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Starlink Group 2-1

Falcon 9 Block 5

SpaceX

Launch Status
Success

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Mission

Starlink Group 2-1

  • Type: Communications
  • Orbit: Polar Orbit
  • Launch Cost: $52,000,000

Learn more about the Starlink mission

A batch of 51 satellites for Starlink mega-constellation - SpaceX's project for space-based Internet communication system.

Location

Space Launch Complex 4E

Vandenberg SFB, CA, USA

Find the best place to watch the launch from Vandenberg

Space Launch Complex 4E has witnessed the launch of 196 rockets, including 196 orbital launch attempts. While Vandenberg SFB, CA, USA, has been the site for 810 rocket launches.

Vandenberg Space Force Base is a United States Space Force Base in Santa Barbara County, California. Established in 1941, Vandenberg Space Force Base is a space launch base, launching spacecraft from the Western Range, and also performs missile testing. The United States Space Force's Space Launch Delta 30 serves as the host delta for the base, equivalent to an Air Force air base wing. In addition to its military space launch mission, Vandenberg Space Force Base also hosts space launches for civil and commercial space entities, such as NASA and SpaceX.

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.

Learn more about the Falcon 9 Block 5

Landing

Core B1049

B1049 successfully landed on ASDS OCISLY after its tenth launch. Booster B1049 last launched 11/23/2022 and has seen 10 successful launches and landings. Stage Expended

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.

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.

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

67 launches out of 67 , this says it all folks .
Happy landings Space X.

Jason
Jason
4 years ago

is there a surface track from launch? Can I see this launch from northern Va?

Lenny
Lenny
3 years ago

Is there a site where I can find the trajectory of this flight? Will it be going north over the Outer Banks, or going south?

Matt
Matt
Reply to  Lenny
3 years ago

It looks like the launch is from Vandenberg on the west coast.

Nick
Nick
3 years ago

I’m seeing Monday afternoon and Tuesday morning times, also a “no earlier than” designator. Is it still guesswork this close?

Tyler K
Tyler K
3 years ago

Has Tue Aug 24 5:00 pm been confirmed?

Sky
Sky
3 years ago

The mission’s name, Starlink 2-1, refers to it being the first batch with all next-generation Starlink satellites with lasers? Or does it refer to the fact its the first Starlink kaunch from West Coast?

Aaron Gosnell
Aaron Gosnell
3 years ago

We are go for an on time launch.Let’s light this candle.

Ken & Judy O
Ken & Judy O' Neill
Reply to  Aaron Gosnell
3 years ago

About to light it Aaron, stay tuned mate.

Gina Child
Gina Child
3 years ago

Can the launch be seen from carpenteria ca

Tom
Tom
3 years ago

Can it be seen in San Diego?

Ken & Judy O
Ken & Judy O' Neill
3 years ago

Great launch SpaceX. Always pretty to watch for us earth dwellers.
If the Apollo Team had this technology 52 years again we would have our old friend Buss Aldrin on Jupiter by now but better late then never folks .
Keep this journey going .

Aaron Gosnell
Aaron Gosnell
3 years ago

My Friend and I went up to Lompoc to see it,But it was too foggy.We sure could hear it though.

Tbone
Tbone
Reply to  Aaron Gosnell
3 years ago

I watched it from my backyard in the Bay Area, 235 miles north of Vandenberg. I was hoping it would get into the sunlight but was gone from sight beforehand.