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SpaceX F9 - Starlink Group 8-9 - SLC-40 Launch Date: June 4 Launch Window: 2:57am EDT (11:57pm PDT. 06:57 UTC) Launch Site: SLC-40, Cape Canaveral Space Force Station, CCSFS, Florida Core Booster Recovery: ASDS Booster: B1073.16 Fairings: Reused Mass: 23 Starlink 2.0 mini Satellites (13 Direct...

15 minutes in, Scott Manley chimes in on the reasons for de-orbit.

Almost as far out as that last image from the Roadster headed out to Mars orbit. So very cool.

Ariane 6 will be what it will be. It will get enough business to justify its existence. It won't be doing a lot though.

Launch Date: June 28 Launch Window: 8:14 pm PDT (11:14 pm EDT, 03:14 UTC) Launch site: SLC-4E, Vandenberg Space Force Base, California Core Booster Recovery: ASDS - OCISLY Booster: B1081.8 Fairings: Reused Mass: 20 Starshield satellites Orbit: LEO Yearly Launch Number: 69 A SpaceX Falcon 9...

SpaceX F9 - Starlink Group 10-3 - SLC-40 Launch Date: June 27 Launch Window: 7:14AM EDT (4:14AM PDT, 11:14 UTC) Launch Site: SLC-40, Cape Canaveral Space Force Station, CCSFS, Florida Core Booster Recovery: ASDS Booster: B1062.22 Fairings: Reused Mass: 23 Starlink 2.0 mini Satellites Orbit: LEO...

Really beautiful launch with some incredible visuals.

https://spacenews.com/china-launches-sino-french-astrophysics-satellite-debris-falls-over-populated-area/

https://spacenews.com/ariane-6-completes-wet-dress-rehearsal/

If successful, this will be the 249th and 250th successful landing since the last landing failure.

Quickest turnaround from SLC-40 for this launch. Booster switch to B1078.

Launch Date: June 25 Launch Window: 5:16pm EDT (2:16pm PDT, 21:16 UTC) Launch site: LC-39A, Cape Canaveral, Florida Side Booster Recovery: RTLS - LZ-1 and LZ-2 Core Booster Recovery: Expended Boosters: Side Boosters: B1072.1 and B1086.1 Center Core: B1087.1 Mass: 5,000 kg (11,023 lb) Orbit: GTO...

SpaceX F9 - Starlink Group 9-2 - SLC-4E Launch Date: June 23 Launch Window: 9:45PM PDT (12:45PM EDT, 03:45 UTC on the 24th) Launch site: SLC-4E, Vandenberg Space Force Base, California Core Booster Recovery: ASDS - OCISLY Booster: B1075.11 Fairings: Reused Mass: 20 v2 mini Starlink satellites...

And success!

50th Electron Launch!! Their current record is 46 successful launches and 4 failures. 7th launch of 2024.

They probably dropped it when it was scrubbed. Here's another try for today:

Latest update: Falcon 9 Standard Boosters B1061.21 Vandenberg booster B1062.21 B1063.18 Vandenberg booster B1067.20 B1069.16 B1071.16 Vandenberg Booster B1073.15 B1075.10 Vandenberg booster B1076.14 B1077.13 B1078.10 B1080.8 B1081.7 B1082.4 Vandenberg booster B1083.3 Falcon Heavy Exclusive...

Pad abort. Something out of synch as the engines fired.

As bxr140 has noted on a number of occasions, for the military, getting their payload exactly where they want it safely will have a priority over price. So if Vulcan and New Glenn prove themselves to be reliable, then they can potentially win some of the more exotic launches that the military...

As I have disclosed before, I own some RKLB stock. I bought it early on and...well...I'm holding it until the bigger things happen.

