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SpaceX/Falcon 9 Block 5·Launch Complex 39A

Falcon 9 Block 5 | Starlink 26

Orbit: Low Earth Orbit·Type: Communications

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Falcon 9 Block 5 | Starlink 26 mission image
Vehicle: Falcon 9 Block 5Credit: SpaceX · Wikimedia Commons

A batch of 52 satellites for Starlink mega-constellation - SpaceX's project for space-based Internet communication system. Two rideshare satellites are also on this flight: a Capella radar observation spacecraft and a small payload from the California-based smallsat manufacturer Tyvak.

Target orbit
Low Earth Orbit
Mission type
Communications
Rocket family
Falcon
Height
70m
Diameter
3.7m
Payload to LEO
22,800kg
Liftoff thrust
7,607kN
Stages
2