Author Topic: SpaceX F9 : Starlink group 7-18 : VSFB SLC-4E : 1/2 April 2024 (02:30 UTC) (Read 26508 times)

zubenelgenubi · « **Reply #80 on:** 04/02/2024 03:28 am »

https://twitter.com/SpaceX/status/1774988602944147878

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Fairing deployment confirmed. This was the 190th Falcon 9 mission using flight-proven fairings.

https://twitter.com/SpaceX/status/1774989866859999521

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Falcon 9’s first stage has landed on the Of Course I Still Love You droneship.

https://twitter.com/NASASpaceflight/status/1774989846949273733

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And that's 217 consecutive successful landings for the Falcon booster.

catdlr · « **Reply #81 on:** 04/02/2024 03:29 am »

Quote from: Comga on 04/02/2024 02:53 am

Are we off-line?
This mission launched at the first opportunity 22 minutes ago.
Successful landing
Nominal orbit insertion.
Waiting for second burn of second stage and deployment

Comga
Steve and FST are both off-line. There was no NSF coverage. SpaceFlightNow was the only one Livestreaming.
I've been attending to my caregiving duties.

Here is the replay of the mission

catdlr · « **Reply #82 on:** 04/02/2024 03:37 am »

Short Summary Video

catdlr · « **Reply #83 on:** 04/02/2024 03:38 am »

Thank you zubenelgenubi for the excellent coverage of tonight's launch.

zubenelgenubi · « **Reply #84 on:** 04/02/2024 03:51 am »

https://twitter.com/SpaceX/status/1775004723172790689

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Deployment of 22 @Starlink satellites confirmed.

catdlr · « **Reply #85 on:** 04/02/2024 03:59 am »

https://twitter.com/TylerG1998/status/1775005356541792526

https://twitter.com/TylerG1998/status/1775005733051858971

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First one in on the first of April! ☝️
Updated orbital launch count as of Apr. 1 (Apr. 2 UTC):

Earth 🌎 — 62/63

USA 🇺🇸 — 37/37
China 🇨🇳 — 14/14* (1 partial failure)
Russia 🇷🇺 — 5/5
Japan 🇯🇵 — 2/3
Iran 🇮🇷 — 2/2
India 🇮🇳 — 2/2

1/3
Orbital launches by organization:

🇺🇸 — 32 SpaceX, 4 Rocket Lab, 1 ULA
🇨🇳 — 10 CASC (1 partial failure), 2 CASIC, 1 OrienSpace, 1 CAS Space
🇷🇺 — 5 TsSKB Progress
🇯🇵 — 2 MHI, 1 Space One ❌
🇮🇳 — 2 ISRO
🇮🇷 — 1 IRGC, 1 ISA

2/3

Launches by spaceport:

🇺🇸 — 15 CCSFS, 11 Vandy, 7 KSC, 1 Wallops
🇨🇳 — 4 Xichang, 4 Jiuquan, 3 Wenchang, 2 offshore, 1 Taiyuan
🇳🇿 — 3 Māhia
🇷🇺 — 3 Baikonur, 1 Plesetsk, 1 Vostochny
🇯🇵 — 2 Tanegashima, 1 Space Port Kii
🇮🇳 — 2 Satish Dhawan
🇮🇷 — 1 Shahrud, 1 Semnan

3/3

catdlr · « **Reply #86 on:** 04/02/2024 04:01 am »

Olivervision is located in Santa Barbara. I'll edit his video with the SpaceX feed in a few hours. I'm also waiting for my contact in San Diego to post his own.

catdlr · « **Reply #87 on:** 04/02/2024 04:14 am »

https://twitter.com/SpaceX/status/1775012804703166867

catdlr · « **Reply #88 on:** 04/02/2024 04:49 am »

https://twitter.com/_rykllan/status/1775022449454964987

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Recent 21st #Starlink launch of this year via #SpaceX's #Falcon9 vehicle

catdlr · « **Reply #89 on:** 04/02/2024 06:18 am »

Fan Edit with SpaceX and OliverVision combined.

FutureSpaceTourist · « **Reply #90 on:** 04/02/2024 06:28 am »

https://twitter.com/speedshot7/status/1775027317158637634

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Tonight's #SpaceX #Falcon9 7-18 #Starlink launch from SoCal!! What a spectacular launch!
#Rocket #SoCal

ApolloLee · « **Reply #91 on:** 04/02/2024 07:47 pm »

As seen from Southern Utah

https://www.stgeorgeutah.com/news/archive/2024/04/02/cdr-photo-gallery-spacex-falcon-9-launches-draws-crowd-for-repeat-performance-in-southern-utah-sky/

catdlr · « **Reply #92 on:** 04/02/2024 09:59 pm »

https://twitter.com/Astro_Cady/status/1775157576524607853

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🚀Photo of @SpaceX #Falcon9 #launch from Vanderberg, CA - seen from Mulegé, Mexico
📸: Pati Taylor

catdlr · « **Reply #93 on:** 04/02/2024 10:10 pm »

https://twitter.com/TSKelso/status/1775212956529430740

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CelesTrak has ephemeris-based SupGP data for all 22 satellites from the
@Starlink Group 7-18 launch (2024-062) atop a Falcon 9 rocket from Vandenberg SFB on Apr 2 at 0230 UTC: https://spaceflightnow.com/2024/03/28/live-coverage-spacex-to-launch-22-starlink-satellites-on-a-falcon-9-flight-from-vandenberg-space-force-base/. Data for the launch can be found at: https://celestrak.org/NORAD/elements/supplemental/table.php?INTDES=2024-062.

catdlr · « **Reply #94 on:** 04/02/2024 10:11 pm »

https://twitter.com/tropicostation/status/1774996100170330120

https://twitter.com/ChadEtch/status/1774989831627751798

shiro · « **Reply #95 on:** 04/03/2024 06:12 pm »

Some reusability stats for this launch (Starlink Group 7-18):

Booster B1071.15 turnaround time:
52 days 1 hour 56 minutes
(its previous mission was Starlink Group 7-13 on Feb 10, 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-4E turnaround time:
14 days 0 hours 2 minutes
(the previous launch from this pad was Starlink Group 7-16 on Mar 19, 2024 UTC).

FYI: median turnaround time for SLC-4E is currently 10.97 days *
* – based on the last 30 launches.

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

zubenelgenubi · « **Reply #96 on:** 04/03/2024 08:25 pm »

SFN SpaceX pulls off Starlink 7-18 mission on fourth day of launch attempts, March 28, updated, Will Robinson-Smith

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The launch with a batch of 22 of its Starlink satellites on board ran into poor weather on the previous two attempts. SpaceX didn’t state why they scrubbed on Thursday.

Confirmation of what we already know, but appreciated.

realnouns · « **Reply #97 on:** 04/04/2024 02:56 am »

Go Beyond returned to PoLB on Apr 3 @ 11:28am PT / 2:28pm ET

realnouns · « **Reply #98 on:** 04/04/2024 02:57 am »

Lindsay C + OCISLY + B1071 returned to PoLB on Apr 3 @ 1:10pm PT / 4:10pm ET

FutureSpaceTourist · « **Reply #99 on:** 04/10/2024 04:40 am »

https://twitter.com/shorealonefilms/status/1777835174761488588

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It’s a @SpaceX #Falcon9 #Booster party in Long Beach! Just as B1071.15 comes in from its 15th time to space…B1081.6 gets refurbished for its next flight to space & back again. 04-09-24