Falcon 9 Block 5 | Starlink Group 6-17

  • Trevor Sesnic
    • 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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