SpaceX F9 - Starlink Group 5-4 - SLC-40

[Grendal]

Launch Date: February 12
Launch Window: 11:42pm EST (8:42pm PST, 04:42 UTC on the 12th) - 5hr 7 min Window
Launch site: SLC-40, Cape Canaveral Space Force Station (CCSFS), Florida
Core Booster Recovery: ASDS
Booster: B1062.12
Fairings: Reused - 5th and 7th
Mass: 55 Starlink 2.0 Satellites
Orbit: LEO
Yearly Launch Number: 10th

A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket will launch the 68th group of satellites for SpaceX’s Starlink broadband network, a mission designated Starlink 5-4. The Starlink Group 5-4 mission is headed to the 43º inclination shell of Starlink's second generation constellation. Satellites in this shell will be orbiting Earth in a 540km circular orbit at 43º inclination. This mission will carry 53 satellites into a 320x340km 43º orbit and from there they'll raise their orbits to operational altitude.

 

[808?]

 

[Cosmacelf]

Another flawless launch and landing.

 

[Grendal]

Current list of cores:

B1058.15
B1060.15
B1062.12
B1061.11
B1067.9
B1063.8
B1071.7
B1052.7 (was FH booster/future FH-B)
B1073.6
B1069.5
B1053.2 FH-B
B1064.2 FH-B
B1065.2 FH-B
B1076.2 (future FH-B)
B1077.2
B1068 FH-C-Exp (Viasat-3)
B1072 FH-B
B1074 FH-C-Exp (Psyche)
B1078
B1079 FH-C-Exp (USSF-52)

12 current F9 boosters
8 FH cores and boosters

 

[Cosmacelf]

It has been quite a while since SpaceX lost a booster not on purpose.

 

[Grendal]

It has been quite a while since SpaceX lost a booster not on purpose.

97 successful landing attempts since the last unintentional landing failure.

It was B1059.6 on a launch of Starlink satellites.

 

[ICUDoc]

97 successful landing attempts

Special cake for the 100th?

 

[scaesare]

Special cake for the 100th?

Well, the cake is a lie...