SpaceX

Starlink Group 4-8

Success

Falcon 9 Block 5

T-minus to liftoff

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Monday February 21 2022, 14:44:20 UTC

StatusSuccess

VehicleFalcon 9 Block 5

OrbitLow Earth Orbit

PadSpace Launch Complex 40

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Mission

A batch of 46 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 21 2022, 14:44:20 UTC→Monday February 21 2022, 14:44:20 UTC

Vehicle

FamilyFalcon

All launches

SpaceX

Starlink Group 4-8

Success

Falcon 9 Block 5

T-minus to liftoff

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00

HOURS

:

00

MINUTES

:

00

SECONDS

Monday February 21 2022, 14:44:20 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 46 satellites for Starlink mega-constellation - SpaceX's project for space-based Internet communication system.

Reusable Hardware

All boosters →

First Stage · Flight-provenB1058

lost11th flight

Flights19

Landings19/19100%

Fastest turn27d 8h

Recovered · ASDS · ASOG· 636 km downrange

38d 23h 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 & 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 7900 m, mean 5507 m, 100% cover, freezing 5054 m · 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

Quick facts

VehicleFalcon 9 Block 5

OrbitLow Earth Orbit

PadSpace Launch Complex 40

SiteCape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA

WindowMonday February 21 2022, 14:44:20 UTC→Monday February 21 2022, 14:44:20 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-provenB1058

lost11th flight

Flights19

Landings19/19100%

Fastest turn27d 8h

Recovered · ASDS · ASOG· 636 km downrange

38d 23h 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

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 7900 m, mean 5507 m, 100% cover, freezing 5054 m · 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