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#40 by FutureSpaceTourist on 10 Apr, 2024 06:16
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Launch highlights:
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#41 by FutureSpaceTourist on 10 Apr, 2024 06:46
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https://twitter.com/tweetsiphotos/status/1777948095738716671Quote
Falcon 9 launches 23 @Starlink satellites to orbit tonight 😍🚀
📸: me for @TLPN_Official -
#42 by FutureSpaceTourist on 10 Apr, 2024 07:14
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https://twitter.com/spacex/status/1777953231232282759Quote
Deployment of 23 @Starlink satellites confirmed
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#43 by FutureSpaceTourist on 10 Apr, 2024 07:15
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https://twitter.com/spacex/status/1777955076067520765Quote
Falcon 9 launches 23 @Starlink satellites to low-Earth orbit from Florida
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#44 by catdlr on 10 Apr, 2024 16:46
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https://twitter.com/TSKelso/status/1778097852264407460Quote
T.S. Kelso
@TSKelso
CelesTrak has ephemeris-based SupGP data for all 23 satellites from the @Starlink Group 6-48 launch (2024-068) atop a Falcon 9 rocket from Cape Canaveral on Apr 10 at 0540 UTC: https://spaceflightnow.com/2024/04/09/live-coverage-spacex-to-launch-falcon-9-rocket-on-starlink-mission-from-cape-canaveral-2/. Data for the launch can be found at: https://celestrak.org/NORAD/elements/supplemental/table.php?INTDES=2024-068.
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#45 by catdlr on 13 Apr, 2024 11:29
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https://twitter.com/SpaceOffshore/status/1779103276119535799Quote
Gav Cornwell
@SpaceOffshore
Good morning Florida! 🌞Just Read the Instructions droneship has arrived with Falcon 9 B1083 following Starlink 6-48. Bob is also carrying both fairing halves up front. -
#46 by realnouns on 13 Apr, 2024 13:49
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Bob + JRTI + B1083 returned to PC on Apr 13 @ 7:04am ET
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#47 by zubenelgenubi on 13 Apr, 2024 14:29
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Bob + JRTI departed PC on Apr 6 @ 6:53pm ET
Bob + JRTI + B1083 returned to PC on Apr 13 @ 7:04am ET
JRTI departure to arrival circa 6.5 days.
The barge and crew may unload and return to sea today. -
#48 by catdlr on 13 Apr, 2024 14:49
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https://twitter.com/JerryPikePhoto/status/1779119736535519418Quote
Bob towing in to port this morning
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#49 by shiro on 14 Apr, 2024 17:44
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Some reusability stats for this launch (Starlink Group 6-48):
Booster B1083.2 turnaround time:
37 days 1 hour 47 minutes
(its previous mission was Crew-8 on Mar 4, 2024 UTC).
FYI: median turnaround time for Falcon 9 / Heavy boosters is currently 46.97 days *
* – based on the last 30 launches, excluding new first stages.
Launchpad SLC-40 turnaround time:
4 days 20 hours 28 minutes
(the previous launch from this pad was Starlink Group 6-47 on Apr 5, 2024 UTC).
FYI: median turnaround time for SLC-40 is currently 5.08 days *
* – based on the last 30 launches.
The same type of stats for previous SpaceX launches may be found on this spreadsheet online. -
#50 by zubenelgenubi on 17 Apr, 2024 10:15
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NSF Launch Roundup: SpaceX to reach its 40th Falcon 9 flight of 2024, April 15, by Martin SmithQuote
SLC-40 was the pad from which the Group 6-49 and Group 6-48 missions launched during the previous week, the latter of which was unusually delayed twice into its launch window for undeclared reasons that did not appear to be weather-related.