Falcon 9 Block 5 | Starlink Group 4-7

Status

Success

Starlink Group 4-7

Launch Time
Thu Feb 03, 2022 18:13 UTC

According to SpaceX, up to 40 of the 49 satellites launched will, or already have, reentered the atmosphere just a few days after launch. Due to the failures being related to a geomagnetic storm and not the Falcon 9 launch vehicle, the mission is still a success.

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Rocket

Falcon 9 Block 5

Image Credit: SpaceX

SpaceX

Status: Active

Price: $67.0 million

Liftoff Thrust: 7,607 kN

Payload to LEO: 22,800 kg

Payload to GTO: 8,300 kg

Stages: 2

Strap-ons: 0

Rocket Height: 70.0 m

Fairing Diameter: 5.2 m

Fairing Height: 13.0 m

Details

Vehicles

A Shortfall of Gravitas

B1061

Flight #6

57 day turnaround

117th Falcon recovery attempt

105th successful Falcon recovery

32nd consecutive successful Falcon landing and recovery

Manifest

Mission Details

Starlink Group 4-7

SpaceX launched a batch of Starlink satellites for their high-speed low earth orbit internet constellation.

Payloads: 49

Low Earth Orbit

Wiki

Location

LC-39A, Kennedy Space Center, Florida, USA

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Stats

2022

10th orbital launch attempt

SpaceX

149th mission

6th mission of 2022

143rd successful mission

115th consecutive successful mission

Falcon 9

141st mission

6th mission of 2022

138th successful mission

112th consecutive successful mission