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SpaceX F9 - Starlink V1.0-L19 - LC-39A

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  1. Grendal

    Grendal SpaceX Moderator

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    #1 Grendal, Feb 5, 2021
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    Launch Date: February 15
    Launch Window: 10:59 PM EST, 7:59 PM PST, 0359 UTC Feb 14
    Launch site: LC-39A, Kennedy Space Center, Florida
    Core Booster Recovery: ASDS
    Booster: B1059-6
    Fairings: New
    Mass: 60 satellites at 260 kg each - 15,600 kg (34,500 lbs)
    Orbit: LEO

    A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket will launch the 20th batch of approximately 60 satellites for SpaceX’s Starlink broadband network, a mission designated Starlink V1.0-L19.
     
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    Is the date still firm for this launch? I cant find the 45TH WEATHER SQUADRON weather announcement for this anymore.
     
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    Grendal SpaceX Moderator

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    I haven't seen a weather report for the 13th either. I'll post it when it's comes out. The rocket is vertical on the pad right now. Which means there is likely a static fire imminent.
     
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    NOTAM for the launch. It indicates a one day slip.
    [​IMG]
     
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    one day slip
     
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    #7 808?, Feb 14, 2021
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    Looks like it has been bumped to the 16th (my time zone).
     
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    Twitter:SpaceX: Due to unfavorable weather tonight, now targeting Monday, February 15 at 10:59 p.m. EST for Falcon 9's launch of 60 Starlink satellites
     
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    So primary mission looks good. Little bit of doubt in announcer's voice about the re-entry burn - looked like the engine kept firing, or it blew out. And indeed, sure enough, first stage not recovered. RIP B1059
     
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    B1059-6 was lost. All else nominal.
     
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    I too noticed the flames continuing when it should have stopped. We are so accustomed to success - it's hard to remember this is rocket science and it's hard. RIP B1059.. Hope the rest of the mission is successful
     
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    Wikipedia sure is trippy. I looked up the list of all F9 cores (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Falcon_9_first-stage_boosters) trying to figure out which cores are left, and it showed B1049 as launching February 17, 2021 (correct) but that it was lost in landing attempt (??). I refreshed a couple of minutes later and it now shows as awaiting launch with a planned landing attempt.

    Hopefully the first time I looked wasn't s simple time machine wormhole mistake.
     
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    B1059 instead of B1049?
     
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    Well yes, someone made a dyslexic-like mistake. Probably. Or else the time machine wormhole. Not sure which.
     
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    No Falcons only Seagulls. seagulls.jpg
     
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    Just seagulls to be seen.
    They seem to takeoff and land over and over again with no problems....
     
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    These birds are free too.
    str19_deploy.jpg
     
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    Falcon 9 Starlink-19 L-1 Forecast - 14 Feb L
    Just reminded how my wife cringes whenever she hears the colloquial term 'Seagull'. She's okay with 'Seabird' and definitely good with 'Gull'. (Pilots often refer to these menacing flying creatures as 'Gee You Elevens')
    Wait – that’s NOT a Seagull?
     
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    Did those birds come all the way from port on the ASDS? It was hundreds of miles out in the ocean. If they were kicked off from the landing it would be a long journey back to land. I suppose that after the landing was done they could head back and continue to use the ASDS as a moving base of operations though..
     

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