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 11th at 6:59AM EDT (10:59 UTC)
Window Closes: August 11th at 10:59AM EDT (14:59 UTC)
First T0: August 11th at 7:21AM EDT (11:21 UTC)
Last T0: August 11th at 10:59AM EDT (14:59 UTC)
Mission: F9 launch of 23 Starlink v2 Mini satellites
Launch location: Launch Complex 39A, Kennedy Space Center, Earth.
Target orbit: Low Earth Orbit (LEO); 269 by 280 kilometer 53.16 degree orbit
Booster: B1073-17; 39d 4h 46min turnaround
Booster history: SL 4-15, SES-22, SL 4-26, SL 4-35, Hakuto-R Mission 1, Amazonas Nexus, CRS-27, SL 6-2, SL 5-11, SL 6-12, SL 6-27, SL 6-37, SL 6-41, Bandwagon-1, SL 6-58, SL 8-9.
Booster recovery: A Shortfall Of Gravitas (ASOG)
Fairing recovery: GO Cosmos
Rocket trajectory: Northeast flying parallel to the US east coast
Payload mass: Approximately 16.8 tonnes
Stubby nozzle: NO (thankfully)
Stats:
· SpaceX’s 80th launch of the year and the 5th launch of the month.
· 8th Falcon launch since the last failure, F9’s 361st orbital flight.
· SpaceX’s 88th launch from LC-39A.
· 79th landing on ASOG out of 79 attempts.
· 263rd successful landing since the last failed one.
· 186th launch dedicated to Starlink
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