SpaceX F9 : Starlink group 6-69 : CCSFS SLC-40 : 11 November 2024 (21:28 UTC)

[ZachS09]

I think the reason why no Direct to Cell satellites are included in the stack of 24 is because each DTC sat weighs more than a typical Starlink v2 Mini satellite.

Plus, we learned that a stack of 24 v2 Mini sats is 17.5 metric tons (~729 kilograms per sat); that's probably close to the limit Falcon 9 can carry to LEO while landing the first stage. There's no way it can manage 25.

[Ken the Bin]

Primary launch opportunity = 2024-11-10 21:46:00 UTC per CelesTrak.

Last Primary Day launch = 2024-11-11 01:24:00 UTC. So this time there is a discrepancy between CelesTrak and the mission webpage at both ends of the launch window. 😠

https://twitter.com/TSKelso/status/1855137298951843948

CelesTrak has pre-launch SupGP data for the @Starlink Group 6-69 launch from Cape Canaveral on 2024-11-10 at 21:46:00 UTC: https://celestrak.org/NORAD/elements/supplemental/table.php?FILE=starlink-g6-69. Deployment of 24 satellites is at 22:51:14.800 UTC. Data for 15 backup launch opportunities also provided: https://celestrak.org/NORAD/elements/supplemental/.

https://celestrak.org/NORAD/elements/supplemental/

Launch: 2024-11-10 21:46:00 UTC. Deploy: 2024-11-10 22:51:14.800 UTC.
Launch: 2024-11-10 22:08:00 UTC. Deploy: 2024-11-10 23:13:14.800 UTC.
Launch: 2024-11-10 22:22:00 UTC. Deploy: 2024-11-10 23:27:14.800 UTC.
Launch: 2024-11-10 22:30:00 UTC. Deploy: 2024-11-10 23:35:14.800 UTC.
Launch: 2024-11-10 22:38:00 UTC. Deploy: 2024-11-10 23:43:14.800 UTC.
Launch: 2024-11-10 22:50:00 UTC. Deploy: 2024-11-10 23:55:14.800 UTC.
Launch: 2024-11-10 22:58:00 UTC. Deploy: 2024-11-11 00:03:14.800 UTC.
Launch: 2024-11-10 23:42:00 UTC. Deploy: 2024-11-11 00:47:14.800 UTC.
Launch: 2024-11-10 23:48:00 UTC. Deploy: 2024-11-11 00:53:14.800 UTC.
Launch: 2024-11-10 23:56:00 UTC. Deploy: 2024-11-11 01:01:14.800 UTC.
Launch: 2024-11-11 00:06:00 UTC. Deploy: 2024-11-11 01:11:14.800 UTC.
Launch: 2024-11-11 00:14:00 UTC. Deploy: 2024-11-11 01:19:14.800 UTC.
Launch: 2024-11-11 00:26:00 UTC. Deploy: 2024-11-11 01:31:14.800 UTC.
Launch: 2024-11-11 00:34:00 UTC. Deploy: 2024-11-11 01:39:14.800 UTC.
Launch: 2024-11-11 00:44:00 UTC. Deploy: 2024-11-11 01:49:14.800 UTC.
Launch: 2024-11-11 01:24:00 UTC. Deploy: 2024-11-11 02:29:14.800 UTC.

[StraumliBlight]

L-1 Weather Forecast

[Steven Pietrobon]

PDF of online press kit.

[catdlr]

Here is a consolidated post of available video links for this launch:

SpaceX direct live broadcast on Twitter:  https://x.com/i/broadcasts/1vAGROMRPPXJl

Space Affairs YouTube (SpaceX Re-broadcast):  https://youtube.com/watch?v=Zgam9W8vEHY

Replay supplied by The Space Devs (15 min after the broadcast end):  https://youtube.com/@thespacedevs/videos

Summary Video provided by SciNews (15 min after the broadcast ends):  https://youtube.com/@SciNewsRo/videos

NSF Live Coverage: Provided by FST when the link is available. https://youtube.com/watch?v=GLYkjeHde0s

[realnouns]

Doug departed PC on Oct 28 @ 7:28pm ET

Doug returned to PC on Nov 1 @ 11:41am ET

Doug departed PC on Nov 8 @ 8:47pm ET

[Ken the Bin]

I don't see a post on X, but CelesTrak has been updated. Do the times now match the mission webpage (which has not been changed)? No, of course not. In fact the discrepancy is now slightly larger.

Five Backup launch opportunities have been removed. Some of the remaining ones have had their times adjusted. The primary launch opportunity remains at 21:46 UTC.

https://celestrak.org/NORAD/elements/supplemental/

Launch: 2024-11-10 21:46:00 UTC. Deploy: 2024-11-10 22:51:14.800 UTC.
Launch: 2024-11-10 22:08:00 UTC. Deploy: 2024-11-10 23:13:14.800 UTC.
Launch: 2024-11-10 22:22:00 UTC. Deploy: 2024-11-10 23:27:14.800 UTC.
Launch: 2024-11-10 22:30:00 UTC. Deploy: 2024-11-10 23:35:14.800 UTC.
Launch: 2024-11-10 23:00:00 UTC. Deploy: 2024-11-11 00:05:14.800 UTC.
Launch: 2024-11-10 23:44:00 UTC. Deploy: 2024-11-11 00:49:14.800 UTC.
Launch: 2024-11-10 23:56:00 UTC. Deploy: 2024-11-11 01:01:14.800 UTC.
Launch: 2024-11-11 00:06:00 UTC. Deploy: 2024-11-11 01:11:14.800 UTC.
Launch: 2024-11-11 00:34:00 UTC. Deploy: 2024-11-11 01:39:14.800 UTC.
Launch: 2024-11-11 00:46:00 UTC. Deploy: 2024-11-11 01:51:14.800 UTC.
Launch: 2024-11-11 01:22:00 UTC. Deploy: 2024-11-11 02:27:14.800 UTC.

