Success
Starlink Group 8-3
Communications
SpaceX(SpX)CommercialFalcon 9 Block 5
LEOorbit
A batch of 21 satellites for the Starlink mega-constellation - SpaceX's project for space-based Internet communication system.
Saturday, August 10, 2024 at 12:50 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-01:00Startup
- T-01:00Tank Press
- T-00:45GO for Launch
- T-00:03Ignition
- T+00:00Liftoff
- T+01:10Max-Q
- T+02:26MECO
- T+02:30Stage 2 Separation
- T+02:36SES-1
- T+02:59Fairing Separation
- T+06:13Entry Burn Startup
- T+06:34Entry Burn Shutdown
- T+07:59Stage 1 Landing Burn
- T+08:21Stage 1 Landing
- T+08:39SECO-1
- T+54:50SES-2
- T+54:51SECO-2
- T+1:03:44Starlink Deployment
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Mission details
Orbital Attempt
#6,734
SpX Mission
#390
Pad Launch
#255
Location Launch
#968
Designator
2024-141
Weather GO
95%
Weather Concerns
Cumulus Cloud Rule
Launch Window
NET
Aug 10, 2024, 12:50 PM
Precision
Second
Schedule Changes
1 update
Lift Off
12:00 PM
Window Open
2:48 PM
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
- Aug 10, 2024, 2:01 PM
Launch success.
Source - Aug 10, 2024, 12:50 PM
Liftoff.
Source - Aug 10, 2024, 12:41 PM
Weather 95% GO.
Source - Aug 10, 2024, 12:41 PM
Unofficial Webcast by SPACE AFFAIRS has started
Source - Aug 10, 2024, 12:50 AM
Tweaked T-0.
Source - Aug 10, 2024, 12:30 AM
Updated launch window to de-conflict with another Falcon 9 launch at Cape Canaveral the same day.
Source - Aug 9, 2024, 4:29 PM
Tweaked launch window.
Source - Aug 9, 2024, 3:55 PM
Scrubbed due to recovery weather conditions
Source - Aug 9, 2024, 1:55 PM
Targeting the end of the window
Source - Aug 9, 2024, 1:07 PM
Launch window extended.
Source - Aug 9, 2024, 12:57 PM
Updating T-0
Source - Aug 9, 2024, 10:48 AM
New T-0.
Source - Aug 8, 2024, 8:10 PM
Setting GO
Source - Aug 8, 2024, 5:54 PM
Update window end
Source - Aug 7, 2024, 7:31 PM
Weather 90% GO, decreasing to 80% at the end of the window
Source - Aug 6, 2024, 1:30 AM
NET August 9.
Source - Aug 4, 2024, 5:30 PM
T-0 accurate to the second
Source - Aug 1, 2024, 3:59 PM
Targeting NET August 7 per NOTAMs F2764/24.
Source - Jul 12, 2024, 2:57 PM
Reverting to TBD July pending completion of the investigation into the Starlink Group 9-3 second engine failure
Source - Jul 11, 2024, 12:33 AM
Targeting NET July 17 per NOTAMs F2464/24.
Source - Mar 27, 2024, 11:31 PM
Reverting back to April TBD with relevant marine navigation warnings and NOTAMs cancelled.
Source - Mar 26, 2024, 11:29 PM
Targeting NET April 5 UTC per NOTAM A1078/24.
Source - Feb 21, 2024, 5:46 AM
Added launch.
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
Aug 10, 2024, 8:50 AM
Total Launches
1,109
Total Landings
75
Coordinates
28.4889, -80.5778