Author Topic: SpaceX F9 : Starlink group 4-31 : VSFB SLC-4E : 27/28 October 2022 (01:14 UTC) (Read 17089 times)

SPKirsch · « **on:** 09/27/2022 01:11 am »

Thread for the Starlink 4-31 group launch.

NSF Threads for Starlink 4-31: Discussion

Launch October 28, 2022, 01:14:10 UTC (October 27 6:14 pm PDT), from Vandenberg SLC-4E, on booster 1063-8. Landing will be aboard Of Course I Still Love You.

Payload 53 Starlink satellites to 53.2 degree inclination on a southeastern trajectory. Initial orbit of approximately 230 x 335 km?

Starlink v1.5 satellite mass is now about 300kg after the addition of laser ISL terminals.

Please use the Starlink Discussion Thread for all general discussion on Starlink.

Check the Starlink Index Thread for links to more Starlink information.

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SPKirsch · « **Reply #1 on:** 09/27/2022 01:14 am »

Cross-post:

Quote from: gongora on 09/26/2022 08:22 pm

1630-EX-ST-2022
SpaceX Mission 1826 Starlink Group 4-31 from SLC-4E
NET late October
ASDS North 29 37 18 West 116 37 14

Operation start NET October 24.

crandles57 · « **Reply #2 on:** 10/06/2022 01:37 pm »

Seems to have disappeared from Nextspaceflight
https://nextspaceflight.com/launches/?page=1&search=SpaceX

(though https://www.spacelaunchschedule.com/category/vandenberg-sfb/ still has it. Seems like there should be time to do it mid/late Oct and allow time for JPSS 1 Nov?)

So has it been delayed? And if so, do we know why?

zubenelgenubi · « **Reply #3 on:** 10/06/2022 06:02 pm »

Quote from: crandles57 on 10/06/2022 01:37 pm

Seems like there should be time to do it mid/late Oct and allow time for JPSS [launching on] 1 Nov?

So has it been delayed? And if so, do we know why?

Maybe SpaceX isn't ready to launch Starlink 4-31 sufficiently before Nov 1 and has chosen to delay it until afterwards?

There's apparently schedule room in November between JPSS-2 on Nov 1 and SWOT on Dec 5.

IDK why the NextSpaceFlight listing has vanished.

Edited

vaporcobra · « **Reply #4 on:** 10/06/2022 06:38 pm »

Quote from: zubenelgenubi on 10/06/2022 06:02 pm

Quote from: crandles57 on 10/06/2022 01:37 pm
Seems like there should be time to do it mid/late Oct and allow time for JPSS [launching on] 1 Nov?

So has it been delayed? And if so, do we know why?

IDK why the NextSpaceFlight listing has vanished.

Depending on how one counts, SpaceX is just 2-4 launches away from completing Shell #4. I'm not actually sure if the FCC deployment requirements specify that all planned satellites have to be concurrently working in orbit, or merely launched at some point. If the latter, then SpaceX is exactly two 54-satellite launches away from having launched 1584 Group 4 satellites.

I personally suspect/hope that SpaceX will actually ensure that it has the maximum possible number of working satellites in orbit, which would require ~4 more launches. In that vein, Group 1 may also need 2-3 more launches to be truly complete. But it's entirely possibly that both Group 1 and 4 can be considered practically complete after just a few more launches.

scr00chy · « **Reply #5 on:** 10/06/2022 09:14 pm »

Quote from: crandles57 on 10/06/2022 01:37 pm

Seems to have disappeared from Nextspaceflight
https://nextspaceflight.com/launches/?page=1&search=SpaceX

(though https://www.spacelaunchschedule.com/category/vandenberg-sfb/ still has it. Seems like there should be time to do it mid/late Oct and allow time for JPSS 1 Nov?)

So has it been delayed? And if so, do we know why?

I don't think it was removed, it actually hasn't been added to Next Spaceflight yet.

zubenelgenubi · « **Reply #6 on:** 10/14/2022 06:14 pm »

Cross-post:

Quote from: Salo on 10/14/2022 11:12 am

https://www.spacearchive.info/vafbsked.htm
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OCT 30 Falcon 9 SLC-4E Vehicle will launch several Starlink satellites into orbit

First stage 1061.11? It's next in the 3 booster rotation at Vandenberg.

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kevin-rf · « **Reply #7 on:** 10/14/2022 07:50 pm »

Seems like SpaceX will have room for one (or dare I suggest two) additional Vandenberg launches come November.

Ken the Bin · « **Reply #8 on:** 10/21/2022 07:45 pm »

NGA Rocket Launching + Space Debris notice in costume for Halloween as a generic Hazardous Operations notice.

Shortly after midnight UTC on October 28.

