Starlink Group 4-4
Success
DEC 18202112:41:40 UTCB1051's 11th flight - the first Falcon 9 booster to reach that mark, clearing the bar SpaceX originally set as the Block 5 refurbishment threshold. B1051 debuted on Demo-1 in March 2019, the first uncrewed Crew Dragon flight to the ISS.
52 v1.5 Starlinks to the 53.2° shell from Vandenberg SLC-4E - an unusual inclination for a West Coast pad, which almost exclusively serves polar or sun-synchronous orbits. It was also the first Group 4 launch from Vandenberg.
LIFTOFF
DEC 18 202112:41:40 UTC
Success
launched fromSLC-4EVandenberg
aboardFalcon 9 B5intoLEO
Booster
B1051.11
Landed on drone ship · OCISLY
Payload
Starlink: Group 4-4 (52 satellites)
Communications
