Starlink Group 8-5

Launch Success

Liftoff Time (GMT)

02:16:00

Wednesday June 5, 2024

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Mission Details

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Launch Notes

One of the fairing halves on this mission previously supported Starlink Group 6-62 less than two weeks prior, setting a new fairing half turnaround record of 13 days.

Wiki

SpaceX launch of a batch of Starlink v2-mini satellites for their second generation high-speed low earth orbit internet satellite constellation. Includes a mix of 13 Direct to Cell and 7 normal v2-mini satellites.

Low Earth Orbit

20 Payloads

Rocket

Active

Falcon 9 Block 5

Active Since 2018

Agency

SpaceX

Price

$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

Reuse

Just Read the Instructions

B1067

Flight #20

33 day turnaround

Falcon recoveries

332nd recovery attempt

319th successful recovery

61st consecutive successful recovery

242nd consecutive successful landing

Launch Site

General Trajectory

Launching

Northeast

SLC-40

Cape Canaveral SFS, Florida, USA

Fastest Turnaround

2 days 8 hours

SLC-40

Cape Canaveral SFS, Florida, USA

Fastest Turnaround

2 days 8 hours

Stats

Falcon 9

344th

Mission

58th

Mission of 2024

SpaceX

361st

Mission

59th

Mission of 2024

2024

109th

Orbital launch attempt