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SpaceXLaunch SuccessfulCommunicationsFalcon 9 Block 5
Launched 2023-10-30 23:20:30 UTCSpace Launch Complex 40, Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA
Success
Reached Low Earth Orbit
Landed
B1077 Landed
The first stage landed on Just Read the Instructions, on its 8th flight.
Worldwide
176th
orbital launch attempt in 2023
SpaceX
79th
launch this year
Space Launch Complex 40
44th
launch from this pad this year
Pad turnaround
8 d 21 h
since the pad's previous launch
A batch of 23 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.
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Launch success.
Cosmic_Penguin
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Liftoff.
Cosmic_Penguin
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Adding seconds to T-0
Nosu
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Weather 95%
Nosu
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24 hours scrub due to stage separation system issue.
Cosmic_Penguin
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Hold.
Cosmic_Penguin
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New T-0.
Cosmic_Penguin
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Adding seconds to launch window
Nosu
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GO for launch.
Cosmic_Penguin
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Weather 85% GO
hitura-nobad
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Slipped to October 29.
Cosmic_Penguin
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Weather 80% GO.
Cosmic_Penguin
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Updated launch window.
Cosmic_Penguin
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Updating launch window
Nosu
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Targeting late October 28 UTC per NOTAM F3466/23
Nosu
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No longer scheduled on October 25.
Cosmic_Penguin
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NET October 25.
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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