A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket will launch a batch of 24 Starlink v2 Mini satellites Group 6-39 on February 24 at 4:59 PM EST (21:59 UTC). Group 6-39 will launch from SLC-40 out of the Cape Canaveral Space Force Station in Florida that are headed to LEO on a southeastern trajectory to an initial orbit of approximately 275 by 285 kilometers, inclined by 43 degrees.
This will be the largest number of the v2 Mini satellites carried by Falcon 9 thus far. This would be the 12th launch from the Space Coast in 2024.
The trajectory is Southeast. A local sonic boom is not expected, but there will be a booster landing with a drone ship out on the Atlantic Ocean. The launch price is $67 million.
The booster expected to launch this mission is unknown at this time, but it will land on the droneship A Shortfall of Gravitas around 630 kilometers downrange in the Atlantic Ocean. Following this launch, SpaceX will be on pace to reach 120 total launches within 2024, falling short of the planned 148 launches. They will need to launch nearly three times a week every week from now on to reach this goal.