SpaceX F9 : Starlink group 6-46 : CCSFS SLC-40 : 25 March 2024 (23:42 UTC)

[FutureSpaceTourist]

https://twitter.com/spaceoffshore/status/1773101624572985376

ASOG droneship should return from the Starlink 6-46 mission early Thursday morning. Doug has just arrived with both fairing halves from the mission. nsf.live/spacecoast

[realnouns]

Signet Warhorse III + ASOG + B1078 returned to PC on Mar 27 @ 9:43pm ET

[catdlr]

https://twitter.com/Alexphysics13/status/1773163522412646870

SpaceX's East Coast marine assets are at full thrust!

A Shortfall Of Gravitas, pulled by the Signet Warhorse III tug, marks a record time from landing to arrival back to the Cape. Atop the droneship is B1078-8 after having supported Starlink Group 6-46.

[jacqmans]

This morning,

Bob leaving port for its next fairing recovery, and Booster lift...

Photos taken by a friend

[FutureSpaceTourist]

https://twitter.com/julia_bergeron/status/1773359710999068976

Rapid
Recovery

ASOG with heavy hauler Signet Warhorse III made a record turnaround from landing to port. B1078 seen vertical with 1060 lowered for transport.

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[shiro]

Some reusability stats for this launch (Starlink Group 6-46):

Booster B1078.8 turnaround time:
40 days 1 hour 12 minutes
(its previous mission was USSF-124/HBTSS on Feb 14, 2024 UTC).

FYI: median turnaround time for Falcon 9 / Heavy boosters is currently 49.89 days *
* – based on the last 30 launches, excluding new first stages.

Launchpad SLC-40 turnaround time:
4 days 2 hours 46 minutes
(the previous launch from this pad was SpaceX CRS-30 on Mar 21, 2024 UTC).

FYI: median turnaround time for SLC-40 is currently 5.24 days *
* – based on the last 30 launches.

The same type of stats for previous SpaceX launches may be found on this spreadsheet online.

[Lewis007]

https://twitter.com/tweetsiphotos/status/1774940046128292245