Author Topic: SpaceX F9 : Starlink group 6-82 : CCSFS SLC-40 : 15 December 2025 (05:25 UTC)  (Read 7122 times)

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HOLD,  resetting the clock to a later launch opportunity. 

Backup Launch Opportunity #11   
Launch: 2025-12-15 05:08:50 UTC.  12:08 AM ET
Deploy: 2025-12-15 06:13:52.400 UTC.
Launch window: 2025-12-15 05:08:50 UTC to 2025-12-15 05:13:09 UTC.

Now T-1hr 10 min
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T-1 hr still a-blowing.
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Taunch and Landing trajectory
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T-43m.. Launch Commentary on NSF resume at T-40.  This is the furthest we've gotten tonight.
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Another countdown HOLD..  Stand by
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New launch time

Backup Launch Opportunity #12   
Launch: 2025-12-15 05:25:10 UTC.  12:25 AM ET
Deploy: 2025-12-15 06:30:12.400 UTC.
Launch window: 2025-12-15 05:25:10 UTC to 2025-12-15 05:29:09 UTC.


T-54 min
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IN case anyone is wondering, the window closes at 1:43 AM ET.
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T-45  no change to wind  (I used an eailer image due to commercial)
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T-40 min, now just a few minutes to FD Polling for prop-loading
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T-37 min LD should be conducting the polling by now
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Launch Countdown

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T-33 min

Hazardous Zones
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appears to be a frost zone started on the booster
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fuling is underway - pronounced frost line
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Here is the Go/No Go weather status
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T-23 min

There is still a chance that the LD may call the launch before Tel is retracted, exposing the rocket to the wind.

The next big event is the Big Vent at T-20:20
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« Last Edit: 12/15/2025 04:12 am by catdlr »
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T-17 min
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T-15 min LOX loading should have begun.
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