Scheduled:Date - Satellite(s) - Rocket - Launch Site - Time (UTC)2021June 6 NET Q2 1 early - SiriusXM SXM-8 - Falcon 9-121 (1061.3 S) - Canaveral SLC-40 - 04:26 04:25 ~04:00 04:25-06:26 04:26-06:25June 17 July - GPS III SV05 - Falcon 9-122 (B1062.2 S) - Canaveral SLC-40 - 22:00-01:00 June 18(GPS: launch about 4 minutes earlier/day)NET late June late 23 - STP-3: STPSat-6, ROOSTER-1 (LDPE-1), small satellites (x6) - Atlas V 551 (AV-093) - Canaveral SLC-41June 24-30 late June-July late June - Transporter-2: Capella 5, D2/AtlaCom-1, GNOMES 2, ION SCV-003 [Ghalib, NAPA 2/RTAF-SAT 2, Neptuno, QMR-KWT, Spartan, W-Cube, hosted payloads: ADEO, LaserCube, Nebula, Worldfloods], LEMUR-2 (x1), LINCS A, LINCS B, Mandrake 2A, Mandrake 2B, Minas (x1), SAI-2, Satellogic sat (x4), Sherpa-FX2 [Astrocast (x5), Hawk (x3), LEMUR-2 (x3), Lynk-06, PAINANI-II, SpaceBEE (x12), hosted payload: TROOP-2 TagSat-2], Sherpa-LTE1 [ARTHUR-1, Faraday Phoenix, KSM-2 (Kleos Polar Vigilance Mission) (x4), LEMUR-2 (x1), Orbit Fab Tenzing, Shasta, Tiger-2], Starlink (x?) [v1.0], TUBIN, Vigoride-1 [Alba Cluster 3 (DelfiPQ, Grizu-263a, EASAT-2, Hades, TRSI-2, Sattla-2, Unicorn 1, Unicorn 2A, Unicorn 2D), AuroraSat-1, LABSAT, NUTSAT, STEAMSAT, SWIFTVISION, VZLUSAT-2], Vigoride-2 [Broncosat-1, Challenger, FEES-2, Gossamer, Guardian-Alpha, IRIS-A, Kepler-16, Kepler-17, Oresat0, SanoSat-1, STORK-1, STORK-2, STORK-3, Steamsat-2, TROPICS Pathfinder, TRSI-3], XR-2, YAM-2, YAM-3 - Falcon 9-123 (1060.8 L) - Canaveral SLC-40 Vandenberg SLC-4E(Sun-synchronous orbit satellites: launch at approximately the same time of day year-round)NET July NET June - Starlink flight 30 (x60) [v1.0 L29] - Falcon 9 (S) - Kennedy LC-39A / Canaveral SLC-40(Starlink: launch 20-22 minutes earlier/day)NET July - Starlink flight 31? (x60) [v1.0 L30?] - Falcon 9 (S) - Kennedy LC-39A / Canaveral SLC-40(Starlink: launch 20-22 minutes earlier/day)NET July - Starlink flight 32? (x60) [v1.0 L31?] - Falcon 9 (S) - Kennedy LC-39A / Canaveral SLC-40(Starlink: launch 20-22 minutes earlier/day)Changes on March 31stChanges on April 2ndChanges on April 4thChanges on April 15thChanges on April 16thChanges on May 4thChanges on May 5thChanges on May 11thChanges on May 12thChanges on May 15thChanges on May 20thChanges on May 21stChanges on May 22ndChanges on May 25thChanges on May 26thChanges on May 28thChanges on May 29thChanges on June 1stChanges on June 3rdChanges on June 4thChanges on June 6thzubenelgenubi
Next launch will be the SXM-8 mission on Sunday, June 6; the one-hour and 59-minute window opens at 12:26 a.m. EDT
The soon-to-be launched Maxar-built #SXM8 features our 1300-class platform, the leading spacecraft platform for communication #satellites. This high-power broadcasting satellite is more than twice as powerful as the 1st generation @SIRIUSXM constellation.
It's getting busy out there... the entire, active, East Coast SpaceX recovery fleet is offshore so it's time for a map!Droneship support ship GO Quest will have to sail direct from the CRS-22 LZ to the SXM-8 LZ in the next few days.
GO Searcher and GO Navigator departed from Port Canaveral last night for the SXM-8 mission.The Dragon recovery ships are back for another temporary fairing recovery assignment.
L-2 with no major changes. Still 60% GO on primary, 80% on backup day. Additional risks are low.
Quote from: Rondaz on 06/04/2021 04:29 pmQuote from: Jansen on 06/04/2021 01:06 pmL-2 with no major changes. Still 60% GO on primary, 80% on backup day. Additional risks are low.What is a Debris Cloud ?It's the exhaust clouds that were formed during the CRS-22 launch. They're just hanging in the air as of now.
Quote from: Jansen on 06/04/2021 01:06 pmL-2 with no major changes. Still 60% GO on primary, 80% on backup day. Additional risks are low.What is a Debris Cloud ?
...[T]he background convective cloudiness, might as well include some tops of midlevel cloud systems, isolated thick cirrus, or detached stratiform anvils of decaying convective clouds, and can be thought as the so-called convection debris that is often encountered during the winter monsoon over the Indian Ocean region...
Debris cloud means any cloud, except an anvil cloud, that has become detached from a parent cumulonimbus cloud or thunderstorm, or that results from the decay of a parent cumulonimbus cloud or thunderstorm.
Do not launch within 3 nautical miles of a thunderstorm debris cloud, unless specific time- associated distance criteria can be met.
#SpaceXFleet update:Mr. Jonah with OCISLY and B1067-1 are progressing towards a possible Saturday evening or early Sunday morning arrival. Finn Falgout (yay AIS tracker!) and JRTI are heading due east into the triangle to await tonight's booster, B1061-3. Launch NET 04:26 UTC
Falcon 9 and SXM-8 vertical ahead of tomorrow morning’s launch → spacex.com/launches
This booster previously launched astronauts to the @space_station for the Crew-1 and Crew-2 missions
SpaceX’s SXM-8 mission patch!
SpaceX is targeting Sunday, June 6 for Falcon 9’s launch of the SXM-8 mission from Space Launch Complex 40 at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station in Florida. The one-hour and 59-minute launch window opens at 12:26 a.m. EDT, 4:26 UTC, and a backup launch opportunity is available on Monday, June 7 with the same one-hour and 59-minute launch window.Falcon 9’s first stage booster previously supported SpaceX’s Crew-1 and Crew-2 missions, which launched astronauts to the International Space Station. Following stage separation, SpaceX will land Falcon 9’s first stage on the “Just Read the Instructions” droneship, which will be located in the Atlantic Ocean. A live webcast of this mission will begin about 15 minutes prior to liftoff.
