SpaceX Manifest Discussion Thread

[zubenelgenubi]

So far, Starlink 6-60 and 6-61 are skipped over.  Something out of the ordinary planned for one or both?  Like Starshield rideshare?

JRTI left Freeport drydock on May 19 and it caught the Starlink 6-63 first stage on May 24 UTC.

We learned of Starlink 6-60 on May 21.  We learned of Starlink 6-64 on May 24.

We're still "missing" Starlink 6-61.

[zubenelgenubi]

How many more Group 6 launches does SpaceX need to fill the shell?

Will the Vandenberg Falcon 9 launch following EarthCARE be from Starlink Group 7 or 8?

[meekGee]

Is pad 39A undergoing maintenance?  Seems kind of dormant.  Last flight was on the 23rd, and nothing in the near future.

[spacenuance]

Is pad 39A undergoing maintenance?  Seems kind of dormant.  Last flight was on the 23rd, and nothing in the near future.

Need the next month to prepare for GOES

[crandles57]

2 days after last VSFB launch and no planned dates?

31st 5th and 10th planned dates for pad 40
seems quite a difference.

[Galactic Penguin SST]

2 days after last VSFB launch and no planned dates?

31st 5th and 10th planned dates for pad 40
seems quite a difference.

Actually one launch has apparently just been filed and I'm starting a post now.
Starlink Group 8-8 on late June 4/early June 5 local, about half a day before Starship.

[zubenelgenubi]

Near-term not-Starlink launch schedule; also noting LC-39A use:

✅️ Astra 1P / SES-24 (Jun 20 NET 10 15 17 18 19, SLC-40)

✅️ GOES-U (Jun 25, LC-39A)

<LC-39A will be open for Falcon 9 launch campaigns until ~10 September, when preparations there for Europa Clipper should begin.>

Turksat 6A (Jul 8 UTC, presumably? SLC-40)

Transporter-11 (Jul 10 NET 1 8, SLC-4E)

Arctic Satellite Broadband Mission (NET Jul 10 late Jul/early Aug, SLC-4E)

WorldView Legion Flight 2 (NET Jul 15 H2, LC-39A or SLC-40)

Polaris Dawn (late Jul 12 summer, SLC-40)

Crew Dragon Crew-9 (mid Aug, LC-39A)

GSAT-20 / GSAT-N2 (mid Aug Jun? H2, LC-39A or SLC-40)

Galileo Flight 13 (Sep 13, LC-39A or SLC-40)

Cargo Dragon SpX-31 (NET Sep, LC-39A or SLC-40)

Astranis Block 2 (Q3 midyear, SLC-40?)

AST SpaceMobile BlueBird Block 1 (Q3, presumably? SLC-40)

NROL-69 (NET H2 Jun?, LC-39A or SLC-40)

Nusantara 5 (Lima) (end of year midyear, presumably? SLC-40)

Edited through June

[zubenelgenubi]

LC-39A is open for Falcon 9 launch campaigns until ~10 September, when preparations there for Europa Clipper should begin.

Near-term not-Starlink launch schedule; also noting LC-39A use:

✅️ Turksat 6A (Jul 8 UTC, SLC-40)

Arctic Satellite Broadband Mission (Jul 16 H2 Jul NET 10 14, SLC-4E)

Transporter-11 (late Jul 10 NET 18, SLC-4E)

Polaris Dawn (NET Jul 31 late, LC-39A SLC-40)

Cygnus NG-21 (Aug 3 early, SLC-40)

Crew Dragon Crew-9 (mid Aug, LC-39A)

GSAT-20 / GSAT-N2 (mid Aug, LC-39A or SLC-40)

WorldView Legion Flight 2 (NET Aug NET Jul 15,SLC-40 or LC-39A)

Galileo Flight 13 (Sep, LC-39A or SLC-40)

Cargo Dragon SpX-31 (NET Sep, LC-39A or SLC-40)

Astranis Block 2 (Q3, SLC-40?)

