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SpaceX F9 - Starlink Group 5-6 - SLC-40

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Launch Date: May 4
Launch Window: 3:29am EDT (12:29am PDT, 07:29 UTC)
Launch site: SLC-40, Cape Canaveral Space Force Station (CCSFS), Florida
Core Booster Recovery: ASDS - ASOG
Booster: B1069.7
Fairings: Reused - 8th and 9th
Mass: 56 Starlink 1.5 Satellites
Orbit: LEO
Yearly Launch Number: 30

A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket will launch the 76th group of satellites for SpaceX’s Starlink broadband network, a mission designated Starlink 5-6. The Starlink Group 5-6 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 53-56 satellites into a 320x340km 43º orbit and from there they'll raise their orbits to operational altitude.


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