SpaceX F9 : Starlink group 8-19 : CCSFS SLC-40 : 18 October 2024 (23:31 UTC)

[catdlr]

Stage-1 transonic

[catdlr]

Stage-1 landing burn

[zubenelgenubi]

Landing burn

Landing!

[catdlr]

Landing confirmed

[zubenelgenubi]

SECO-1 and apparently nominal parking orbit.

End of SpaceX’s webcast re-streamed by Space Affairs.

Empty SLC-40 from NSF webcasters.

Remaining launch events:
00:54:48   2nd stage engine starts (SES-2)
00:54:50   2nd stage engine cutoff (SECO-2)
01:03:42   Starlink satellites deploy

Edit: No SpaceX launch tweets--very low key launch coverage from them tonight.

[catdlr]

Launch Summary Video

[TJL]

Got a very nice view of Starlink Group 8-19 from Long Island, NY this evening on its way to orbit. Saw about 30 seconds of powered flight followed by SECO-1.

[zubenelgenubi]

https://twitter.com/SpaceX/status/1847436375181918620

Deployment of 20 @Starlink satellites confirmed.

[zubenelgenubi]

Congratulations to the entire launch campaign team! 👏 🚀

Thank you, NSF webcasters! 🎁🏅

Thank you, catdlr!👍😊

[Galactic Penguin SST]

[FutureSpaceTourist]

https://twitter.com/spacex/status/1847438055722070315

Falcon 9 delivers 20 @Starlink satellites to orbit from Florida

[catdlr]

Congratulations to the entire launch campaign team! 👏 🚀

Thank you, NSF webcasters! 🎁🏅

Thank you, catdlr!👍😊

And Thansk to zubenelgenubi for covering for me.

[FutureSpaceTourist]

https://twitter.com/launchphoto/status/1847447287095504969

Falcon 9 launches Starlink 8-19

https://twitter.com/launchphoto/status/1847447358272885142

Starlink 8-19 over Pad 39A

[FutureSpaceTourist]

https://twitter.com/boostertracker/status/1847496149185249702

With today's Starlink mission, SpaceX is estimated to have exceeded the total mass delivered to orbit in 2023.

Please note that these figures carry a significant margin of error, as the exact mass of some missions remains unknown. Learn more: boostertracker.com/graphs/

[Brigantine]

Do we get any hints when OCISLY & the booster get back to port?

[FutureSpaceTourist]

https://twitter.com/John_Winkopp/status/1847448168830570506

Starlink 8-19 then comet A3 then Moon rise from Kars Park. What a beautiful evening.

[shiro]

Some reusability stats for this launch (Starlink Group 8-19):

Booster B1076.17 turnaround time:
64 days 10 hours 31 minutes
(its previous mission was WorldView Legion Flight 2 on Aug 15, 2024 UTC).

FYI: median turnaround time for Falcon 9 / Heavy boosters is currently 50.16 days *
* – based on the last 30 launches, excluding new first stages.

Launchpad SLC-40 turnaround time:
3 days 17 hours 21 minutes
(the previous launch from this pad was Starlink Group 10-10 on Oct 15, 2024 UTC).

FYI: median turnaround time for SLC-40 is currently 5.21 days *
* – based on the last 30 launches.

The same type of stats for previous SpaceX launches may be found on this spreadsheet online.

[FutureSpaceTourist]

https://twitter.com/tskelso/status/1847720786846699654

CelesTrak has ephemeris-based SupGP data for all 20 satellites from the @Starlink Group 8-19 launch (2024-187) atop a Falcon 9 rocket from Cape Canaveral on 2024-10-18 at 23:31:00 UTC: URL. Data for the launch can be found at: https://celestrak.org/NORAD/elements/supplemental/table.php?INTDES=2024-187.

[FutureSpaceTourist]

https://twitter.com/spaceoffshore/status/1848050833079845223

SpaceX recovery ship Doug arrived at Canaveral this morning with both sets of fairing halves from the last two Starlink missions from the East Coast

Interestingly the ship only offloaded two halves before departing again - appears to be going for SL 6-61 nsf.live/spacecoast

Crazy if the schedule is so tight that there isn't enough time to unload all the recovered hardware.😆

Maybe they ran out of fairing trailers and couldn't wait (GO Cosmos unloaded two halves last night)

[realnouns]

Doug returned to PC on Oct 12 @ 9:36am ET

Doug departed PC on Oct 12 @ 12:05pm ET

Doug returned to PC on Oct 20 @ 6:51am ET

Doug also supported 8-19