Starlink Group 6-53
Launch Success
Liftoff Time (GMT)
22:17:00
Tuesday April 23, 2024
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Mission Details
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Launch Notes
300th successful landing of a Falcon 9/Heavy booster since December 2015. Fastest turnaround of droneship JRTI to date, at 6 days and around 1 hour, beating its previous record by about 18 hours.
Starlink Group 6-53
SpaceX launch of a batch of Starlink v2-mini satellites for their second generation high-speed low earth orbit internet satellite constellation.
Low Earth Orbit
23 Payloads
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
327th
Mission
41st
Mission of 2024
SpaceX
344th
Mission
42nd
Mission of 2024
2024
77th
Orbital launch attempt