Success
Starlink Group 6-22
Communications
SpaceX(SpX)CommercialFalcon 9 Block 5
LEOorbit
A batch of 22 satellites for the Starlink mega-constellation - SpaceX's project for space-based Internet communication system.
Friday, October 13, 2023 at 11:01 PM
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Mission details
Orbital Attempt
#6,535
SpX Mission
#287
Pad Launch
#204
Location Launch
#913
Designator
2023-158
Weather GO
60%
Weather Concerns
Cumulus Cloud Rule, Thick Cloud Layers Rule
Launch Window
NET
Oct 13, 2023, 11:01 PM
Precision
Second
Schedule Changes
1 update
Falcon 9 Block 5 Specs
Falcon 9 is a two-stage rocket designed and manufactured by SpaceX for the reliable and safe transport of satellites and the Dragon spacecraft into orbit. The Block 5 variant is the fifth major interval aimed at improving upon the ability for rapid reusability.
Length
70 m
Diameter
3.65 m
Launch Mass
549 t
Thrust
7,607 kN
LEO Capacity
22,800 kg
GTO Capacity
8,300 kg
Launch Cost
$52M
Reusable
Yes
Maiden Flight
2018
Fastest Turnaround
1h 5m
Total Launches
586
Successful
585
Failed
1
Consecutive Success
288
Maiden flight: May 11, 2018
Social Flight Log
- Oct 14, 2023, 12:12 AM
Launch success.
Source - Oct 13, 2023, 11:01 PM
Liftoff.
Source - Oct 13, 2023, 4:44 PM
GO for launch.
Source - Oct 13, 2023, 3:03 AM
Setting seconds for T-0 and adjusting window. This T-0 is dependent on Psyche launch operations.
Source - Oct 12, 2023, 7:34 PM
Weather 60%, trending towards 80% at the end of the window
Source - Oct 12, 2023, 2:56 AM
NET October 13 LT.
Source - Oct 11, 2023, 10:55 PM
Updating tentative launch times for October 12.
Source - Oct 11, 2023, 2:26 PM
NET October 12 LT.
Source - Oct 10, 2023, 7:21 PM
Weather 25%
Source - Oct 10, 2023, 9:26 AM
Added new tentative launch window per NOTAMs; pending schedule de-conflict with Falcon Heavy/Psyche.
Source - Oct 9, 2023, 8:22 PM
Next launch opportunity is TBD. Priority is the NASA Psyche launch, currently NET Thursday.
Source - Oct 9, 2023, 3:51 PM
Setting GO
Source - Oct 9, 2023, 3:48 AM
Scrubbed due to upper level winds, next possible attempt tomorrow.
Source - Oct 9, 2023, 3:39 AM
Hold.
Source - Oct 9, 2023, 1:51 AM
New T-0.
Source - Oct 8, 2023, 8:39 PM
Updating T-0
Source - Oct 8, 2023, 7:25 PM
Weather 80%
Source - Oct 8, 2023, 6:54 AM
Tweaked launch window.
Source - Oct 6, 2023, 11:21 PM
GO for launch.
Source - Oct 4, 2023, 6:10 PM
Added launch window.
Source - Oct 4, 2023, 2:39 PM
Targeting October 9 per the latest NGA Space Debris notices
Source - May 22, 2023, 9:29 AM
Adding launch
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SpaceX
Space Exploration Technologies Corp., known as SpaceX, is an American aerospace manufacturer and space transport services company headquartered in Hawthorne, California. It was founded in 2002 by entrepreneur Elon Musk with the goal of reducing space transportation costs and enabling the colonization of Mars. SpaceX operates from many pads, on the East Coast of the US they operate from SLC-40 at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station and historic LC-39A at Kennedy Space Center. They also operate from SLC-4E at Vandenberg Space Force Base, California, usually for polar launches. Another launch site is being developed at Boca Chica, Texas.
Founded
2002
Administrator
CEO: Elon Musk
Total Launches
681
Successful
666
Failed
15
Pending
120
Consecutive Success
166
Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA
Cape Canaveral Space Force Station (CCSFS) is an installation of the United States Space Force's Space Launch Delta 45, located on Cape Canaveral in Brevard County, Florida.
Timezone
America/New_York
Local Launch Time
Oct 13, 2023, 7:01 PM
Total Launches
1,109
Total Landings
75
Coordinates
28.4889, -80.5778