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SpaceXLaunch SuccessfulCommunicationsFalcon 9 Block 5
Launched 2023-10-05 05:36:30 UTCSpace Launch Complex 40, Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA
Success
Reached Low Earth Orbit
Landed
B1076 Landed
The first stage landed on Just Read the Instructions, on its 8th flight.
Worldwide
162nd
orbital launch attempt in 2023
SpaceX
71st
launch this year
Space Launch Complex 40
40th
launch from this pad this year
Pad turnaround
5 d 3 h
since the pad's previous launch
A batch of 22 satellites for the Starlink mega-constellation - SpaceX's project for space-based Internet communication system.
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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Launch success.
Cosmic_Penguin
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Liftoff.
Cosmic_Penguin
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New T-0.
Cosmic_Penguin
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New T-0.
Cosmic_Penguin
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New T-0.
Cosmic_Penguin
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Launch window is accurate to the second
Nosu
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GO for launch.
Cosmic_Penguin
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Weather 50% GO.
Cosmic_Penguin
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Adding launch window
Nosu
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NET October 5, 2023 (probably after Psyche).
Cosmic_Penguin
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Adding launch
Nosu
Height
70m
Diameter
3.6m
To low Earth orbit
22,800kg
Liftoff thrust
7,607kN
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