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August 12, 2024
SpaceX Falcon 9 Starlink Group 10-7
Launched: 6:37 AM EDT
Launch site: Space Launch Complex (SLC) 39A, Cape Canaveral, Florida.
Booster: 1073, 17th Flight
Payload: 23 Starlink V2 Mini satellites
PHOTOS
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Post-Launch View
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VIDEOS
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ULTRA HI-RESOLUTION VIDEO made After First and Second Stage seperation
In the video the bottom left bright object is the Second stage, the top right is the Booster (First stage) falling back to Earth.
The white contrail is the rocket exhaust from the Second stage, which is firing it's Merlin engine to take the satellites into orbit.
The nosecone of a rocket contains the satellite payload inside protecting them. In the SpaceX design, these are like clamshells, which break apart once the rocket is out of Earth's atmosphere, in Space.
The two halves (fairings) can be seen on either side of the Second stage in the video, falling to earth behind it, but the First stage booster (upper right).
The fairings land at sea by parachute and are picked up by a ship, return to land, are refurbished and will fly at the top of a rocket again!
The much larger and heavier First Stage Booster uses it's engine to land on a barge at sea. You can see flashes as it fires thruster rockets to position itself for return to earth landing.
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Booster history:
16 previous missions -Starlink Group 4-15, SES-22, Starlink Group 4-26, Starlink Group 4-35, HAKUTO-R Mission 1, Amazonas Nexus, CRS-27, Starlink Group 6-2, Starlink Group 5-11, Starlink Group 6-12, Starlink Group 6-27, Starlink Group 6-37, Starlink Group 6-41, Bandwagon-1, Starlink Group 6-58, and Starlink Group 8-9. It first flew on May 4, 2022.
Booster recovery: Drone Ship 'A Shortfall Of Gravitas' (ASOG), 600 km downrange
Fairing recovery: Cargo Ship 'Doug'
SpaceX Stats:
81st launch of the year and the 6th launch of the month.
362nd orbital flight for Falcon 9.
88th launch from SLC-39A.
79th landing on ASOG.
264th successful landing without fail.
186th launch dedicated to Starlink.
Target orbit: Low Earth Orbit (LEO)
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