Success
Starlink Group 6-52
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.
Thursday, April 18, 2024 at 10:40 PM
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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-01:00Tank Press
- T-01:00Startup
- T-00:45GO for Launch
- T-00:03Ignition
- T+00:00Liftoff
- T+01:12Max-Q
- T+02:30MECO
- T+02:34Stage 2 Separation
- T+02:41SES-1
- T+03:08Fairing Separation
- T+06:10Entry Burn Startup
- T+06:31Entry Burn Shutdown
- T+07:57Stage 1 Landing Burn
- T+08:18Stage 1 Landing
- T+08:44SECO-1
- T+54:01SES-2
- T+54:03SECO-2
- T+1:05:10Starlink Deployment
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Mission details
Orbital Attempt
#6,664
SpX Mission
#352
Pad Launch
#236
Location Launch
#947
Designator
2024-074
Weather GO
90%
Weather Concerns
Thick Cloud Layers Rule
Launch Window
NET
Apr 18, 2024, 10:40 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
- Apr 19, 2024, 12:00 AM
Launch success.
Source - Apr 18, 2024, 10:40 PM
Liftoff.
Source - Apr 18, 2024, 10:30 PM
Unofficial Re-stream by SPACE AFFAIRS has started
Source - Apr 18, 2024, 4:19 PM
Launch time is to the second.
Source - Apr 18, 2024, 4:16 PM
Setting GO
Source - Apr 17, 2024, 12:31 PM
Weather 90%
Source - Apr 13, 2024, 3:06 AM
NET April 18 per marine navigation warnings.
Source - Mar 28, 2024, 1:46 AM
Adding 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
Apr 18, 2024, 6:40 PM
Total Launches
1,109
Total Landings
75
Coordinates
28.4889, -80.5778