SpaceX F9 : Starlink v1.0 L17 : KSC LC-39A : 4 March 2021 (0824 UTC)

[gongora]

Discussion of the L19 flight should be in the L19 thread

[Thunderscreech]

TFRs for L17 have been pulled.

https://twitter.com/SpaceTfrs/status/1361676016855511041?s=20

https://twitter.com/SpaceTfrs/status/1361676746509201409?s=20

https://twitter.com/SpaceTfrs/status/1361677500544335872?s=20

https://twitter.com/SpaceTfrs/status/1361678252234985477?s=20

[Ken the Bin]

New notices from the NGA.

Primary Day = Friday, February 19 at ~05:12 UTC.
Backup Day #1 = Saturday, February 20 at ~04:51 UTC.
Backup Day #2 = Sunday, February 21 at ~04:29 UTC.
Backup Day #3 = Monday, February 22 at ~04:08 UTC.

162023Z FEB 21
NAVAREA IV 143/21(11,26).
WESTERN NORTH ATLANTIC.
FLORIDA.
1. HAZARDOUS OPERATIONS, ROCKET LAUNCHING
   190457Z TO 190615Z, ALTERNATE
   200436Z TO 200554Z, 210414Z TO 210532Z,
   AND 220353Z TO 220511Z FEB
   IN AREAS BOUND BY:
   A. 28-39-10N 080-37-48W, 29-00-00N 080-14-00W,
      29-15-00N 079-56-00W, 29-17-00N 079-50-00W,
      29-11-00N 079-44-00W, 29-07-00N 079-47-00W,
      28-50-00N 080-02-00W, 28-34-00N 080-22-00W,
      28-30-21N 080-32-58W.
   B. 31-57-00N 076-56-00W, 33-17-00N 076-03-00W,
      33-31-00N 074-59-00W, 33-10-00N 074-36-00W,
      32-27-00N 074-46-00W, 31-42-00N 076-41-00W.
2. CANCEL NAVAREA IV 135/21.
3. CANCEL THIS MSG 220611Z FEB 21.

162035Z FEB 21
HYDROPAC 546/21(GEN).
SOUTHERN INDIAN OCEAN.
1. HAZARDOUS OPERATIONS, SPACE DEBRIS
   190706Z TO 190759Z, ALTERNATE
   200645Z TO 200738Z, 210623Z TO 210716Z AND
   220602Z TO 220655Z FEB
   IN AREA BOUND BY
   29-43S 060-07E, 24-55S 064-27E,
   38-45S 084-30E, 45-12S 099-45E,
   49-46S 119-13E, 50-42S 138-19E,
   48-50S 156-44E, 51-46S 158-08E,
   54-42S 148-32E, 56-20S 131-03E,
   55-52S 107-50E, 49-11S 085-05E,
   34-32S 064-13E.
2. CANCEL HYDROPAC 510/21.
3. CANCEL THIS MSG 220755Z FEB 21.

[Ken the Bin]

The NGA has canceled the above posted notices, so this launch is postponed indefinitely at this time.

170358Z FEB 21
NAVAREA IV 146/21(11,26).
WESTERN NORTH ATLANTIC.
FLORIDA.
CANCEL NAVAREA IV 143/21 AND THIS MSG.

170408Z FEB 21
HYDROPAC 549/21(GEN).
SOUTHERN INDIAN OCEAN.
CANCEL HYDROPAC 546/21 AND THIS MSG.

[FutureSpaceTourist]

https://twitter.com/spacexfleet/status/1362397593779789825

Droneship support ship GO Quest is returning to Port Canaveral which confirms that the Starlink V1 L17 mission won't be flying for at least four days.

[spacenut]

Any Idea what is wrong with Starlink 17?  Can the payload be removed for a static fire of the booster and find booster problems?  Or change boosters?

[eeergo]

Any Idea what is wrong with Starlink 17?  Can the payload be removed for a static fire of the booster and find booster problems?  Or change boosters?

L19.

