Departure! Of Course I Still Love You is underway for the Starlink-L2 mission. The droneship is heading 629 km downrange.
Saw her passing our cruise ship. Fair winds and calm waters!
Recovery technicians are experimenting with a fairing half today. I can also confirm that Ms.Chief will not take part in the upcoming Starlink mission. GO Navigator will recover the fairing half from the water.
http://www.launchphotography.com/Delta_4_Atlas_5_Falcon_9_Launch_Viewing.htmlQuoteThe next SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket from Cape Canaveral is scheduled to launch the next set of Starlink internet constellation satellites from pad 40 on January 6 at 9:19pm EST. The launch window is instantaneous.
The next SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket from Cape Canaveral is scheduled to launch the next set of Starlink internet constellation satellites from pad 40 on January 6 at 9:19pm EST. The launch window is instantaneous.
It may be new year's day but the fleet is hard at work! Here's a look at OCISLY's progress since Monday.The droneship has deviated away towards calmer seas now that the launch date has slipped to NET Jan 7th at 02:19 UTC. There's no requirement to be at the LZ so early.
Departure! GO Quest and GO Navigator are underway for the Starlink L2 mission. GO Quest will support the droneship landing whilst GO Navigator will recover a fairing half from the water. Ms Chief will not take part in this mission because of minor damage sustained last time out
Haha Yess!! It is indeed 'Fairing Time'.
Scheduled Launch Date and Time (UTC)December 31, 2019 04:40January 4, 2020 03:24The launch time has regressed 19 minutes/day between the two data points. (76 minutes / 4 days = 19 min/d)If the change of launch time is a linear relation, then this can be extrapolated to future dates.
The launch time gets 21-22 minutes earlier each day.
Launch day probability of violating launch weather constraints: < 10%Primary concern(s): Cumulus Cloud RuleDelay day probability of violating launch weather constraints: 20%Primary concern(s): Cumulus Cloud Rule
F0023/20 - ROCKET LAUNCH WILL TAKE PLACE REVIEW FLW RECEIVED FROM GOVERNMENT OF UNITED STATES OF AMERICA: HAZARDOUS OPS WILL BE CONDUCTED FOR ATMOSPHERIC RE-ENTRY AND SPLASHDOWN OF LAUNCH VEHICLE STARLINK V1.0-L2 AND PARTICIPATING SUPPORT ACFT WI THE FOLLOWING AREAS: 2943S 06007E 2455S 06427E 3845S 08430E 4512S 09945E 4946S 11913E 5042S 13819E 4850S 15644E 5146S 15808E 5442S 14832E 5620S 13103E 5552S 10750E 4911S 08505E 3432S 06413E. SFC - UNL, 2001070357 TO 2001070515 2001080335 TO 2001080453, 07 JAN 03:57 2020 UNTIL 08 JAN 04:53 2020. CREATED: 02 JAN 19:09 2020
SpaceX Starlink status Jan 3, 6 PM: The #SpaceX #Falcon9 is now raised at sunset at #pad40 for 3rd @SpaceX #Starlink batch of 60 sats. Static fire test this weekend ahead of launch NET Jan 6, 919 PM ET
Fair winds and following seas GO Ms. Tree. They have begun the Starlink mission before the morning weather catches up to them. #SpaceXFleet #Starlink
Starlink L2 Fleet Update!GO Navigator is heading towards the Port of Morehead City, having peeled away from OCISLY.The droneship and accompanying ship GO Quest are not too far behind and could possibly follow the same.
Rough seas. Trying to avoid them whilst waiting for launch day
1/5 Using a pre-launch state vector provided by SpaceX, we used STK's HPOP to propagate the orbit and fit Supplemental TLEs (SupTLEs) for the first 8 hours following deployment. Data can be found at https://celestrak.com/NORAD/elements/supplemental/.2/5 Data assumes nominal launch on Jan 7 at 02:19:21 UTC and deployment at 03:20:32.598 UTC. TLEs are produced for the full stack and for a single object to provide a range of drag characteristics....5/5 Visualization of the orbit--which can be viewed in real-time mode--is available via the globe icon next to the TLE data. A link to a short YouTube video showing how to use Orbit Viz can be found at https://youtube.com/watch?v=SmI5gx7ifS0.
