Falcon 9 Block 5 | Starlink Group 6-49

Liftoff Time
April 13, 2024 – 01:40 UTC
April 12, 2024 – 21:40 EDT
Mission Name
Starlink Group 6-49
Launch Provider
(What rocket company launched it?)
SpaceX
Customer
(Who paid for this?)
SpaceX
Rocket
Falcon 9 B1062-20; 28.05-day turnaround
Launch Location
Space Launch Complex 40 (SLC-40), Cape Canaveral Space Force Station, Florida
Payload mass
16,800 kg (37,000 lb)
Where did the satellites go?
Low-Earth Orbit
Where did the first stage land?
B1062 successfully completed a landing on A Shortfall of Gravitas (ASoG)

Tug: Signet Titan III; Support: Doug
Did they attempt to recover the fairings?
The fairing halves were recovered by Doug
This was the
– Fastest turnaround of SLC-40 to date at 2 days and 20 hours. Previous record: SLC-40 at 3 days, 17 hours, and 24 minutes
– 324th Falcon 9 mission
– 253rd Falcon 9 flight with a flight-proven booster
– 267th reflight of a Falcon booster
– 36th reflight of a Falcon booster in 2024
– 297th booster landing
– 223rd consecutive Falcon booster landing
– 39th SpaceX launch of 2024
– 180th SpaceX launch from SLC-40

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