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#60 by Steven Pietrobon on 31 Mar, 2024 00:37
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Entry burn.
T+7 minutes.
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#61 by Steven Pietrobon on 31 Mar, 2024 00:38
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T+8 minutes.
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#62 by Steven Pietrobon on 31 Mar, 2024 00:40
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Landing burn.
Touchdown!
Cutoff.
T+9 minutes. Nominal park orbit insertion.
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#63 by Steven Pietrobon on 31 Mar, 2024 00:41
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Empty pad and upcoming events.
00:54:03 2nd stage engine starts (SES-2)
00:54:04 2nd stage engine cutoff (SECO-2)
01:05:12 Starlink satellites deploy
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#64 by catdlr on 31 Mar, 2024 02:11
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Full SpaceX Launch Coverage to SECO replay
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#65 by catdlr on 31 Mar, 2024 02:13
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Summary Launch Coverage
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#66 by Steven Pietrobon on 31 Mar, 2024 02:26
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T+54 minutes and 3 seconds. Expected ignition for one second.
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#67 by Steven Pietrobon on 31 Mar, 2024 02:37
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T+1 hour 5 minutes and 12 seconds. Expected separation.
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#68 by Steven Pietrobon on 31 Mar, 2024 02:47
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"Deployment of 23 @Starlink satellites from Falcons Florida launch confirmed"
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#69 by zubenelgenubi on 31 Mar, 2024 02:56
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Congratulations to the entire launch campaign team! Two down (up?), one to go! 🏆🥇👏🛰
Thank you, Steven, for tonight's launch thread coverage! 👍✨️🎊
Thank you NSF webcasters! 🎉🌟🎈 -
#70 by zubenelgenubi on 31 Mar, 2024 02:58
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https://twitter.com/SpaceX/status/1774248070445973516Quote
Liftoff of Falcon 9, marking 260 reflights of Falcon boosters since our first one seven years ago today!
https://twitter.com/NASASpaceflight/status/1774248034278195529QuoteLAUNCH! Falcon 9 B1067-18 launches Starlink 6-45 from SLC-40.
https://twitter.com/NASASpaceflight/status/1774248934170362309QuoteStaging 1-2.
https://twitter.com/NASASpaceflight/status/1774249225473110514QuoteMerlin Vac painting pretty plumes in the sky.
https://twitter.com/SpaceX/status/1774250108068241834QuoteFalcon 9 completes this boosters 18th launch and landing and our 290th Falcon landing overall.
https://twitter.com/NASASpaceflight/status/1774250081014759848QuoteIt's the 18th mission in the bag for B1067, and that's now 216 successful returns in a row.
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#71 by zubenelgenubi on 31 Mar, 2024 03:16
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https://twitter.com/julia_bergeron/status/1774255427162685561Quote
The second SpaceX launch of the night is in the books. Will Vandenberg complete the hat trick of launches and landings?
Replay: https://youtube.com/live/gznHICoJfYw?si=psXBRPnwDGbIn7Rp
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#72 by catdlr on 31 Mar, 2024 03:20
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https://twitter.com/TylerG1998/status/1774267653558792389
https://twitter.com/TylerG1998/status/1774267831007199611QuoteUpdated orbital launch count as of Mar. 30 (Mar. 31 UTC):
Earth 🌎 60/61
USA 🇺🇸 36/36
China 🇨🇳 14/14* (1 partial failure)
Russia 🇷🇺 4/4
Japan 🇯🇵 2/3
Iran 🇮🇷 2/2
India 🇮🇳 2/2
1/3
Orbital launches by organization:
🇺🇸 31 SpaceX, 4 Rocket Lab, 1 ULA
🇨🇳 10 CASC (1 partial failure), 2 CASIC, 1 OrienSpace, 1 CAS Space
🇷🇺 4 RKK Energiya
🇯🇵 2 MHI, 1 Space One ❌
🇮🇳 2 ISRO
🇮🇷 1 IRGC, 1 ISA
2/3
Launches by spaceport:
🇺🇸 15 CCSFS, 10 Vandenberg, 7 KSC, 1 Wallops
🇨🇳 4 Xichang, 4 Jiuquan, 3 Wenchang, 2 offshore
🇳🇿 3 Māhia
🇷🇺 2 Baikonur, 1 Plesetsk, 1 Vostochny
🇯🇵 2 Tanegashima, 1 Space Port Kii
🇮🇳 2 Satish Dhawan
🇮🇷 1 Shahrud MTS, 1 Semnan
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#73 by FutureSpaceTourist on 31 Mar, 2024 04:51
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https://twitter.com/whoisheartbreak/status/1774254747207561251Quote
31 launches in 2024 so far. To give a little perspective, we launched 31 times in the entire year of 2021 - today is day 90 of the year 🤯
In just a little over 2 years we achieved the same milestone in a quarter of the time! That is some real impressive progress right there 🙌🏽🚀
And on the 7th anniversary of our inaugural re-flight! 🥳🚀 -
#74 by FutureSpaceTourist on 31 Mar, 2024 04:52
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https://twitter.com/mcofficialplays/status/1774271731097579766Quote
Starlink 6-45 launches for the Second launch of the day from Florida
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#75 by FutureSpaceTourist on 31 Mar, 2024 05:03
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More landing shots
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#76 by FutureSpaceTourist on 31 Mar, 2024 05:49
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https://twitter.com/spacex/status/1774312160182894998Quote
~3.5 hours later, Falcon 9 launched 23 @Starlink satellites to low-Earth orbit from pad 40, completing our 260th reflight of an orbital class rocket on the seven-year anniversary of first achieving this feat
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#77 by shiro on 31 Mar, 2024 05:53
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Some reusability stats for this launch (Starlink Group 6-45):
Booster B1067.18 turnaround time:
39 days 5 hours 19 minutes
(its previous mission was Merah Putih 2 (HTS 113BT) on Feb 20, 2024 UTC).
FYI: median turnaround time for Falcon 9 / Heavy boosters is currently 49.85 days *
* based on the last 30 launches, excluding new first stages.
Launchpad SLC-40 turnaround time:
5 days 1 hour 48 minutes
(the previous launch from this pad was Starlink Group 6-46 on Mar 25, 2024 UTC).
FYI: median turnaround time for SLC-40 is currently 5.11 days *
* based on the last 30 launches.
The same type of stats for previous SpaceX launches may be found on this spreadsheet online. -
#78 by catdlr on 31 Mar, 2024 07:12
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#79 by catdlr on 31 Mar, 2024 18:10
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https://twitter.com/TSKelso/status/1774486669967999302Quote
CelesTrak has ephemeris-based SupGP data for all 23 satellites from the
@Starlink Group 6-45 launch (2024-060) atop a Falcon 9 rocket from Cape Canaveral on Mar 31 at 0130 UTC: https://spaceflightnow.com/2024/03/30/live-coverage-spacex-to-launch-23-starlink-satellites-onboard-falcon-9-flight-from-cape-canaveral/. Data for the launch can be found at: https://celestrak.org/NORAD/elements/supplemental/table.php?INTDES=2024-060.