Interstellar Applications
Interstellar Applications
Rocket: Falcon 9 Block 5
Launch Site: LC-39A, Kennedy Space Centre, Cape Canaveral, Florida
Payloads:
Satellite: Starlink V1.5
Quantity: 49
Destination: LEO
Customer: SpaceX
Mass: ~14500 kg
Details:
A geomagnetic storm on 4th February increased atmospheric density at the deployment altitude increasing drag on the satellites. As a result, 38 of the satellites reentered in the following eight days. As this was not a failure of the Falcon 9 launch vehicle, the mission is a success
84th Falcon 9 Block 5 mission
84th success
84th consecutive success
6th launch for B1061
Turnaround: 56.51 days
44th SpaceX launch from LC-39A
Turnaround: 15.67 days
7th landing
7th landing success
7th consecutive landing success
Turnaround: 15.67 days
118th total landing attempt
105th total landing success
0th Starship landing attempt
0th Starship landing success
6th SpaceX mission of 2022
6th mission success of 2022
6th Falcon 9 Block 5 mission of 2022
149th SpaceX mission
143rd SpaceX success