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Starlink Group 6-72

Name: Starlink Group 6-72 launch
Start: 2025-04-06T03:07:20+00:00
End: 2025-04-06T06:40:00+00:00
Location: Space Launch Complex 40, Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA

Falcon 9 Block 5SpaceXSpace Launch Complex 40

Sunday, April 6, 2025 · 03:07 AM UTC

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Mission Brief

A batch of 28 satellites for the Starlink mega-constellation - SpaceX's project for space-based Internet communication system.

PayloadStarlink Group 6-72

OrbitLow Earth Orbit

CustomerStarlink

Stages2

PadSpace Launch Complex 40, Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA

WeatherLiftoff Winds, temperature not reported

Mission Timeline

20 / 20100%

Ground vector

Launch site

Site locked

Space Launch Complex 40

Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA

Global range

Latitude: 28.562°N
Longitude: 80.577°W

Range Weather

Launch commit criteria

99%

Favorable1 active constraints

Weather Rules

Liftoff Winds

Primary concern: Liftoff Winds
Rule count: 1
Temperature: Not reported
Surface wind: Not reported

Window

02:40 AM UTC - 06:40 AM UTC

Vehicle

Falcon 9 Block 5

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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 fif...

Height70 m

LEO Payload22,800 kg

Launches850

Successes706

Provider

SpaceX

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USA • Founded 2002

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 E...

Schedule History

No meaningful launch-time or status changes recorded.

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