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SpaceXLaunch SuccessfulCommunicationsFalcon 9 Block 5
Launched 2022-09-05 02:09:40 UTCSpace Launch Complex 40, Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA
Success
Reached Low Earth Orbit
Landed
B1052 Landed
The first stage landed on Just Read the Instructions, on its 7th flight.
Worldwide
111th
orbital launch attempt in 2022
SpaceX
40th
launch this year
Space Launch Complex 40
19th
launch from this pad this year
Pad turnaround
7 d 22 h
since the pad's previous launch
A batch of 51 satellites for Starlink mega-constellation - SpaceX's project for space-based Internet communication system. Spaceflight's propulsive Sherpa-LTC2 space tug is also onboard as a rideshare to deploy into Boeing’s Varuna Technology Demonstration Mission in a higher orbit.
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.
Launches
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Landings
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Upcoming
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scheduled
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Successful deployment of 51 Starlink satellites and Sherpa-LTC rideshare
SwGustav
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Liftoff
SwGustav
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Coverage is live
SwGustav
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Setting GO
SwGustav
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New launch time
Cosmic_Penguin
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Weather 80%
Nosu
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Adjusting T-0
Cosmic_Penguin
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Targeting September 4 evening EDT.
Nosu
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Targeting September 4
Nosu
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Adding rideshare payload
Nosu
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NET September
Nosu
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Adding launch NET late June
Nosu
Height
70m
Diameter
3.6m
To low Earth orbit
22,800kg
Liftoff thrust
7,607kN
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