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Per this cancel-and-replace NGA Rocket Launching notice, as expected, this launch is delayed. Primary Day is now June 1.

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261613Z MAY 23
NAVAREA IV 573/23(11,26).
WESTERN NORTH ATLANTIC.
FLORIDA.
1. HAZARDOUS OPERATIONS, ROCKET LAUNCHING
   011104Z TO 011443Z JUN, ALTERNATE
   021039Z TO 021418Z, 031013Z TO 031353Z,
   040948Z TO 041328Z, 050923Z TO 051302Z,
   060858Z TO 061237Z AND 070832Z TO 071212Z JUN
   IN AREAS BOUND BY:
   A. 28-38.84N 080-37.57W, 28-38.00N 080-30.00W,
      28-24.00N 080-07.00W, 28-20.00N 080-08.00W,
      28-29.69N 080-32.65W.
   B. 26-19.00N 076-00.00W, 25-36.00N 074-03.00W,
      25-23.00N 073-53.00W, 25-09.00N 074-01.00W,
      25-06.00N 074-16.00W, 25-08.00N 074-38.00W,
      25-18.00N 075-00.00W, 26-02.00N 076-00.00W.
2. CANCEL NAVAREA IV 570/23.
3. CANCEL THIS MSG 071312Z JUN 23.

And now June 4

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301912Z MAY 23
NAVAREA IV 591/23(11,26).
WESTERN NORTH ATLANTIC.
FLORIDA.
1. HAZARDOUS OPERATIONS, ROCKET LAUNCHING
   040948Z TO 041328Z JUN, ALTERNATE
   050923Z TO 051302Z, 060858Z TO 061237Z,
   070832Z TO 071212Z, 080807Z TO 081147Z,
   090742Z TO 091121Z AND 100717Z TO 101056Z JUN
   IN AREAS BOUND BY:
   A. 28-38.84N 080-37.57W, 28-38.00N 080-30.00W,
      28-24.00N 080-07.00W, 28-20.00N 080-08.00W,
      28-29.69N 080-32.65W.
   B. 26-19.00N 076-00.00W, 25-36.00N 074-03.00W,
      25-23.00N 073-53.00W, 25-09.00N 074-01.00W,
      25-06.00N 074-16.00W, 25-08.00N 074-38.00W,
      25-18.00N 075-00.00W, 26-02.00N 076-00.00W.
2. CANCEL NAVAREA IV 573/23, 589/23.
3. CANCEL THIS MSG 101156Z JUN 23.

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Ben Cooper's Launch Photography Viewing Guide, updated May 30:
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A Falcon 9 will launch a Starlink batch from pad 40 on June 4 earliest at 5:53 a.m. EDT.
= 09:53 UTC
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Cross-post; JRTI should support this launch:
It was a mistake:

https://twitter.com/spaceoffshore/status/1663960866364981260

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Correction! This is for CRS-28!
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https://twitter.com/SpaceOffshore/status/1664024196731527169
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Departure! JRTI droneship is outbound with tug Crosby Skipper to support Starlink 6-4 (for realz this time 😎)

http://nsf.live/spacecoast

...JRTI should support this launch:
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SFN Launch Schedule, updated May 31:
Launch June 4 09:48 to 13:00 UTC = 5:48 to 9:00 am EDT
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Crosby Skipper + JRTI depart PC on May 31 @ 5:59pm ET (just 1.46 days after JRTI returned from the BADR-8 mission)

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L-3 weather forecast. 30% 'Go' for June 4. 50% 'Go' for June 5. All Additional Risk Criteria are Low for both days.

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Cross-post:
Starlink 6-4:
Ben Cooper's Launch Photography Viewing Guide, updated June 2:
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A Falcon 9 will launch a Starlink batch from pad 40 on June 4 at 5:58 a.m. EDT.
= 09:58 UTC
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L-2 weather forecast. 30% 'Go' for June 4. 50% 'Go' for June 5. All Additional Risk Criteria are Low for both days.

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https://www.spacex.com/launches/mission/?missionId=sl6-4

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SpaceX is targeting Sunday, June 4 at 5:56 a.m. ET (09:56 UTC) for a Falcon 9 launch of 22 second-generation Starlink satellites to low-Earth orbit from Space Launch Complex 40 (SLC-40) at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station in Florida. If needed, there are additional launch opportunities the same day at 6:49 a.m. ET (10:49 UTC), 7:36 a.m. ET (11:36 UTC), and 8:30 a.m. ET (12:30 UTC). Backup opportunities are also available Monday, June 5 at 5:33 a.m. ET (09:33 UTC), 6:23 a.m. ET (10:23 UTC), 7:14 a.m. ET (11:14 UTC), and 8:04 a.m. ET (12:04 UTC).

The first stage booster supporting this mission previously launched Crew-6 and SES O3b mPOWER. Following stage separation, the first stage will land on the Just Read the Instructions droneship, which will be stationed in the Atlantic Ocean.

A live webcast of this mission will begin about five minutes prior to liftoff.

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Civil Twilight is at 5:58 AM EDT with sunrise at 6:25 AM EDT.  This has the potential for jellyfish effects during ascent with a 5:56 AM EDT launch.

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Press kit capture with OCR

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https://twitter.com/tskelso/status/1664899972431757313

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CelesTrak has pre-launch SupGP data for the #Starlink Group 6-4 launch from Cape Canaveral on 2023-06-04 at 09:56:00 UTC: https://celestrak.org/NORAD/elements/supplemental/table.php?FILE=starlink-g6-4. Deployment of 22 satellites is set to occur at 11:01:10.460 UTC.

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L-1 weather forecast. 50% 'Go' for June 4. 40% 'Go' for June 5. All Additional Risk Criteria are Low.

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LHA map for #Starlink Group 6-4 from CCSFS SLC-40 NET 04 Jun 09:56 UTC, alternatively 05 to 10 Jun based on issued NOTAM/NOTMARs. B1078.3 planned landing 643km downrange. Estimated fairing recovery ~691m downrange. S2 reentry area south of Cape Town . http://bit.ly/LHA-26

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Why was the launch delayed from June 1?
SFN, Live coverage: Second-generation Starlink satellites set for launch on Falcon 9 rocket, June 4, Stephen Clark
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SpaceX delayed the Starlink 6-4 mission from June 1 after a transporter carrying the Falcon 9’s payload fairing containing the batch of Starlink satellites ran into an electrical line at the Florida spaceport. The incident briefly knocked out electricity at Kennedy Space Center on May 27, and power flashes were visible in the sky over the launch base.

The transporter was carrying the Starlink satellites inside their payload fairing from a processing facility to the Falcon 9’s hangar at pad 40. It wasn’t clear whether SpaceX swapped out the Starlink satellites and payload fairing that struck the electrical lines for a new set of spacecraft. The payload fairing containing the satellites slated for launch Sunday traveled from SpaceX’s Roberts Road facility at Kennedy Space Center to the hangar at pad 40 on Friday.

Did "we" catch the power flashes on the NSF Live cameras?

Do we know where on base this happened?

Has the Falcon 9 been erected yet?
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https://twitter.com/alexphysics13/status/1665250621585256448

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We're about 3 hours away from the first T0 for SpaceX's launch of the Starlink Group 6-4 mission but the rocket is still not vertical on the pad. The last T0 for this mission is at 8:20AM EDT (12:20 UTC) but even that might be tight for a launch today.

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Now going vertical

https://nsf.live/spacecoast
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