Quote from: NGA

211837Z OCT 22
NAVAREA XII 791/22(GEN).
NORTH PACIFIC.
CALIFORNIA.
1. HAZARDOUS OPERATIONS:
A. 280001Z TO 280421Z OCT, ALTERNATE 282338Z TO 290359Z,
292316Z TO 300337Z, 302255Z TO 310315Z,
312233Z OCT TO 010254Z NOV IN AREA BOUND BY
34-40.00N 120-25.00W, 34-40.00N 120-39.00W,
34-34.00N 120-39.00W, 33-51.00N 120-01.00W,
33-55.00N 119-50.00W, 34-40.00N 120-25.00W.
B. 280001Z TO 280422Z OCT, ALTERNATE 282338Z TO 290400Z,
292316Z TO 300338Z, 302255Z TO 310316Z,
312233Z OCT TO 010255Z NOV IN AREA BOUND BY
30-24.00N 116-52.00W, 30-09.00N 117-22.00W,
29-13.00N 116-32.00W, 29-24.00N 116-13.00W,
30-24.00N 116-52.00W.
C. 280152Z TO 280527Z OCT, ALTERNATE 290130Z TO 290505Z,
290108Z TO 290443Z, 300047Z TO 300421Z,
310025Z TO 310400Z OCT IN AREA BOUND BY
50-39.00N 173-01.00W, 49-05.00N 174-35.00W,
38-35.00N 151-24.00W, 40-09.00N 150-06.00W,
50-39.00N 173-01.00W.
2. CANCEL THIS MSG 010355Z NOV 22.

OneSpeed · « **Reply #9 on:** 10/22/2022 12:01 am »

Quote from: Ken the Bin on 10/21/2022 07:45 pm

NGA Rocket Launching + Space Debris notice in costume for Halloween as a generic Hazardous Operations notice.

Maps from the Hazardous Operations notice. ASDS 672km downrange, second stage space debris area south of the Aleutian Islands.

Galactic Penguin SST · « **Reply #10 on:** 10/22/2022 03:35 pm »

Spaceflight Now is showing the launch being one day earlier, October 27 between 00:01 - 01:00 UTC (October 26, 5:01 - 6:00 pm PDT).

Ken the Bin · « **Reply #11 on:** 10/22/2022 04:58 pm »

Quote from: Galactic Penguin SST on 10/22/2022 03:35 pm

Spaceflight Now is showing the launch being one day earlier, October 27 between 00:01 - 01:00 UTC (October 26, 5:01 - 6:00 pm PDT).

So far there's no new NGA notice to support that. I wonder if he got confused when doing the date adjustment and adjusted the date for UTC (instead of EDT+PDT) to the 27th, then adjusted EDT+PDT to the 26th.

Ken the Bin · « **Reply #12 on:** 10/23/2022 03:31 am »

Quote from: Ken the Bin on 10/22/2022 04:58 pm

Quote from: Galactic Penguin SST on 10/22/2022 03:35 pm
Spaceflight Now is showing the launch being one day earlier, October 27 between 00:01 - 01:00 UTC (October 26, 5:01 - 6:00 pm PDT).

So far there's no new NGA notice to support that. I wonder if he got confused when doing the date adjustment and adjusted the date for UTC (instead of EDT+PDT) to the 27th, then adjusted EDT+PDT to the 26th.

SFN has fixed their launch schedule:

Quote from: SFN

Launch time: Approx. 0001-0100 GMT on 28th (8:01-9:00 p.m. EDT; 5:01-6:00 p.m. PDT on 27th)

zubenelgenubi · « **Reply #13 on:** 10/23/2022 08:12 pm »

NextSpaceFlight, updated October 23:
Launch is October 28 00:30 UTC = October 27 5:30 pm PDT.
First stage is 1063.8.

Rondaz · « **Reply #14 on:** 10/25/2022 12:51 am »

Tug Scorpius is about to get underway from the Port of Long Beach with OCISLY droneship for Starlink 4-31 from Vandenberg!

Launch NET Thur 27th

https://twitter.com/SpaceOffshore/status/1584697212784836610

Rondaz · « **Reply #15 on:** 10/25/2022 09:52 pm »

CelesTrak has pre-launch SupGP data for the #Starlink Group 4-31 launch from Vandenberg SFB set for 2022-10-28 at 00:35:00 UTC. Deployment of 53 satellites is planned for 00:50:26.700 UTC:

https://twitter.com/TSKelso/status/1585026355733090304

gongora · « **Reply #16 on:** 10/26/2022 01:14 am »

https://twitter.com/TSKelso/status/1585067315980558336

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[email protected] has updated the launch time for #Starlink Group 4-31 to 2022-10-28 at 01:14:10 UTC with deployment at 01:29:36.700 UTC. The pre-launch SupGP data on CelesTrak has been updated to reflect this change: https://celestrak.org/NORAD/elements/supplemental/.

Rondaz · « **Reply #17 on:** 10/26/2022 09:50 am »

Orbital Launch no. 146 of 2022

#SpaceX to launch another batch of 53 #Starlink communication satellite for on top of #Falcon9 B1063-08 from SLC-4E at the #Vandenberg Space Force Base in California.

https://twitter.com/nkknspace/status/1585179436760338433

FutureSpaceTourist · « **Reply #18 on:** 10/26/2022 10:58 am »

https://twitter.com/raul74cz/status/1585221698991063043

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LHA map for #Starlink Group 4-31 from VSFB SLC-4E NET 28 Oct 01:14 UTC, alternatively 29 to 31 Oct based on issued NOTAM/NOTMAR. B1063.8 planned landing with roughly estimated fairing recovery ~673km downrange. Stage2 debris reentry in North Pacific. https://bit.do/LHA20

FutureSpaceTourist · « **Reply #19 on:** 10/26/2022 11:35 pm »