Falcon 9 Block 5 | Starlink Group 6-61

  • Trevor Sesnic
    • Liftoff Time
    		 October 23, 2024 – 21:47 UTC
    October 23, 2024 – 17:47 EDT
    Mission Name
    		 Starlink Group 6-61
    Launch Provider
    (What rocket company launched it?)
    		 SpaceX
    Customer
    (Who paid for this?)
    		 SpaceX
    Rocket
    		 Falcon 9 B1073-18; 72.47-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?
    		 B1073 successfully completed a landing on A Shortfall of Gravitas (ASoG)

    Tug: Signet Warhorse III; Support: Doug
    Did they attempt to recover the fairings?
    		 The fairing halves were recovered by Doug
    This was the
    		 – 384th Falcon 9 launch
    – 99th Falcon 9 launch in 2024
    – 380th Falcon 9 launch success
    – 313th Falcon 9 launch with a flight-proven stage
    – 211th SpaceX launch from SLC-40
    – 401st SpaceX mission
    – 392nd SpaceX mission success
    – 405th SpaceX launch
    – 104th SpaceX launch of 2024
    – 281st Falcon booster landing success on a drone ship
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