Falcon 9 Block 5 | Starlink 26

Falcon 9 Block 5

May 15, 2021, 10:56 PM UTC

Mission Elapsed Time

T-00:00:00

Booster History

B1058

Flight #8

Flight #8 · Last flown 2021-04-07

Total Flights: 19
Recovery Rate: 19/19 successful landings
This Landing: Landing successful· Drone Ship (ASDS)
Recovery Site: Of Course I Still Love You (OCISLY)
Last Flight: Falcon 9 Block 5 | Starlink 23 · 38-day turnaround

Landing Record

19 successful · 0 failed · 19 total

Mission Details

A batch of 52 satellites for Starlink mega-constellation - SpaceX's project for space-based Internet communication system. Two rideshare satellites are also on this flight: a Capella radar observation spacecraft and a small payload from the California-based smallsat manufacturer Tyvak.

Type: Communications
Orbit: Low Earth Orbit (LEO)
Programs: Starlink

Launch Site

Pad: Launch Complex 39A
Location: Kennedy Space Center, FL, USA
Country: 🇺🇸 USA