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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... |
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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. ![]()
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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.
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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.
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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...
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They are definitely getting better at capturing landing video.
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