Author Topic: SpaceX F9 : Starlink group 2-7 : VSFB SLC-4E : 3 March 2023 (18:38 UTC) (Read 24218 times)

GewoonLukas_ · « **Reply #20 on:** 02/27/2023 06:45 am »

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CelesTrak has the pre-launch SupGP data for the #Starlink Group 2-7 launch from Vandenberg SFB set for 2023-02-27 at 19:34:20 UTC. Deployment of 51 satellites is planned for 19:49:47.140 UTC: https://celestrak.org/NORAD/elements/supplemental/. Data for this launch can be found at: https://celestrak.org/NORAD/elements/supplemental/table.php?FILE=starlink-g2-7.

Edit: It appears this is the Starlink Group 6-1 data, as Group 2 missions should be going to a 70° orbit, not to a 43° listed here.

https://twitter.com/TSKelso/status/1630111541856198657

Galactic Penguin SST · « **Reply #21 on:** 02/27/2023 03:05 pm »

https://twitter.com/SpaceX/status/1630236274161508354

https://twitter.com/SpaceX/status/1630236562561859585

Delay by at least one day, perhaps even more pending Crew-6 launch readiness.
Launch windows for February 28 are 19:18 UTC (11:18 am PST) & 23:15 UTC (3:15 pm PST).

scr00chy · « **Reply #22 on:** 02/27/2023 03:58 pm »

I don't understand why Crew-6 launching on Thursday would affect Starlink launching on Tuesday.

Comga · « **Reply #23 on:** 02/27/2023 04:03 pm »

Quote from: FutureSpaceTourist on 02/27/2023 07:50 am

@NASA and @SpaceX scrubbed today's launch of the #Crew6 mission to the @Space_Station due to a ground systems issue.

Unfavorable weather on Feb.28 makes the next launch attempt 12:34am ET March 2, pending resolution of the technical issue.

go.nasa.gov/3Y34NBY

… but Crew-6 isn’t launching until (NET) Thursday 3/2 so this should still be on for tomorrow, pending improved weather.

Galactic Penguin SST · « **Reply #24 on:** 02/27/2023 04:05 pm »

Quote from: Galactic Penguin SST on 02/27/2023 03:05 pm

https://twitter.com/SpaceX/status/1630236274161508354

https://twitter.com/SpaceX/status/1630236562561859585

Delay by at least one day, perhaps even more pending Crew-6 launch readiness.
Launch windows for February 28 are 19:18 UTC (11:18 am PST) & 23:15 UTC (3:15 pm PST).

SpaceX has since updated the page showing just one window at 19:20 UTC (11:20 am PST) for the 28th.

GewoonLukas_ · « **Reply #25 on:** 02/27/2023 05:23 pm »

Quote from: GewoonLukas_ on 02/27/2023 06:45 am

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CelesTrak has the pre-launch SupGP data for the #Starlink Group 2-7 launch from Vandenberg SFB set for 2023-02-27 at 19:34:20 UTC. Deployment of 51 satellites is planned for 19:49:47.140 UTC: https://celestrak.org/NORAD/elements/supplemental/. Data for this launch can be found at: https://celestrak.org/NORAD/elements/supplemental/table.php?FILE=starlink-g2-7.

Edit: It appears this is the Starlink Group 6-1 data, as Group 2 missions should be going to a 70° orbit, not to a 43° listed here.

https://twitter.com/TSKelso/status/1630111541856198657

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I am attempting to verify the data and launch inclination with SpaceX now (realizing they are pretty busy today). But the SupGP data is generated by copying and pasting the data they send directly into our software, which propagates it and then fits it with SGP4.

https://twitter.com/TSKelso/status/1630269612582477824

GewoonLukas_ · « **Reply #26 on:** 02/27/2023 06:16 pm »

Quote from: GewoonLukas_ on 02/27/2023 05:23 pm

Quote from: GewoonLukas_ on 02/27/2023 06:45 am
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CelesTrak has the pre-launch SupGP data for the #Starlink Group 2-7 launch from Vandenberg SFB set for 2023-02-27 at 19:34:20 UTC. Deployment of 51 satellites is planned for 19:49:47.140 UTC: https://celestrak.org/NORAD/elements/supplemental/. Data for this launch can be found at: https://celestrak.org/NORAD/elements/supplemental/table.php?FILE=starlink-g2-7.

Edit: It appears this is the Starlink Group 6-1 data, as Group 2 missions should be going to a 70° orbit, not to a 43° listed here.

https://twitter.com/TSKelso/status/1630111541856198657

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I am attempting to verify the data and launch inclination with SpaceX now (realizing they are pretty busy today). But the SupGP data is generated by copying and pasting the data they send directly into our software, which propagates it and then fits it with SGP4.

https://twitter.com/TSKelso/status/1630269612582477824

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Thanks for keeping me on my toes. Looks like the data got pasted incorrectly (need more sleep) and it used the Group 6-1 data instead. Mea culpa. Now corrected but still may need to update if the launch has slipped. Stay tuned... https://celestrak.org/NORAD/elements/supplemental/table.php?FILE=starlink-g2-7

https://twitter.com/TSKelso/status/1630280316727472128

FutureSpaceTourist · « **Reply #27 on:** 02/27/2023 10:45 pm »

https://twitter.com/raul74cz/status/1630352275112706048

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LHA map for #Starlink Group 2-7 from VSFB SLC-4E NET 28 Feb 19:20 UTC, alternatively 29 Feb to 04 Mar based on issued NOTAM/NOTMARs. B1061.12 planned landing with estimated fairing recovery 661km downrange. Stage2 debris reentry in South Pacific. bit.ly/LHA-23

