SpaceX F9 - Starlink Group 6-36 - SLC-40

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Launch Date: December 28
Launch Window: 11:02PM EST (8:02PM PST, 04:02 UTC on the 29th)
Launch site: SLC-40, Cape Canaveral Space Force Station (CCSFS), Florida
Core Booster Recovery: ASDS - ASOG
Booster: B1069.12
Fairings: Reused
Mass: 23 Starlink 2.0 mini Satellites
Orbit: LEO
Yearly Launch Number: 96 orbital, 2 suborbital losses

A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket will launch the 130th group of satellites for SpaceX’s Starlink broadband network, a mission designated Starlink 6-36. The Starlink Group 6-36 mission is a V2 mini launch to their second generation constellation.

The Starlink Group 6-36 mission is headed to the 43º inclination shell of Starlink's second generation constellation. Satellites in this shell will be orbiting Earth in a 530km circular orbit at 43º inclination. This mission will carry 23 Starlink v2 Mini satellites into a 344x353km 43° orbit and from there they'll raise their orbits to operational altitude.

 

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[MyJoule]

Way to go SpaceX, two flights in under 3 hours between launches. Amazing stuff

 

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This was the quickest time between launches. It beat the previous record which was an East Coast and West Coast launch. These were both on the same coast.

Further, this is the quickest time between launches on either coast since the Gemini program.