Falcon 9 Block 5 Flight 176 | Starlink Group 4-2 and BlueWalker 3
This rideshare mission deployed 34 Starlink broadband satellites and AST SpaceMobile's BlueWalker 3 prototype into low Earth orbit. BlueWalker 3 was built to test direct cellular broadband links with ordinary, unmodified phones and later deployed a 693-square-foot phased array. The launch used B1058 on the booster's fourteenth flight.
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- Starlink Group 4-2Starlink-62BlueWalker 3 launchBW3 launchFalcon 9 F176
- Name
- Falcon 9 Block 5 Flight 176 | Starlink Group 4-2 and BlueWalker 3
- Status
- completed
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- Description
- This rideshare mission deployed 34 Starlink broadband satellites and AST SpaceMobile's BlueWalker 3 prototype into low Earth orbit. BlueWalker 3 was built to test direct cellular broadband links with ordinary, unmodified phones and later deployed a 693-square-foot phased array. The launch used B1058 on the booster's fourteenth flight.
- End Date
- 2022-09-11
- Launch Site
- Outcome
- Successfully deployed 34 Starlink satellites and BlueWalker 3 and recovered booster B1058
- Program
- Starlink constellation deployment and BlueWalker 3 technology demonstration
- Start Date
- 2022-09-11
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- Official Url
- https://www.spacex.com/launches/sl-4-2
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- Creation Time
- July 19, 2026 at 19:27:54 UTC
- Updated Time
- July 19, 2026 at 19:27:54 UTC
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