Launch Date: August 31, 3:43 a.m. EDT, 0743 UTC, 09:43 CEST
Launch Window: Open til 3:43 a.m. EDT
Launch Site: SLC-40 - Cape Canaveral Space Force Station, Florida, USA
Targeted Orbit: Low Earth Orbit (LEO)
Launch Inclination: Northeast
Launch Status: Starlink satellites were delivered to orbit
Mission: Starlink Group 8-10
Launch Provider: SpaceX
Launcher System: Falcon 9 (Booster B1069)
Flight for the Booster: 18
Previous Flights of the Booster: 17 - CRS-24, OneWeb 1, SES 18 & 19, Eutelsat HOTBIRD-F1, and 13 Starlink missions
Landing: Autonomous Droneship Just Read the Instructions (JRTRI)
Price: $69,75 million (without payload)
Diameter: 3,7 m
Height: 70 meter
Payload to Orbit: 22,800 LEO / 8,300 GTO
Lift-Off Thrust: 7,607 Kilonnewtons
Fairing: Diameter 5,2 meter / Height 13 meter
Stages: 2
SpaceX targets August 31 for a Falcon 9 launch of 20 Starlink satellites, including 13 with Direct to Cell capabilities, to low-Earth orbit from Space Launch Complex 40 East (SLC-40) at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station in Florida. The launch window is open til 3:43 a.m. EDT. If needed, additional launch opportunities are available on September 1, starting at 1:16 a.m. EDT.
This is the 18th flight for the first stage booster supporting this mission, which previously launched CRS-24, OneWeb 1, SES 18 & 19, Eutelsat HOTBIRD-F1, and 13 Starlink missions.
Following stage separation, the first stage will land on an autonomous droneship Just Read The Instructions (JRTI), which will be stationed in the Atlantic Ocean, ca. 600 km east of the coast of South Carolina.
Flight trajectory will be northeast. You will find more information about the trajectory and data on the day of the launch here: [ Ссылка ]
