space rats edition
Livestream: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U4sWbTfrzj8
Launch window: Thursday, March 11, 3:13 AM EST / 8:13 UTC (instantaneous)
Probability of violating weather constraints: 10%(?) (patrick.spaceforce.mil page is currently down)
Launch vehicle: SpaceX Falcon 9 with first stage B1058.6 (prior launches: DEMO-2, ANASIS-II, Starlink-L12, CRS-21, Transporter-1)
Launch pad: Space Launch Complex 40 (SLC-40), Cape Canaveral Space Force Station, Florida
Fairings: "One half of Falcon 9’s fairing previously flew on the ANASIS-II and SXM-7 missions, and the other half previously supported launch of Sentinel-6A."
First stage landing: On autonomous spaceport droneship 'Just Read the Instructions'
Payload: 60 Starlink satellites
Payload mass & deployment orbit: ~15,600 kg (~260 kg / Starlink sat); 261 x 278 km(?) @ ~53°
TLE: https://www.celestrak.com/NORAD/elements/supplemental/starlink-V1.0-20.txt
>https://www.starlink.com
>https://space.skyrocket.de/doc_sdat/starlink-v1-0.htm
Launch viewing guide for Florida:
>http://www.launchphotography.com/Delta_4_Atlas_5_Falcon_9_Launch_Viewing.html
>https://www.kennedyspacecenter.com/launches-and-events/events-calendar/see-a-rocket-launch#LaunchViewingTips
SpaceX twitter: https://twitter.com/SpaceX
Stats: 7th orbital SpaceX launch of 2021, 109th F9 launch, 69th landing, 52nd core reuse.
Livestream: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U4sWbTfrzj8
Launch window: Thursday, March 11, 3:13 AM EST / 8:13 UTC (instantaneous)
Probability of violating weather constraints: 10%(?) (patrick.spaceforce.mil page is currently down)
Launch vehicle: SpaceX Falcon 9 with first stage B1058.6 (prior launches: DEMO-2, ANASIS-II, Starlink-L12, CRS-21, Transporter-1)
Launch pad: Space Launch Complex 40 (SLC-40), Cape Canaveral Space Force Station, Florida
Fairings: "One half of Falcon 9’s fairing previously flew on the ANASIS-II and SXM-7 missions, and the other half previously supported launch of Sentinel-6A."
First stage landing: On autonomous spaceport droneship 'Just Read the Instructions'
Payload: 60 Starlink satellites
Payload mass & deployment orbit: ~15,600 kg (~260 kg / Starlink sat); 261 x 278 km(?) @ ~53°
TLE: https://www.celestrak.com/NORAD/elements/supplemental/starlink-V1.0-20.txt
>https://www.starlink.com
>https://space.skyrocket.de/doc_sdat/starlink-v1-0.htm
Launch viewing guide for Florida:
>http://www.launchphotography.com/Delta_4_Atlas_5_Falcon_9_Launch_Viewing.html
>https://www.kennedyspacecenter.com/launches-and-events/events-calendar/see-a-rocket-launch#LaunchViewingTips
SpaceX twitter: https://twitter.com/SpaceX
Stats: 7th orbital SpaceX launch of 2021, 109th F9 launch, 69th landing, 52nd core reuse.
