SpaceX F9 - Starlink V1.0-L25 - LC-39A

[Grendal]

Launch Date: May 4
Launch Window: 1901 GMT (3:01 p.m. EDT)
Launch site: LC-39A, Kennedy Space Center, Florida
Core Booster Recovery: ASDS
Booster: B1049-9
Fairings: 1 new and 1 reused twice before
Mass: 60 satellites at 260 kg each - 15,600 kg (34,500 lbs)
Orbit: LEO

A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket will launch the 26th batch of approximately 60 satellites for SpaceX’s Starlink broadband network, a mission designated Starlink V1.0-L25.

 

[Cosmacelf]

So this might be the long awaited tenth re-use?

 

[Cosmacelf]

So this might be the long awaited tenth re-use?

Oh wait. B-1049 has only flown 8 times so far. Am I misunderstanding your nomenclature?

 

[Grendal]

Oh wait. B-1049 has only flown 8 times so far. Am I misunderstanding your nomenclature?

The nomenclature is for what this launch will be. So this would be the -9 ninth launch for B1049. B1049 lost its lead from the delays with Starlink 17 and B1051 got the highlighted and quick turnaround launch for Starlink 16.

 

[Grendal]

 

[Grendal]

NSF:

 

[Grendal]

 

[Grendal]

Successful launch, MECO, Landing, and SECO. Coast phase. Great visuals throughout.

Absolutely dead center landing for B1049.

And deployment successful.

 

[SMAlset]

Wow perfect landing of first stage on drone ship! Always fun to watch.

 

[HVM]

https://twitter.com/x/status/1389658967681368065

 

[HVM]

https://twitter.com/x/status/1389672850089418752

 

[e-FTW]

So about this re-use thing...

One rocket launches a quarter of SpaceX Starlink satellites, and it's not done — CNET

A Falcon 9 tied a record Tuesday while proving a point for Elon Musk.

apple.news

 

[Grendal]

I just noticed another major milestone about this launch for SpaceX.

This is the 116th launch of a Falcon 9 booster. This is the 58th time SpaceX has launched using a reused booster.

So todays successful launch makes 50% of all SpaceX launches happen with a reused booster.

100% of launches done with a reused booster have been successful.