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Falcon 9 Block 5: Starlink Group 8-1

Name: Falcon 9 Block 5: Starlink Group 8-1
Start: 2024-04-07T02:25:00Z
End: 2024-04-07T06:17:00Z
Location: Space Launch Complex 4E

A batch of 21 satellites for the Starlink mega-constellation - SpaceX's project for space-based Internet communication system.

Sunday, 7 April 202402:25 UTC

Mission Data

🇺🇸SpaceXEst. 2002

Launch VehicleFalcon 9 Block 5

Vehicle FamilyFalcon

Vehicle Record644 of 645 launches (99.8%)

Provider TypeCommercial

Agency Record729 successes / 15 failures (98%)

Success Streak229 consecutive

ProgramStarlink · Communication Constellation

Mission TypeCommunications

Target OrbitLow Earth Orbit

Launch PadSpace Launch Complex 4E

Location🇺🇸 Vandenberg SFB, CA, USA USA

Orbital Launches This Year#66

Agency Launches This Year#35

Launches From This Pad307

Launches From This Site923

Status Note

The launch vehicle successfully inserted its payload(s) into the target orbit(s).

About Falcon 9 Block 5

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.

Launch updates

7 Apr 2024, 03:34 UTC
Launch success.
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7 Apr 2024, 02:29 UTC
Unofficial Re-stream by SPACE AFFAIRS has started
7 Apr 2024, 02:25 UTC
Liftoff.
6 Apr 2024, 01:23 UTC
24 hours slip due to weather.
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5 Apr 2024, 17:33 UTC
T-0 accurate to the second
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5 Apr 2024, 01:42 UTC
GO for launch.
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2 Apr 2024, 01:33 UTC
NET April 6 UTC.
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29 Mar 2024, 03:17 UTC
Targeting NET April 4 UTC per NOTAM R0057/24 and A0439/24.
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8 Feb 2024, 07:24 UTC
NET March 2024.
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7 Sept 2023, 07:15 UTC
Adding launch
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Launch Site

Space Launch Complex 4E · 34.6320°N 120.6110°W

Launch data from Launch Library 2 by The Space Devs.