SpaceX launch of a batch of Starlink v2-mini satellites for their second generation high-speed Low Earth Orbit internet satellite constellation.
Window Opens: August 20th at 5:20AM EDT (09:20 UTC)
Window Closes: August 20th at 9:20AM EDT (13:20 UTC)
First T0: August 20th at 8:48AM EDT (12:48 UTC)
Last T0: August 20th at 9:20AM EDT (13:20 UTC)
Mission: F9 launch of 22 Starlink v2 Mini satellites
Launch location: Space Launch Complex 40, Cape Canaveral Space Force Station, Earth.
Target orbit: Low Earth Orbit (LEO); 286x297km 53.16 degree orbit
Booster: B1085-1
Booster history: New booster!
Booster recovery: A Shortfall Of Gravitas (ASOG)
Fairing recovery: Bob
Rocket trajectory: Northeast flying parallel to the US east coast
Payload mass: Approximately 16 tonnes
Stubby nozzle: NO (thankfully)
Stats:
· SpaceX’s 84th launch of the year and the 9th launch of the month.
· 12th Falcon launch since the last failure, F9’s 365th orbital flight.
· SpaceX’s 201st launch from SLC-40.
· 80th landing on ASOG out of 80 attempts
· 267th successful landing since the last failed one.
· 187th launch dedicated to Starlink
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