Author Topic: SpaceX F9 : Starlink 7 (v1.0 L6) : April 22, 2020 : Discussion (Read 62726 times)

vaporcobra · « **Reply #60 on:** 04/20/2020 07:14 pm »

Silly but if the schedule holds, SpaceX will launch its 422nd Starlink satellite (including Tintin A/B) on 4/22...

PM3 · « **Reply #61 on:** 04/20/2020 08:00 pm »

Quote from: vaporcobra on 04/20/2020 07:14 pm

Silly but if the schedule holds, SpaceX will launch its 422nd Starlink satellite (including Tintin A/B) on 4/22...

As long as it is not sat 420 on 4/20 ...

RocketLover0119 · « **Reply #62 on:** 04/20/2020 09:17 pm »

Confirmation of the date moving up a day:

https://twitter.com/SpaceX/status/1252344682807353344

FutureSpaceTourist · « **Reply #63 on:** 04/20/2020 10:02 pm »

https://twitter.com/spacexfleet/status/1252356369178640384

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Recovery fleet position update!

Progress to LZ:
OCISLY/GO Quest:
▓▓▓▓▓▓▓▓▓░░░░░░ 58%

Ms. Tree/Ms. Chief:
▓▓▓▓▓▓▓▓▓▓▓▓▓░░ 84%

Alexphysics · « **Reply #64 on:** 04/20/2020 10:42 pm »

There are reasons that are *higher* on the list for 420 to be of any importance

wannamoonbase · « **Reply #65 on:** 04/20/2020 10:53 pm »

Quote from: RocketLover0119 on 04/20/2020 09:17 pm

Confirmation of the date moving up a day:

https://twitter.com/SpaceX/status/1252344682807353344

Excellent, I love the extremely rare event of a rocket moving left on the schedule.

Hopefully there is another 1 or 2 Starlink launches before the DM2 mission in 5 weeks.

ShSch · « **Reply #66 on:** 04/21/2020 12:08 am »

Quote from: TorenAltair on 04/20/2020 09:22 pm

What‘s the matter with 4/20? I don‘t assume everyone is celebrating Hitler‘s birthday.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/420_(cannabis_culture)

gongora · « **Reply #67 on:** 04/21/2020 12:10 am »

Back on topic please.

FutureSpaceTourist · « **Reply #68 on:** 04/21/2020 11:31 am »

https://twitter.com/spacexfleet/status/1252555486542663680

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Ms. Tree and Ms. Chief have arrived at the fairing recovery zone for this week's Starlink mission! They are ~695km downrange.

FutureSpaceTourist · « **Reply #69 on:** 04/21/2020 02:43 pm »

L-1 launch weather forecast still 90% GO

Vettedrmr · « **Reply #70 on:** 04/21/2020 03:30 pm »

Have we heard anything about the sea states in the recovery areas?

jketch · « **Reply #71 on:** 04/21/2020 04:05 pm »

According to the L-1 weather forecast, recovery conditions are predicted to be low risk.

Vettedrmr · « **Reply #72 on:** 04/21/2020 04:42 pm »

Quote from: jketch on 04/21/2020 04:05 pm

According to the L-1 weather forecast, recovery conditions are predicted to be low risk.

Thanks for aiming me back to the forecast. For some reason (I feel like an idiot) I saw the line that there wasn't a probability associated with ULW, solar activity, or recovery conditions, and came to the conclusion that there wasn't anything left on the page.

Won't make that mistake again!

Have a good one,
Mike

Chris Bergin · « **Reply #73 on:** 04/21/2020 07:10 pm »

Our launch preview.

https://www.nasaspaceflight.com/2020/04/falcon-9-us-leader-starlink/ - by Chris Gebhardt and Danny Lentz.

https://twitter.com/ChrisG_NSF/status/1252675265844690944

FutureSpaceTourist · « **Reply #74 on:** 04/21/2020 08:45 pm »

https://twitter.com/spaceflightnow/status/1252698710859014146

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SpaceX is transferring a Falcon 9 rocket to pad 39A in Florida this afternoon in preparation for launch tomorrow at 3:37pm EDT (1937 GMT) with 60 more Starlink Internet satellites. LIVE UPDATES: spaceflightnow.com/2020/04/16/fal…

friendly3 · « **Reply #75 on:** 04/21/2020 10:08 pm »

https://twitter.com/SpaceXFleet/status/1252720225935593472

ChrisC · « **Reply #76 on:** 04/22/2020 03:32 am »

Just want to say THANKS for returning to the habit of splitting these mission threads into updates vs discussion.

FutureSpaceTourist · « **Reply #77 on:** 04/22/2020 07:57 am »

Quote from: Chris Bergin on 04/21/2020 07:10 pm

Our launch preview.

https://www.nasaspaceflight.com/2020/04/falcon-9-us-leader-starlink/ - by Chris Gebhardt and Danny Lentz.

twitter.com/ChrisG_NSF/status/1252675265844690944

Someone else likes the article:

https://twitter.com/elonmusk/status/1252735860384190465

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Good article

FlattestEarth · « **Reply #78 on:** 04/22/2020 12:21 pm »

Quote from: FutureSpaceTourist on 04/22/2020 07:57 am

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Good article

The information is good, but poorly formatted with too many meanwhile/moreover segues. And poor quality welds.

litton4 · « **Reply #79 on:** 04/22/2020 01:25 pm »

Any prospect of seeing the satellites over the UK after launch?

If so, I'm guessing between 10 and 30 mins later?