Falcon 9 B1060.4 has landed - the fourth time for this booster. Bullseye too.All seems so "perfectly normal" these days, doesn't it!
No complaints about this one. #Turksat5A is en route to orbit.
Florida’s Space Coast and Falcon 9 looking good tonight. @SpaceX launches #Turksat5A this evening from SLC-40 marking the first commercial launch of the new year for SpaceX and #Falcon9
70 second second stage burn, which seems longer than usual.
Quote from: RocketLover0119 on 01/07/2021 12:39 pmSurprised SpaceX has yet to comment on the launch when it’s happening today.hopefully we get word soon.There were some protests asking SpaceX to drop this customer due to the recent war in Nagorno Karabakh in which Turkey was involved - so I expect them to keep the mission-related announcements relatively low-profile.
Surprised SpaceX has yet to comment on the launch when it’s happening today.hopefully we get word soon.
Turksat confirms it’s getting good signals from 5A:
Turksat-5A with stage2 as two cataloged objects with initial orbital parameters:2021-001A - TBA - TO BE ASSIGNED - 2021-01-08 05:47 UTC - 286.17/55031.12km/17.66°2021-001B - TBA - TO BE ASSIGNED - 2021-01-08 05:52 UTC - 285.5/55277.64km/17.66°