Coverage ends abruptly before SECO. So what's new?
Video replays are coming up next, and a post from Spacex of startling deployment later.
Coverage ends abruptly before SECO. So what's new?
Video replays are coming up next, and a post from SpaceX of Starlink deployment later.
SECO actually happened seconds before the coverage ended.
This video came from a friend from the San Deigo area (La Jolla—pronounced La-Hoya) and coincided with a planned fireworks display. I have another contact in Santa Barbara, and hopefully, I got the beginning stages of the launch. I'll edit it together later.
un 23, 2024
1:49 Rocket clears La Jolla
June 23, 2024 - 4K SpaceX Falcon 9 Starlink 10-2 launch over La Jolla.
Some camera shake (not a fluid head tripod), some focus drift (when zooming), but some good tight footage here and there...
Re-entry burn
SeaWorld Fireworks.
...and just in time, the initial land video from Santa Barbara.
Some reusability stats for this launch (Starlink Group 9-2):
Booster B1075.11 turnaround time:
97 days 1 hour 19 minutes(its previous mission was Starlink Group 7-16 on Mar 19, 2024 UTC).
FYI: median turnaround time for Falcon 9 / Heavy boosters is currently 34.42 days *
* – based on the last 30 launches, excluding new first stages.
Launchpad SLC-4E turnaround time:
5 days 0 hours 7 minutes(the previous launch from this pad was Starlink Group 9-1 on Jun 19, 2024 UTC).
Among SpaceX's operations at SLC-4E, it marks the 4th best turnaround time, while the record remains at 4 days, 12 hours, and 0 minutes set between the Starlink Group 8-1 and USSF-62 launches in April 2024.
FYI: median turnaround time for SLC-4E is currently 9.13 days *
* – based on the last 30 launches.
The same type of stats for previous SpaceX launches may be found on
this spreadsheet online.
As promised my edited mashup of SpaceX, a contact in Santa Barbara (OliverVision), and a contact in San Diego (Look OUt and Look Up), including some summer fireworks from Sea World San Diego.