SpaceX F9 : Starlink v1.0 L9 (Rideshare) : August 7, 2020

[scr00chy]

It’s made of a special dark foam that’s extremely radio transparent, so as not to affect the phased array antennas. Looks a lot like a car sun visor.

https://twitter.com/elonmusk/status/1252987963329388544?s=20

[gongora]

Isn't this launch the one that's supposed to have sunshades on all the satellites?

Yes

[ZachS09]

Will the number of Starlink sats on this mission still be 60 as listed on the top of the thread? Or will it be 58 like the last mission?

[Hummy]

Isn't this launch the one that's supposed to have sunshades on all the satellites?

Yes

~20 could be without visors:

[zubenelgenubi: Article is dated May 27, 2020.  There have been 2 Starlink launches, of 60+58 satellites, between the article date and the conclusion of the June 13 SpaceX launch coverage. The first VisorSat was aboard the June 4 UTC launch.]

Patricia Cooper, SpaceX’s vice president of satellite government relations, said May 26 that SpaceX has another 80 or so Starlink satellites it is preparing to launch based on their current design before regularly incorporating sunshades that block sunlight from hitting reflective parts of each satellite.

[gongora]

Will the number of Starlink sats on this mission still be 60 as listed on the top of the thread? Or will it be 58 like the last mission?

I would expect 58.

[Elthiryel]

~20 could be without visors:

Patricia Cooper, SpaceX’s vice president of satellite government relations, said May 26 that SpaceX has another 80 or so Starlink satellites it is preparing to launch based on their current design before regularly incorporating sunshades that block sunlight from hitting reflective parts of each satellite.

During the webcast of the last launch (June 13) Jessica Anderson said that all satellites will be equipped with visors starting from the next launch.

[gongora]

https://twitter.com/SpaceflightNow/status/1273051763466285060

SpaceX’s next Falcon 9 launch is now scheduled for next Tuesday at approximately 5:58pm EDT (2158 GMT) from pad 39A at the Kennedy Space Center.

The rocket will launch a batch of Starlink Internet satellites and two Earth-imaging payloads for BlackSky.
https://spaceflightnow.com/launch-schedule/

[FutureSpaceTourist]

https://twitter.com/nasa_nerd/status/1273250146575400960

Another SpaceX Falcon 9 with Starlink launch is on the Eastern Range with an advisory for June 23rd, targetting a T-0 of 6:20 pm EDT from LC-39A.   In addition to Starlink, this launch will also carry two small earth observation microsatellites for BlackSky Global.

[tommy099431]

I thought I had already posted this but can’t find it. I assume though it’s safe to say no static fire for this mission also?

[zubenelgenubi: I believe your "lost" post was deleted--it was in the wrong thread.]

[Joffan]

I thought I had already posted this but can’t find it. I assume though it’s safe to say no static fire for this mission also?

SpaceX has only missed out one static fire, so I don't think you can declare a trend just yet. I'd imagine they are more likely to become situation-dependent based on vehicle condition, customer requirements and other stuff I haven't thought of.

[Thunderscreech]

The TFR for the launch has just been posted:

https://twitter.com/SpaceTfrs/status/1273966303158472705

[EDIT zubenelgenubi: Combined your 1st and 2nd posts. A member can do this to their own posts using the MODIFY function.]

And now another one, possibly backup date.

https://twitter.com/spacetfrs/status/1273973825097461768

[FutureSpaceTourist]

https://twitter.com/ken_kremer/status/1274124878136958976

Under spectacular sunset twilight clouds tug Finn Falgout just towed  #Ocisly drone ship out from @PortCanaveral pier at 715 pm ET  for next #Spacex #Starlink launch net jun 23. Both fairing ship still in port

[Elthiryel]

The L-3 weather forecast has been published.

Primary day: 60% GO (Cumulus Cloud Rule, Anvil Cloud Rule, Lightning Rule), all additional risk criteria: low risk
Backup day: 40% GO (Cumulus Cloud Rule, Anvil Cloud Rule, Lightning Rule), booster recovery weather: moderate risk, other risk criteria: low risk

And it looks like the planned liftoff time is 21:22 UTC (the forecast is for 21:17-21:27 window).

https://www.patrick.af.mil/Portals/14/Weather/Falcon%209%20Starlink-L9%20L-3%20Forecast-%2023%20Jun%20Launch.pdf?ver=2020-06-20-093350-627

[wannamoonbase]

I thought I had already posted this but can’t find it. I assume though it’s safe to say no static fire for this mission also?

SpaceX has only missed out one static fire, so I don't think you can declare a trend just yet. I'd imagine they are more likely to become situation-dependent based on vehicle condition, customer requirements and other stuff I haven't thought of.

I thought I had already posted this but can’t find it. I assume though it’s safe to say no static fire for this mission also?

SpaceX has only missed out one static fire, so I don't think you can declare a trend just yet. I'd imagine they are more likely to become situation-dependent based on vehicle condition, customer requirements and other stuff I haven't thought of.

2 days from launch, seems that there won't be a Static Fire.

SpaceX needs to get comfortable launching without static fires for the future of SS anyway. 

This is a great use of internal missions to push the reuse of boosters and fairings and now procedures. 

It will be fun to see how much they can reduce the booster cycle time.

[Alexphysics]

2 days from launch, seems that there won't be a Static Fire.

Why? We've seen them static firing much closer to launch than this before, specially for Starlink with fairing on top.

[FutureSpaceTourist]

https://twitter.com/spacexfleet/status/1274511514972684290

24 hours into the voyage, OCISLY droneship is ~320 km downrange and continuing towards the landing zone.

The fairing catchers - Ms. Tree and Ms. Chief - will depart from Port Canaveral for the mission soon.

[FutureSpaceTourist]

L-2 launch weather forecast still 60% GO

[FutureSpaceTourist]

https://twitter.com/talkoftville/status/1274749034431946752

Playalinda Beach will be OPEN for the Tuesday launch from Kennedy Space Center launch pad 39A. The seashore will open at the scheduled time of 12:00pm
The same procedure will be followed in the event of a delay. Incoming traffic may close for park safety/capacity..

Edit to add: this report is false, beach will not be open (see later post)

[Chris Bergin]

L2 has it slipping.

https://twitter.com/NASASpaceflight/status/1275051557487366144

[Ken the Bin]

Here's the updated NGA NOTMAR with a primary day of the 25th and backup day of the 26th:

221505Z JUN 20
NAVAREA IV 543/20(11,26).
WESTERN NORTH ATLANTIC.
FLORIDA.
1. HAZARDOUS OPERATIONS, ROCKET LAUNCHING
   252029Z TO 252137Z JUN, ALTERNATE
   262008Z TO 262116Z JUN
   IN AREAS BOUND BY:
   A. 28-39-41N 080-38-10W, 28-48-00N 080-30-00W,
      29-20-00N 079-52-00W, 29-17-00N 079-50-00W,
      28-37-00N 080-27-00W, 28-34-20N 080-34-15W,
      28-38-26N 080-37-17W.
   B. 31-39-00N 077-20-00W, 33-15-00N 075-57-00W,
      33-40-00N 074-59-00W, 33-21-00N 074-25-00W,
      32-45-00N 074-32-00W, 31-25-00N 077-06-00W.
2. CANCEL NAVAREA IV 531/20.
3. CANCEL THIS MSG 262216Z JUN 20.