Falcon 9 Block 5 | Starlink Group 6-17

Liftoff Time
September 20, 2023 – 03:38 UTC
September 19, 2023 – 23:38 EDT
Mission Name
Starlink Group 6-17
Launch Provider
(What rocket company launched it?)
SpaceX
Customer
(Who paid for this?)
SpaceX
Rocket
Falcon 9 B1058-17; 71.99-day turnaround
Launch Location
Space Launch Complex 40 (SLC-40), Cape Canaveral Space Force Station, Florida
Payload mass
17,600 kg (38,700 lb)
Where did the satellites go?
Low-Earth Orbit
Where did the first stage land?
B1058 successfully completed a landing on A Shortfall of Gravitas (ASoG)

Tug: Doug; Support: Doug
Did they attempt to recover the fairings?
The fairing halves were recovered by Doug
This was the
– 258th Falcon 9 mission
– 189th Falcon 9 flight with a flight-proven booster
– 199th reflight of a Falcon booster
– 65th reflight of a Falcon booster in 2023
– 227th booster landing
– 153rd consecutive Falcon booster landing
– 67th SpaceX launch of 2023
– 145th SpaceX launch from SLC-40

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