Author Topic: SpaceX F9: Starlink v1 Flight 1 : November 11, 2019 - UPDATES (Read 115884 times)

FutureSpaceTourist · « **Reply #180 on:** 11/18/2019 09:35 pm »

https://twitter.com/spacex/status/1196556434982309888

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Falcon 9’s first stage lands on the Of Course I Still Love You droneship and returns to port, completing this booster’s fourth launch and landing

theinternetftw · « **Reply #181 on:** 11/19/2019 02:23 am »

Five days of orbit raising (animated).

FutureSpaceTourist · « **Reply #182 on:** 11/19/2019 03:36 am »

https://twitter.com/theresa35906612/status/1196633065742835713

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theresacross | stunningly beautiful sunset and evening @PortCanaveral .. can confirm one leg has been raised 11.18.19 @SpaceX #OCISLY #Falcon9 #SpaceX @elonmusk #Starlink @SpaceXFleet #sunset #Science #rocketscience #NightPhotography

leetdan · « **Reply #183 on:** 11/19/2019 03:50 pm »

Quote from: FutureSpaceTourist on 11/19/2019 03:36 am

https://twitter.com/theresa35906612/status/1196633065742835713

The leg shown in this picture has been lowered, and another has just been removed (as in, not lifted). $:-\$

FutureSpaceTourist · « **Reply #184 on:** 11/19/2019 07:07 pm »

https://twitter.com/star_shattered/status/1196882140304216064

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Lowering! #SpaceX #Falcon9

FutureSpaceTourist · « **Reply #185 on:** 11/19/2019 09:30 pm »

https://twitter.com/nexthorizons_/status/1196914562500575232

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After leg removal, #Starlink B1048 was laid down onto the transporter in preparation to be rolled away for (hopefully) refurb for another flight. The last shot is a good size reference shot. Falcon 9 is BIG.

FutureSpaceTourist · « **Reply #186 on:** 11/20/2019 02:52 am »

https://twitter.com/kyle_m_photo/status/1196987490403520514

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Time lapse of the cap removal. #SpaceX #Starlink

FutureSpaceTourist · « **Reply #187 on:** 11/20/2019 09:38 am »

FutureSpaceTourist · « **Reply #188 on:** 11/20/2019 04:51 pm »

theinternetftw · « **Reply #189 on:** 11/21/2019 07:53 am »

Eight days of orbit raising (animated). Approaching 340.

Ronsmytheiii · « **Reply #190 on:** 11/21/2019 06:21 pm »

https://www.instagram.com/p/B5F0E3eHX19/

Heading back to the barn

theinternetftw · « **Reply #191 on:** 11/22/2019 11:36 pm »

The train is spreading out. Right now it reaches from Mongolia to South Africa.

Visual from https://satellitemap.space/index3.html

theinternetftw · « **Reply #192 on:** 11/23/2019 04:57 am »

Starting to line up at 350.

Edit: Rather than posting two updates in a row, just updated this one (now animated, so it includes the previously posted frame).

Lots now lined up perfectly at 350.

Hummy · « **Reply #193 on:** 11/25/2019 02:33 am »

SpaceX might be sending 22 satellites to the next plane like they requested in the modified application in August. Although that could be due to the quality of data from Space Track. Make your bets: 20 or 22?

UPDATE: 20 are going up. 22 per plane will probably be implemented in 5 years.

theinternetftw · « **Reply #194 on:** 11/29/2019 08:42 pm »

Animated altitude update. Those not waiting around at 350 are up to 380.

FutureSpaceTourist · « **Reply #195 on:** 12/01/2019 06:11 am »

https://twitter.com/planet4589/status/1200996605274537986

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Meanwhile 40 of the sats from the 2nd launch have stopped raising at 350 km (magenta); the remaining 20 have now reached 390 km (blue); the deployment rods continue to decay (green)

theinternetftw · « **Reply #196 on:** 12/06/2019 02:50 am »

Animated altitude update. Rising sats now up to 420. A few at 350 look to be hanging out above or below to move around the ring.

FutureSpaceTourist · « **Reply #197 on:** 12/28/2019 06:19 am »

https://twitter.com/planet4589/status/1210784150770176002

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Meanwhile the 20 sats of the Launch 1 upper group has just reached 550 km (and so is *above* the Launch 0 group). The launch 1 lower group remains at 350 km. The decay of the deployer rods (green) is now noticeable

Hummy · « **Reply #198 on:** 01/05/2020 06:44 pm »

Starlink-1040 has been lost. It is no longer in the set of ephemerides updates published via Celestrak. It caught up with the train on Dec 14th and aligned its altitude and position in the plane but soon after that ephemeris updates stopped and 18 SPCS started to track it using observations as usual (you can see zigzaggy track became smooth). It lost 5 km, drifted west and forward of the train. It's a goner.

Hummy · « **Reply #199 on:** 01/09/2020 06:47 am »

First tension bar has returned back to Earth in tiny pieces.