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SpaceX - Falcon 9 - Starlink 9-17 - SLC-4E - Vandenberg Space Force Base - September 20, 2024

Launch Date: September 20 Launch Time: 6:50 a.m. PDT, 1350 UTC, 15:50 CEST Launch Window: Open 9:38 a.m. PDT Launch Site: SLC-4E - Vandenberg Space Force Base, California, USA Targeted Orbit: Low Ear...

Watch live: SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket launches 20 Starlink satellites from Vandenberg, California

Watch live coverage as SpaceX launches a Falcon 9 rocket carrying 20 Starlink V2 Mini satellites. Liftoff from pad 4E at Vandenberg Space Force Base is scheduled for Friday, September 20, at 6:50 a.m....

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Starlink Group 9-17

Overview

Destination: Low Earth Orbit
Mission: Communications

Low Earth Orbit Space Launch Complex 4E Vandenberg SFB, CA, USA
B1075 - Of Course I Still Love You

A batch of 20 satellites for the Starlink mega-constellation - SpaceX's project for space-based Internet communication system.

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Updates

Nosu • Sept. 15, 2024, 9:11 p.m.

Updating launch window

Cosmic_Penguin • Sept. 17, 2024, 3:39 a.m.

Updating T-0.

Nosu • Sept. 18, 2024, 7:51 a.m.

Delayed to Sep 19

Cosmic_Penguin • Sept. 18, 2024, 11:17 p.m.

Delayed to September 20.

Cosmic_Penguin • Sept. 19, 2024, 7:58 a.m.

Tweaked T-0.

Falcon 9

Family:
Configuration: 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.

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Specifications

Minimum Stage
1
Max Stage
2
Length
70.0 m
Diameter
3.65 m
Fairing Diameter
5.2 m
Launch Mass
549.0 T
Thrust
7607.0 kN

Family

Name
Falcon 9
Family
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Variant
Block 5
Alias
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Full Name
Falcon 9 Block 5

Payload Capacity

Launch Cost
$52000000
Low Earth Orbit
22800.0 kg
Geostationary Transfer Orbit
8300.0 kg
Direct Geostationary
―
Sun-Synchronous Capacity
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Booster Info

B1075

Status: Active

Type: Core
Flight Proven: Yes
First Flight: January 19, 2023
Last Flight: May 23, 2025

Flights: 18
Landings Attempted: 18
Landings Successful: 18

Previous B1075 Flights

Landing Information

The Falcon 9 first stage B1075 has landed on ASDS OCISLY after its 13th flight.

Result: Successful Autonomous Spaceport Drone Ship landing at Of Course I Still Love You.

SpaceX

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CEO: Elon Musk Founded: 2002 Successes: 525 Failures: 15 Pending: 119

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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.

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