Author Topic: SpaceX F9 : Starlink group 6-1 : CCSFS SLC-40 : 27 February 2023 (23:13 UTC) (Read 49274 times)

Steven Pietrobon · « **Reply #120 on:** 02/27/2023 10:53 pm »

T+40 minutes. Over the Southern Ocean.

zubenelgenubi · « **Reply #121 on:** 02/27/2023 10:56 pm »

Quote from: FutureSpaceTourist on 02/27/2023 10:43 pm

Quote from: TS Kelso tweet
Just received @SpaceX confirmation of launch at 2023-02-27 23:13:00 UTC and updated pre-launch SupGP to reflect deployment time of 2023-02-28 00:17:45.660 UTC. [Feb 27]

So this is wrong?

Quote from: Salo on 02/27/2023 10:19 pm

Quote from: William Harwood tweet
William Harwood @cbs_spacenews
F9/Starlink 6-1: LIFTOFF! At 6:13:50pm EST ([23]13 UTC)
[Feb 27, typo in original]

FutureSpaceTourist · « **Reply #122 on:** 02/27/2023 11:05 pm »

AOS Western Australia

scr00chy · « **Reply #123 on:** 02/27/2023 11:06 pm »

Quote from: zubenelgenubi on 02/27/2023 10:56 pm

Quote from: FutureSpaceTourist on 02/27/2023 10:43 pm
Quote from: TS Kelso tweet
Just received @SpaceX confirmation of launch at 2023-02-27 23:13:00 UTC and updated pre-launch SupGP to reflect deployment time of 2023-02-28 00:17:45.660 UTC. [Feb 27]

So this is wrong?
Quote from: Salo on 02/27/2023 10:19 pm
Quote from: William Harwood tweet
William Harwood @cbs_spacenews
F9/Starlink 6-1: LIFTOFF! At 6:13:50pm EST ([23]13 UTC)
[Feb 27, typo in original]

https://twitter.com/TSKelso/status/1630358022064312325

Steven Pietrobon · « **Reply #124 on:** 02/27/2023 11:07 pm »

T+54 minutes and 22 seconds. Expected second stage ignition for two seconds.

FutureSpaceTourist · « **Reply #125 on:** 02/27/2023 11:08 pm »

SECO-2 and nominal orbit insertion

Steven Pietrobon · « **Reply #126 on:** 02/27/2023 11:09 pm »

SECO 2. Nominal orbit insertion.

Steven Pietrobon · « **Reply #127 on:** 02/27/2023 11:12 pm »

Expected LOS Western Australia.

Steven Pietrobon · « **Reply #128 on:** 02/27/2023 11:17 pm »

T+1 hour 4 minutes and 36 seconds. Expected separation.

AOS Guam.

FutureSpaceTourist · « **Reply #129 on:** 02/27/2023 11:19 pm »

Deploy confirmed!

Steven Pietrobon · « **Reply #130 on:** 02/27/2023 11:20 pm »

Deploy confirmed.

FutureSpaceTourist · « **Reply #131 on:** 02/27/2023 11:20 pm »

https://twitter.com/spacex/status/1630362082595176450

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Deployment of 21 Starlink V2 Mini satellites confirmed

FutureSpaceTourist · « **Reply #132 on:** 02/27/2023 11:21 pm »

https://twitter.com/spacecoast_stve/status/1630362337717747717

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Look y’all! We DID get a launch today!

A pretty cool one, too. Falcon 9 carried the first batch of 21 V2 mini Starlink satellites, and B1076 pulled off the 100th successful landing in a row.

Mission overview: nasaspaceflight.com/2023/02/starli…

FutureSpaceTourist · « **Reply #133 on:** 02/27/2023 11:23 pm »

So congratulations to SpaceX on the first Starlink V2 Mini launch and an incredible 100 consecutive booster landings. I think it could easily be a decade before anyone else matches that feat. Astonishing!

Steven Pietrobon · « **Reply #134 on:** 02/27/2023 11:23 pm »

Audio stream still going.

Congratulations to SpaceX and Starlink for the successful launch!

FutureSpaceTourist · « **Reply #135 on:** 02/27/2023 11:54 pm »

Launch photos from SpaceX website

OneSpeed · « **Reply #136 on:** 02/28/2023 12:00 am »

Here is a comparison of the webcast telemetry from the Starlink 5-4 and 6-1 missions.

Both launches were to a 43° orbital inclination, and both inserted at the new low altitude of 152km. 6-1 insertion velocity was 7,539m/s, 20m/s faster than 5-4 at 7,519ms.

This implies that the 6-1 payload mass was perhaps slightly less than the 17,100kg of 5-4. This in turn implies that the 21 Starlink V2 Mini satellites mass around 810kg each.