Falcon 9 Block 5 | Starlink 24

  • Trevor Sesnic
    • 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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