Post-pi-day edition
WHEN: Sunday, March 15 9:22 AM EDT / 13:22 UTC
STREAM: https://www.spacex.com/webcast [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JVuS4IS2Kvs]
Probability of weather delay: 10% [https://www.patrick.af.mil/Portals/14/Weather/F9%20Starlink%20V1_0%20L-5%20L-1%20Day%20Forecast%20-%2015%20MAR%20Launch.pdf?ver=2020-03-14-112912-383]
Backup launch date: ???
Launch site: LC-39A, Kennedy Space Center, Florida (East Coast)
Booster number & previous flights: B1048.5, [Iridium-7 NEXT, SAOCOM 1A, Nusantara Satu, Starlink-2]
Previous fairing flights: Starlink-1
First stage landing: Yes, on autonomous spaceport droneship Of Course I Still Love You
Fairing catch attempt: Yes, on fairing recovery vessels “Ms. Tree” and “Ms. Chief”
SpaceX press kit: https://www.spacex.com/sites/spacex/files/sixth_starlink_press_kit.pdf
Payload: 60 Starlink V1 satellites
Payload mass & destination orbit: >15,600 kg (~260 kg / sat); 210 x 366 km @ ~53°; satellites will orbit-raise after deployment to 550 km
TLEs: https://www.celestrak.com/NORAD/elements/supplemental/starlink-6.txt
Payload information:
>https://www.starlink.com/
>https://space.skyrocket.de/doc_sdat/starlink-v1-0.htm
>https://www.nasaspaceflight.com/2020/03/spacex-sixth-starlink-fifth-booster-reflight/
>(Starlink viewing utility) https://james.darpinian.com/satellites/?special=starlink
How to watch a launch at the cape: http://www.launchphotography.com/Delta_4_Atlas_5_Falcon_9_Launch_Viewing.html
Stats:
This will be the 51st landed first stage, 34th booster re-flight, and 83rd Falcon 9 launch. It is the 6th SpaceX launch of 2020. This is the first fifth flight of a Falcon 9 Booster.
WHEN: Sunday, March 15 9:22 AM EDT / 13:22 UTC
STREAM: https://www.spacex.com/webcast [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JVuS4IS2Kvs]
Probability of weather delay: 10% [https://www.patrick.af.mil/Portals/14/Weather/F9%20Starlink%20V1_0%20L-5%20L-1%20Day%20Forecast%20-%2015%20MAR%20Launch.pdf?ver=2020-03-14-112912-383]
Backup launch date: ???
Launch site: LC-39A, Kennedy Space Center, Florida (East Coast)
Booster number & previous flights: B1048.5, [Iridium-7 NEXT, SAOCOM 1A, Nusantara Satu, Starlink-2]
Previous fairing flights: Starlink-1
First stage landing: Yes, on autonomous spaceport droneship Of Course I Still Love You
Fairing catch attempt: Yes, on fairing recovery vessels “Ms. Tree” and “Ms. Chief”
SpaceX press kit: https://www.spacex.com/sites/spacex/files/sixth_starlink_press_kit.pdf
Payload: 60 Starlink V1 satellites
Payload mass & destination orbit: >15,600 kg (~260 kg / sat); 210 x 366 km @ ~53°; satellites will orbit-raise after deployment to 550 km
TLEs: https://www.celestrak.com/NORAD/elements/supplemental/starlink-6.txt
Payload information:
>https://www.starlink.com/
>https://space.skyrocket.de/doc_sdat/starlink-v1-0.htm
>https://www.nasaspaceflight.com/2020/03/spacex-sixth-starlink-fifth-booster-reflight/
>(Starlink viewing utility) https://james.darpinian.com/satellites/?special=starlink
How to watch a launch at the cape: http://www.launchphotography.com/Delta_4_Atlas_5_Falcon_9_Launch_Viewing.html
Stats:
This will be the 51st landed first stage, 34th booster re-flight, and 83rd Falcon 9 launch. It is the 6th SpaceX launch of 2020. This is the first fifth flight of a Falcon 9 Booster.
