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SpaceX is targeting Friday, May 13 for a Falcon 9 launch of 53 Starlink satellites to low-Earth orbit from Space Launch Complex 4 East (SLC-4E) at Vandenberg Space Force Base in California. The instantaneous launch window is at 3:07 p.m. PT, 22:07 UTC.

The first stage booster supporting this mission previously launched Sentinel-6 Michael Freilich, DART, and two Starlink missions. Following stage separation, Falcon 9's first stage will return to Earth and land on the Of Course I Still Love You droneship stationed in the Pacific Ocean.

A live webcast of this mission will begin about 10 minutes prior to liftoff.


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What the heck are the "used tissue" looking things that appear at the top of the M-Vac engine around 18:25?

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SpaceX is targeting Saturday, May 14 for a Falcon 9 launch of 53 Starlink satellites to low-Earth orbit from Space Launch Complex 40 (SLC-40) at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station in Florida. The instantaneous launch window is at 4:40 p.m. ET, or 20:40 UTC, and a backup opportunity is available on Sunday, May 15 at 4:12 p.m. ET, or 20:12 UTC.

Following stage separation, Falcon 9's first stage will return to Earth and land on the Just Read the Instructions droneship stationed in the Atlantic Ocean.

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I can barely keep track of Starlink launches anymore!

But aside from that, they're finally trying to get Starliner's OFT-2 (demo) launch off the ground with another test flight today at 6:54pm ET. Fingers crossed they've gotten their damn valves figured out...

Those booster landings still amaze me every time.

Good to see Starliner finally make it into space, but man Boeing really needs to up their streaming game. CGI animation of a rocket in flight just doesn't cut it anymore. Though I guess if they can manage a successful mission that will be a nice upgrade. lol

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SpaceX is targeting Wednesday, June 8 for launch of Nilesat 301 to a geosynchronous transfer orbit from Space Launch Complex 40 (SLC-40) at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station in Florida. The two-hour and twenty-nine-minute window opens at 5:04 p.m. ET, 21:04 UTC. A backup launch opportunity is available on Thursday, June 9 with the same window.

The Falcon 9 first stage booster supporting this mission previously supported the launch of GPS III Space Vehicle 04, GPS III Space Vehicle 05, Inspiration4, Ax-1, and two Starlink missions. After stage separation, the first stage will land on the Just Read the Instructions droneship, which will be stationed in the Atlantic Ocean.

A live webcast of this mission will begin about 10 minutes prior to liftoff.

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I love the fact that SpaceX has all those big convoluted names for their recovery ships and then "Doug" to recover the fairings. :)

Agree it's funny, but the explanations are relatively straightforward. The drone ships are named after ships in Ian M Banks novels. The recovery ships are named after Bob and Doug, the Demo 2 astronauts.

Musk should make that rocket to where every time it takes a satellite to orbit it runs over and grabs a NK, China ,Russian satellite and brings it back.

SpaceX is targeting Friday, June 17 for a Falcon 9 launch of 53 Starlink satellites to low-Earth orbit from Launch Complex 39A (LC-39A) at Kennedy Space Center in Florida. The instantaneous launch window is at 12:08 p.m. ET, or 16:08 UTC, and a backup opportunity is available on Saturday, June 18 at 11:47 a.m. ET, or 15:47 UTC.

The first stage booster supporting this mission previously launched GPS III-3, Turksat 5A, Transporter-2, and nine Starlink missions. Following stage separation, Falcon 9’s first stage will return to Earth and land on the A Shortfall of Gravitas droneship stationed in the Atlantic Ocean.

A live webcast of this mission will begin about 10 minutes prior to liftoff.

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Wow great and uninterrupted video of the landing. For the 13th time for this booster...

They are definitely getting better at capturing landing video.

Crazy considering they used to have a stretch goal of getting 10 launches out of a booster.