Author Topic: SpaceX F9 : Starlink 4-20 & Varuna : CCSFS SLC-40 : 4/5 Sep 2022 (02:09 UTC) (Read 46065 times)

jcm · « **Reply #60 on:** 09/04/2022 07:04 pm »

Quote from: FutureSpaceTourist on 09/04/2022 06:00 pm

https://twitter.com/tgmetsfan98/status/1566483598223589378

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Not just another Starlink mission: tonight, SpaceX will launch a communications technology demonstrator for Boeing, along with 51 Starlink satellites.

By Elliot Mai (@Eli_Mai1):

https://www.nasaspaceflight.com/2022/09/starlink-group-4-20/

This story implies Varuna will be deployed from Sherpa-LTC; on the contrary documents like the ODAR imply to me that
Varuna consists of two boxes that will remain attached to Sherpa, not separately deployed

gongora · « **Reply #61 on:** 09/04/2022 07:51 pm »

Quote from: jcm on 09/04/2022 07:04 pm

This story implies Varuna will be deployed from Sherpa-LTC; on the contrary documents like the ODAR imply to me that
Varuna consists of two boxes that will remain attached to Sherpa, not separately deployed

Thanks for pointing that out

Rondaz · « **Reply #62 on:** 09/04/2022 08:49 pm »

LHA map for #Starlink Group 4-20/#Varuna-TDM from CCSFS SLC-40 NET 05 Sep 02:09 UTC, altern. 06 to 11 Sep based on NOTMAR/NOTAMs. B1052.7 planned landing with roughly estimated fairing recovery ~640km downrange. Stage2 debris reentry south of Australia.

https://twitter.com/Raul74Cz/status/1566499236371468291

SPKirsch · « **Reply #63 on:** 09/05/2022 12:18 am »

https://twitter.com/SpaceOffshore/status/1566570306218725377

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Just Read the Instructions droneship is on-station, ~630km downrange, for tonight's Starlink 4-20 mission.

Doug is a little further downrange to recover the fairing. Tug Kurt J Crosby is monitoring the droneship.