Author Topic: SpaceX F9 : Starlink group 6-82 : CCSFS SLC-40 : 15 December 2025 (05:25 UTC) (Read 8195 times)

catdlr · « **Reply #40 on:** 12/15/2025 04:14 am »

https://twitter.com/BoosterTracker/status/2000433184148979728

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Booster Tracker
@BoosterTracker

Starlink Group 6-82 will mark SpaceX's 499th Falcon 9 launch with a flight-proven stage and 580th Falcon 9 launch.

catdlr · « **Reply #41 on:** 12/15/2025 04:15 am »

T-10 min, just a few minutes before SpaceX Broadcast starts.

catdlr · « **Reply #42 on:** 12/15/2025 04:17 am »

T-8 min

catdlr · « **Reply #43 on:** 12/15/2025 04:18 am »

SpaceX Broadcast has started.

https://twitter.com/i/broadcasts/1BdGYZozpOEJX

catdlr · « **Reply #44 on:** 12/15/2025 04:19 am »

At this point, this thread is in update mode until I'm done populating images and the Twitter post.

catdlr · « **Reply #45 on:** 12/15/2025 04:22 am »

Transporter Erector retraction started

catdlr · « **Reply #46 on:** 12/15/2025 04:22 am »

Stage 1 LOX Load Complete

catdlr · « **Reply #47 on:** 12/15/2025 04:23 am »

Stage 2 LOX Load Complete

catdlr · « **Reply #48 on:** 12/15/2025 04:24 am »

GSE closeout

catdlr · « **Reply #49 on:** 12/15/2025 04:24 am »

F9 On Startup

catdlr · « **Reply #50 on:** 12/15/2025 04:24 am »

FD - go for launch

catdlr · « **Reply #51 on:** 12/15/2025 04:26 am »

Launch

https://twitter.com/NASASpaceflight/status/2000437223976542239

https://twitter.com/cbs_spacenews/status/2000437132494569495

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William Harwood
@cbs_spacenews
F9/Starlink 6-82: SpaceX launched 29 Starlinks from Cape Canaveral Sunday night in the company's 163rd F9 launch so far this year; liftoff from pad 40 at the Cape Canaveral SFS came at 12:25am EST (0525 UTC)

catdlr · « **Reply #52 on:** 12/15/2025 04:26 am »

Climb Out
MAX-Q

catdlr · « **Reply #53 on:** 12/15/2025 04:29 am »

MECO, Stage Separation, grid fin deployment

https://ytwitter.com/cbs_spacenews/status/2000437790769635617

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William Harwood
@cbs_spacenews
F9/Starlink 6-82: Stage separation confirmed; booster B1092, making its 9th flight, is heading for landing on a down-range droneship while the 2nd stage continues a 6-minute burn to reach an initial orbit

catdlr · « **Reply #54 on:** 12/15/2025 04:29 am »

Fairing Separation

catdlr · « **Reply #55 on:** 12/15/2025 04:30 am »

Booster Apogee

catdlr · « **Reply #56 on:** 12/15/2025 04:32 am »

Entry Burn

catdlr · « **Reply #57 on:** 12/15/2025 04:36 am »

Landing Burn and Landing

https://x.com/cbs_spacenews/status/2000439234868785401

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William Harwood
@cbs_spacenews
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F9/Starlink 6-82: Booster 1092 successfully landed on the SpaceX droneship, chalking up the company's 452nd recovery at sea and its 551st successful landing overall

https://twitter.com/NASASpaceflight/status/2000439260369895740

catdlr · « **Reply #58 on:** 12/15/2025 04:36 am »

SECO,
Nominal Parking Orbit Insertion callout, (See, this time the call was right with Parking orbit)
End of broadcast

https://twitter.com/cbs_spacenews/status/2000439944456675711

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William Harwood
@cbs_spacenews
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F9/Starlink 6-82: 2nd stage engine shutdown confirmed; the vehicle will now coast for 45 minutes before a 1-second firing at 1:18am EST (0618 UTC) to reach the planned deploy orbit; Starlink release expected about 11 minutes later

catdlr · « **Reply #59 on:** 12/15/2025 04:39 am »

Payload for record