Sixty more Starlink internet satellites are ready to rocket into orbit Sunday night from Cape Canaveral on the 100th flight of a SpaceX Falcon 9 launcher, and the seventh flight of SpaceX’s reusable “fleet leader” booster.The Falcon 9 rocket is scheduled to launch at 9:56:21 p.m. EST Sunday (0256:21 GMT Monday) from pad 40 at Cape Canaveral Air Force Station.
This is rather odd. Falcon 9 is venting like she's at the T-20 minute mark (which is absolutely not the case). Clearly some purging/testing going on.
T-minus 2 hours. SpaceX teams are preparing for the start of fueling of the Falcon 9 with super-chilled, densified RP-1 kerosene and liquid oxygen propellants.SpaceX's launch conductor will verify all members of the launch team are ready to proceed with the final 35-minute automated countdown sequence at 9:18 p.m. EST (0218 GMT), followed by the start of filling the rocket with super-chilled, densified RP-1 kerosene and liquid oxygen propellants at 9:21 p.m. EST (0221).Liquid oxygen loading into the second stage will begin at T-minus 16 minutes, at 9:40 p.m. EST (1230 GMT), followed by final chilldown of the rocket's nine Merlin first stage engines, a final pre-flight engine steering check, switching of the rocket to internal power, and pressurization of the Falcon 9's propellant tanks leading up to liftoff.
Launching another batch of Starlink satellites tonight! This booster will be embarking on its 7th flight, which will make it the new fleet leader.We go live ~9:35p Eastern.
moody skies above Cape Canaveral tonight we are 50 minutes away from liftoff of the sixteenth @spacex starlink mission.📸for @arstechnica
Hold, hold, hold. This is LD on the primary countdown net. We're standing down from today's attempt for additional mission assurance.
