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Launch Status
Success
Date & Time
28 Apr, 10:08pm
UTC
Pad
Space Launch Complex 40
Launch Service Provider
Vehicle
Booster
B1076
13th flight (29d since last use)
Landing
Drone Ship (Just Read the Instructions)
Success
Mission
Starlink Group 6-54
Mission Type
Communications
Destination
Low Earth Orbit
A batch of 23 satellites for the Starlink mega-constellation - SpaceX's project for space-based Internet communication system.
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SpaceX Starlink Group 6-54
Last Update: Launch success.
Launch Service Provider
Vehicle
Mission
425 Project Flight 2
Mission Type
Government/Top Secret
Destination
Low Earth Orbit
Note: Name of payload is provisional. Second launch of an ultimately 5 reconnaissance satellites for the South Korean Defense Acquisition Program Administration (DAPA), with 1 synthetic aperture radar (SAR) satellite on this launch. They will be launched to low Earth orbit between 600 and 700 km by 2025, enabling South Korea’s military to observe the nuclear-armed neighbor’s key military facilities every two hours with 30-50 centimeters resolution imagery, according to a 2019 report produced by the Korea Institute of S&T Evaluation and Planning. The project is lead by the Korean Agency for Defense Development (ADD) and Korea Aerospace Research Institute (KARI), with input from Korea Aerospace Industries (KAI), Hanwha Systems and Thales Alenia Space.
Updated: Mar 15, 9:30am UTC
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