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Launch Date: August 2, 2024 Launch Time: 12:19 a.m. EDT, 0419 UTC, 06:19 CEST Launch Window: 12:19 a.m. EDT - 4:19 a.m. EDT Launch Status: Scheduled and announced. Launch Provider: SpaceX Launcher System: Falcon 9 Block 5 (Booster B1078) Flight Number: 12 Flown missions for the booster: 11 - Crew-6, O3b mPOWER, USSF-124, and eight Starlink missions Launch Location: LC-39A - Kennedy Space Center, Florida Launch Inclination: North-East Landing: Droneship “A Shortfall Of Gravitas“ (ASOG) 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 2 for a Falcon 9 launch of 23 Starlink satellites to low-Earth orbit from Launch Complex 39A (LC-39A) at the Kennedy Space Center (KSC) in Florida. Liftoff is targeted for 12:19 a.m. EDT, 0419 UTC, 06:19 CEST, with backup opportunities available until 4:19 a.m. EDT. Additional opportunities are also available on Saturday, August 4, starting at 12:19 a.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).
