https://twitter.com/elonmusk/status/1127388838362378241Now we know. 60!
Quote from: ZachS09 on 05/12/2019 02:10 amhttps://space.skyrocket.de/doc_sdat/starlink-1.htmIf each Starlink sat is 387 kilograms, and there's 60 all together, that's an estimated total payload mass of 23,220 kilograms (not including the dispenser).Looks to be no dispenser.They are stacked on top of each other.Also looks to be 2 stacks of 30 rectangular flat ~ .3 m thick.At 250 kg will be a total of ~16mt.
https://space.skyrocket.de/doc_sdat/starlink-1.htmIf each Starlink sat is 387 kilograms, and there's 60 all together, that's an estimated total payload mass of 23,220 kilograms (not including the dispenser).
I'm counting 30 in a stack, so two stacks. What I can't tell is the shape. Perhaps triangular?
Quote from: Joseph Peterson on 05/12/2019 02:43 amI'm counting 30 in a stack, so two stacks. What I can't tell is the shape. Perhaps triangular?Looks like 4 stacks of 15 to me. But I could certainly be wrong. Impressive either way!
And they call these tests?
I'm starting to think we are going to see a static fire with the payload attached.SpaceX continues to impress.
Quote from: rockets4life97 on 05/12/2019 02:29 amI'm starting to think we are going to see a static fire with the payload attached.SpaceX continues to impress.No. Their customer would never allow that.Oh, wait...
Why not a static fire with payload attach and at the time of the launch window. And if it goes well let it fly. Saves a few days and a cycle. They’ll need to a hundred or so launches like this so why not save a few days on each. Seeing that stack just the payload configuration, payload faring separation and deployment is as much value as the satellites.
There're some variations for the satellite edges on the left side of the image, some have extra strip of metal, some doesn't.
So these spacecraft are just flat. Probably, one side of it is a solar panel, the other on is the phased-array antenna. Electronics and tankage are in between. RCS thrusters at the edges.