Starlink Group 6-18

Launch Success

Liftoff Time (GMT)

03:38:30

Sunday September 24, 2023

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Mission Details

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Launch Notes

This mission marked the 200th re-flight of a Falcon 9/Heavy booster.

Wiki

SpaceX launch of a batch of Starlink v2-mini satellites for their second generation high-speed low earth orbit internet satellite constellation.

Low Earth Orbit

22 Payloads

Rocket

Active

Falcon 9 Block 5

Active Since 2018

Agency

SpaceX

Price

$69.75 million

Rocket

Diameter: 3.7m

Height: 70m

Payload to Orbit

LEO: 22,800 kg

GTO: 8,300 kg

Liftoff Thrust

7,607 Kilonewtons

Fairing

Diameter: 5.2m

Height: 13m

Stages

2

Reuse

Just Read the Instructions

B1060

Flight #17

70 day turnaround

Falcon recoveries

244th recovery attempt

232nd successful recovery

154th consecutive successful landing and recovery

Launch Site

SLC-40

Cape Canaveral SFS, Florida, USA

Fastest Turnaround

2 days 7 hours

SLC-40

Cape Canaveral SFS, Florida, USA

Fastest Turnaround

2 days 7 hours

Stats

Falcon 9

259th

Mission

64th

Mission of 2023

SpaceX

272nd

Mission

68th

Mission of 2023

2023

156th

Orbital launch attempt