and my contact in Santa Barbara posted this video of the launch.
It will be interesting to see if today's extreme solar storm swipes any of the new Starlinks, like we saw back in February 2022.
Some reusability stats for this launch (Starlink Group 8-2):
Booster B1082.4 turnaround time:
28 days 14 hours 5 minutes(its previous mission was USSF-62/WSF-M 1 on Apr 11, 2024 UTC).
FYI: median turnaround time for Falcon 9 / Heavy boosters is currently 37.88 days *
* – based on the last 30 launches, excluding new first stages.
The turnaround time for Falcon 9 boosters is being steadily reduced by SpaceX, with half of the last twelve launches utilizing a booster that was reflown in under a month - something that was uncommon even half a year ago.
Launchpad SLC-4E turnaround time:
7 days 9 hours 54 minutes(the previous launch from this pad was WorldView Legion Flight 1 on May 2, 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.
Go Beyond returned to PoLB on May 11 @ 6:41am PT / 9:41am ET
Lindsay C + OCISLY + B1082 returned to PoLB on May 11 @ 10:36am PT / 1:36pm ET