Author Topic: SpaceX F9 : Starlink v1.0 L18 : CCSFS SLC-40 : 4 Feb 2021 (0619 UTC) (Read 56550 times)

Elthiryel · « **Reply #40 on:** 02/01/2021 02:30 pm »

L-3 weather forecast is up. Over 90% GO for the primary day, with a moderate risk of unacceptable booster recovery weather and 90% GO for the backup day, also with a moderate risk of unacceptable booster recovery weather.

Jansen · « **Reply #41 on:** 02/02/2021 04:33 pm »

https://twitter.com/ChrisG_NSF/status/1356648990809485316

Elthiryel · « **Reply #42 on:** 02/02/2021 05:20 pm »

L-2 weather forecast is up. The booster recovery weather risk is now Mod-Low for the primary day and Low-Mod for the secondary day. The main probabilities remain unchanged. It's now planned earlier than another Starlink mission.

Galactic Penguin SST · « **Reply #43 on:** 02/03/2021 12:21 am »

https://twitter.com/Booster_Buddies/status/1356760601696100355?s=19

Galactic Penguin SST · « **Reply #44 on:** 02/03/2021 02:34 am »

No shift yet: https://twitter.com/SpaceX/status/1356807508975845381?s=19

FutureSpaceTourist · « **Reply #45 on:** 02/03/2021 08:05 am »

https://twitter.com/spacexfleet/status/1356891369860644864

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Departure!

Ms. Tree and Ms. Chief are outbound from the Port of Morehead City for the SpaceX Starlink double-header.

FutureSpaceTourist · « **Reply #46 on:** 02/03/2021 03:02 pm »

L-1 launch weather forecast, 90+ % GO

Fmedici · « **Reply #47 on:** 02/03/2021 07:49 pm »

If this mission gets launched before the other one will this keep the name "L18"?

Jansen · « **Reply #48 on:** 02/03/2021 08:23 pm »

The mission name will not change. It is designated when manifested.

Elthiryel · « **Reply #49 on:** 02/03/2021 08:32 pm »

The launches page has finally been updated.

https://www.spacex.com/launches/index.html

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SpaceX is targeting Thursday, Feburary 4 for launch of 60 Starlink satellites from Space Launch Complex 40 (SLC-40) at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station in Florida. The instantaneous window is at 1:19 a.m. EST, or 6:19 UTC.

The Falcon 9 first stage rocket booster supporting this mission previously flew on four missions: the launches of GPS III Space Vehicle 03 and Turksat 5A and two Starlink missions. Following stage separation, SpaceX will land Falcon 9’s first stage on the “Of Course I Still Love You” droneship, which will be located in the Atlantic Ocean. One half of Falcon 9’s fairing previously flew on the SAOCOM-1B mission, and the other previously flew in support of the GPS III Space Vehicle 03 mission.

You can watch a live webcast of this mission, which will begin about 15 minutes prior to liftoff, by clicking the image above.

I think it's the first time when SpaceX doesn't give any mission number here (e.g. the previous mission was called "seventeenth Starlink mission").

Webcast:

EDIT: And surprise, from the description it looks like it's booster 1060.5, not 1059.6.

Jansen · « **Reply #50 on:** 02/03/2021 09:02 pm »

If it is B1060.5, it would be a record turnaround of 27 days, 4 hours, and 4 minutes from the launch of Turksat 5A on January 8.

So basically SpaceX is now able to fly the same booster twice in a month.

SMS · « **Reply #51 on:** 02/03/2021 09:54 pm »

https://twitter.com/TSKelso/status/1357098614674255873

soltasto · « **Reply #52 on:** 02/03/2021 10:43 pm »

Captured "Press Kit" with OCR

zubenelgenubi · « **Reply #53 on:** 02/04/2021 01:24 am »

Has Falcon rolled to the pad yet?
EDIT: Yes, BOTH are currently on the pads, as of February 3 afternoon EST.
https://twitter.com/Cygnusx112/status/1357067888646053890

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Not often we get to see TWO Falcon 9’s vertical at the same time. First launch in a few hours off of LC-40 at 1:19am L. LC-39A is Friday at 5:14am L.

Left Tweet image is of SLC-40; right Tweet image is of LC-39A.
The Falcon for this thread's launch coverage is on SLC-40.

Jansen · « **Reply #54 on:** 02/04/2021 01:29 am »

pb2000 · « **Reply #55 on:** 02/04/2021 04:32 am »

Talk of camera issues in delaying the NSF youtube stream. The last SpaceX tweet 3 hours ago still said said the mission is go.

pb2000 · « **Reply #56 on:** 02/04/2021 04:33 am »

NSF now live.

scr00chy · « **Reply #57 on:** 02/04/2021 04:42 am »

Visual mission profile by ElonX.net

https://twitter.com/scr00chy/status/1357203776143319048

Jansen · « **Reply #58 on:** 02/04/2021 04:44 am »

pb2000 · « **Reply #59 on:** 02/04/2021 04:49 am »

Go for propellent load per NSF feed. Talk of recovery weather being an issue.