Falcon 9 Block 5 | Starlink Group 6-62

Liftoff Time
May 23, 2024 – 02:35 UTC
May 22, 2024 – 22:35 EDT
Mission Name
Starlink Group 6-62
Launch Provider
(What rocket company launched it?)
SpaceX
Customer
(Who paid for this?)
SpaceX
Rocket
Falcon 9 B1080-8; 34.16-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?
B1080 successfully completed a landing on A Shortfall of Gravitas (ASoG)

Tug: Signet Warhorse I; Support: Doug
Did they attempt to recover the fairings?
The fairing halves were recovered by Doug
This was the
– 339th Falcon 9 mission
– 268th Falcon 9 flight with a flight-proven booster
– 282nd reflight of a Falcon booster
– 51st reflight of a Falcon booster in 2024
– 311th booster landing
– 237th consecutive Falcon booster landing
– 54th SpaceX launch of 2024
– 188th SpaceX launch from SLC-40

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