Starlink Group 9-5

Launch Success

Liftoff Time (GMT)

08:48:00

Saturday August 31, 2024

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Mission Details

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Launch Notes

Launched 1 hour and 5 minutes after Starlink Group 8-10 from Florida, marking SpaceX's shortest period between two launches to date, and passing the previous record by 46 minutes.

Starlink Group 9-5

Wiki

SpaceX launch of a batch of Starlink v2-mini satellites for their second generation high-speed low earth orbit internet satellite constellation. The mission includes a mix of 13 Direct-to-Cell and 8 normal v2-Mini Starlink satellites.

Low Earth Orbit

21 Payloads

Rocket

Active
Falcon 9 Block 5

Active Since 2018

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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

Launch Site

General Trajectory

E

S

Launching

Southeast

SLC-4E

Vandenberg SFB, California, USA

Fastest Turnaround

2 days 22 hours

Stats

Falcon 9


370th

Mission

84th

Mission of 2024

SpaceX


389th

Mission

87th

Mission of 2024

2024


158th

Orbital launch attempt