SpaceX F9 - Stalink Group 6-9 - SLC-40

Launch Date: August 11
Launch Window: 1:17 am ET (5:17 UTC)
Launch site: SLC-40, Cape Canaveral Space Force Station (CCSFS), Florida
Core Booster Recovery: ASDS - JRTI
Booster: B1069.9
Fairings: Reused - 10th and 11th
Mass: 22 Starlink 2.0 mini Satellites
Orbit: LEO
Yearly Launch Number: 55

A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket will launch the 84th group of satellites for SpaceX’s Starlink broadband network, a mission designated Starlink 6-9. The Starlink Group 6-9 mission is a V2 mini launch to their second generation constellation.

The Starlink Group 6-9 mission is headed to the 43º inclination shell of Starlink's second generation constellation. Satellites in this shell will be orbiting Earth in a 530km circular orbit at 43º inclination. This mission will carry 22 Starlink v2 Mini satellites into a 344x353km 43° orbit and from there they'll raise their orbits to operational altitude.

 

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[Grendal]

Weather is not good to good. There are four different launch possibilities on the same night.

 

[Electroman]

4 different launch possibilities? You either launch or you don't. what are the 4?

Or are you saying four different launch time slots?

 

[Grendal]

4 different launch possibilities? You either launch or you don't. what are the 4?

Or are you saying four different launch time slots?

Yes. Usually it's a day if they cancel. In this case there are four different launch time slots about two hours apart each.

Prop load has begun.

 

[Grendal]

And success... Everything done except deployment. Social media will post that success later.