SpaceX is targeting no earlier than Friday, March 29 for a Falcon 9 launch of 22 Starlink satellites to low-Earth orbit from Space Launch Complex 4 East (SLC-4E) at Vandenberg Space Force Base in California. Liftoff is targeted for 7:30 p.m. PT, with backup opportunities available until 11:30 p.m. PT.A live webcast of this mission will begin on X @SpaceX about five minutes prior to liftoff. Watch live.
Standing down from tonight’s Falcon 9 launch of @Starlink. Targeting no earlier than Friday, March 29 for liftoff
I wonder why they forewent tonight's countdown. 🤔
Tyler Gray@TylerG1998#Falcon9 B1071-15 saw Delta IV Heavy’s scrub earlier & decided to scrub in sympathy. 🧽Trying again from Vandenberg NET tomorrow at 7:30 PM Pacific (02:30 UTC on Saturday):
I wonder why they forewent tonight's countdown. 🤔 How is the weather?
CelesTrak has pre-launch SupGP data for the @Starlink Group 7-18 launch from Vandenberg SFB on 2024-03-30 at 02:30:00 UTC: https://celestrak.org/NORAD/elements/supplemental/table.php?FILE=starlink-g7-18. Deployment of 22 satellites at 03:32:22.460 UTC. Data for 10 backup launch opportunities also provided: https://celestrak.org/NORAD/elements/supplemental/.
Quote from: zubenelgenubi on 03/29/2024 02:10 amI wonder why they forewent tonight's countdown. 🤔 How is the weather?https://www.accuweather.com/en/us/vandenberg-village/93436/hourly-weather-forecast/2189840Per AccuWeather, there's no chance of precipitation and it's partly cloudy too. So, ground weather would've been good all throughout the window. Question, however, is were the upper level winds within limits? Did something within the GSE cause a hold?Unlike ULA, which almost immediately disclosed the cause of the Delta IV Heavy scrub, SpaceX hardly opens up about scrub reasons.
X-CLASS SOLAR FLAREGiant sunspot AR3615 just produced another strong solar flare. Peaking on March 28th at 2053 UT, the X1-class explosion ionized the top of Earth's atmosphere and caused a deep shortwave radio blackout over the Pacific Ocean. This follows similar blackouts over over the Indian Ocean and South America earlier the same day due to strong M-class flares. AR3615 is active again, and more flares may be in the offing.
Quote from: zubenelgenubi on 03/29/2024 02:10 amI wonder why they forewent tonight's countdown. 🤔 How is the weather?How was/is the space weather?https://www.spaceweather.com/archive.php?view=1&day=29&month=03&year=2024QuoteX-CLASS SOLAR FLAREGiant sunspot AR3615 just produced another strong solar flare. Peaking on March 28th at 2053 UT, the X1-class explosion ionized the top of Earth's atmosphere and caused a deep shortwave radio blackout over the Pacific Ocean. This follows similar blackouts over over the Indian Ocean and South America earlier the same day due to strong M-class flares. AR3615 is active again, and more flares may be in the offing.
Here's a good look at the storm heading our way. Expect winds to pick up in the afternoon with stronger showers this evening. #CAwx
SpaceX is targeting no earlier than Saturday, March 30 for a Falcon 9 launch of 22 Starlink satellites to low-Earth orbit from Space Launch Complex 4 East (SLC-4E) at Vandenberg Space Force Base in California. Liftoff is targeted for 7:30 p.m. PT, with backup opportunities available until 11:30 p.m. PT. If needed, additional opportunities are also available on Sunday, March 31 starting at 7:30 p.m. PT.
UPDATE #1: @SpaceX is now targeting Mar 31 (UTC) for the next window for the @Starlink Group 7-18 launch. I have removed the data for the Mar 30 window and will post new pre-launch SupGP data once we receive new state vectors from SpaceX.
SPACEX STARLINK 7-18, VANDENBERG SFB, CAPRIMARY: 03/31/24 0230Z-0701ZBACKUP: 04/01/24 0230Z-0710Z 04/02/24 0230Z-0710Z
Wrote this on the thread but I'll mention it here too.There's potentially three Falcon 9 missions within 5 hours of each other 21:52 UTC, 1:00 UTC, and 2:30 UTC.
Targeting Saturday, March 30 for back-to-back-to-back launches from all three launch pads in Florida and California → http://spacex.com/launches
Later Saturday night at pad 4E in California, Falcon 9 is scheduled to launch an additional 22 @Starlink satellites to orbit
Quote from: mlindner on 03/29/2024 09:26 pmWrote this on the thread but I'll mention it here too.There's potentially three Falcon 9 missions within 5 hours of each other 21:52 UTC, 1:00 UTC, and 2:30 UTC.And...official tweets:QuoteTargeting Saturday, March 30 for back-to-back-to-back launches from all three launch pads in Florida and California → http://spacex.com/launchesQuoteLater Saturday night at pad 4E in California, Falcon 9 is scheduled to launch an additional 22 @Starlink satellites to orbit
CelesTrak has pre-launch SupGP data for the @Starlink Group 7-18 launch from Vandenberg SFB on 2024-03-31 at 02:30:00 UTC: celestrak.org/NORAD/elements…. Deployment of 22 satellites at 03:32:22.460 UTC. Data for 9 backup launch opportunities is also provided: https://celestrak.org/NORAD/elements/supplemental/
