Success
Starlink Group 6-45
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, March 31, 2024 at 1:30 AM
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Flight Timeline
- T-38:00GO for Prop Load
- T-35:00Stage 1 LOX Load
- T-35:00Prop Load
- T-16:00Stage 2 LOX Load
- T-07:00Engine Chill
- T-01:00Startup
- T-01:00Tank Press
- T-00:45GO for Launch
- T-00:03Ignition
- T+00:00Liftoff
- T+01:12Max-Q
- T+02:26MECO
- T+02:30Stage 2 Separation
- T+02:36SES-1
- T+03:04Fairing Separation
- T+06:10Entry Burn Startup
- T+06:33Entry Burn Shutdown
- T+08:04Stage 1 Landing Burn
- T+08:26Stage 1 Landing
- T+08:40SECO-1
- T+54:03SES-2
- T+54:04SECO-2
- T+1:05:12Starlink Deployment
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Mission details
Orbital Attempt
#6,650
SpX Mission
#343
Pad Launch
#232
Location Launch
#942
Designator
2024-060
Weather GO
96%
Weather Concerns
Thick Cloud Layers Rule
Launch Window
NET
Mar 31, 2024, 1:30 AM
Precision
Second
Schedule Changes
1 update
Lift Off
1:02 AM
Window Open
2:00 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
- Mar 31, 2024, 2:47 AM
Launch success.
Source - Mar 31, 2024, 1:30 AM
Liftoff.
Source - Mar 31, 2024, 12:13 AM
New T-0.
Source - Mar 31, 2024, 12:02 AM
Unofficial Webcast by Spaceflight Now has started
Source - Mar 30, 2024, 6:28 AM
T-0 is accurate to the second
Source - Mar 30, 2024, 1:11 AM
GO for launch.
Source - Mar 29, 2024, 4:50 PM
Weather >95% GO
Source - Mar 26, 2024, 5:01 PM
Refined launch window.
Source - Mar 25, 2024, 11:13 PM
Refined launch window per marine navigation warnings.
Source - Mar 25, 2024, 6:06 PM
NET late March 30 UTC per NOTAMs.
Source - Mar 24, 2024, 8:46 AM
Targeting March 29 for a Starlink launch from pad 40, exact mission number to be confirmed.
Source - Feb 4, 2024, 1:33 PM
Added launch.
Source
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
Mar 30, 2024, 9:30 PM
Total Launches
1,109
Total Landings
75
Coordinates
28.4889, -80.5778