F9/Starlink 4-25: 3 hours after launch of 46 Starlinks from Vandenberg SFB, SpaceX hauled another Falcon 9 from its hangar and up the slope to KSC pad 39A, setting the stage for launch Sunday, the company's 33rd so far this year
Launch July 24, 2022 13:38 UTC (9:38 am EDT), from Kennedy LC-39A, on booster 1062-8. First stage landing aboard Just Read the Instructions is expected.
SpaceX hoisted a Falcon 9 rocket upright at around 2 a.m. EDT (0600 GMT). The rocket is being readied for a Sunday morning launch from pad 39A with another batch of Starlink satellites. Watch live: youtu.be/ykjHh-4cMO4
SpaceX has test-fired a Falcon 9 rocket on pad 39A at the Kennedy Space Center in preparation for launch tomorrow at 9:38am EDT (1338 GMT) with the next batch of Starlink internet satellites. spaceflightnow.com/2022/07/23/sta…
Quote from: scr00chy on 07/23/2022 12:49 pmStatic fire imminent:Completed at 9am local.SpaceflightNow
Static fire imminent:
Quote from: RocketLover0119 on 07/23/2022 01:01 pmQuote from: scr00chy on 07/23/2022 12:49 pmStatic fire imminent:Completed at 9am local.SpaceflightNowAny particular reason for conducting today's test, with this first stage?I wondered at the LV being brought to the pad a day earlier than is now normal. Now I know why.
Perhaps this is related to the abort/scrub/fail/omg thing that delayed the Vandenburg flight for a day. Something they swapped out maybe.
Targeting Sunday, July 24 for a Falcon 9 launch of 53 Starlink satellites to low-Earth orbit from LC-39A in Florida → https://www.spacex.com/launches/sl4-25/
SpaceX is targeting Sunday, July 24 for a Falcon 9 launch of 53 Starlink satellites to low-Earth orbit from Launch Complex 39A (LC-39A) at Kennedy Space Center in Florida. The instantaneous launch window is at 9:38 a.m. ET (13:38 UTC), and a backup opportunity is available on Monday, July 25 at 9:16 a.m. ET (13:16 UTC).The first stage booster supporting this mission previously launched GPS III Space Vehicle 04, GPS III Space Vehicle 05, Inspiration4, Ax-1, Nilesat 301, and two Starlink missions. Following stage separation, Falcon 9’s first stage will return to Earth and land on the A Shortfall of Gravitas droneship stationed in the Atlantic Ocean.A live webcast of this mission will begin about five minutes prior to liftoff.