SpaceX is targeting Friday, March 24 at 11:33 a.m. ET (15:33 UTC) for a Falcon 9 launch of 56 Starlink satellites to low-Earth orbit from Space Launch Complex 40 (SLC-40) at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station in Florida. If needed, there are additional launch opportunities the same day at 1:14 p.m. ET (17:14 UTC) and 2:55 p.m. ET (18:55 UTC). Backup opportunities are also available on Saturday, March 25 at 11:08 a.m. ET (15:08 UTC), 12:49 p.m. ET (16:49 UTC), and 2:30 p.m. ET (18:30 UTC).The first stage booster supporting this mission previously launched CRS-22, Crew-3, Turksat 5B, Crew-4, CRS-25, Eutelsat HOTBIRD 13G, mPOWER-a, and two Starlink missions. Following stage separation, the first stage will land on the A Shortfall of Gravitas droneship, which will be stationed in the Atlantic Ocean.A live webcast of this mission will begin about five minutes prior to liftoff.
CelesTrak has pre-launch SupGP data for the #Starlink Group 5-5 launch from Cape Canaveral on 2023-03-24 at 15:43:10 UTC: https://celestrak.org/NORAD/elements/supplemental/table.php?FILE=starlink-g5-5. Deployment of 56 satellites is set to occur at 16:48:30.920 UTC.
New T-0 of 11:43 a.m. ET for today's Falcon 9 launch of Starlink. All systems and weather are looking good → http://spacex.com/launches
SpaceX web page is now showing a launch time of 2:15 pm March 24th.
UPCOMING LAUNCHSTARLINK MISSIONSpaceX is targeting Friday, March 24 at 11:43 a.m. ET (15:43 UTC) for a Falcon 9 launch of 56 Starlink satellites to low-Earth orbit from Space Launch Complex 40 (SLC-40)
Starlink Group 5-5 consists of 56 v1.5 satellites, to be lofted by the tenth flight of Falcon 9 B1067. Liftoff is set to occur from SLC-40 at Cape Canaveral this morning.Article by Alejandro Alcantarilla Romera (@Alexphysics13):
Quote from: haywoodfloyd on 03/24/2023 01:12 pmSpaceX web page is now showing a launch time of 2:15 pm March 24th.Where do you see that?This page still shows 11:43.QuoteUPCOMING LAUNCHSTARLINK MISSIONSpaceX is targeting Friday, March 24 at 11:43 a.m. ET (15:43 UTC) for a Falcon 9 launch of 56 Starlink satellites to low-Earth orbit from Space Launch Complex 40 (SLC-40)
SpaceX appears to be pushing the envelope with this launch -- Group 5-2 was the last launch with 56 sats, and it went to 335x212km. This one is going to a more circular 338x299km orbit. This launch has a circularizing burn, Group 5-2 did not.
Quote from: Comga on 03/24/2023 01:25 pmQuote from: haywoodfloyd on 03/24/2023 01:12 pmSpaceX web page is now showing a launch time of 2:15 pm March 24th.Where do you see that?This page still shows 11:43.QuoteUPCOMING LAUNCHSTARLINK MISSIONSpaceX is targeting Friday, March 24 at 11:43 a.m. ET (15:43 UTC) for a Falcon 9 launch of 56 Starlink satellites to low-Earth orbit from Space Launch Complex 40 (SLC-40) On the SpaceX web Page.Now it's showing 2:30 pm.
Backup opportunities are also available on Saturday, March 25 at 11:08 a.m. ET (15:08 UTC), 12:49 p.m. ET (16:49 UTC), and 2:30 p.m. ET (18:30 UTC).
https://twitter.com/virtuallynathan/status/1639257250152988677QuoteSpaceX appears to be pushing the envelope with this launch -- Group 5-2 was the last launch with 56 sats, and it went to 335x212km. This one is going to a more circular 338x299km orbit. This launch has a circularizing burn, Group 5-2 did not.
We arrived at the T-20-minute vent for today´s Starlink mission.Live: youtube.com/watch?v=lryNRaZwR58
F9/Starlink 5-5: 10 minutes to launch; no known issues; we're enjoying another truly gorgeous day here on the Space Coast
