SpaceX’s Falcon 9 is targeting the launch of 29 Starlink satellites to low-Earth orbit from Launch Complex 39A (LC-39A) at NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida.A live webcast of this mission will begin about five minutes prior to liftoff, which you can watch here and on X @SpaceX. You can also watch the webcast on the X TV app.This will be the 32nd flight for the first stage booster supporting this mission, which previously launched CRS-22, Crew-3, Turksat 5B, Crew-4, CRS-25, Eutelsat HOTBIRD 13G, SES O3B mPOWER-A, PSN SATRIA, Telkomsat Merah Putih 2, Galileo L13, Koreasat-6A, and 20 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.
What appears to be B1067 has rolled out towards LC-39a ahead of the Starlink 6-92 launch which will be it's 32nd flight and is currently scheduled for in 2 days
https://www.spacex.com/launches/sl-6-92Quote<snip>This will be the 32nd flight for the first stage booster supporting this mission, which previously launched CRS-22, Crew-3, Turksat 5B, Crew-4, CRS-25, Eutelsat HOTBIRD 13G, SES O3B mPOWER-A, PSN SATRIA, Telkomsat Merah Putih 2, Galileo L13, Koreasat-6A, and 20 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.
<snip>This will be the 32nd flight for the first stage booster supporting this mission, which previously launched CRS-22, Crew-3, Turksat 5B, Crew-4, CRS-25, Eutelsat HOTBIRD 13G, SES O3B mPOWER-A, PSN SATRIA, Telkomsat Merah Putih 2, Galileo L13, Koreasat-6A, and 20 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.
The use of B1067 on this mission brings SpaceX one step closer to its current goal of certifying its Falcon boosters for up to 40 missions a piece. The ultimate number of missions a booster flies will partially depend on the types of missions for which it was used and if it is needed on an expendable flight.SpaceX is looking to achieve the same level of reuse for the payload fairings on a Falcon rocket’s upper stage, but typically only provides updates on those during the launches of customer missions for the government or from other companies.
Jay Keegan@_jaykeegan_Falcon 9 is going vertical for the second Starlink launch of the day - this time, from LC-39A.Current T-0: 5::30:30 PM EST (22:30:30 UTC)@SLDelta45 forecasts a 50% chance of favourable weather conditions at the opening of the window, deteriorating to 35% throughout. Concerns are: the Cumulus Cloud Rule, the Anvil Cloud Rules, and the Thick Cloud Layers Rule. Dedicated stream starting at T-60 minutes: https://youtube.com/watch?v=fMKYMhqzPfI@NASASpaceflight@NASASpaceflight | http://nsf.live/spacecoast
Reagan Beck@bluemoondance74UPDATE 2: The targeted launch time for @SpaceX Falcon 9 - Starlink 6-92 has moved to 6:13pm ET* (2313 UTC).
To the second https://www.spacex.com/launches/sl-6-92Launch 23:13:10 UTC = 6:13:10 pm EST2nd stage jellyfish will be visible? 🪼 Window is 21:40 to 01:40 UTC.
NSF - NASASpaceflight.com@NASASpaceflightSpaceX Falcon 9 fleet leader B1067-32.The weather is grim for its 32nd flight, however.
MaxQ@MaxQAppLaunch #2 of the day is coming at you! SpaceX is planning to launch the Starlink 6-92 mission from LC-39A in Florida. JRTI and Bob are your recovery assets for the evening.Head on over to track this mission at https://maxq.app/track and also follow along as this morning's 11-15 launch continues to space itself out.
