The SpaceX webcast folks seems to asleep. The youtube webcast page stated that coverage starting at 7PM ET. Or 6 hours from now (about 12PM ET).
QuoteSpaceX is targeting Thursday, January 27 for launch of the COSMO-SkyMed Second Generation FM2 mission 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 6:11 p.m. EST, or 23:11 UTC, and a back up opportunity is available on Friday, January 28 with the same window. The Falcon 9 first stage booster supporting this mission previously supported the launch of Arabsat-6A and STP-2. After stage separation, Falcon 9 will return to Earth and land on Landing Zone 1 (LZ-1) at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station.One half of the fairings supporting this mission previously supported Transporter-1, Transporter-2, and one Starlink mission, and the other half previously supported SAOCOM 1B, Transporter-2, and one Starlink mission.A live webcast of this mission will begin about 15 minutes prior to liftoff.
SpaceX is targeting Thursday, January 27 for launch of the COSMO-SkyMed Second Generation FM2 mission 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 6:11 p.m. EST, or 23:11 UTC, and a back up opportunity is available on Friday, January 28 with the same window. The Falcon 9 first stage booster supporting this mission previously supported the launch of Arabsat-6A and STP-2. After stage separation, Falcon 9 will return to Earth and land on Landing Zone 1 (LZ-1) at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station.One half of the fairings supporting this mission previously supported Transporter-1, Transporter-2, and one Starlink mission, and the other half previously supported SAOCOM 1B, Transporter-2, and one Starlink mission.A live webcast of this mission will begin about 15 minutes prior to liftoff.
Per the mission kit, there are two M-Vac burns leading up to payload separation an hour into the flight.The typical mass for a COSMO-SkyMed Second Gen satellite is 2,205 kilograms, which should be light enough for both a direct insertion and Stage 1 RTLS.To add onto that, SAOCOM 1B was 3,000 kilograms and used the very profile I listed in the second paragraph.What’s the reasoning for the 2-burn profile on this mission?
Quote from: ZachS09 on 01/27/2022 05:10 pmPer the mission kit, there are two M-Vac burns leading up to payload separation an hour into the flight.The typical mass for a COSMO-SkyMed Second Gen satellite is 2,205 kilograms, which should be light enough for both a direct insertion and Stage 1 RTLS.To add onto that, SAOCOM 1B was 3,000 kilograms and used the very profile I listed in the second paragraph.What’s the reasoning for the 2-burn profile on this mission?They will likely be inserting the spacecraft directly into its ~620km orbit. I believe it is more efficient to do 2 burns.
Booster 1052 is ready for the lift off of CSG-2 which is set set to launch tonight at 6:11pm ET.B1052 has completed 2 flights previously, both times being a FH side core.ArabSat 6A and STP-2.Kamera: Me for @SuperclusterHQ
B1052-3 as it sits at Launch Complex 40 ahead of tonight's CSG-2 launch. This is the first time this core has been used as a Falcon 9 booster and has never seen a water landing.@NASASpaceflight article: https://nasaspaceflight.com/2022/01/falcon-9-csg-2/
Wow still kept octaves markings amazing
Now under T-38 minutes. Poll for prop load should have occurred by now but no SpX Mission Control stream yet, still pouring at the site.