AST SpaceMobile BlueBird Block 1 (Q3, SLC-40?)

Hera (Oct 7, SLC-40)

Europa Clipper (Oct 10, LC-39A)

NROL-69 (NET H2, LC-39A or SLC-40)

Edit July 12: Following the Starlink 9-3 second stage failure, the above schedule will be subject to substantial change.

Edited

[Comga]

Near-term not-Starlink launch schedule; also noting LC-39A use:

✅️ Turksat 6A (Jul 8 UTC, SLC-40)

<LC-39A will be open for Falcon 9 launch campaigns until ~10 September, when preparations there for Europa Clipper should begin.>

Arctic Satellite Broadband Mission (Jul 16 H2 Jul NET 10 14, SLC-4E)
Transporter-11 (late Jul 10 NET 18, SLC-4E)
Polaris Dawn (NET Jul 31 late, LC-39A SLC-40)
Cygnus NG-21 (Aug 3 early, SLC-40)
Crew Dragon Crew-9 (mid Aug, LC-39A)
GSAT-20 / GSAT-N2 (mid Aug, LC-39A or SLC-40)
WorldView Legion Flight 2 (NET Aug NET Jul 15,SLC-40 or LC-39A)
Galileo Flight 13 (Sep, LC-39A or SLC-40)
Cargo Dragon SpX-31 (NET Sep, LC-39A or SLC-40)
Astranis Block 2 (Q3, SLC-40?)
AST SpaceMobile BlueBird Block 1 (Q3, SLC-40?)
Hera (Oct 7, SLC-40)
Europa Clipper (Oct 10, LC-39A)
NROL-69 (NET H2, LC-39A or SLC-40)

Well, that's all toast.
Of these, Crew-9, Hera and Europa Clipper would seem to be the most time critical.
I can see NASA, which is not subject to FAA oversight, granting an exemption for the launch of Crew-9 in a month or so, after maybe a few weeks of delay, if they still need it.
That would give SpaceX a few less than 85 days to avoid loosing the interplanetary launch windows for Hera and Europa Clipper.
Sounds doable.
Then they get to reorder all of the delayed flights.

[gongora]

I can see NASA, which is not subject to FAA oversight, granting an exemption for the launch of Crew-9 in a month or so, after maybe a few weeks of delay, if they still need it.

Those launches are still FAA licensed

[StraumliBlight]

PHARAO atomic clock experiment will launch on CRS-32 [June 24]

A launch date with a SpaceX Falcon 9 is under consolidation and foreseen for the end of January 2025.

All subsystems successfully passed integrated system tests at the beginning of 2024 and environmental tests are in preparation and scheduled for summer 2024.

PHARAO Overview

[zubenelgenubi]

Falcon 9/Heavy return to flight

LC-39A is open for Falcon 9 launch campaigns until ~10 September, when preparations there for Europa Clipper should begin.

Near-term not-Starlink launch schedule; also noting LC-39A use:

✅️ Starlink 10-9 (Jul 27 18 NET late Jul 21 23 25, LC-39A)

✅️ Starlink 10-6 (Aug 2, LC-39A)

✅️ Cygnus NG-21 (Aug 4 3, SLC-40)

✅️ Arctic Satellite Broadband Mission (Aug 12 NET late? Jul NET early? Aug, SLC-4E)

✅️ Starlink 10-7 (Aug 12 10 11, LC-39A)

✅️ WorldView Legion Flight 2 (Aug 15 NET early? Aug 14, SLC-40)

✅️ Transporter-11 (Aug 16 early? Aug NET 15, SLC-4E)

NROL-113 (Sep 3 Aug 30, SLC-4E)

Polaris Dawn (Sep 4 Jul 31? early? Aug NET late Aug/early Sep 26 27 28 30 31 Sep 1, LC-39A)

AST SpaceMobile BlueBird Block 1 (early Sep Q3 Sep, SLC-40?)

