Success
Starlink Group 6-35
Communications
SpaceX(SpX)CommercialFalcon 9 Block 5
LEOorbit
A batch of satellites for the Starlink mega-constellation - SpaceX's project for space-based Internet communication system.
Sunday, January 7, 2024 at 10:35 PM
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Mission details
Orbital Attempt
#6,594
SpX Mission
#314
Pad Launch
#220
Location Launch
#929
Designator
2024-005
Weather GO
95%
Weather Concerns
Thick Cloud Layers Rule
Launch Window
NET
Jan 7, 2024, 10:35 PM
Precision
Second
Schedule Changes
1 update
Lift Off
9:00 PM
Window Open
12:35 AM
Window Close
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
- Jan 7, 2024, 11:42 PM
Launch success.
Source - Jan 7, 2024, 10:35 PM
Liftoff.
Source - Jan 7, 2024, 9:47 PM
Weather 95% GO
Source - Jan 7, 2024, 9:38 PM
Livestream has started
Source - Jan 7, 2024, 6:47 PM
New T-0.
Source - Jan 6, 2024, 9:30 PM
Setting GO
Source - Jan 6, 2024, 4:06 PM
Weather 80%
Source - Jan 6, 2024, 2:14 AM
Updated launch time.
Source - Jan 3, 2024, 6:19 AM
Added launch window per marine navigation warnings.
Source - Jan 2, 2024, 9:41 PM
Targeting NET January 7 per NOTAM A0002/24
- Sep 22, 2023, 12:41 PM
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
Jan 7, 2024, 5:35 PM
Total Launches
1,109
Total Landings
75
Coordinates
28.4889, -80.5778