SpaceX - Falcon 9 - Starlink Group 8-3 - Cape Canaveral Space Force Station, FL - Space Affairs Live
Launch Date: August 9, 2024
Launch Time: 8:13 a.m. EDT, 1213 UTC, 14:13 CEST
Launch Window: 8:13 a.m. EDT - 12:13 p.m. EDT
Launch Status: Scheduled
Launch Provider: SpaceX
Launcher System: Falcon 9 Block 5 (Booster TBD)
Mission: Starlink Group 8-3
Flight Number: TBD
Flown missions for the booster: TBD
Launch Location: LC-39A - Kennedy Space Center, Florida
Launch Inclination: North-East
Landing: Droneship TBD
Price: $69,75 million
Rocket:
- Diameter 3,7m
- Height: 70 m
Payload to Orbit:
- LEO 22,800 kg
- GTO 8,300 kg
LiftOff Trust:
- 7,607 Kilonewtons
Fairing:
- Diameter: 5,2 m
- Height: 13 m
Stages:
- 2
SpaceX targets August 9, for a Falcon 9 launch of 23 Starlink satellites to low-Earth orbit from Space Launch Complex 40 (SLC-40) at the Cape Canaveral Space Force Station (CCSFS) in Florida. Liftoff is targeted for 8:13 a.m. EDT, 1213 UTC, 14:13 CEST, with backup opportunities available until 12:59 p.m. EDT.
Following stage separation, the first stage will land on an autonomous droneship stationed 650 km offshore of the coast of North Carolina in the Atlantic Ocean.
Space Affairs live stream begins ca. 10 minutes before the planned T-Zero.
This is the 12th flight for the first stage booster supporting this mission, which previously launched Crew-6, O3b mPOWER, USSF-124, and eight Starlink missions.
As always for Starlink launches, expect changes in T-Zero during the open launch window
For more information about inclination, visit (available on the launch day).