Falcon 9 Block 5 | Starlink Group 17-8
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Launch Window
Sept. 3, 2025, 2:33 a.m. - Sept. 3, 2025, 6:33 a.m.
Sept. 3, 2025, 2:33 a.m. - Sept. 3, 2025, 6:33 a.m.
Watch a live coverage as SpaceX launches a Falcon 9 rocket from California with 24 optimized Starlink v2 Mini internet satellites. Liftoff from Space Launch Complex 4E (SLC-4E) at Vandenberg Space For...
A batch of 24 satellites for the Starlink mega-constellation - SpaceX's project for space-based Internet communication system.
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Launch success.
Liftoff.
Unofficial Re-stream by SPACE AFFAIRS has started
Now targeting Sep 03 at 03:51 UTC
Now targeting Sep 03 at 03:21 UTC
Falcon 9 is a two-stage rocket designed and manufactured by SpaceX for the reliable and safe transport of satellites and the Dragon spacecraft into orbit. The Block 5 variant is the fifth major interval aimed at improving upon the ability for rapid reusability.
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The Falcon 9 first stage B1097 has landed on ASDS OCISLY after its 1st flight.
Result: Successful Autonomous Spaceport Drone Ship landing at Of Course I Still Love You.Space Exploration Technologies Corp., known as SpaceX, is an American aerospace manufacturer and space transport services company headquartered in Hawthorne, California. It was founded in 2002 by entrepreneur Elon Musk with the goal of reducing space transportation costs and enabling the colonization of Mars. SpaceX operates from many pads, on the East Coast of the US they operate from SLC-40 at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station and historic LC-39A at Kennedy Space Center. They also operate from SLC-4E at Vandenberg Space Force Base, California, usually for polar launches. Another launch site is being developed at Boca Chica, Texas.
INFO WIKI
The Starlink 17-8 mission will be just the seventh new booster for the company out of more than 100 launches this year. SpaceX is targeting liftoff from pad 4E at Vandenberg Space Force Base at 8:21 p.m. PDT (11:21 p.m. EDT / 0321 UTC).
Five Falcon 9 launches make up the launch manifest for this week. Collectively, four of… The post Launch Roundup: SpaceX to launch five Falcon 9 missions this week appeared first on NASASpaceFlight.com.
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