Starlink Group 4-20 & Varuna-TDM

Falcon 9 launched 51 Starlink satellites plus a rideshare payload, a Spaceflight-built orbital transfer vehicle carrying a Boeing broadband communications tech demo, from Cape Canaveral on SpaceX's 59th dedicated Starlink mission.

Outcome

Success

Orbit

LEO

Low Earth orbit

Payload to orbit

16 T

Flight

117th

of 638 Falcon 9 Block 5 flights

Date and time

5 September 2022, 02:09 UTC

Rocket

Falcon 9 Block 5

Builder

SpaceX

Launch site

Space Launch Complex 40, Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA

Payload

Communications

International designator

2022-107

Launches in 2022

111th of 186

See it in orbit

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