Falcon 9 Block 5 | Starlink Group 6-49

  • Trevor Sesnic
    • 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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