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Ben Cooper now lists the launch at NET September 16 now:

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The next SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket will launch the Galileo L13 navigation satellite mission for Europe from pad 40 on September 16 earliest at 6:55 p.m. EDT.

The NOTAMs situation is a bit confusing but it seems the first stage recovery zone is only filed for the 16th currently, although the area and air traffic routes closures notices for the 15th are still currently active:

!CARF 09/236 ZWY AIRSPACE DCC EROP X2423 F9 GALILEO L13 AREA B STNR
ALT RESERVATION WI AN AREA DEFINED AS 323800N0771400W TO
345300N0750300W TO 351200N0740700W TO 345700N0734900W TO
341800N0740900W TO 321300N0764700W TO POINT OF ORIGIN SFC-UNL
CAUTION SPACE LAUNCH/HAZARDOUS OPS AND POSSIBILITY OF FALLING SPACE
DEBRIS
2409162244-2409162335


!CARF 09/213 ZMA AIRSPACE STNR ALT RESERVATION CAPE A ATC ASSIGNED
AIRSPACE FOR EROP X2423 FALCON-9 GALILEO L13 WI AN AREA DEFINED AS
283800N0804700W TO 284700N0802100W TO 284700N0795000W TO
282500N0795000W TO 282500N0803000W TO 282500N0804100W
TO283100N0804400W TO 283800N0804700W TO POINT OF ORIGIN SFC-FL180.
THIS ALT RESERVATION ENCOMPASSES PORTIONS OF R2933, R2934, AND
W497A. MIAMI CENTER WILL NOT APPROVE IFR FLT AND VFR FLT SHOULD EXER
EXTREME CAUTION.
2409152148-2409152332
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The FAA TFRs for September 15 have been removed. Only the ones for September 16 remain.

https://tfr.faa.gov/save_pages/detail_4_4736.html - September 16 (ZJX center)
https://tfr.faa.gov/save_pages/detail_4_4737.html - September 16 (ZMA center)

Edit to add:

September 15 has also been removed from the FAA ATCSCC COPA.

https://www.fly.faa.gov/adv/adv_spt.jsp

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SP ACEX GALILEO L13 (X2423) ROCKET LAUNCH
PRIMARY:        09/16/24                2244Z-2335Z
BACKUP:         09/17/24                2240Z-2331Z
« Last Edit: 09/14/2024 09:35 pm by Ken the Bin »
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L-1 weather forecast. 50% 'Go' for September 16. 70% 'Go' for September 17. Booster Recovery Weather risk is High and Solar Activity risk is Low-Moderate for September 16. All other Additional Risk Criteria are Low.
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L-1 weather forecast. 50% 'Go' for September 16. 70% 'Go' for September 17. Booster Recovery Weather risk is High and Solar Activity risk is Low-Moderate for September 16. All other Additional Risk Criteria are Low.
I suspect launch will be delayed to September 17.
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L-1 weather forecast. 50% 'Go' for September 16. 70% 'Go' for September 17. Booster Recovery Weather risk is High and Solar Activity risk is Low-Moderate for September 16. All other Additional Risk Criteria are Low.
I suspect launch will be delayed to September 17.

And it does now:

https://www.fly.faa.gov/adv/adv_spt.jsp

SPACEX GALILEO L13 (X2423) ROCKET LAUNCH
PRIMARY:   09/17/24      2240-2331Z
BACKUP:   09/18/24      2236-2327Z


Not all NOTAMs from the 16th have been retracted yet, but the booster recovery zone is 17th only by now:

!CARF 09/244 ZWY AIRSPACE DCC EROP X2423 F9 GALILEO L13 AREA B STNR
ALT RESERVATION WI AN AREA DEFINED AS 323800N0771400W TO
345300N0750300W TO 351200N0740700W TO 345700N0734900W TO
341800N0740900W TO 321300N0764700W TO POINT OF ORIGIN SFC-UNL
CAUTION SPACE LAUNCH / HAZARDOUS OPS AND POSSIBILITY OF FALLING
SPACE DEBRIS 2409172240-2409172331
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Cancel-and-replace NGA Rocket Launching notice for a postponement to September 17.

Quote from: NGA
160018Z SEP 24
NAVAREA IV 1133/24(11,12,26).
WESTERN NORTH ATLANTIC.
FLORIDA.
1. HAZARDOUS OPERATIONS, ROCKET LAUNCHING
   172240Z TO 172331Z, ALTERNATE 182236Z TO 182327Z,
   192232Z TO 192323Z, 202228Z TO 202319Z AND
   212224Z TO 212315Z SEP IN AREAS BOUND BY:
   A. 28-39.19N 080-37.82W, 28-51.00N 080-26.00W,
      29-00.00N 080-15.00W, 28-55.00N 080-10.00W,
      28-34.00N 080-28.00W, 28-31.61N 080-33.57W.
   B. 32-38.00N 077-14.00W, 34-53.00N 075-03.00W,
      35-12.00N 074-07.00W, 34-57.00N 073-49.00W,
      34-18.00N 074-09.00W, 32-13.00N 076-47.00W.
2. CANCEL NAVAREA IV 1106/24.
3. CANCEL THIS MSG 220015Z SEP 24.
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https://twitter.com/spaceoffshore/status/1835452754182934997

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Just Read the Instructions is no longer heading toward the booster landing zone... which doesn't give me a warm feeling about the prospect of seeing the Galileo launch occur on Monday.

