Starlink Group 6-1

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February 27th 2023, 23:13

Launch Date

Space Launch Complex 40

Cape Canaveral Space Force Station

A Shortfall Of Gravitas

Droneship

B1076-3

Falcon 9 Block 5

SpaceX is targeting Monday, February 27 at 06:13 p.m. ET (23:13 UTC) for a Falcon 9 launch of 21 second-generation Starlink to low-Earth orbit from Space Launch Complex 40 (SLC-40) at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station in Florida. The first stage booster supporting this mission previously launched CRS-26 and OneWeb Launch 16. Following stage separation, Falcon 9’s first stage will land on the A Shortfall Of Gravitas droneship stationed in the Atlantic Ocean.

Media

Starlink Mission

SpaceX

Timeline

All Times Are Approximate

Countdown

  • T-00:38:00

    SpaceX Launch Director verifies go for propellant load

  • T-00:35:00

    RP-1 (rocket grade kerosene) loading begins

  • T-00:35:00

    1st stage LOX (liquid oxygen) loading begins

  • T-00:16:00

    2nd stage LOX loading begins

  • T-00:07:00

    Falcon 9 begins engine chill prior to launch

  • T-00:01:00

    Command flight computer to begin final prelaunch checks

  • T-00:01:00

    Propellant tank pressurization to flight pressure begins

  • T-00:00:45

    SpaceX Launch Director verifies go for launch

  • T-00:00:03

    Engine controller commands engine ignition sequence to start

  • T+00:00:00

    Falcon 9 liftoff

Launch, Landing, and Deployment

  • T+00:01:12

    Max Q (moment of peak mechanical stress on the rocket)

  • T+00:02:26

    1st stage main engine cutoff (MECO)

  • T+00:02:30

    1st and 2nd stages separate

  • T+00:02:37

    2nd stage engine starts

  • T+00:03:06

    Fairing deployment

  • T+00:06:08

    1st stage entry burn starts

  • T+00:06:27

    1st stage entry burn ends

  • T+00:07:59

    1st stage landing burn start

  • T+00:08:22

    1st stage landing

  • T+00:08:37

    2nd stage engine cutoff (SECO-1)

  • T+00:54:22

    2nd stage engine starts (SES-2)

  • T+00:54:24

    2nd stage engine cutoff (SECO-2)

  • T+01:04:36

    Starlink satellites deploy