I believe B1051 is also at Vandenberg.
Quote from: ZachS09 on 10/12/2021 08:20 pmI believe B1051 is also at Vandenberg.Have you seen any proof? Because I believe that apart from B1049 we've only seen one other booster being transported to California and that might have been B1063, as I've speculated here.
Quote from: scr00chy on 10/12/2021 08:48 pmQuote from: ZachS09 on 10/12/2021 08:20 pmI believe B1051 is also at Vandenberg.Have you seen any proof? Because I believe that apart from B1049 we've only seen one other booster being transported to California and that might have been B1063, as I've speculated here.https://forum.nasaspaceflight.com/index.php?topic=42977.msg2283896#msg2283896
Quote from: scr00chy on 10/12/2021 08:48 pmQuote from: ZachS09 on 10/12/2021 08:20 pmI believe B1051 is also at Vandenberg.Have you seen any proof? Because I believe that apart from B1049 we've only seen one other booster being transported to California and that might have been B1063, as I've speculated here.https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.teslarati.com/spacex-west-coast-starlink-booster-fleet/amp/
What is now clear is that B1063 probably isn't launching Starlink 2-2 and B1049 (aside from likely being on the wrong side of the country) would have to cut its turnaround record in half to do support the mission. Which ultimately means that we missed a westbound booster or that the HangarX tour post was wrong (maybe OP misheard, maybe the source misspoke or was mistaken).
With the delay of Crew 3 to next week, October will be the second month this year, after July, without a SpaceX launch. The graph of the pace of the last ten launches will nosedive from over 40 to half the peak, back to the level seen in 2018.I miss my regular fix of “launch and land”.
The next SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket will launch the next Starlink internet satellite batch on November 12 at 7:40am EST. Other upcoming launches include Falcon 9 with the next batch of Starlink satellites on TBA. A Falcon 9 from pad 39A will launch NASA's Imaging X-Ray Polarimetry Explorer (IXPE) spacecraft on December 9 at 1:00am EST. A Falcon 9 will launch the Turksat 5B communication satellite from pad 40 in December. A Falcon 9 from pad 40 will launch the CSG-2/CosmoSkyMed satellite for Italy on December 14 around 6:11pm EST. Sunset is 5:27pm. A Falcon 9 from pad 39A will launch the CRS-24 Dragon resupply mission to the ISS on December 21 at 5:06am EST.
Scheduled:№ – Date - Satellite(s) - Rocket - Launch Site - Time (UTC)December 1 NET July NET August? Aug Aug? NET October TBD - Starlink 4-3 4-2? (x53? x60) (flight 32 TBD) [v1.5 L3 v1.0 L30] - Falcon 9-130 (1062.4? S) - Canaveral SLC-40 / Kennedy LC-39A - 06:36(Starlink: launch 20-22 minutes earlier/day)December 4 TBD Q1 February 26 TBD midyear June 23 NET late NET July NET August late Aug or early Sept? NET early Sept ? TBD NET mid-November ~22 22 - STP-3: STPSat-6, ROOSTER-1 (LDPE-1), small satellites (up to 4 x6?) - Atlas V 551 (AV-093) - Canaveral SLC-41 - 09:04-11:04December 9 May 31 September 15 NET November 20 NET 17 Dec 13 - IXPE - Falcon 9 (1062.4? previously flown S) - Kennedy LC-39A - 06:00-07:30Mid December Q2 June Q4 end of year December - Türksat 5B - Falcon 9 (S) - Canaveral SLC-40 / Kennedy LC-39A - likely night ESTDecember 21 October 2 November Nov 10 December Dec 2 Dec 4 late Dec - Dragon SpX-24 - Falcon 9 (S) - Kennedy LC-39A - 10:06 ~09:00(ISS flights: 22-26 minutes earlier/day)December? TBD 2022 (NET) November 18 December December 14 - CSG-2 - Falcon 9-TBD 128? (L?) Vega-C - Canaveral SLC-40 / Kennedy LC-39A Kourou - ~23:11 23:11:12(Sun-synchronous orbit satellites: launch at approximately the same time of day year-round)Changes on September 23, 2020Changes on October 6th, 2020Changes on November 5th, 2020Changes on November 7th, 2020Changes in November 2020Changes on November 16th, 2020Changes on December 14th, 2020Changes in JanuaryChanges on January 25thChanges on February 15thChanges in FebruaryChanges on March 16thChanges on April 7thChanges on April 12thChanges on April 15thChanges on May 21stChanges on May 22ndChanges on June 4thChanges on June 7thChanges on June 10thChanges on June 14thChanges on June 24thChanges on June 30thChanges on July 13thChanges on July 27thChanges on August 10thChanges on August 11thChanges on August 13thChanges on August 14thChanges on September 7thChanges on September 8thChanges on September 14thChanges on September 27thChanges on September 30thChanges on October 6thChanges on October 14thChanges on October 16thChanges on October 18thChanges on October 19thChanges on October 20thChanges on October 22ndChanges on October 30thChanges on November 1stChanges on November 4thChanges on November 5thChanges on November 9thChanges on November 11thChanges on November 12thChanges on November 13thChanges on November 17thzubenelgenubi
Congratulations SpaceX on what appears to be a flawless flight and a return of east coast Starlink flights. The rest of the 2021 Manifest looks like it could finish strong. Hopefully there can be 1 or two more Starlink flights before 12/31
Crew-3 (13t)Starlink 4-1 (15t)DART (0.7t)IXPE (0.4t)CSG-2 (2.2t)Turksat 5B (4.5t)CRS-24 (14t)
The schedule in December could have room for two more Starlink launches — one from California and one from Florida. But SpaceX typically does not reveal schedules for its Starlink missions until weeks, or even days, before the launch date.
Also, SpaceX has so far never launched after Dec 23, possibly to avoid launching over the holidays.
Quote from: scr00chy on 12/02/2021 08:44 pmAlso, SpaceX has so far never launched after Dec 23, possibly to avoid launching over the holidays.They've scheduled at least one launch between Christmas and New Year before, but it slipped.
I don't get this mission numbering. 1908-EX-ST-2021Starlink 4-5, launching southeast from the Cape, NET late27 December.Droneship location east of the BahamasNorth 25 43 12 West 75 2 52
Quote from: gongora on 12/02/2021 09:02 pmQuote from: scr00chy on 12/02/2021 08:44 pmAlso, SpaceX has so far never launched after Dec 23, possibly to avoid launching over the holidays.They've scheduled at least one launch between Christmas and New Year before, but it slipped.There is also this:Quote from: gongora on 11/24/2021 01:45 amI don't get this mission numbering. 1908-EX-ST-2021Starlink 4-5, launching southeast from the Cape, NET late27 December.Droneship location east of the BahamasNorth 25 43 12 West 75 2 52If they were planning a break over the holidays, why ask to start it on 27 Dec rather than Jan 2?