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![[SCRUB] SpaceX Launches Falcon 9 Starlink 10-39](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/PjtnTIjDUys/mqdefault.jpg "[SCRUB] SpaceX Launches Falcon 9 Starlink 10-39
Launch Window: August 20th from 11:19AM to 3:19PM EDT (15:19-19:19 UTC)
Current T0: August 20th at 11:38:44AM EDT (15:38:44 UTC)
Mission: Falcon 9 launch of 29 Starlink v2 Mini satellites into orbit.
Launch location: Space Launch Complex 40 (SLC-40), Cape Canaveral Space Force Station, Earth.
Target orbit: Low-Earth Orbit (LEO); 243x254km 53.16º
Booster: B1078-30; 58d 4h 45min 44s turnaround
Past customer missions: Crew-6, O3b mPOWER B, USSF-124, AST BlueBird 1-5, Nusantara Lima, Starfall Demo.
Past Starlink missions: 6-4, 6-8, 6-16, 6-31, 6-46, 6-53, 6-60, 10-2, 10-6, 10-13, 6-76, 12-6, 12-9, 12-16, 6-72, 6-84, 12-26, 10-26, 6-85, 6-97, 10-41, 10-62, 10-47.
Satellites launched: 584, will be 613 after this mission.
Booster recovery: A Shortfall Of Gravitas (ASOG)
Fairing recovery: Doug
Rocket trajectory: Northeast flying parallel to the US east coast
Payload mass: Approximately 17 tonnes.
Stats:
- SpaceXs 710th launch overall.
- SpaceXs 101st launch of the year.
- SpaceXs 10th launch of the month.
- Earths 199th orbital launch of the year.
- Falcons 328th launch since the last failure.
- Falcon 9s 679th orbital flight.
- SpaceXs 343rd launch from SLC-40.
- 166th landing on ASOG out of 167 attempts.
- 541st landing of a Falcon booster on a droneship out of 552 attempts.
- 652nd overall landing of a Falcon booster out of 664 attempts.
- 311th successful landing by a Falcon booster since the last failed one.
- SpaceXs 416th launch dedicated to Starlink and the 59th Group 10 mission.
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