Falcon 9 Block 5 | Starlink Group 8-10

Liftoff Time
August 31, 2024 – 07:43 UTC
August 31, 2024 – 03:43 EDT
Mission Name
Starlink Group 8-10
Launch Provider
(What rocket company launched it?)
SpaceX
Customer
(Who paid for this?)
SpaceX
Rocket
Falcon 9 B1069-18; 35.08-day turnaround
Launch Location
Space Launch Complex 40 (SLC-40), Cape Canaveral Space Force Station, Florida
Payload mass
16,000 kg (35,200 lb)
Where did the satellites go?
Low-Earth Orbit
Where did the first stage land?
B1069 successfully completed a landing on Just Read the Instructions (2) (JRtI)

Tug: Signet Warhorse III; Support: GO Cosmos
Did they attempt to recover the fairings?
The fairing halves were recovered by GO Cosmos
This was the
– 1st consecutive Falcon booster landing
– 369th Falcon 9 mission
– 297th Falcon 9 flight with a flight-proven booster
– 311th reflight of a Falcon booster
– 80th reflight of a Falcon booster in 2024
– 342nd booster landing
– 86th SpaceX launch of 2024
– 204th SpaceX launch from SLC-40

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