Falcon 9 Block 5 | Starlink Group 7-1

  • Trevor Sesnic
    • Liftoff Time
    		 August 22, 2023 – 09:37 UTC
    August 22, 2023 – 02:37 PDT
    Mission Name
    		 Starlink Group 7-1
    Launch Provider
    (What rocket company launched it?)
    		 SpaceX
    Customer
    (Who paid for this?)
    		 SpaceX
    Rocket
    		 Falcon 9 B1061-15; 83.15-day turnaround
    Launch Location
    		 Space Launch Complex 4 East (SLC-4E), Vandenberg Space Force Base, California
    Payload mass
    		 16,800 kg (37,000 lb)
    Where did the satellites go?
    		 Low-Earth Orbit
    Where did the first stage land?
    		 B1061 successfully completed a landing on Of Course I Still Love You (OCISLY)

    Tug: Scorpius; Support: GO Beyond
    Did they attempt to recover the fairings?
    		 The fairing halves were recovered by GO Beyond
    This was the
    		 – 248th Falcon 9 launch
    – 54th Falcon 9 launch in 2023
    – 246th Falcon 9 launch success
    – 181st Falcon 9 launch with a flight-proven stage
    – 49th SpaceX launch from SLC-4E
    – 261st SpaceX mission
    – 255th SpaceX mission success
    – 261st SpaceX launch
    – 58th SpaceX launch of 2023
    – 172nd Falcon booster landing success on a drone ship
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