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New L-1 weather forecast. 40% 'Go' for September 17. 80% 'Go' for September 18. Booster Recovery Weather risk is Moderate for September 17. All other Additional Risk Criteria are Low.
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Doug departed Port Charleston on Sep 16 @ 12:34pm ET.  Destination Port Canaveral

Although Doug destination was identified as Port Canaveral, it looked to be headed northeast towards the LZ.  Go Cosmos looks to be headed south toward PC.  Go Cosmos departed Port of Charleston on Sep 17 @ 6:59am ET

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Launch NET 22:50 UTC
Booster B1067-22

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SpaceX is targeting Tuesday, September 17 at 6:50 p.m. ET for a Falcon 9 launch of the European Commission’s Galileo L13 mission to medium Earth orbit from Space Launch Complex 40 (SLC-40) at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station in Florida. If needed, there is a backup opportunity on Wednesday, September 18 at 6:46 p.m. ET.

A live webcast of this mission will begin about 15 minutes prior to liftoff, which you can watch here and on X @SpaceX.

This will be the 22nd launch for this Falcon 9 first stage booster, which previously launched CRS-22, Crew-3, Turksat 5B, Crew-4, CRS-25, Eutelsat HOTBIRD 13G, O3B mPOWER, PSN SATRIA, Telkomsat Marah Putih 2, and 12 Starlink missions. Following stage separation, the first stage will land on the Just Read the Instructions droneship, which will be stationed in the Atlantic Ocean.

Rapid and reliable reusability is key to making life multiplanetary – every mission is an opportunity to learn and inform future missions. During the Galileo L12 mission earlier this year, the Falcon 9 booster was expended to provide the additional performance needed to deliver the payload to its orbit. Data from that mission informed subtle design and operational changes, including mass reductions and trajectory adjustments, that will allow us to safely recover and reuse this booster. Falcon 9 is ready to safely deliver Galileo L13 to orbit and return to the droneship in the Atlantic Ocean.

The booster reentry trajectory will result in higher heating and dynamic pressure on the booster than many of our historical landings. Although the reentry conditions are on the higher end of past missions, they are still acceptable. This landing attempt will test the bounds of recovery, giving us valuable data on the design of the vehicle in these elevated entry conditions. This in turn will help us innovate on future vehicle designs to make our vehicles more robust and rapidly reusable while expanding into more challenging reentry conditions.


https://www.spacex.com/launches/mission/?missionId=galileol13

Twitter/X Webcast: https://x.com/i/broadcasts/1zqKVYkYarZxB

https://twitter.com/SpaceX/status/1836072848231940442
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Targeting a Falcon 9 launch of the European Commission’s Galileo L13 mission from Florida later today. Teams are keeping an eye on recovery weather → http://spacex.com/launches
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Here is a consolidated post of available video links for this launch:

SpaceX direct live broadcast on Twitter:  https://x.com/i/broadcasts/1zqKVYkYarZxB

SpaceX direct Live via their website:  https://www.spacex.com/launches/mission/?missionId=galileol13

Space Affairs YouTube (SpaceX Re-broadcast):  https://youtube.com/watch?v=Ib_SNrBKOng

NSF Live Coverage: https://youtube.com/watch?v=2TBeAMl-aEc

Replay supplied by The Space Devs (15 min after the broadcast end):  https://youtube.com/@thespacedevs/videos

Summary Video provided by SciNews (15 min after the broadcast ends):  https://youtube.com/@SciNewsRo/videos

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https://twitter.com/spaceoffshore/status/1836104777505346050

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SpaceX recovery ship Doug is back in service, following a 2 month stay at a shipyard in Charleston. Looks to be supporting the Galileo L13 mission today.

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If the mission is again targeting a 23000 km apogee transfer orbit at SECO-1 I was surprised to see that SECO-1 is as soon as T+8:27,
rather than it being a longer burn.  (The previous mission didn't reveal the SECO-1 time because of the ludicrous secrecy).
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Cross-posts:
Ben Cooper's Launch Photography Viewing Guide, updated September 15:
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The next SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket will launch the Galileo L13 navigation satellite mission for Europe from pad 40 on September 17 at 6:51 p.m. EDT. <snip>

Small correction in today's update:
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Ben Cooper's Launch Photography Viewing Guide, updated September 17:
The next SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket will launch the Galileo L13 navigation satellite mission for Europe from pad 40 on September 17 at 6:50 p.m. EDT.
« Last Edit: 09/17/2024 06:52 pm by zubenelgenubi »
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anyway ...
https://twitter.com/esa/status/1836073158337605644

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European Space Agency
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Launch date/time confirmed: two #Galileo satellites will be launched on a #SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket this evening at 18:50 EDT (00:50 CEST, 18 September) from Cape Canaveral, Florida. 

The launch is performed under contract between ESA and #SpaceX, and will put satellites 31 and 32 (FMs 26/32) in medium Earth orbit, where they will join the rest of the constellation. These satellites will contribute to the robustness and availability of Galileo signals and enhance the system’s precision. #EUSpace

also on https://www.linkedin.com/posts/european-space-agency_galileo-spacex-spacex-activity-7241865481572282372-_QPg

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Propellant load is underway for today’s Falcon 9 launch of the Galileo L13 mission from pad 40 in Florida. Weather is currently 60% favorable for liftoff

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Different view of Pad from NSF

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T-20 vent (slightly later than expected)

Edit to add: video

https://twitter.com/NASASpaceflight/status/1836171256007180571
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Weather looking ok (lightening warning should be far enough away to be ok)

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