Interstellar Applications
Interstellar Applications
Rocket: Falcon 9 Block 5
Launch Site: SLC-4E, Vandenberg Space Force Base, California
Payloads:
Satellite: Starshield
Quantity: 2
Destination: LEO
Customer: NRO
Satellite: Starlink V2 Mini
Quantity: 20
Destination: LEO
Customer: SpaceX
Mass: ~16100 kg
Details:
First time SpaceX have completed 16 Falcon launches in a calendar month (17 including Starship Flight 6). Averaged a launch every 1.76 days throughout November. This launch featured two Starshield satellites. The remaining payload volume was filled with Starlink satellites. Basically a Starlink mission with rideshares; there are ten times as many Starlink satellites on board as Starshield satellites. Not really sure what the NRO were going for with this one
348th Falcon 9 Block 5 mission
347th Falcon 9 Block 5 success
50th consecutive Falcon 9 Block 5 success
405th Falcon 9 mission
401st Falcon 9 success
50th consecutive Falcon 9 success
421st Falcon family mission
414th Falcon family success
51st consecutive Falcon family success
1st launch for B1088
1st ASDS landing attempt for B1088
1st landing on OCISLY for B1088
101st SpaceX launch from SLC-4E
Turnaround: 6.11 days
120th landing attempt on OCISLY
111th landing success on OCISLY
75th consecutive landing success on OCISLY
Turnaround: 6.11 days
392nd total SpaceX landing attempt
376th total SpaceX landing success
390th Falcon landing attempt
375th Falcon landing success
125th SpaceX mission of 2024
124th SpaceX mission success of 2024
119th Falcon 9 mission of 2024
121st Falcon family mission of 2024
427th SpaceX mission
418th SpaceX mission success
53rd consecutive SpaceX mission success