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Starlink Group 6-84

Falcon 9 Block 5, flown by SpaceX

Falcon 9 Block 5 lifting off with the Starlink Group 6-84 mission
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This was SpaceX's 54th launch of 2025, and its 503rd in all.

Counting every operator, it was the 95th orbital launch attempt anywhere in 2025, and the 12th from Launch Complex 39A.

Launched
Sunday, May 4, 2025, 8:54 a.m. UTC
Window
Sunday, May 4, 2025, 8:54 a.m. to 12:48 p.m. UTC
Launch site
Kennedy Space Center, FL, USA
Rocket
Falcon 9 Block 5
Operator
SpaceX
Weather
60% favorableAnvil cloud rules, cumulus cloud rule, thick cloud layers rule

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The mission

A batch of 29 satellites for the Starlink mega-constellation - SpaceX's project for space-based Internet communication system.

Type
Communications
Destination
Low Earth orbit
Program
Starlink

Starlink is a satellite internet constellation operated by American aerospace company SpaceX.

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The rocket

Falcon 9 is a two-stage rocket designed and manufactured by SpaceX for the reliable and safe transport of satellites and the Dragon spacecraft into orbit. The Block 5 variant is the fifth major interval aimed at improving upon the ability for rapid reusability.

Height
70 m
Built by
SpaceX
First flew
May 11, 2018
Lifts to low Earth orbit
22,800 kg
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Lifts to geostationary transfer
8,300 kg
Diameter
3.7 m
Mass at liftoff
549 t
Thrust at liftoff
7,607 kN
Stages
2

627 flights, 626 of them successful. 612 boosters brought back from 617 attempts.

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The operator

SpaceX

Space Exploration Technologies Corp., known as SpaceX, is an American aerospace manufacturer and space transport services company headquartered in Hawthorne, California. It was founded in 2002 by entrepreneur Elon Musk with the goal of reducing space transportation costs and enabling the colonization of Mars. SpaceX operates from many pads, on the East Coast of the US they operate from SLC-40 at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station and historic LC-39A at Kennedy Space Center. They also operate from SLC-4E at Vandenberg Space Force Base, California, usually for polar launches. Another launch site is being developed at Boca Chica, Texas.

Sector
Commercial
Based in
USA
Founded
2002
Run by
Elon Musk, CEO

724 launches so far, 709 of them successful. The last 209 in a row went to plan.

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The launch site

It went up from Launch Complex 39A at Kennedy Space Center, FL, USA.

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