStarlink 17-32low

1 70017U 26022A 26033.70087963 .00000000 00000-0 00000-0 0 9991

2 70017 97.2910 065.5700 0011972 279.6700 096.0399 16.07517952 08

OrbitStarlink 17-33high

1 70018U 26999A 26038.91695602 .00000000 00000-0 00000-0 0 9998

2 70018 97.2910 148.4987 0011972 279.6700 096.0399 16.07517952 07

Pre-launch TLEs from Dillon's Space Page. Estimated before flight — the real orbit is confirmed post-launch.

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Mission

A batch of 53 satellites for Starlink mega-constellation - SpaceX's project for space-based Internet communication system.

Reusable Hardware

All boosters →

First Stage · Flight-provenB1058

lost12th flight

Flights19

Landings19/19100%

Fastest turn27d 8h

Recovered · ASDS · ASOG· 634 km downrange

73d 18h since last flight

Booster first flown during the DEMO-2 mission. Only booster featuring the NASA worm logo. Written off after toppled by rough seas during transport on 25 December 2023 after safely landing aboard JRTI.

Previous flights · 18

Q's read

Weather & scrubLOW risk

Weather Go95%LL2 Go95%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 7900 m above freezing 5054 m (100% cover in 10 nmi) · no GLM flashes within 25 nmi / 30 min, likely cirrus / stratiform ice rather than cumulus · max-top 7900 m, mean 5830 m, 100% cover, freezing 5054 m

Quick facts

VehicleFalcon 9 Block 5

OrbitLow Earth Orbit

PadLaunch Complex 39A

SiteKennedy Space Center, FL, USA

WindowFriday May 6 2022, 09:42:00 UTC→Friday May 6 2022, 09:42:00 UTC

Vehicle

FamilyFalcon