Author Topic: SpaceX F9 : Starlink group 6-44 : KSC LC-39A : 15/16 March 2024 (00:21 UTC)  (Read 24667 times)

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Entry Burn (photos from SpaceFlight Now)
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T+8 minutes.
« Last Edit: 03/19/2024 10:04 pm by zubenelgenubi »
Akin's Laws of Spacecraft Design #1:  Engineering is done with numbers.  Analysis without numbers is only an opinion.

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Landing burn.

Touchdown!

Cutoff.

T+9 minutes. Nominal orbit insertion.
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Upcoming events.

00:54:11 2nd stage engine starts (SES-2)
00:54:13 2nd stage engine cutoff (SECO-2)
01:05:20 Starlink satellites deploy
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Falcon 9 lands on the A Shortfall of Gravitas droneship, completing our 25th launch and landing of the year
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Empty pad.
« Last Edit: 03/19/2024 10:00 pm by zubenelgenubi »
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« Last Edit: 03/19/2024 09:59 pm by zubenelgenubi »
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T+54 minutes and 11 seconds. Expected ignition for two seconds.
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T+1 hour 5 minutes and 20 seconds. Expected separation.
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"Deployment of 23 @Starlink satellites confirmed"

https://twitter.com/SpaceX/status/1768811934697275570
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Thanks to Steven P, FutureSpace Tourist, and Galactic Penguin SST for your coverage service for today.
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Upper stage deorbit burn was slightly later than normal.  I'm going to assume it is because the expected  reentry is slightly later than recent typical Florida missions.

Second time in last 3 missions I got a full sunlit at orbital height pass while it was after sunset on the ground.  The one mission I did not see was with the sun 6 deg above the horizon so it was too bright of sky to see anything.

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Launches by spaceport:

🇺🇸 — 12 Cape Canaveral, 9 Vandenberg, 5 KSC
🇨🇳 — 4 Xichang, 3 Jiuquan, 2 offshore, 2 Wenchang
🇳🇿 — 3 Māhia
🇷🇺 — 1 Plesetsk, 1 Baikonur, 1 Vostochny
🇯🇵 — 2 Tanegashima, 1 Space Port Kii
🇮🇳 — 2 Satish Dhawan
🇮🇷 — 1 Shahrud MTS, 1 Semnan

3/3

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Launches by spaceport:

🇺🇸 — 12 Cape Canaveral, 9 Vandenberg, 5 KSC
🇨🇳 — 4 Xichang, 3 Jiuquan, 2 offshore, 2 Wenchang
🇳🇿 — 3 Māhia
🇷🇺 — 1 Plesetsk, 1 Baikonur, 1 Vostochny
🇯🇵 — 2 Tanegashima, 1 Space Port Kii
🇮🇳 — 2 Satish Dhawan
🇮🇷 — 1 Shahrud MTS, 1 Semnan

3/3

https://twitter.com/TylerG1998/status/1768815855750590905
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Orbital launches by organization:

🇺🇸 — 25 SpaceX, 3 Rocket Lab, 1 ULA
🇨🇳 — 7 CASC (1 partial failure), 2 CASIC, 1 OrienSpace, 1 CAS Space
🇷🇺 — 3 RKK Energiya
🇯🇵 — 2 MHI, 1 Space One ❌
🇮🇳 — 2 ISRO
🇮🇷 — 1 IRGC, 1 ISA

2/3
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STARLINK G6-44, today 10:06:49/10:09:46 UTC over South America

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