SpaceX

Starlink Group 6-71

Success

Falcon 9 Block 5

T-minus to liftoff

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Monday January 6 2025, 20:43:59 UTC

StatusSuccess

VehicleFalcon 9 Block 5

OrbitLow Earth Orbit

PadSpace Launch Complex 40

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Mission

A batch of 24 satellites for the Starlink mega-constellation - SpaceX's project for space-based Internet communication system.

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

Startup

T-00:01:00

Tank Press

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+00:02:58

Fairing Separation

T+00:06:02

Entry Burn Startup

T+00:06:25

Entry Burn Shutdown

T+00:07:48

Stage 1 Landing Burn

T+00:08:11

Stage 1 Landing

T+00:08:39

SECO-1

T+00:54:03

SES-2

T+00:54:05

SECO-2

T+01:05:12

Starlink Deployment

Quick facts

VehicleFalcon 9 Block 5

OrbitLow Earth Orbit

PadSpace Launch Complex 40

SiteCape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA

WindowMonday January 6 2025, 16:44:00 UTC→Monday January 6 2025, 21:15:00 UTC

Vehicle

FamilyFalcon

Height70 m

Diameter3.7 m

Stages2

ReusableYes

LEO capacity22,800 kg

Track record606/607 successful

Landings593/598

All launches

SpaceX

Starlink Group 6-71

Success

Falcon 9 Block 5

T-minus to liftoff

-

00

HOURS

:

00

MINUTES

:

00

SECONDS

Monday January 6 2025, 20:43:59 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 24 satellites for the Starlink mega-constellation - SpaceX's project for space-based Internet communication system.

Reusable Hardware

All boosters →

First Stage · Flight-provenB1077

active17th flight

Flights30

Landings30/30100%

Fastest turn26d 20h

Recovered · ASDS · JRTI· 600 km downrange

49d 22h since last flight

Falcon 9 Block 5 booster first used for the Crew-5 mission.

Q's read

Weather & scrubHIGH risk

Weather Go12%Wind4 m/sGusts8 m/sCloud30%Temp25°C

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

max-top 6705 m, mean 3978 m, 92% cover, freezing 5054 m · max cloud-top 6705 m above freezing 5054 m (92% cover in 10 nmi) · no GLM flashes within 25 nmi / 30 min, likely cirrus / stratiform ice rather than cumulus

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

Startup

T-00:01:00

Tank Press

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+00:02:58

Fairing Separation

T+00:06:02

Entry Burn Startup

T+00:06:25

Entry Burn Shutdown

T+00:07:48

Stage 1 Landing Burn

T+00:08:11

Stage 1 Landing

T+00:08:39

SECO-1

T+00:54:03

SES-2

T+00:54:05

SECO-2

T+01:05:12

Starlink Deployment

Quick facts

VehicleFalcon 9 Block 5

OrbitLow Earth Orbit

PadSpace Launch Complex 40

SiteCape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA

WindowMonday January 6 2025, 16:44:00 UTC→Monday January 6 2025, 21:15:00 UTC

Vehicle

FamilyFalcon

Height70 m

Diameter3.7 m

Stages2

ReusableYes

LEO capacity22,800 kg

Track record606/607 successful

Landings593/598

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-provenB1077

active17th flight

Flights30

Landings30/30100%

Fastest turn26d 20h

Recovered · ASDS · JRTI· 600 km downrange

49d 22h since last flight

Falcon 9 Block 5 booster first used for the Crew-5 mission.

Scrub riskHIGH

Go12%

Q's read

Weather & scrubHIGH risk

Weather Go12%Wind4 m/sGusts8 m/sCloud30%Temp25°C

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

max-top 6705 m, mean 3978 m, 92% cover, freezing 5054 m · max cloud-top 6705 m above freezing 5054 m (92% cover in 10 nmi) · no GLM flashes within 25 nmi / 30 min, likely cirrus / stratiform ice rather than cumulus

Acquiring satellite view…

Trajectory unknown

Space Launch Complex 40

Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA

28.562, -80.577