B1049.4 and a Starlink 2 mission fairing half are reunited in Port Canaveral. Welcome home GO Navigator with a recovered fairing half that was hoisted from the Atlantic for refurbishment. Booster work will continue in the morning as the Fleet prepares for IFA. #SpaceX #Starlink2
The fleet is back in Port this evening!
Falcon 9 B1049 is back in Port this evening after a successful launch and landing on Of Course I Still Love You droneship
theresacross @PortCanaveral #B0149.4 is capped ... techs rinse all 4 struts ahead of leg retraction (or removal) prior to transport @SpaceX facilities. #SpaceX #B1049.4 #OCISLY #Falcon9 @elonmusk #Starlink2 🚀
SpaceX booster 1049.4 cap just went on for the lay down of the booster to return to #SpaceX hanger for refurbishment. In the middle of a rain storm the cap made its final attachment to the rocket, hopefully the legs can be retracted later to be able to complete the process. #NASA
Back to Earth
As of about an hour ago #SpaceX B1049.4 had at least two legs up (possibly 3 hard to see back side clearly) and was well on the way to getting all four legs up and ready for transport. #NASA #Space
For completeness, here is data on the new launch so far, based on data provided on @TSKelso 's website celestrak.com (Red: the Black Starlink, as I call it; TS calls it Darksat)
SpaceX #Starlink 2 mission has come to a close. The satellites are in orbit, the fairing half was recovered, the booster is back in port and to finalize the effort the following shots to capture the recovery of B1049.4 until its next mission. #SpaceX #Space #Science #spaceforce
V1.0 L2 sats at 360 km and raising (blue) including Darksat (cyan) except for one sat (Starlink 1124, red) which appears to have overcome initial problems and started raising a few days ago. Deployment rods (green) still in orbit.
