SpaceX F9 : Starlink group 7-13 : VSFB SLC-4E : 9/10 February 2024 (00:34 UTC)

• #60 by Steven Pietrobon on 07 Feb, 2024 04:36
• T-2 minutes. Second stage LOX load is complete.

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• #61 by catdlr on 07 Feb, 2024 04:36
• Quote from: catdlr on 07 Feb, 2024 04:34

  https://twitter.com/ShorealoneFilms/status/1755102519142072703
  

  
  This is from a Twitter link I recently received via a local LA news agency.  He gets intel I can't get. I've been monitoring him during the current flood and he also monitors VSFB Launches. Let's see if it pans out as the time is running.  I delete it if it's sour.
• #62 by Steven Pietrobon on 07 Feb, 2024 04:37
• T-1 minute. Falcon 9 is in startup.
  
  Hold!

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• #63 by Steven Pietrobon on 07 Feb, 2024 04:37
• Hold was at T-43 seconds. Launch abort is running.

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• #64 by Steven Pietrobon on 07 Feb, 2024 04:38
• Countdown hold.

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• #65 by catdlr on 07 Feb, 2024 04:39
• Looks like my intel was right.
• #66 by Steven Pietrobon on 07 Feb, 2024 04:39
• Webstream has ended.
• #67 by ZachS09 on 07 Feb, 2024 04:39
• Quote from: catdlr on 07 Feb, 2024 04:39

  Looks like my intel was right.
  

  
  Let's hope the weather clears up on the next launch attempt.
• #68 by catdlr on 07 Feb, 2024 04:39
• That should be the last launch attempt for the evening according to previous CelsTel info.
• #69 by catdlr on 07 Feb, 2024 04:40
• https://twitter.com/cbs_spacenews/status/1755103992877547831
  
  

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  F9/Starlink 7-13: Launch is scrubbed for the day; no immediate word as to when SpaceX will make another try given the pending PACE launch out of Cape Canaveral early Thursday and work to bring the Ax-3 crew back to Earth from the International Space Station
• #70 by catdlr on 07 Feb, 2024 04:42
• Quote from: ZachS09 on 07 Feb, 2024 04:39

  Quote from: catdlr on 07 Feb, 2024 04:39

  Looks like my intel was right.
  

  
  Let's hope the weather clears up on the next launch attempt.
  

  
  There is a chance only if the approaching storm front passes the base on-time which is a few hours before launch.  If it's slowed down, probably not.
• #71 by catdlr on 07 Feb, 2024 04:43
• https://twitter.com/TSKelso/status/1755104324580212873
  
  

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  UPDATE #3:
  @SpaceX
   issued a launch hold at T-0:43, which scrubs the launch attempts for Feb 7. Standby for new data for Feb 8.
• #72 by catdlr on 07 Feb, 2024 04:44
• https://twitter.com/NASASpaceflight/status/1755103954407465435
• #73 by zubenelgenubi on 07 Feb, 2024 04:47
• https://twitter.com/SpaceX/status/1755105201613406375
  

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  Due to unfavorable weather, we are standing down from tonight's launch of @Starlink. Next launch opportunity is no earlier than Wednesday, February 7 pending weather conditions.
  

  
  https://twitter.com/TSKelso/status/1755105980197871652
  

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  CelesTrak has pre-launch SupGP data for the #Starlink Group 7-13 launch from Vandenberg SFB on 2024-02-08 at 01:17:40 UTC: https://celestrak.org/NORAD/elements/supplemental/table.php?FILE=starlink-g7-13. Deployment of 22 satellites at 02:20:10.440 UTC. Data for 15 backup launch opportunities also provided: https://celestrak.org/NORAD/elements/supplemental/.
  

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• #74 by catdlr on 07 Feb, 2024 04:49
• Quote from: catdlr on 07 Feb, 2024 04:36

  Quote from: catdlr on 07 Feb, 2024 04:34

  https://twitter.com/ShorealoneFilms/status/1755102519142072703
  

  
  This is a Fireman Twitter link I recently received via a local news agency.  He gets intel I can't get.  Let's see if it pans out as the time is running.  I delete it if it's sour.
  

  
  So this person called the Scrub at least 2 min left in the countdown.  I've requested his intel source.  He may not provide. 
  
  

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• #75 by catdlr on 07 Feb, 2024 04:56
• https://twitter.com/cbs_spacenews/status/1755107312941846773
  
  

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  F9/Starlink 7-13: SpaceX says they're setting up for a 24-hour recycle and another attempt to get the Starlink 7-13 flight off the ground late tonight; the launch period opens at 8:17pm EST (0117 UTC) per
  @TSKelso
• #76 by catdlr on 07 Feb, 2024 05:09
• Re-play of launch attempt.
  
  
• #77 by catdlr on 07 Feb, 2024 14:28
• T-14 hours weather update:
  
  The preliminary weather forecast for today through Friday is as follows. A very quick-moving storm front may bring a half inch of rain to the area mid-day through tonight. Most of the storm will have moved through the area before the launch window. However, although there may be scattered clouds behind the front, the quick pace of the front may indicate unacceptable wind speeds aloft (jet stream or wind shear), which could scrub the launch again. Friday onwards looks better, as offshore winds will end the current stormy weather cycle.
  
  Here is an excerpt of the forecast provided by WSBY Santa Barbara.
  
  Tony
  
  
• #78 by Galactic Penguin SST on 07 Feb, 2024 17:45
• According to SpaceX’s mission page, this launch has slipped another day to February 9, 00:56 - 04:54 UTC:
  
  

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  SpaceX is targeting Thursday, February 8 for a Falcon 9 launch of 22 Starlink satellites to low-Earth orbit from Space Launch Complex 4 East (SLC-4E) at Vandenberg Space Force Base in California. Liftoff is targeted for 4:56 p.m. PT, with backup opportunities available until 8:54 p.m. PT.
• #79 by zubenelgenubi on 07 Feb, 2024 20:32
• FAA ATCSCC Current Operations Plan Advisory
  https://www.fly.faa.gov/adv/adv_spt.jsp
  

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  LAUNCH/REENTRY:
  SPACE X STARLINK 7-13, VANDENBERG SFB, CA
  PRIMARY:   02/09/24      0055Z-0524Z   
  BACKUP(S):   02/10/24      0034Z-0503Z
        02/10-11/24      2357Z-0402Z
        02/11-12/24      2329Z-0358Z   
  
  SPACE X F9 PACE (X1817), CCSFS, FL
  PRIMARY:   02/08/24      0625Z-0708Z
  BACKUP(S):   02/09/24-02/12/24   0625Z-0708Z
  
  DRAGON AXIOM-3 RE-ENTRY, ZJX
  PRIMARY:    02/09/24      1315Z-1345Z
  BACKUP(S):   02/10/24      1310Z-1340Z
        02/10/24      1315Z-1345Z
  
  SPACE X STARLINK 6-39 (X2078), CCSFS, FL
  PRIMARY:   02/10/24      0600Z-1031Z
  BACKUP(S):   02/11/24-02/16/24   0600Z-1031Z