Thread for the Starlink Group 7-19 launch.
Launch TBD 2024, from Vandenberg SFB SLC-4E, on booster 10xx-xx. The first stage will land aboard Of Course I Still Love You.Payload 22? Starlink V2 Mini satellites to 53 degree inclination orbit on a southeastern trajectory. Initial orbit 306 x 316 km?
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Starlink 7-19
[Launch NET April 1]
[ASDS position North 29 52 50 West 116 45 3]
https://nextspaceflight.com/launches/details/7521
Starlink Group 7-19
Launch Time
NET April 2024
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SLC-4E, Vandenberg SFB, California, USA
If the pattern of
Starlink Group 7 launches continues, and neither
Starlink 8-1,
USSF-62, nor WorldView
Legion Flight 1 are yet available, then
Starlink 7-19 will launch in early April.
Starlink 8-1 is currently scheduled to launch April 6 UTC.
WorldView Legion Flight 1 will launch in mid April, and USSF-62 will launch in April.
We don't know if Starlink 8-2 or 7-19 has precedence over the other.
So, is this launch NET mid April, with maybe room for one more Starlink launch before an outside customer?
Edit April 11: Starlink 8-1 launched April 6 UTC, and USSF-62 launched April 11.
Edit April 12: WorldView Legion Flight 1 is next.
Starlink 8-2 will follow WorldView
Legion Flight 1:
NextSpaceflight; updated April 22:
Launch 28 April 02:54 UTC = 27 April 7:54 pm PDT
Starlink 8-3 may follow
Starlink 8-2.
EarthCARE is currently scheduled to launch in late May.
NextSpaceflight has converted it to just a generic Starlink Mission. The FCC permit is valid until October 1st so maybe eventually SpaceX will use it.