Mission record

Falcon 9 Block 5 | Starlink 3

Falcon 9· Space Launch Complex 40· Success
Trajectory & orbital insertion · playback
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Provider
SpaceX
Provider type
Commercial
Orbit
LEO
Mission type
Communications
Launch site
United States of America
Date
Wed, 29 Jan 2020 14:06:00 GMT
Orbital launch #
#5928 ever
Go probability
80%

Mission

Second operational Starlink payload of 2020 and third overall. The Falcon 9 launch vehicle will carry a batch of 60 Starlink satellites that will be insterted in a Low Earth Orbit (LEO) at an altitude of 290 km (180 mi) and an inclination of 53°. They will then split into three orbital planes and raise their orbits to reach an operational altitude of 550 km (342 mi). The Starlink LEO constellation aims to provide worldwide affordable satellite internet access. 182 satellites (120 operational) have been deployed so far, the goal scheduled for the mid-2020s being 12,000 satellites in orbit, with a possible later extension to 42,000. The booster for this launch will be B1051, a Block 5 generation core which previously flew on SpaceX's Demonstration Mission 1 (first Crew Dragon test flight) and launched the Canadian Space Agency's RADARSAT Constellation.

Deployed payloads · 18
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