[quagmire]

Any Idea what is wrong with Starlink 17?  Can the payload be removed for a static fire of the booster and find booster problems?  Or change boosters?

This latest delay is likely caused by the investigation into what caused B1059 to be lost than an issue with L17's booster. Don't want to launch L17 if it shares the same fatal issue( whether hardware or refurb process).

[zubenelgenubi]

Starlink v1.0 Flight 17: launch scheduled February 25 EST.

https://twitter.com/NASASpaceflight/status/1362807222313619458

Meanwhile, SpaceX is tracking two Starlink launches next Thursday - L-20 and L-17 about 19 hours apart! (Updated Cape schedule - Subject to change).

So the current take-home is an "understood issue" - although we've not heard what issue B1059.6 (L-19) suffered during its return.

After Chris posted the above tweet, the Starlink v1.0 Flight 20 was rescheduled to NET March 8 UTC.
***

The last announced launch time for this flight was February 17, 0555 UTC.  February 26 UTC is 9 days later.
9 * (20 to 22 minutes earlier/day) = ~3 hours earlier.

New launch time = February 26 ~0300 UTC.  = February 25 ~22:00 EST.
***

Ben Cooper, as of February 20, still has TBD launch dates.  My bold.

FALCON 9
The next SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket from Cape Canaveral will launch the twentieth Starlink batch on February or March TBD. A Falcon 9 will launch the twenty-first Starlink batch on TBD. Upcoming launches include additional Starlink missions on TBD. The launch time for Starlink launches gets approx. 20-22 minutes earlier each day. The next Crew Dragon carrying four astronauts to the International Space Station is targeted for April 20, around 5 or 6am EDT.

[zubenelgenubi]

https://twitter.com/SpaceXFleet/status/1363521579293020161

Just Read the Instructions droneship has returned to Port Canaveral!

No seagulls to report on this occasion.

The droneship was deployed for the Starlink V1 L17 mission which has been delayed.

Live via NSF Fleetcam

[Raul]

Active NOTAM in MELBOURNE information region for Stage2 reentry of Starlink_v1.0-L17 mission with primary date planned NET March 01 in window between 02:41-05:14 UTC (calculated launch time approx. 01:37 UTC), backup dates March 02 to 03.

MELBOURNE (FIR/FIC/ACC/COM/MET)
NOTAM #: F0609/21      Class: International      Status: Active      Issue Date UTC: 02/22/2021 1848      Start Date UTC: 03/01/2021 0241      End Date UTC: 03/03/2021 0430
F0609/21 NOTAMN
Q) YMMM/QWMLW/IV/BO/W/000/999/4844S09947E999
A) YMMM
B) 2103010241 C) 2103030430
D) 2103010241 TO 2103010514
   2103020219 TO 2103020452
   2103030157 TO 2103030430
PRI RE-ENTRY 1ST MAR

E) ROCKET LAUNCH WILL TAKE PLACE
FLW RECEIVED FROM GOVERNMENT OF UNITED STATES OF AMERICA:
HAZARDOUS OPS WILL BE CONDUCTED FOR ATMOSPHERIC RE-ENTRY AND
SPLASHDOWN OF LAUNCH VEHICLE OP X0521 FALCON-9 STARLINK V1.0-L17 AND
PARTICIPATING SUPPORT ACFT WI THE FOLLOWING AREAS:
FM 2943S 06007E
TO 2455S 06427E
TO 3845S 08430E
TO 4512S 09945E
TO 4946S 11913E
TO 5042S 13819E
TO 4850S 15644E
TO 5146S 15808E
TO 5442S 14832E
TO 5620S 13103E
TO 5552S 10750E
TO 4911S 08505E
TO 3432S 06413E TO BEGINNING
F) SFC G) UNL

[zubenelgenubi]

Cross-post; my bold:

http://www.launchphotography.com/Launch_Viewing_Guide.html

FALCON 9
The next SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket from Cape Canaveral will launch the twentieth Starlink batch from pad 39A on February 28 earliest, at 8:37pm EST. The launch time for Starlink missions gets approx. 20-22 minutes earlier each day. A Falcon 9 will launch the twenty-first Starlink batch from pad 40 on March 7 earliest, around 10pm. Upcoming launches include additional Starlink missions on TBD. The next Crew Dragon carrying four astronauts to the International Space Station is targeted for April 20, around 5 or 6am EDT.