FutureSpaceTourist · « **Reply #28 on:** 02/28/2023 07:19 am »

https://twitter.com/tskelso/status/1630480186050502656

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Pre-launch SupGP data has been updated for the #Starlink Group 2-7 launch from Vandenberg SFB now set for 2023-02-28 at 19:20:30 UTC, with deployment of 51 satellites at 19:35:57.140 UTC: https://celestrak.org/NORAD/elements/supplemental/table.php?FILE=starlink-g2-7

FutureSpaceTourist · « **Reply #29 on:** 02/28/2023 02:53 pm »

twitter.com/spacex/status/1630596796954333184

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Team is resetting the next Starlink mission from California for no earlier than Wednesday, March 1 →

https://twitter.com/spacex/status/1630596798757892102

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If all systems and weather are looking good for Thursday’s targeted launch of Crew-6, we’ll adjust the Starlink mission accordingly

mn · « **Reply #30 on:** 02/28/2023 02:59 pm »

Can someone explain what are the shared dependencies that would force a reschedule of the starlink launch if Crew-6 goes ahead as currently scheduled?

(especially with one being from VSFB and the other from CCSFS)

gongora · « **Reply #31 on:** 02/28/2023 03:01 pm »

SFN mentioned in a tweet recently that NASA wants time to review any F9 flights that happen before a crewed flight.

mn · « **Reply #32 on:** 02/28/2023 03:04 pm »

Quote from: gongora on 02/28/2023 03:01 pm

SFN mentioned in a tweet recently that NASA wants time to review any F9 flights that happen before a crewed flight.

I can understand the logic for that, but me thinks the logic does not hold up to analysis.

zubenelgenubi · « **Reply #33 on:** 02/28/2023 03:18 pm »

Revised text at:
https://www.spacex.com/launches/mission/?missionId=sl2-7

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SpaceX is targeting no earlier than Wednesday, March 1 at 11:06 a.m. PT (19:[06] UTC) [typo in source] for a Falcon 9 launch of 51 Starlink satellites to low-Earth orbit from Space Launch Complex 4 East (SLC-4E) at Vandenberg Space Force Base in California.

The first stage booster supporting this mission previously launched Crew-1, Crew-2, SXM-8, CRS-23, IXPE, Transporter-4, Transporter-5, Globalstar FM15, ISI EROS C-3 and two Starlink missions. Following stage separation, Falcon 9’s first stage will land on the Of Course I Still Love You droneship stationed in the Pacific Ocean.

A live webcast of this mission will begin about five minutes prior to liftoff.

alugobi · « **Reply #34 on:** 02/28/2023 04:12 pm »

Well, today's a beautiful sunny morning in SoCal, and they just rescheduled it to the next rainy period.

scr00chy · « **Reply #35 on:** 02/28/2023 11:26 pm »

Looks like this is getting delayed until after Crew-6:

https://twitter.com/TSKelso/status/1630697917064572928

alugobi · « **Reply #36 on:** 03/01/2023 12:44 am »

Quote from: scr00chy on 02/28/2023 11:26 pm

Looks like this is getting delayed until after Crew-6

Another of the thousand cuts that may spell the death of the 100-launch aspiration.

Robotbeat · « **Reply #37 on:** 03/01/2023 01:07 am »

Quote from: alugobi on 03/01/2023 12:44 am

Quote from: scr00chy on 02/28/2023 11:26 pm
Looks like this is getting delayed until after Crew-6

Another of the thousand cuts that may spell the death of the 100-launch aspiration.

100 launches is aspiration, but you're speaking WAY too early. They're still on the exponential curve for 100 launches (linear makes no sense). Noise here and there is expected. (Maybe you want one of those classic johnsmith frowny faces

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alugobi · « **Reply #38 on:** 03/01/2023 02:37 am »

I wrote "may", not "will".

I'm skeptical, but I remain open to it. At this point.

Ken the Bin · « **Reply #39 on:** 03/01/2023 04:09 am »

With all of the postponements, now a cancel-and-replace NGA notice.

Quote from: NGA

010423Z MAR 23
NAVAREA XII 95/23(18,21).
EASTERN NORTH PACIFIC.
CALIFORNIA.
1. HAZARDOUS OPERATIONS 
   021746Z TO 030031Z MAR, ALTERNATE 
   031746Z TO 040031Z MAR IN AREAS BOUND BY: 
   A. 34-40.0N 120-43.0W, 34-40.0N 120-17.0W, 
      34-27.0N 120-17.0W, 34-08.0N 120-05.0W, 
      32-03.0N 119-08.0W, 32-01.0N 119-15.0W, 
      33-16.0N 119-58.0W, 33-53.0N 120-23.0W, 
      34-21.0N 120-36.0W, 34-32.0N 120-40.0W.
   B. 30-11.0N 118-18.0W, 30-11.0N 117-56.0W, 
      29-47.0N 117-39.0W, 28-33.0N 117-09.0W, 
      28-32.0N 117-40.0W, 29-33.0N 118-22.0W.
2. CANCEL NAVAREA XII 79/23.
3. CANCEL THIS MSG 040131Z MAR 23.//