Author Topic: SpaceX F9 : Starlink v1.0 L24 : CCSFS SLC-40 : 28/29 April 2021 (0344 UTC) (Read 39996 times)

zubenelgenubi · « **Reply #40 on:** 04/27/2021 09:28 pm »

As of this posting, there are THREE orbital launches scheduled on April 29 UTC:
Pleiades Neo 3 and 5 other satellites at 0150 UTC;
The core Chinese space station module, Tianhe-1, at 0318 UTC;
This launch at 0344 UTC.

Jansen · « **Reply #41 on:** 04/28/2021 01:33 pm »

https://twitter.com/SpaceXFleet/status/1387381292581507076

Jansen · « **Reply #42 on:** 04/28/2021 04:46 pm »

https://twitter.com/julia_bergeron/status/1387417049387970563

Jansen · « **Reply #43 on:** 04/28/2021 05:00 pm »

Shelia Bordelon also in position.

FutureSpaceTourist · « **Reply #44 on:** 04/29/2021 01:31 am »

Ken the Bin · « **Reply #45 on:** 04/29/2021 03:04 am »

Mission Control Audio:

SPKirsch · « **Reply #46 on:** 04/29/2021 03:21 am »

Article:

Starlink v1.0 L24 ready to launch as SpaceX receives permission for Starlink modifications
https://www.nasaspaceflight.com/2021/04/starlink-l24-launch-starlink-modifications/

SPKirsch · « **Reply #47 on:** 04/29/2021 03:38 am »

Webcast:

Jessie Anderson is our host.

SPKirsch · « **Reply #48 on:** 04/29/2021 03:41 am »

Engine Chill has begun.

SPKirsch · « **Reply #49 on:** 04/29/2021 03:44 am »

Into Startup

SPKirsch · « **Reply #50 on:** 04/29/2021 03:45 am »

Liftoff!

SMS · « **Reply #51 on:** 04/29/2021 03:46 am »

https://twitter.com/cbs_spacenews/status/1387613743253762049

SPKirsch · « **Reply #52 on:** 04/29/2021 03:47 am »

MECO
Stage Seperation
SES-1

Fairing Seperation

SPKirsch · « **Reply #53 on:** 04/29/2021 03:52 am »

https://twitter.com/NASASpaceflight/status/1387614604503756805

SPKirsch · « **Reply #54 on:** 04/29/2021 03:54 am »

Falcon 9 has landed

SECO-1

Paul Moir · « **Reply #55 on:** 04/29/2021 03:55 am »

We've got a pretty good moon tonight. I think the thrusters are being lit by it?

SPKirsch · « **Reply #56 on:** 04/29/2021 03:57 am »

https://twitter.com/NASASpaceflight/status/1387616334704517120

DigitalMan · « **Reply #57 on:** 04/29/2021 04:13 am »

The moon is quite bright tonight and the skies were crystal clear. Unfortunately the moon was not enough to produce the jellyfish you normally see during a twilight launch.

Jansen · « **Reply #58 on:** 04/29/2021 04:18 am »

https://twitter.com/SpaceX/status/1387616427998289922

chopsticks · « **Reply #59 on:** 04/29/2021 04:21 am »

Is it ok to comment in here?

Something that I can't ever figure out about night launches: why can we see the RCS firing at night? It's cold nitrogen gas, isn't it? Yet, you could easily see thruster pulses when you couldn't see any of the rocket being illuminated. I've never understood this. Does the RCS produce visible light or is there something else going on here? I've noticed this on other nighttime launches as well.

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