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

• #120 by catdlr on 15 Mar, 2024 23:29
• Entry Burn (photos from SpaceFlight Now)

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• #121 by Steven Pietrobon on 15 Mar, 2024 23:29
• T+8 minutes.

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• #122 by Steven Pietrobon on 15 Mar, 2024 23:30
• Landing burn.
  
  Touchdown!
  
  Cutoff.
  
  T+9 minutes. Nominal orbit insertion.

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• #123 by Steven Pietrobon on 15 Mar, 2024 23:31
• 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
• #124 by FutureSpaceTourist on 15 Mar, 2024 23:31
• https://twitter.com/spacex/status/1768796963041116604
  
  

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  Falcon 9 lands on the A Shortfall of Gravitas droneship, completing our 25th launch and landing of the year
• #125 by Steven Pietrobon on 15 Mar, 2024 23:34
• Empty pad.

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• #126 by catdlr on 15 Mar, 2024 23:36
• Summary Video
  
  
• #127 by catdlr on 15 Mar, 2024 23:40
• https://twitter.com/_mgde_/status/1768799140237000975
• #128 by Steven Pietrobon on 16 Mar, 2024 00:15
• T+54 minutes and 11 seconds. Expected ignition for two seconds.
• #129 by Steven Pietrobon on 16 Mar, 2024 00:26
• T+1 hour 5 minutes and 20 seconds. Expected separation.
• #130 by Steven Pietrobon on 16 Mar, 2024 00:37
• "Deployment of 23 @Starlink satellites confirmed"
  
  https://twitter.com/SpaceX/status/1768811934697275570
• #131 by Galactic Penguin SST on 16 Mar, 2024 00:48
• #132 by catdlr on 16 Mar, 2024 00:50
• Thanks to Steven P, FutureSpace Tourist, and Galactic Penguin SST for your coverage service for today.
• #133 by rsmath on 16 Mar, 2024 01:14
• 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.
• #134 by catdlr on 16 Mar, 2024 01:15
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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
• #135 by catdlr on 16 Mar, 2024 01:16
• https://twitter.com/TylerG1998/status/1768815466066198920
  
  

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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
• #136 by catdlr on 16 Mar, 2024 01:20
• https://twitter.com/planetdeimos/status/1768820430440186203
• #137 by FutureSpaceTourist on 16 Mar, 2024 05:37
• #138 by FutureSpaceTourist on 16 Mar, 2024 13:18
• https://twitter.com/s2a_systems/status/1768954164623659474
  
  

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  STARLINK G6-44, today 10:06:49/10:09:46 UTC over South America
• #139 by FutureSpaceTourist on 16 Mar, 2024 14:12
• https://twitter.com/launchphoto/status/1769006255597621663
  
  

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  Starlink 6-44 launch

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