Starlink Group 6-61

Launch Success

Liftoff Time (GMT)

21:47:00

Wednesday October 23, 2024

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Mission Details

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Launch Notes

SpaceX's 400th launch within its Falcon family, split between 5 Falcon 1, 11 Falcon Heavy, and 384 Falcon 9 launches.

Wiki

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

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

A Shortfall of Gravitas

B1073

Flight #18

72 day turnaround

Falcon recoveries

374th recovery attempt

360th successful recovery

16th consecutive successful landing and recovery

Launch Site

General Trajectory

E

S

Launching

Southeast

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

385th

Mission

99th

Mission of 2024

SpaceX

406th

Mission

104th

Mission of 2024

2024

194th

Orbital launch attempt