Author Topic: SpaceX F9 : Starlink group 7-17 : VSFB SLC-4E : 10/11 March 2024 (04:09 UTC)  (Read 12250 times)

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00:53:00 2nd stage engine starts (SES-2)
00:53:02 2nd stage engine cutoff (SECO-2)
01:01:54 Starlink satellites deploy
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T+53 minutes. Expected ignition for two seconds.
Akin's Laws of Spacecraft Design #1:  Engineering is done with numbers.  Analysis without numbers is only an opinion.

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https://twitter.com/SpaceX/status/1767042394502164793

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Falcon 9’s first stage has landed on the Of Course I Still Love You droneship, completing this booster’s 17th launch and landing
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T+1 hour 1 minute and 54 seconds. Expected separation.
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https://twitter.com/ShorealoneFilms/status/1767052036066123926

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SpaceX (@SpaceX ) lofts another #STARLINK mission from@SLDelta30 Tonight’s Starlink 7-17 was the 17th flight for this booster. 03-10-24

Photo Credits: ShorelineFilms - Matt Hartman
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"Deployment of @Starlink satellites confirmed"

https://twitter.com/SpaceX/status/1767057776126361635
« Last Edit: 03/11/2024 04:21 am by Steven Pietrobon »
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Thanks to Steven Pietrobon for your coverage.
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https://twitter.com/TylerG1998/status/1767060121903935585

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The #SpaceX Steamroller rolls on. 💪

Updated orbital launch count as of Mar. 11:

Earth 🌎 — 46

USA 🇺🇸 — 27
China 🇨🇳 — 10
Russia 🇷🇺 — 3
Iran 🇮🇷 — 2
Japan 🇯🇵 — 2
India 🇮🇳 — 2
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Launch Summary

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https://twitter.com/SpaceX/status/1767064407660777857

SpaceX teams complete back-to-back Falcon 9 launches from Florida and California, delivering 46 @Starlink satellites to orbit
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@SpaceX’s Falcon 9 streaks into a very active So-Cal sky, with more #starlink satellites. 🚀

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Shooting a 400 mm lens handheld, with a low shutter speed,   was certainly an experience I’ll never do again

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More landing shots

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Cross Post \

https://twitter.com/elonmusk/status/1767057222633464165

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Two Falcon 9 launches today, carrying 4 Terabits/second of capacity to orbit
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The #SpaceX Steamroller rolls on. 💪
Even more evident in a by-LV comparison.  As of March 11, 2024.

=========================================================   
Vehicle            Overall           By Orbit Type
                   Launches      Earth-Orbit Earth-Escape
                  (Failures)      LEO   >LEO  Deep Space
=========================================================   
Falcon 9             24(0)      21(0)    3(0)     -
CZ (DF-5 based)       3(0)       2(0)    1(0)     -
R-7 Soyuz             2(0)       2(0)     -       -
KZ-1A                 2(0)       2(0)     -       -
Electron              2(0)       2(0)     -       -
CZ-5                  1(0)        -      1(0)     -
Vulcan Centaur        1(0)        -      1(0)     -
CZ-7                  1(0)       1(0)     -       -
H-3                   1(0)       1(0)     -       -
H-2A                  1(0)       1(0)     -       -
GSLV Mk2              1(0)        -      1(0)     -
PSLV                  1(0)       1(0)     -       -
Gravity-1             1(0)       1(0)     -       -
Soyuz 2.1v            1(0)       1(0)     -       -
Jielong-3             1(0)       1(0)     -       -
Lijian-1              1(0)       1(0)     -       -
Qaem-100              1(0)       1(0)     -       -
Simorgh               1(0)       1(0)     -       -
---------------------------------------------------------
Total                46(0)      39(0)    7(0)     - 

 - Ed Kyle
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https://twitter.com/TSKelso/status/1767238142485258724

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CelesTrak has ephemeris-based SupGP data for all 23 satellites from the @Starlink Group 7-17 launch (2024-046) atop a Falcon 9 rocket from Vandenberg SFB on Mar 11 at 0409 UTC:
https://spaceflightnow.com/2024/03/10/live-coverage-spacex-to-launch-falcon-9-rocket-with-starlink-satellites-from-vandenberg-space-force-base/

. Data for the launch can be found at:
https://celestrak.org/NORAD/elements/supplemental/table.php?INTDES=2024-046
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The #SpaceX Steamroller rolls on. 💪
Even more evident in a by-LV comparison.  As of March 11, 2024.

=========================================================   
Vehicle            Overall           By Orbit Type
                   Launches      Earth-Orbit Earth-Escape
                  (Failures)      LEO   >LEO  Deep Space
=========================================================   
Falcon 9             24(0)      21(0)    3(0)     -

 - Ed Kyle
Apologies for the OT question; wasn't IM-1 injected into a translunar trajectory, AKA "Earth-Escape/Deep Space"?

Go Beyond returned to PoLB on Mar 12 @ 1:37pm PT / 4:37pm ET

Lindsay C + OCISLY + B1063 returned to PoLB on Mar 13 @ 7:21am PT / 10:21am ET

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