Galileo Flight 13 (mid? Sep, SLC-40 or LC-39A)

Crew Dragon Crew-9 (Sep 24 mid Aug Aug 18, SLC-40 LC-39A)

Astranis Block 2 (NET Sep Q3, SLC-40)

Hera (Oct 7, SLC-40)

Europa Clipper (Oct 10?, LC-39A)

Cargo Dragon SpX-31 (mid Oct NET Sep late Sep, SLC-40 or LC-39A)

SXM-9 (NET Oct 20 Q4, SLC-40 or LC-39A)

SDA T1TL-A (Fall Sep, SLC-4E)

GSAT-20 / GSAT-N2 (end of year mid? Aug late? Aug NET Sep, SLC-40 or LC-39A)

Edited through August

[zubenelgenubi]

Also, re: return to flight
At this posting, there are Starlink launches scheduled for NET July 20, 21, 22, and 23 UTC, from all three launch pads!

We shall see. 👀

Edit July 28: Three Falcon 9 Starlink launches from their three launch complexes on July 27 and 28 UTC!

Edit/add: We could call these launch clusters "triads."

[zubenelgenubi]

Which Falcon 9 launch will follow Starlink 9-4 at Vandenberg?  We should find out very soon.

Edit: Starlink 11-1

[AC in NC]

I'm sure it would be caught eventually but there are duplicate entries on what would be 74 and 75

2024-08-02  0101/-4   F9   1078-12   S   Starlink 10-6   LEO   ~16k   C-39A   .   .   .
2024-08-02  0101/-4   F9   1078-12   S   Starlink 10-6   LEO   ~16k   C-39A   .   .   .

[FutureSpaceTourist]

https://twitter.com/spacex/status/1822024420329976021

Teams in Florida and California are targeting up to three Falcon 9 launches this weekend → spacex.com/launches

Up first on Saturday, August 10 are back-to-back @Starlink launches from Florida, set to deliver 45 Starlink satellites to low-Earth orbit

https://twitter.com/spacex/status/1822024513976177102

The following day, Falcon 9 is targeted to launch Space Norway’s Arctic Satellite Broadband Mission (ASBM) to orbit from California

[WmThomas]

Two currently unnamed rideshare missions have been been added to SpaceX's 2025 manifest.

LEO, so Bandwagon, and fully booked already.

[gongora]

Two currently unnamed rideshare missions have been been added to SpaceX's 2025 manifest.

That's Bandwagon, they've been on there for a long time

[zubenelgenubi]

Belated cross-post:

[Aug 2, Youtube link in the original post]
At 26:00, Bill Spetch states there's a 16 day window for Crew-9 from August 18th before Pad 39A is switched to the Europa mission.

LC-39A is available for other launches through:
August 18 + 16 days = September 3

NASA Adjusts Crew-9 Launch Date for Operational Flexibility

Elyna Niles-Carnes Posted on August 6, 2024

NASA and SpaceX are targeting no earlier than Tuesday, Sept. 24, for the launch of the agency’s Crew-9 mission to the International Space Station.
<snip>

https://blogs.nasa.gov/crew-9/2024/08/06/nasa-adjusts-crew-9-launch-date-for-operational-flexibility/

At LC-39A:

We are targeting no earlier than August 26 for the launch of Polaris Dawn. [Aug 7]

Currently at LC-39A since the Falcon 9 RTF:
✅️ July 28 Starlink 10-9 => ✅️ Aug 2 Starlink 10-6 => ✅️ Aug 12 Starlink 10-7 => Aug 26 Polaris Dawn => NLT Sep 3 <something?, probably Starlink> => Oct 10 Europa Clipper

[Shanuson]

Why is

2024-07-11*1935/-7   F9   1063-19   S   Starlink 9-3   LEO   ~16k   V-4E   9-354   -129   70

not marked with the partial(?) failure of the 2nd stage? At least a footnote? Or (PF) or just (F).
The other 2 missions (CRS-7 and AMOS-6) got something.

2024-07-11*1935/-7   F9   1063-19   S   Starlink 9-3 (F)   LEO   ~16k   V-4E   9-354   -129   70