LES presence/absence/operation is irrelevant. If your main engine is not conducting burns as commanded, then the first thing to do is to figure out why it did that and rule out that it cannot happen in other stages of flight. This could be something unique to disposal burns, or it could be an issue that could occur at any time but just happened to luckily crop up in a disposal burn this time. If it's the former, then RTF can be as rapid as with the last two F9 standdowns. If it's the latter then the issue needs to be resolved before RTF which will take longer.
SpaceX pauses Falcon 9 launches after rocket second-stage anomaly
With three stand-downs, two very brief, the projection for 2024 is at 120, well short of 144.
Quote from: Comga on 10/07/2024 06:42 pmWith three stand-downs, two very brief, the projection for 2024 is at 120, well short of 144.120 launches ain't bad. In fact that appears to be more than any US company has ever launched in a calendar year, including SpaceX itself.
Quote from: deltaV on 10/08/2024 03:09 amQuote from: Comga on 10/07/2024 06:42 pmWith three stand-downs, two very brief, the projection for 2024 is at 120, well short of 144.120 launches ain't bad. In fact that appears to be more than any US company has ever launched in a calendar year, including SpaceX itself.To put things in perspective, up to 2023 no country has launched 120 orbital missions in a year. Outside of the Falcon 9 family there has been only one orbital launch family with more than 60 launches in a year. That was done by the R7 family in the late 1970s to early 1980s
SpaceX launched 98 times in 2023. The company's next launch in the schedule, Starship's fifth flight, will be SpaceX's 98th launch in 2024. There are still two and a half months remaining in the year5:20 AM · Oct 9, 2024
I could have sworn that this predicted number applied to Falcon launches.
The @FAANews has approved the return to flight for Falcon 9
unsmoothed count:10 launches, January 20249 launches, February 202413 launches March 202412 launches April 202413 launches May 202411 launches June 20246 launches July 202412 launches August 20249 launches September 2024
SpaceX launched its 100th rocket of the year early Tuesday morning and followed it up with another liftoff just hours later, Space.com reports. SpaceX's centenary mission of the year lifted off from Florida with a Falcon 9 rocket carrying 23 of the company's Starlink Internet satellites aloft.Mostly Falcon 9s ... The company followed that milestone with another launch two hours later from the opposite US coast. SpaceX's 101st liftoff of 2024 saw 20 more Starlinks soar to space from Vandenberg Space Force Base in California. The company has already exceeded its previous record for annual launches, 98, set last year. The company's tally in 2023 included 91 Falcon 9s, five Falcon Heavies, and two Starships. This year the mix is similar. (submitted by Ken the Bin)
After the two Oct 15 Starlink launches, Next Spaceflight makes that 101 launches for the year(all vehicle types)So if I've got this right:- 100+ launches in a year for the first time (all vehicle types)- 3 Starship launches in a year is a new record -- 1 Starship Booster landing catch is a record first- 98 Falcon launches in a year is a new record-- (96 Falcon 9 launches - record was already set in September)-- (93 single-stick booster landings - record was already set in September)- 97 successful Falcon launches in a year is a new record- 97/98 flights to (orbit or escape) in a year is a new record(I think the failure was still orbital, just too low for Hall thrusters to maintain)Total booster landings I believe is still lower than last year, since 2023 had 8 FH booster landingsNumbers seem to be off by one somewhere from MeekGee's numbers, not sure whyQuote from: meekGee on 10/10/2024 07:45 pmunsmoothed count:10 launches, January 20249 launches, February 202413 launches March 202412 launches April 202413 launches May 202411 launches June 20246 launches July 202412 launches August 20249 launches September 2024EDIT: 12 in June including Starship and 6-64 (+1), 13 in May excluding 6-64 (±0), 13 in March including Starship (±0)
Elon Musk and SpaceX amazing people here, SpaceX won't meet it's quota this year.
Soviet Union. They reached that number six times. Four years saw 100 launches (1976, 1981, 1983, 1985), one (1977) saw 102 launches, and the final one (1982) saw 108 launches [...] success rate in reaching orbit was notably lower than SpaceX's.
QuoteWith today's Starlink mission, SpaceX is estimated to have exceeded the total mass delivered to orbit in 2023.
With today's Starlink mission, SpaceX is estimated to have exceeded the total mass delivered to orbit in 2023.