Falcon 9 Block 5 | Starlink 16

  • Trevor Sesnic
    • Liftoff Time
    		 January 20, 2021 – 13:02 UTC
    January 20, 2021 – 08:02 EST
    Mission Name
    		 Starlink 16 v1.0 (60 satellites)
    Launch Provider
    (What rocket company launched it?)
    		 SpaceX
    Customer
    (Who paid for this?)
    		 SpaceX
    Rocket
    		 Falcon 9 B1051-8; 37.81-day turnaround
    Launch Location
    		 Launch Complex 39A (LC-39A), Kennedy Space Center, Florida
    Payload mass
    		 15,600 kg (34,300 lb)
    Where did the satellites go?
    		 Low-Earth Orbit
    Where did the first stage land?
    		 B1051 successfully completed a landing on Just Read the Instructions (2) (JRtI)

    Tug: Hawk; Support: GO Quest
    Did they attempt to recover the fairings?
    		 The fairing halves were recovered by GO Ms. Tree and GO Ms. Chief
    This was the
    		 – 50th Falcon booster landing success on a drone ship
    – 105th Falcon 9 launch
    – 2nd Falcon 9 launch in 2021
    – 103rd Falcon 9 launch success
    – 47th Falcon 9 launch with a flight-proven stage
    – 30th SpaceX launch from LC-39A
    – 114th SpaceX mission
    – 108th SpaceX mission success
    – 113th SpaceX launch
    – 2nd SpaceX launch of 2021
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