SpaceX F9 : Starlink group 7-11 : VSFB SLC-4E : 23/24 January 2024 (00:35 UTC)

• #60 by Steven Pietrobon on 20 Jan, 2024 00:40
• T-35 minutes. First stage LOX loading and first and second stage RP-1 loading should be starting about now.
• #61 by Steven Pietrobon on 20 Jan, 2024 00:42
• Go for launch!
  
  "Propellant load has begun for tonight’s launch of 22 @Starlink satellites from California. All systems are currently go for launch. Teams are watching the weather"
  
  https://twitter.com/SpaceX/status/1748520943776145556
• #62 by catdlr on 20 Jan, 2024 00:52
• https://twitter.com/cbs_spacenews/status/1748523828341244179
  
  

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  F9/Starlink 7-11: Good evening; SpaceX is making a 2nd attempt to launch a Falcon 9 from Vandenberg SFB to put a batch of 22 Starlink internet satellites into orbit; liftoff from pad 4E is targeted for 9:15:40pm EST (0215 UTC); weather is a watch item
  5:52 PM · Jan 19, 2024
• #63 by catdlr on 20 Jan, 2024 00:55
• https://twitter.com/cbs_spacenews/status/1748524119870546000
  
  

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  F9/Starlink 7-11: The 22 Starlinks going up this evening will boost the total orbited to date to 5,761; going into this latest launch, space statistician Jonathan McDowell indicated 5,317 were presumed functional
  5:53 PM · Jan 19, 2024
• #64 by Steven Pietrobon on 20 Jan, 2024 00:55
• T-20 minutes. Second stage RP-1 loading should be completed about now.
• #65 by Steven Pietrobon on 20 Jan, 2024 00:59
• T-16 minutes. Second stage LOX loading should be starting about now.
• #66 by Steven Pietrobon on 20 Jan, 2024 01:08
• T-7 minutes. Engine chill should be starting about now.
• #67 by Steven Pietrobon on 20 Jan, 2024 01:09
• T-6 minutes. First stage RP-1 loading should be complete about now.

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• #68 by Steven Pietrobon on 20 Jan, 2024 01:11
• T-5 minutes. Tanks pressing for strongback retract.

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• #69 by Steven Pietrobon on 20 Jan, 2024 01:12
• T-4 minutes. Strongback is retracting.

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• #70 by Steven Pietrobon on 20 Jan, 2024 01:13
• T-3 minutes. First stage LOX load is complete.

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• #71 by Steven Pietrobon on 20 Jan, 2024 01:14
• T-2 minutes.
  
  Second stage LOX load is complete.

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• #72 by Steven Pietrobon on 20 Jan, 2024 01:15
• T-1 minute. Falcon 9 is in startup.
  
  Abort!

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• #73 by Steven Pietrobon on 20 Jan, 2024 01:16
• Countdown hold.

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• #74 by catdlr on 20 Jan, 2024 01:16
• Weather  I bet, it's raining on site.  Missed this launch by 30 minutes.  Rain was just north of the base at that time.  Too Bad.
• #75 by Steven Pietrobon on 20 Jan, 2024 01:17
• End of webcast.

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• #76 by markbike528cbx on 20 Jan, 2024 01:17
• Startup at 1;00, abort at :57
• #77 by ZachS09 on 20 Jan, 2024 01:18
• Quote from: catdlr on 20 Jan, 2024 01:16

  Weather  I bet, it's raining on site.  Missed this launch by 30 minutes.  Rain was just north of the base at that time.  Too Bad.
  

  
  Maybe the weather was NO GO at the time the webcast went live, and the launch team decided to take it down to T-1 minute to see if there's a break in the weather. If not, then scrub at that point.
• #78 by catdlr on 20 Jan, 2024 01:23
• Quote from: ZachS09 on 20 Jan, 2024 01:18

  Quote from: catdlr on 20 Jan, 2024 01:16

  Weather  I bet, it's raining on site.  Missed this launch by 30 minutes.  Rain was just north of the base at that time.  Too Bad.
  

  
  Maybe the weather was NO GO at the time the webcast went live, and the launch team decided to take it down to T-1 minute to see if there's a break in the weather. If not, then scrub at that point.
  

  
  Yeah, probably, but the weather system is huge and moving down the coast. It was already a no-go when they started the count. There was no chance of the storm breaking off.  But anyway. The next weather opportunity is Tuesday.
• #79 by catdlr on 20 Jan, 2024 01:24
• https://twitter.com/cbs_spacenews/status/1748529667772985710