SpaceX F9 : NROL-126 : VSFB SLC-4E : 30 November 2024 (08:10 UTC)

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https://twitter.com/dpoddolphinpro/status/1862600201971933673

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

No Space Live Stream feed has been provided for this launch. As such, any other YouTube channel that plans to re-broadcast will not have a feed to do so.  Our only video of the launch will be from our contact in Santa Barbara: OliverVision

Launch Ground Video (from a resident in Santa Barbara - I'll post if available)

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

No Space Live Stream feed has been provided for this launch. As such, any other YouTube channel that plans to re-broadcast will not have a feed to do so.  Our only video of the launch will be from our contact in Santa Barbara: OliverVision

Launch Ground Video (from a resident in Santa Barbara - I'll post if available)

There is a remote chance that SpaceX will provide the feed as a Twitter post. So, we must diligently pick that up and post it here for our members.

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https://youtube.com/watch?v=U69FQIivAus

next 6 hour to be launch

xm11,
The absence of a feed link from SpaceX will hinder access to the event. All hyperlinks available on YouTube are contingent upon a feed link provided by SpaceX, which has not been issued for this particular launch. This is a departure from previous launches, including the one scheduled from Cape Canaveral this evening.

The YouTube creator you referenced lacks professional qualifications. He presents basic criteria and inundates his screen with numerous video cuts of himself. In contrast, the creators we regularly engage with on this forum are established suppliers who provide a direct feed.

Qualified Sites are:
NSF
SpaceX on Twitter
Space Affairs
SFN

Post sites:
SciNews
The Space Devs
Ed Carstens

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

No Space Live Stream feed has been provided for this launch. As such, any other YouTube channel that plans to re-broadcast will not have a feed to do so.  Our only video of the launch will be from our contact in Santa Barbara: OliverVision

Launch Ground Video (from a resident in Santa Barbara - I'll post if available)

There is a remote chance that SpaceX will provide the feed as a Twitter post. So, we must diligently pick that up and post it here for our members.

Since the Starlink launch is just 10 min before this launch, SpaceX may not have sufficient resources to cover both or both on different links on X.

If the Cape launch is delayed, we may receive the NROL launch on a live stream instead, or we may receive its own link.

Just keep open to links opening up unexpectedly.

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

No Space Live Stream feed has been provided for this launch. As such, any other YouTube channel that plans to re-broadcast will not have a feed to do so.  Our only video of the launch will be from our contact in Santa Barbara: OliverVision

Launch Ground Video (from a resident in Santa Barbara - I'll post if available)

There is a remote chance that SpaceX will provide the feed as a Twitter post. So, we must diligently pick that up and post it here for our members.

Since the Starlink launch is just 10 min before this launch, SpaceX may not have sufficient resources to cover both or both on different links on X.

If the Cape launch is delayed, we may receive the NROL launch on a live stream instead, or we may receive its own link.

Just keep open to links opening up unexpectedly.

Isn’t there a 3hr 10 min interval, 5:00 UTC to 8:10 UTC?

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

No Space Live Stream feed has been provided for this launch. As such, any other YouTube channel that plans to re-broadcast will not have a feed to do so.  Our only video of the launch will be from our contact in Santa Barbara: OliverVision

Launch Ground Video (from a resident in Santa Barbara - I'll post if available)

There is a remote chance that SpaceX will provide the feed as a Twitter post. So, we must diligently pick that up and post it here for our members.

Since the Starlink launch is just 10 min before this launch, SpaceX may not have sufficient resources to cover both or both on different links on X.

If the Cape launch is delayed, we may receive the NROL launch on a live stream instead, or we may receive its own link.

Just keep open to links opening up unexpectedly.

Isn’t there a 3hr 10 min interval, 5:00 UTC to 8:10 UTC?

Yep, I forgot it's 12 a.m. ET and the VSFB launch is 12:08 a.m. PT.  Dumb me.  But that means no excuse for not supplying us with a link.

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Weather Update:

Dry weather is expected through next Friday.

High clouds will vary through Tuesday, becoming mostly clear from Wednesday to Friday.

Breezy Santa Ana winds will be present at times, especially at night and in the morning.

Above-normal temperatures are expected throughout the period.

Short-term forecast (Today to Monday):

Upper-level ridging will move into Southern California, bringing mostly cloudy skies due to extensive high clouds.

Strong offshore pressure gradients will cause breezy to gusty northeast winds in Ventura/Los Angeles counties and parts of San Luis Obispo/Santa Barbara counties.

High temperatures will be several degrees above normal, reaching the 70s in inland coastal and valley areas, and lower to mid-60s in the deserts and interior valleys.

Dry weather will continue through Monday, with diminishing offshore winds and mostly clear to partly cloudy skies.

Overall, expect warm temperatures, dry conditions, and varying amounts of high clouds with occasional gusty winds through the forecast period.

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https://twitter.com/SpaceflightNow/status/1862763306051678433

SpaceX is loading propellants aboard a Falcon 9 rocket at Vandenberg Space Force Base in California ahead of the NROL-126 mission. Liftoff is scheduled for 12:10 a.m. PST (3:10 a.m. EST / 0810 UTC).

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https://x.com/SpaceflightNow/status/1862763306051678433

SpaceX is loading propellants aboard a Falcon 9 rocket at Vandenberg Space Force Base in California ahead of the NROL-126 mission. Liftoff is scheduled for 12:10 a.m. PST (3:10 a.m. EST / 0810 UTC).

Wow, we have gone back 20 years to when I used to post SFN updates on this forum when it was just getting started and was the only site available at that time with launch information.

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https://twitter.com/BoosterTracker/status/1862767274542997546

NROL-126 will mark SpaceX's 36th consecutive landing of a Falcon booster and 299th Falcon booster landing success on a drone ship.

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https://twitter.com/SpaceX/status/1862771327394009232

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Similar to the last launch, it will be available at t+1:30 before the launch. However, once SpaceX completes the mission, the full launch coverage will begin a few minutes prior to the launch.

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What is interesting is that we have a commentator for this flight, probably due to the customer NRO.


Supersonic and Max-Q

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MECO and Stage Sep

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Entry Burn

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Video quality is inferior.

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landing burn started

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Landing confirmed

https://twitter.com/SpaceX/status/1862773312402989153

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Webcast ended