SpaceX F9 - Starlink V1.0-L22 - SLC-40

[Grendal]

Launch Date: March 24
Launch Window: 4:28 AM EDT, 1:28 AM PDT, 0828 UTC
Launch site: SLC-40, Cape Canaveral Space Force Station, Florida
Core Booster Recovery: ASDS - OCISLY
Booster: B1060-6
Fairings: Reused
Mass: 60 satellites at 260 kg each - 15,600 kg (34,500 lbs)
Orbit: LEO

A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket will launch the 23nd batch of approximately 60 satellites for SpaceX’s Starlink broadband network, a mission designated Starlink V1.0-L22.

If it goes up on time, this will be the fourth launch of the month.

 

[ItsNotAboutTheMoney]

Uh-oh, launch cadence is slowing.

 

[Grendal]

Pushed out to Wednesday.

 

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Mission Control Audio:

 

[Grendal]

Successful launch, MECO, landing, SECO, everything else should go as planned. Interesting shot from booster after landing.

 

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Successful launch, MECO, landing, SECO, everything else should go as planned. Interesting shot from booster after landing.

 

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https://twitter.com/x/status/1374651742596558850

 

[e-FTW]

Did you guys also catch this? Looks like maybe the drone ship...

 

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With THAICOM 8 multi-engine landing burn start, drone ship looked this big (Eggman's Announcement).

So it's possible. Single engine burn starts higher, so hedgehog p... drone ship looks smaller.