T+54 minutes and 4 seconds. Expected ignition for two seconds.
T+1 hour 5 minutes and 22 seconds. Expected separation.
I just watched a very low pass and did see something. I did not see a cloud typical of a propellant dump so I suspect that I saw the closely grouped cluster of satellites reflecting sunlight well since it was at least as bright as -1 magnitude. The timing was consistent with Dr Kelso's pre-launch elset.
Thanks to Steven, FST, and Galactic Penguin SST for the fine coverage. Off to VSFB, catch you all there.
Thanks also to our NSF webcasters! 👏🖖
The sky at the landing zone was so clear, you could see the droneship almost immediately after the entry burn conclusion.
Some reusability stats for this launch (Starlink Group 6-38):
Booster B1062.18 turnaround time:
61 days 20 hours 50 minutes(its previous mission was Starlink Group 6-30 on Nov 28, 2023 UTC).
FYI: median turnaround time for Falcon 9 / Heavy boosters is currently 49.17 days *
* – based on the last 30 launches, excluding new first stages.
Launchpad LC-39A turnaround time:
10 days 3 hours 21 minutes(the previous launch from this pad was Axiom-3 on Jan 18, 2024 UTC).
FYI: median turnaround time for LC-39A is currently 24.92 days *
* – based on the last 30 launches.
The same type of stats for previous SpaceX launches may be found on
this spreadsheet online.
Bob returned to PC on Jan 30 @ 11:39pm ET
Signet Warhorse + ASOG + B1062 returned to PC on Jan 31 @ 5:01pm ET