Launch Mission: Starlink-2

Date: 1/7/2020

✅ Successful Launch

🧾 Mission Details

Flight #: 87

Details: This mission will launch the second batch of Starlink version 1.0 satellites, from SLC-40, Cape Canaveral AFS. They are expected to contribute to the 550 km x 53° shell. It is the third Starlink launch overall. Starlink is a low Earth orbit broadband internet constellation developed and owned by SpaceX which will eventually consist of nearly 12 000 satellites and will provide low latency internet service to ground terminals around the world. The booster for this mission is expected to land on OCISLY.

🚀 Rocket Details

Name: Falcon 9

Type: rocket

📍 Launchpad Details

Name: Cape Canaveral Space Force Station Space Launch Complex 40

Location: Cape Canaveral, Florida

Launchpad Details Page

🛰️ Cores

Core Serial: B1049 — Reuse Count: 9View Core

🧑‍🚀 Payloads

Payload: Starlink-2 — Mass: 15600 kgView Payload

🚢 Ships Involved

Name: GO Ms Tree — Type: High Speed CraftView Ship
Name: Of Course I Still Love You — Type: BargeView Ship
Name: Shannon — Type: CargoView Ship
Name: GO Quest — Type: CargoView Ship
Name: HAWK — Type: TugView Ship