SpaceX F9 - West Coast Starlink Launches - SLC-4E

SpaceX F9 - Starlink Group 7-17 - SLC-4E

Launch Date: March 10
Launch Window: TBD
Launch site: SLC-4E, Vandenberg Space Force Base, California
Core Booster Recovery: ASDS - OCISLY
Booster: B10...
Fairings: Reused
Mass: 22 v2 mini Starlink satellites
Orbit: SSO - Polar LEO
Yearly Launch Number: 24

A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket will launch the 144th group of satellites for SpaceX’s Starlink broadband network, a mission designated Starlink 7-17. This group in this shell will be headed to the 53 degree inclination shell at a 525km circular orbit.

 

[Grendal]

SpaceX F9 - Starlink Group 9-1 - SLC-4E

Launch Date: June 18
Launch Window: 8PM PDT (11PM EDT, 03:00 UTC on the 19th)
Launch site: SLC-4E, Vandenberg Space Force Base, California
Core Booster Recovery: ASDS - OCISLY
Booster: B1082.5
Fairings: Reused
Mass: 20 v2 mini Starlink satellites
Orbit: SSO - Polar LEO
Yearly Launch Number: 64

A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket will launch the 173rd group of satellites for SpaceX’s Starlink broadband network, a mission designated Starlink 9-1. The Starlink Group 9-1 mission is headed to the 53º inclination shell of Starlink's second generation constellation. This mission will carry 7 Starlink satellites and 13 Starlink Direct-to-cell satellites into a 286-by-295 kilometer orbit and from there they'll raise their orbits to operational altitude.

 

[ggr]

SpaceX F9 - Starlink Group 9-1 - SLC-4E

Launch Date: June 13
Launch Window: 9:00pm PDT (6:00pm EDT, 03:00 UTC)

There's something wrong with those times. 0300 UTC should be 2000 PDT, which would be 2300 EDT.

 

[Grendal]

 

[MyJoule]

Nice view from Tucson AZ

 

[DAHTcom]

Also from Tucson. I was on the eastside at a meeting, so I didn't have any of my gear to grab a great shot, but the superstar of the event tonight was still putting on a good show ;-)

 

[MyJoule]

Also from Tucson. I was on the eastside at a meeting, so I didn't have any of my gear to grab a great shot, but the superstar of the event tonight was still putting on a good show ;-)

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You captured the entry burn too, how cool is that?

 

[Grendal]

SpaceX F9 - Starlink Group 9-2 - SLC-4E

Launch Date: June 23
Launch Window: 9:45PM PDT (12:45PM EDT, 03:45 UTC on the 24th)
Launch site: SLC-4E, Vandenberg Space Force Base, California
Core Booster Recovery: ASDS - OCISLY
Booster: B1075.11
Fairings: Reused
Mass: 20 v2 mini Starlink satellites
Orbit: SSO - Polar LEO
Yearly Launch Number: 66

A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket will launch the 175th group of satellites for SpaceX’s Starlink broadband network, a mission designated Starlink 9-2. The Starlink Group 9-2 mission is headed to the 53º inclination shell of Starlink's second generation constellation. This mission will carry 7 Starlink satellites and 13 Starlink Direct-to-cell satellites into a 286-by-295 kilometer orbit and from there they'll raise their orbits to operational altitude.

 

[Cosmacelf]

SpaceX F9 - Starlink Group 9-2 - SLC-4E

Launch Date: June 23
Launch Window: 8:45PM PDT (11:45PM EDT, 03:45 UTC on the 24th)
Launch site: SLC-4E, Vandenberg Space Force Base, California
Core Booster Recovery: ASDS - OCISLY
Booster: B1082.5
Fairings: Reused
Mass: 20 v2 mini Starlink satellites
Orbit: SSO - Polar LEO
Yearly Launch Number: 66

A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket will launch the 175th group of satellites for SpaceX’s Starlink broadband network, a mission designated Starlink 9-2. The Starlink Group 9-2 mission is headed to the 53º inclination shell of Starlink's second generation constellation. This mission will carry 7 Starlink satellites and 13 Starlink Direct-to-cell satellites into a 286-by-295 kilometer orbit and from there they'll raise their orbits to operational altitude.

Two different sites show this heading out at 8:45PM PDT, not 9:45pm. (Next Spaceflight) (Launch Schedule - RocketLaunch.Live) and 3:45 UTC is indeed 8:45PM PDT.

 

[Cosmacelf]

Reminding all west coast viewers and folks in Arizona too. Should be a good show in about 35 minutes.

 

[MyJoule]

Bummer Clouds in Tucson obscured any chance we had to see it Nice views from SpaceX though