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Mission


Starlink Group 11-1

  • Type: Communications
  • Orbit: Low Earth Orbit
  • Launch Cost: $52,000,000

A batch of 23 satellites for the Starlink mega-constellation – SpaceX’s project for space-based Internet communication system.

Starlink Group 11-1

Location


Space Launch Complex 4E

Vandenberg SFB, CA, USA

Space Launch Complex 4E has witnessed the launch of 170 rockets, including 170 orbital launch attempts, while Vandenberg SFB, CA, USA, has been the site for 782 rocket launches.

Space Launch Complex 4E

Rocket


SpaceX Falcon 9 Block 5

Falcon 9 is a two-stage rocket designed and manufactured by SpaceX for the reliable and safe transport of satellites and the Dragon spacecraft into orbit. The Block 5 variant is the fifth major interval aimed at improving upon the ability for rapid reusability.

Falcon 9 Block 5

Landing


Core B1082

Booster B1082 last launched 11/14/2024 and has seen 8 successful launches and landings. Falcon 9 Block 5 booster.

Of Course I Still Love You – OCISLY

The second ASDS barge, Of Course I Still Love You (OCISLY) services launches in the Pacific Ocean and was the site of the first landing of a SpaceX Falcon 9 first stage during CRS-8, the launch of a Dragon spacecraft to the International Space Station.

Autonomous Spaceport Drone Ship – ASDS

An autonomous spaceport drone ship (ASDS) is an ocean-going vessel derived from a deck barge, outfitted with station-keeping engines and a large landing platform. Construction of such ships was commissioned by aerospace company SpaceX to allow for recovery of rocket first-stages at sea for high-velocity missions which do not carry enough fuel to return to the launch site after lofting spacecraft onto an orbital trajectory.

B1082

Agency


SpaceX

Space Exploration Technologies Corp., known as SpaceX, is an American aerospace manufacturer and space transport services company headquartered in Hawthorne, California. It was founded in 2002 by entrepreneur Elon Musk with the goal of reducing space transportation costs and enabling the colonization of Mars. SpaceX operates from many pads, on the East Coast of the US they operate from SLC-40 at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station and historic LC-39A at Kennedy Space Center. They also operate from SLC-4E at Vandenberg Space Force Base, California, usually for polar launches. Another launch site is being developed at Boca Chica, Texas.

SpaceX
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Scotsreb
Scotsreb
4 months ago

Yikes. This will be another, after midnight, rude launch. Sigh!

Nicole
Nicole
Reply to  Scotsreb
4 months ago

I just feel bad for the people who have to work this late. It’s not good for their concentration.

Ken & Judy O
Ken & Judy O' Neill
Reply to  Scotsreb
4 months ago

zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz

Aaron Gosnell
Aaron Gosnell
4 months ago

I hope all goes well.

michael skewes
michael skewes
4 months ago

I tried to shoot it with 2 cameras! It is not easy this late at night ! After MECO it’s almost impossible to get it on camera ,but it sure looks cool!

Ken & Judy O
Ken & Judy O' Neill
4 months ago

Another great job done…….see you “down under” in the next couple of years Elon ……we now have heaps of launch sites in good old AUSTRALIA.!……ON YA MATE.