Author Topic: SpaceX F9: Starlink v1 Flight 1 : November 11, 2019 - UPDATES (Read 115878 times)

Chris Bergin · « **Reply #140 on:** 11/11/2019 08:02 pm »

https://twitter.com/mike_deep/status/1193987003605487616

FutureSpaceTourist · « **Reply #141 on:** 11/11/2019 09:15 pm »

https://twitter.com/nexusaho/status/1193960288908959744

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Starlink-2 passing over Seville (Spain) @Erdayastronaut

FutureSpaceTourist · « **Reply #142 on:** 11/11/2019 10:14 pm »

https://twitter.com/launchphoto/status/1194027427321843712

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Rocket eclipse. Better than the Mercury transit. Liftoff of Falcon 9 at 9:56am EST carrying the second Starlink mission.

FutureSpaceTourist · « **Reply #143 on:** 11/11/2019 10:15 pm »

https://twitter.com/spacexfleet/status/1194029052883095554

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Booster Secured! B1048.4 has been secured and the droneship is on the move.

Tug Hawk, GO Quest and OCISLY are on their way back to Port Canaveral.

Chris Bergin · « **Reply #144 on:** 11/11/2019 10:43 pm »

Holy wow!!

Amazing footage and sound from NSF's Ultra Wide Remote camera tracking Falcon 9's Starlink v1 launch.

Thanks to NSF's Jay DeShetler and Chris Gebhardt for the footage.

eeergo · « **Reply #145 on:** 11/11/2019 10:55 pm »

Some first sightings from Spain:

https://twitter.com/NexusAho/status/1193960288908959744

vaporcobra · « **Reply #146 on:** 11/11/2019 11:00 pm »

Beautiful tracking shots well past MECO.

Chris Bergin · « **Reply #147 on:** 11/12/2019 01:29 am »

Whoa! Starlinks buzzing LA!

Jack Beyer video!

https://twitter.com/thejackbeyer/status/1194078953108987904

Lewis007 · « **Reply #148 on:** 11/12/2019 05:13 am »

Another launch patch
(credit: http://spacexpatchlist.space/

FutureSpaceTourist · « **Reply #149 on:** 11/12/2019 05:15 am »

More launch photos from SpaceX by Ben Cooper

OneSpeed · « **Reply #150 on:** 11/12/2019 09:43 am »

Below is a comparison of the Starlink 0.9 and 1.0 telemetry. Some small differences include:

1. The Starlink 1.0 S1 throttled back earlier than 0.9 for MaxQ (same vee shaped bucket though).
2. The Starlink 1.0 S2 didn't throttle back at all.
3. The Starlink 1.0 S2 shutdown velocity was lower (as you would expect for a lower parking orbit apogee).

FutureSpaceTourist · « **Reply #151 on:** 11/12/2019 11:39 am »

https://twitter.com/spacecom/status/1194224456673030145

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Starlink 2 sighting over Vegas!

About the same brightness as Jupiter.

#SpaceX #Starlink

@julia_bergeron @NASASpaceflight @elonmusk

https://twitter.com/joe__wakefield/status/1194117098101972992

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Its amazing what lightroom can do to a screenshot! Here is another view of #Starlink that was a frame from my video. I am throughly impressed

Edit to add:

https://twitter.com/nishikazu_nkc/status/1194187773348958208

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The "Galaxy Railway" with 60 Space X Starlink communication satellites launched yesterday was visible from Kumamoto (Japan). It was brighter than I expected. #SpaceX#Starlink#スペースX#スターリンク

Chris Bergin · « **Reply #152 on:** 11/12/2019 10:35 pm »

Starlink says hi to Michael and Brady.

https://twitter.com/nextspaceflight/status/1194394379185721346

https://twitter.com/TheFavoritist/status/1194395657647341568

And Das!

Wow. Das!

https://twitter.com/KSpaceAcademy/status/1194399195559419904

Retired Downrange · « **Reply #153 on:** 11/12/2019 11:06 pm »

I’m in the Turks and Caicos Islands and just watched “train” of SpaceX Starlink Satellites going over. It certainly filled me with AWE. It surprised me how bright they appeared, and how quickly they passed.

harrystranger · « **Reply #154 on:** 11/12/2019 11:54 pm »

https://twitter.com/SpaceXFleet/status/1194415616792375301?s

FutureSpaceTourist · « **Reply #155 on:** 11/13/2019 01:02 pm »

https://twitter.com/spacexfleet/status/1194610590439952384

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Overnight, Of Course I Still Love You made a divert towards calmer seas.

They are having a very rough ride amid 10-15ft waves. The going is a little easier closer to the shore.

Chris Bergin · « **Reply #156 on:** 11/13/2019 04:43 pm »

VIDEO: More up close and personal with SpaceX's Falcon 9, via NSF's Ultra Wide Remote camera tracking the Starlink v1 launch.

Thanks to NSF's Jay DeShetler and Chris Gebhardt for the footage!

https://twitter.com/NASASpaceflight/status/1194671937441685506

FutureSpaceTourist · « **Reply #157 on:** 11/13/2019 09:41 pm »

https://twitter.com/spacexfleet/status/1194736301075050496

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Droneship Update! A difficult day amid very rough seas.

OCISLY:
▓▓▓▓▓░░░░░░░░░░ 35%

Progress has been slowed and the ETA is now less clear - probably leaning towards a Friday morning EST arrival but tomorrow evening still possible.

FutureSpaceTourist · « **Reply #158 on:** 11/14/2019 02:15 pm »

https://twitter.com/spacexfleet/status/1194977792296996864

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Strong progress overnight from Of Course I Still Love You. At an average pace of 5.7 knots they are due to arrive at around 3:30am EST tomorrow.

Typically, they prefer to berth the droneship in daylight so I would expect to see them at dawn tomorrow - but don't assume this!

jketch · « **Reply #159 on:** 11/14/2019 05:50 pm »

Based on the TLEs posted at Celestrak, it looks like the orbital period of the sixty new Starlink satellites ranges from 90.25 minutes to 90.5 minutes, which corresponds to a semi-major axis of 290km to 300km. If my math is right, all sixty satellites (except one per my edit below) appear to be well into orbit raising.

https://celestrak.com/NORAD/elements/supplemental/starlink.txt

EDIT: I missed one, it looks like Starlink 1040 has an orbital period of 90.15 minutes, or a semi-major axis of 282km. So this one may not be raising its orbit.