Falcon 9 Block 5 | Starlink 24

Liftoff Time
April 29, 2021 – 03:44 UTC
April 28, 2021 – 23:44 EDT
Mission Name
Starlink 24 v1.0 (60 satellites)
Launch Provider
(What rocket company launched it?)
SpaceX
Customer
(Who paid for this?)
SpaceX
Rocket
Falcon 9 B1060-7; 35.80-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?
B1060 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 Shelia Bordelon
This was the
– 115th Falcon 9 launch
– 12th Falcon 9 launch in 2021
– 113th Falcon 9 launch success
– 57th Falcon 9 launch with a flight-proven stage
– 69th SpaceX launch from SLC-40
– 124th SpaceX mission
– 118th SpaceX mission success
– 123rd SpaceX launch
– 12th SpaceX launch of 2021
– 59th Falcon booster landing success on a drone ship

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