Starlink Group 4-2 & BlueWalker 3

Starlink Group 4-2 carried 34 Starlink satellites and AST SpaceMobile's BlueWalker 3 prototype from Cape Canaveral. BlueWalker 3's giant unfolding antenna array was built to test direct-to-cellphone connectivity from orbit.

Outcome

Success

Orbit

LEO

Low Earth orbit

Payload to orbit

12.2 T

Flight

118th

of 638 Falcon 9 Block 5 flights

Date and time

11 September 2022, 01:20 UTC

Rocket

Falcon 9 Block 5

Builder

SpaceX

Launch site

Launch Complex 39A, Kennedy Space Center, FL, USA

Payload

Communications

International designator

2022-111

Launches in 2022

115th of 186

See it in orbit

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