[FutureSpaceTourist]

https://twitter.com/emrekelly/status/1364321537487175682

Falcon 9 and its Starlink payload went vertical at 39A about an hour ago. Launch window is no earlier than this weekend, but don’t bank on it – nothing solid right now.

[Mat-FoundInSpace]

Static fire test was performed at 3am EST

https://twitter.com/cbs_spacenews/status/1364489613054738435?s=19

[PM3]

https://twitter.com/SpaceX/status/1364552086629842947

Static fire test complete – targeting Sunday, February 28 at 8:37 p.m. EST for launch of Starlink from LC-39A

[kdhilliard]

@SpaceX  7:25 AM · Feb 24, 2021

Static fire test complete – targeting Sunday, February 28 at 8:37 p.m. EST for launch of Starlink from LC-39A

That's the second static fire in preparation for this launch.  The first was in the early morning hours of Jan 31.

@SpaceX  9:16 PM · Jan 31, 2021

Static fire test complete – targeting Tuesday, February 2 at 6:19 a.m. EST for launch of 60 Starlink satellites from LC-39A; team is keeping an eye on launch and recovery weather

[Ken the Bin]

NGA notices:

Primary Day = Monday, March 1 at 01:37 UTC.
Backup Day #1 = Tuesday, March 2 at ~01:15 UTC.
Backup Day #2 = Wednesday, March 3 at ~00:53 UTC.

241028Z FEB 21
NAVAREA IV 171/21(11,26).
WESTERN NORTH ATLANTIC.
FLORIDA.
1. HAZARDOUS OPERATIONS, ROCKET LAUNCHING
   010032Z TO 010330Z MAR, ALTERNATE
   020010Z TO 020308Z AND 022348Z TO 030246Z MAR
   IN AREAS BOUND BY:
   A. 28-39-10N 080-37-48W, 29-00-00N 080-14-00W,
      29-15-00N 079-56-00W, 29-26-00N 079-41-00W,
      29-20-00N 079-35-00W, 29-07-00N 079-47-00W,
      28-50-00N 080-02-00W, 28-34-00N 080-22-00W,
      28-30-21N 080-32-58W.
   B. 31-44-00N 077-12-00W, 33-17-00N 076-03-00W
      33-32-00N 074-59-00W, 33-10-00N 074-34-00W,
      32-27-00N 074-46-00W, 31-25-00N 076-53-00W.
2. CANCEL THIS MSG 030346Z MAR 21.

241013Z FEB 21
HYDROPAC 622/21(61,75,76).
SOUTHEASTERN INDIAN OCEAN.
SOUTHERN INDIAN OCEAN.
DNC 03, DNC 04, DNC 05.
1. HAZARDOUS OPERATIONS, SPACE DEBRIS
   010241Z TO 010514Z MAR, ALTERNATE
   020219Z TO 020452Z AND
   030157Z TO 030430Z MAR
   IN AREA BOUND BY
   29-43S 060-07E, 24-55S 064-27E,
   38-45S 084-30E, 45-12S 099-45E,
   49-46S 119-13E, 50-42S 138-19E,
   48-50S 156-44E, 51-46S 158-08E,
   54-42S 148-32E, 56-20S 131-03E,
   55-52S 107-50E, 49-11S 085-05E,
   34-32S 064-13E.
2. CANCEL THIS MSG 030530Z MAR 21.

[Mat-FoundInSpace]

Hawk and OCISLY are underway for LZ

https://twitter.com/julia_bergeron/status/1364763547893440515?s=19

[Ken the Bin]

SpaceX has updated their Launches webpage for this launch.

[RocketLover0119]

SpaceX has updated their Launches webpage for this launch.

Reused fairings 

One on its fourth launch, the other on its third!