Falcon 9 Block 5 | Starlink 20

Liftoff Time
March 11, 2021 – 08:13 UTC
March 11, 2021 – 03:13 EST
Mission Name
Starlink 20 v1.0 (60 satellites)
Launch Provider
(What rocket company launched it?)
SpaceX
Customer
(Who paid for this?)
SpaceX
Rocket
Falcon 9 B1058-6; 45.72-day turnaround
Launch Location
Space Launch Complex 40 (SLC-40), Cape Canaveral Space Force Station, Florida
Payload mass
15,600 kg (34,300 lb)
Where did the satellites go?
Low-Earth Orbit
Where did the first stage land?
B1058 successfully completed a landing on Just Read the Instructions (2) (JRtI)

Tug: Finn Falgout; Support: GO Quest
Did they attempt to recover the fairings?
The fairing halves were recovered by GO Navigator and GO Searcher
This was the
– 110th Falcon 9 launch
– 7th Falcon 9 launch in 2021
– 108th Falcon 9 launch success
– 52nd Falcon 9 launch with a flight-proven stage
– 66th SpaceX launch from SLC-40
– 119th SpaceX mission
– 113th SpaceX mission success
– 118th SpaceX launch
– 7th SpaceX launch of 2021
– 54th Falcon booster landing success on a drone ship

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