It's official. I hope no one invested in SPCE: https://spacenews.com/virgin-galactic-announces-reverse-stock-split-to-boost-share-price/

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Launch Date: June 19 Launch Window: 5:35PM EDT (2:35PM PDT, 21:35 UTC) Launch site: SLC-40, Cape Canaveral Space Force Station (CCSFS), Florida Core Booster Recovery: ASDS Booster: B1080.9 Fairings: Reused Mass: 5000 kg Orbit: GTO Yearly Launch Number: 63 Astra 1P (also known as SES-24) is a...

SpaceX F9 - Starlink Group 9-1 - SLC-4E Launch Date: June 18 Launch Window: 8PM PDT (11PM EDT, 03:00 UTC on the 19th) Launch site: SLC-4E, Vandenberg Space Force Base, California Core Booster Recovery: ASDS - OCISLY Booster: B1082.5 Fairings: Reused Mass: 20 v2 mini Starlink satellites Orbit...

The reality is that Earth itself is a much more difficult environment and atmosphere for a ship to work within. By the time SpaceX is really going for Mars they will know the ins and outs of Starship. Much like they understand and know Falcon 9 strengths and weaknesses. You are right that...

SpaceX F9 - Starlink Group 10-2 - SLC-40 Launch Date: June 23 Launch Window: 1:25pm EDT (10:25 PDT. 17:25 UTC) Launch Site: SLC-40, Cape Canaveral Space Force Station, CCSFS, Florida Core Booster Recovery: ASDS - ASOG Booster: B1078.11 Fairings: Reused Mass: 22 Starlink 2.0 mini Satellites...

Keep in mind that SpaceX crashed three or four boosters into the ASDS. Those were extremely explosive and none of them damaged the ASDS to any greater extent. It's a nearly empty booster with very little momentum left.

This is not surprising. Those are just the video feeds. There are probably hundreds to thousands of data feeds. Most impressive considering this is only the second try. It was off target from the single engine out. If that happens on IFT-5 then there is no way they would try for a "catch."

I suppose this is an early IFT-5 pre-launch I'll take December 2024. My assumption is that the first try will fail and there will be some damage that needs to be repaired and they get it on the second try.

SpaceX F9 - Starlink Group 10-1 - SLC-40 Launch Date: June 8 Launch Window: 9:56pm EDT (6:56 PDT. 01:56 UTC on the 8th) Launch Site: SLC-40, Cape Canaveral Space Force Station, CCSFS, Florida Core Booster Recovery: ASDS - ASOG Booster: B1069.16 Fairings: Reused Mass: 22 Starlink 2.0 mini...

I'm not sure that a landing failure back at the launch site would be destructive in a significant way. I'd expect it to be along the lines of the damage from the IFT-1 launch. The booster will not be going too fast and it will be almost empty of fuel. If you compare that to the incredible...

Yes. I thought it fit nicely into this thread. There have to be other threads about the RD-180 too. I can remember learning a lot of the history in the documentary I am posting. That post can also be in the thread about the RD-181/NK-33 and Orbital's Antares rocket. That rocket was...

ULA had a stockpile of RD-180s that they've held onto for the few remaining Atlas V launches. They have enough Atlas Vs and RD-180s to fulfill all the Starliner launches. The Vulcan has not been man-rated yet. So Vulcan would have to go through the extensive process of being man-rated before...

If this one isn't considered a dud. And I expect it will not if there is no major failure in the return. Then the next launch with 4 astronauts will be the start of the six operational flights.

My WAG is that the telemetry started giving faulty data toward the 10 km altitude mark. The on screen numbers did not match with what the flight controller was saying. There is often a few seconds delay between the two but there was a big delay (more than ten seconds) from on screen...

And first up for a breakdown: Scott Manley:

In the "second opportunity" for docking. So there was one delay.

I think it's a play of light or clouding in the moment. The SpaceX feed seems pretty accurate on engine out situations. It showed only the one out all the way to stage separation.

Or, as a famous science fiction writing team called it, the "Gripping Hand."

Farzad has a cool video comparing each of the four launches with matching time frames

Woo-hoo!!! That was incredible!! EA has interview with Elon about this launch. He may have a post launch follow up.