Falcon 9 launched the first batch of 60 Starlink satellites, SpaceX's inaugural dedicated mission for its broadband internet constellation. At 15 tons, it was the heaviest payload SpaceX had launched to that point. The first stage, flying its third mission, landed on the droneship Of Course I Still Love You.
- Outcome
- Success
- Orbit
- LEO
- Low Earth orbit
- Payload to orbit
- 14 T
- Flight
- 15th
- of 638 Falcon 9 Block 5 flights
- Date and time
- 24 May 2019, 02:30 UTC
- Rocket
- Falcon 9 Block 5
- Builder
- SpaceX
- Launch site
- Space Launch Complex 40, Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA
- Payload
- Communications
- International designator
- 2019-029
- Launches in 2019
- 33rd of 102
See it in orbit
Space Atlas shows the satellites and rocket stages from this launch in 3D.
Object pages on Space Atlas: Starlink-24
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