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Launch Date: August 12, 2024 Launch Time: 6:37 a.m. EDT, 1037 UTC, 12:37 CEST Launch Window: Closes at 10:59 a.m. EDT Launch Status: Scheduled and announced Launch Provider: SpaceX Launcher System: Falcon 9 Block 5 (Booster B1073) Mission: Starlink Group 10-7 Flight Number: 17 Flown missions for the booster: 16 - SES-22, ispace's HAKUTO-R MISSION 1, Amazonas-6, CRS-27, Bandwagon-1, and 11 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 12 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 6:37 a.m. EDT, 1037 UTC, 12:37 CEST, with backup opportunities available until 10:59 a.m. EDT. Following stage separation, the first stage will land on an autonomous droneship, A Shortfall of Gravitas (ASOG), 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. 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).
