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 success
50th consecutive success
1st launch for B1088
101st SpaceX launch from SLC-4E
Turnaround: 6.11 days
120th landing
111th landing success
75th consecutive landing success
Turnaround: 6.11 days
392nd total landing attempt
376th total landing success
0th Starship landing attempt
0th Starship landing success
125th SpaceX mission of 2024
124th mission success of 2024
119th Falcon 9 Block 5 mission of 2024
427th SpaceX mission
418th SpaceX success