Launch Mission: Starlink-18 (v1.0)

🧾 Mission Details

Flight #: 116

Details: This mission launches the eighteenth batch of operational Starlink satellites, which are version 1.0, from SLC-40. It is the nineteenth Starlink launch overall. The satellites will be delivered to low Earth orbit and will spend a few weeks maneuvering to their operational altitude. The booster is expected to land on an ASDS.

🚀 Rocket Details

Name: Falcon 9

Type: rocket

📍 Launchpad Details

Name: Cape Canaveral Space Force Station Space Launch Complex 40

Location: Cape Canaveral, Florida

🛰️ Cores

• Core Serial: B1060 — Reuse Count: 12View Core

🧑‍🚀 Payloads

• Payload: Starlink-18 — Mass: 15600 kgView Payload

🚢 Ships Involved

• Name: Of Course I Still Love You — Type: BargeView Ship
• Name: Lauren Foss — Type: TugView Ship
• Name: GO Ms Tree — Type: High Speed CraftView Ship
• Name: GO Ms Chief — Type: High Speed CraftView Ship
• Name: GO Quest — Type: CargoView Ship

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