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Fairing separation
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https://twitter.com/nasaspaceflight/status/1788280476483850433

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Falcon 9 B1083 completes its third mission, a youngster by SpaceX standards. Previously launched Crew-8 and Starlink 6-48.

Landed on A Shortfall Of Gravitas for the Falcon fleet's 231st successful landing in a row!

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https://twitter.com/manumazzanti/status/1788281195383357456

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SpaceX just launched another 23 Starlink satellites from pad 39A at the Kennedy Space Center.

The first stage was flying for the 3rd time and already landed in "A Shortfall of Gravitas".

Tonight, another Starlink launch from Vandenberg

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https://twitter.com/spacex/status/1788295567388582194

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Payload deploy confirmed, adding 23 @Starlink satellites to our constellation in low-Earth orbit

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https://twitter.com/spacex/status/1788296150367543637

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Launch of Falcon 9 and 23 @Starlink satellites from Florida

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https://twitter.com/spaceoffshore/status/1788890731903361305

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SpaceX ship Doug has arrived at Port Canaveral with both fairing halves from the latest Starlink launch. The booster, atop ASOG, should return in the next few hours.  nsf.live/spacecoast

Doug returned to PC on May 10 @ 6:11am ET

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https://twitter.com/jconcilus/status/1788930453681893508

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The @SpaceX Falcon 9 booster from the Starlink 6-56 mission is returning to Port Canaveral. Booster B1083 sits atop droneship A Shortfall of Gravitas (ASOG). Tug Signet Warhorse III has the tow. 👍🏻🚀⛴️

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https://twitter.com/jerrypikephoto/status/1788952387178127708

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Falcon 9 B1083 is back in Port Canaveral this afternoon!

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https://twitter.com/SpaceOffshore/status/1788965612665893133
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A Shortfall of Gravitas delivers Falcon 9 B1083 back from Starlink 6-56.
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Signet Warhorse III + ASOG + B1083 returned to PC on May 10 @ 10:40am ET

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Some reusability stats for this launch (Starlink Group 6-56):

Booster B1083.3 turnaround time:
28 days 13 hours 2 minutes
(its previous mission was Starlink Group 6-48 on Apr 10, 2024 UTC).

FYI: median turnaround time for Falcon 9 / Heavy boosters is currently 37.93 days *
* – based on the last 30 launches, excluding new first stages.

Launchpad LC-39A turnaround time:
10 days 18 hours 8 minutes
(the previous launch from this pad was Galileo FM25 & FM27 on Apr 28, 2024 UTC).

FYI: median turnaround time for LC-39A is currently 17.64 days *
* – based on the last 30 launches.

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

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