Falcon 9 Block 5 | Starlink Group 4-22

Liftoff Time
July 17, 2022 – 14:20 UTC
July 17, 2022 – 10:20 EDT
Mission Name
Starlink Group 4-22 (53 satellites)
Launch Provider
(What rocket company launched it?)
SpaceX
Customer
(Who paid for this?)
SpaceX
Rocket
Falcon 9 B1051-13; 120.40-day turnaround
Launch Location
Space Launch Complex 40 (SLC-40), Cape Canaveral Space Force Station, Florida
Payload mass
16,250 kg (35,800 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: Kurt J Crosby; Support: Bob
Did they attempt to recover the fairings?
The fairing halves were recovered by Bob
This was the
– 165th Falcon 9 launch
– 31st Falcon 9 launch in 2022
– 163rd Falcon 9 launch success
– 103rd Falcon 9 launch with a flight-proven stage
– 92nd SpaceX launch from SLC-40
– 174th SpaceX mission
– 168th SpaceX mission success
– 173rd SpaceX launch
– 31st SpaceX launch of 2022
– 102nd Falcon booster landing success on a drone ship

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