[catdlr]

[Galactic Penguin SST]

And slip!

Liftoff is targeted for 6:56 p.m. ET, with backup opportunities available until 8:22 p.m. ET.

[GewoonLukas_]

Now targeting the end of today's launch window:

Liftoff is targeted for 8:22 p.m. ET. If needed, additional opportunities are also available on Monday, November 11 starting at 4:02 p.m. ET.

https://www.spacex.com/launches/mission/?missionId=sl-6-69

[Galactic Penguin SST]

And launch has been scrubbed for the day:

SpaceX is targeting Monday, November 11 for a Falcon 9 launch of 24 Starlink satellites to low-Earth orbit from Space Launch Complex 40 (SLC-40) at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station in Florida. Liftoff is targeted for 4:02 p.m. ET with additional opportunities available until 7:44 p.m. ET.

[Galactic Penguin SST]

https://twitter.com/SpaceX/status/1855766308014772298

Due to unfavorable recovery weather conditions, now targeting Monday, November 11 for Falcon 9’s launch of 24
@Starlink satellites to orbit →

[zubenelgenubi]

Due to unfavorable recovery weather conditions, now targeting Monday, November 11 for Falcon 9’s launch of 24 @Starlink satellites to orbit →
[Nov 11 UTC]

Too bad that the recovery conditions at launch didn't conform to the forecast of Low risk.

L-1 Weather Forecast

Launch will follow Koreasat 6A.


SFN SpaceX scrubs launch of 24 Starlink satellites on a Falcon 9 flight from Cape Canaveral, November 10, Will Robinson-Smith

As a potential additional factor, the Falcon 9 rocket wasn’t brought upright at the launch pad until about 4.5 hours ahead of the planned liftoff time, shorter than the six hours normally used before a launch.

[Ken the Bin]

New L-1 weather forecast. 80% 'Go' for November 11. 90% 'Go' for November 12. Booster Recovery Weather risk is Moderate for November 11. All other Additional Risk Criteria are Low.

[Ken the Bin]

Primary launch opportunity = 2024-11-11 21:28:00 UTC per CelesTrak. (The mission webpage has not yet been updated with this new time.)

https://twitter.com/TSKelso/status/1855873969066578293

UPDATE #3: @SpaceX is now targeting the @Starlink Group 6-69 launch from Cape Canaveral on 2024-11-11 at 21:28:00 UTC: https://celestrak.org/NORAD/elements/supplemental/table.php?FILE=starlink-g6-69. Deployment of 24 satellites is at 22:33:14.800 UTC. Data for 7 backup launch opportunities also provided: https://celestrak.org/NORAD/elements/supplemental/.

https://celestrak.org/NORAD/elements/supplemental/

Launch: 2024-11-11 21:28:00 UTC. Deploy: 2024-11-11 22:33:14.800 UTC.
Launch: 2024-11-11 21:36:00 UTC. Deploy: 2024-11-11 22:41:14.800 UTC.
Launch: 2024-11-11 22:24:00 UTC. Deploy: 2024-11-11 23:29:14.800 UTC.
Launch: 2024-11-11 22:32:00 UTC. Deploy: 2024-11-11 23:37:14.800 UTC.
Launch: 2024-11-11 23:12:00 UTC. Deploy: 2024-11-12 00:17:14.800 UTC.
Launch: 2024-11-12 00:02:00 UTC. Deploy: 2024-11-12 01:07:14.800 UTC.
Launch: 2024-11-12 00:38:00 UTC. Deploy: 2024-11-12 01:43:14.800 UTC.
Launch: 2024-11-12 00:44:00 UTC. Deploy: 2024-11-12 01:49:14.800 UTC.

[zubenelgenubi]

SpaceX going for second Falcon 9 launch from Florida today; Koreasat 6A launched successfully!

[catdlr]

Repost: The previous NSF video link is now stale. The F9 launch will be covered as part of the "Countdown to Launch" livestream for IFT-6.

Here is a consolidated post of available video links for this launch:

SpaceX direct live broadcast on Twitter:  https://x.com/i/broadcasts/1vAGROMRPPXJl
https://x.com/i/broadcasts/1DXxydEDLdkJM

Space Affairs YouTube (SpaceX Re-broadcast):  https://youtube.com/watch?v=Zgam9W8vEHY

Replay supplied by The Space Devs (15 min after the broadcast end):  https://youtube.com/@thespacedevs/videos

Summary Video provided by SciNews (15 min after the broadcast ends):  https://youtube.com/@SciNewsRo/videos

NSF Live Coverage: https://youtube.com/watch?v=h4CI2oyuM-I

[FutureSpaceTourist]

https://twitter.com/spacex/status/1856062506336432298

Up next, teams are counting down to a Falcon 9 launch of 24 @Starlink satellites from pad 40 in Florida in ~1.5 hours from now →

https://spacex.com/launches/mission/?missionId=sl-6-69

[FutureSpaceTourist]

No separate NSF launch stream; it’s part of the Starship Flight 6 Countdown to Launch stream, live now:

[FutureSpaceTourist]

T-40 Launch appears to have moved back about 25 mins or so from time on SpaceX website