SpaceX F9 : Starlink 8-3 : VSFB SLC-4E : TBD 2024

[zubenelgenubi]

Thread for the Starlink Group 8-3 launch.

Launch TBD 2024, from Vandenberg SLC-4E, on booster 10xx-xx.  The first stage will land aboard Of Course I Still Love You.

Payload ? Starlink V2.0 Mini F9-3 satellites to 53 degree inclination orbit on a southeastern trajectory.  Initial orbit ? x ? km.

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Check the Starlink Index Thread for links to more Starlink information.


L2 SpaceX: https://forum.nasaspaceflight.com/index.php?board=60.0

[zubenelgenubi]

Cross-posts:

More Starlinks from Vandy, NET March
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0180-EX-ST-2024  Mission 2104 Starlink Group 8-3
[Launch NET Mar 30]
ASDS       
North  29  52  50   West  116  45  3 [same as 8-2]

Further Starlink Group 8 launches shift to Florida.

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.

If the Vandenberg Starlink Group 8 launches go before turning to Starlink 7-19, then this launch would be in early May.

<snip>
Note that the two S2 Space Debris notices run through May 17 (00:01 UTC on May 18) so they are apparently intended to be multi-launch notices.
<snip>

230725Z APR 24
HYDROPAC 1326/24(22).
EASTERN SOUTH PACIFIC.
DNC 06, DNC 07.
1. HAZARDOUS OPERATIONS, SPACE DEBRIS
   280400Z APR TO 180001Z MAY
   IN AREA BOUND BY
   34-20.00S 090-24.00W, 31-22.00S 090-24.00W,
   00-10.00S 115-17.00W, 01-19.00S 116-54.00W.
2. CANCEL THIS MSG 180101Z MAY 24.//

230725Z APR 24
NAVAREA XII 272/24(22).
EASTERN SOUTH PACIFIC.
1. HAZARDOUS OPERATIONS, SPACE DEBRIS
   280400Z APR TO 180001Z MAY
   IN AREA BOUND BY
   34-20.00S 090-24.00W, 31-22.00S 090-24.00W,
   00-10.00S 115-17.00W, 01-19.00S 116-54.00W.
2. CANCEL THIS MSG 180101Z MAY 24.//

[zubenelgenubi]

NET June 2024
My bold:

Media advisory: EarthCARE launch media opportunities

ESA’s EarthCARE mission will launch on a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket from Vandenberg Space Force Base in California, no earlier than Tuesday 28 May 2024.
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Launch media event at ESOC
Programme – Tuesday, 28 May 2024 (all times in CEST)
18:30    Arrival media
19:00    Media Briefing in Press Centre H05   
20:00    Interview opportunities
20:30    Doors open for VIP event guests
21:00    VIP Stage programme starts in conference centre HI-VI
23:34    Start of ESA TV webcast
00:05    SpaceX live broadcast
00:20    Lift-off SpaceX Falcon 9 from Vandenberg, California, USA
00:30    Spacecraft deployment
01:12    Acquisition of signal
01:20    End of ESA TV webcast; end of stage programme in conference centre
01:30    Doors close

= 28 May 22:20 UTC

Next after EarthCARE?

[AndrewM]

NextSpaceflight has converted it to just a generic Starlink Mission. The FCC permit is valid until September 30th so maybe eventually SpaceX will use it.