Interstellar Applications
Interstellar Applications
Rocket: Falcon 9 Block 5
Launch Site: SLC-40, Cape Canaveral Space Force Station, Florida
Payloads:
Satellite: Starlink V1
Quantity: 60
Destination: LEO
Customer: SpaceX
Mass: 15600 kg
Details:
B1059 experienced an early engine shutdown after one of the engines was damaged by recirculating gasses due to a hole in an engine heatshield. As a result, B1059 missed the droneship and failed its landing ending a landing streak of 24 - SpaceX's best yet. Final attempt to catch fairing halves in a net - recovery ships GO Ms. Tree and GO Ms. Chief were retired from SpaceX after this mission
52nd Falcon 9 Block 5 mission
52nd success
52nd consecutive success
6th launch for B1059
Turnaround: 58.58 days
66th SpaceX launch from SLC-40
Turnaround: 11.90 days
45th landing
8th landing failure
1st consecutive landing failure
Turnaround: 11.90 days
86th total landing attempt
12th total landing failure
0th Starship landing attempt
0th Starship landing failure
5th SpaceX mission of 2021
5th mission success of 2021
5th Falcon 9 Block 5 mission of 2021
117th SpaceX mission
111th SpaceX success