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SpaceX F9 - Starlink V1.0-15 - SLC-40

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  1. Grendal

    Grendal SpaceX Moderator

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    #1 Grendal, Oct 25, 2020
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    Launch Date: November 24
    Launch Window: 9:13pm EST (6:13pm PST, 02:13 UTC on the 25th)
    Launch site: SLC-40, Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, Florida
    Core Booster Recovery: ASDS
    Booster: B1049.7
    Fairings: TBD
    Mass: 60 satellites at 260 kg each - 15,600 kg (34,500 lbs)
    Orbit: LEO

    A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket will launch the 16th batch of approximately 60 satellites for SpaceX’s Starlink broadband network, a mission designated Starlink V1.0-L15.

    If Sentinal 6 launches in the morning (21) then this launch (22) will break SpaceX's record of 21 launches in one year from 2018.
     
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    Go SpaceX, go!
     
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    Grendal SpaceX Moderator

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    First post updated. First time a seventh launch of an orbital class booster. This will make B1049 the most reused booster to date.
     
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    I wonder how close to charcoal grey it's getting with all that up and down work it's doing.
     
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    What's the fastest turnaround time we've seen yet for one of these?
    21 days?
     
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    Grendal SpaceX Moderator

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    1 month and 20 days for the frequently reused boosters: B1052 after the DM-2 mission. It makes sense since that was the most studied and examined booster.

    This wiki list has the turnaround times listed.
    List of Falcon 9 first-stage boosters - Wikipedia

    Here's a useful statistics site:
    SpaceX Statistics – ElonX.net
     
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    e-FTW New electron smell

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    I was going to say it is one of these sooty guys, but that is from SLC 39A: Crew-1 Mission
     
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    Grendal SpaceX Moderator

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    Weather is 70%.
    [​IMG]
     
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    Grendal SpaceX Moderator

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    One day delay. First post updated.
     
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    Grendal SpaceX Moderator

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    This launch will have three major milestones:

    The first launch of a booster seven times.
    The 100th launch of a F9 booster.
    The most SpaceX launches in a year at 22.
     
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    #11 Grendal, Nov 21, 2020
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    SpaceX livestream:


    Everyday Astronaut livestream:
     
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    Grendal SpaceX Moderator

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    [​IMG]
     
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    Grendal SpaceX Moderator

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    One more livestream:
     
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    #14 Grendal, Nov 22, 2020
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    Scrubbed for today. First post updated. Weather is 80% for tomorrow.
     
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    They sure make the launch look easy- even though it is very hard... It never gets old seeing the 1st stage land. Hopefully, there will be an 8th flight of it. Deployment successful.. Congratulations SpaceX..
     
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    Grendal SpaceX Moderator

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    Successful 100th launch of a F9, 61st successful landing, SECO, successful deployment of 60 more Starlink satellites.

    B1049 is the reuse leader.
     
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    Elon made it extra suspenseful when he tweeted that this had extra risk due to it being a life leader. It worked, I was on the edge of my seat! :)
     
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    Interesting that they can take all the risks on their Starlink launch. It is their own payload. The cost of those satellites itself is paid off due to the reusability on every launch.
     
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    So cool.
     
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