Starlink V1 L9 & BlackSky
Launch Success
Liftoff Time (GMT)
05:12:05
Friday August 7, 2020
Watch Replay
Official Livestream
Mission Details
Starlink V1 L9
SpaceX launched a batch of Starlink satellites for their high-speed low earth orbit internet constellation.
Low Earth Orbit
57 Payloads
14,820 kilograms
BlackSky 5 and 6
BlackSky Global 7 and 8 are the fifth and sixth of sixty high resolution earth observation microsatellites in the BlackSky constellation. This constellation will provide real-time earth observation. the constellation is built by Blacksky, a SpaceFlight Subsidiary, and the satellites are produced by LeoStella LLC, a joint venture of Spaceflight Industries and Thales Alenia Space.
Low Earth Orbit
2 Payloads
112 kilograms
Rocket
Agency
SpaceXPrice
$69.75 million
Rocket
Diameter: 3.7m
Height: 70m
Payload to Orbit
LEO: 22,800 kg
GTO: 8,300 kg
Liftoff Thrust
7,607 Kilonewtons
Fairing
Diameter: 5.2m
Height: 13m
Stages
2
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Launch Site
Stats
Falcon 9
91st
Mission
13th
Mission of 2020
SpaceX
99th
Mission
13th
Mission of 2020
2020
61st
Orbital launch attempt