Prepare your butts for a daytime RTLS edition
Livestream: https://youtu.be/_qnD0bgjGOk
Launch time: Tuesday, June 29 2:56 PM EDT / 18:56 UTC (58 minute launch window)
Probability of violating weather constraints: 20% (https://www.patrick.spaceforce.mil/Portals/14/Weather/Falcon%209%20Transporter-2%20L-1%20Forecast%20-%2029%20Jun%20Launch.pdf?ver=nMyyKlKtN2nIozN0fuVfUg%3d%3d)
Launch vehicle: SpaceX Falcon 9 with first stage B1060.8 (previous missions: GPS III SV03, Starlink-L11, Starlink-L14, Turksat 5A, Starlink-L18, Starlink-L22, Starlink-L24)
Launch pad: Space Launch Complex 40 (SLC-40), Cape Canaveral Space Force Station, Florida
First stage landing: RTLS at Landing Zone 1 (LZ-1), Cape Canaveral Space Force Station, Florida
Fairings: "One half of Falcon 9’s fairing previously supported Transporter-1 and a Starlink mission, and the other previously flew on SAOCOM 1B and a Starlink mission."
Payload: "85 commercial and government spacecraft (including CubeSats, microsats, and orbital transfer vehicles) and 3 Starlink satellites."
Payload mass & payload final orbit: (?) kg; SSO: 525 km at 97.6°
>https://www.spacex.com/launches/
>https://www.spacex.com/rideshare/index.html
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
>122nd Falcon 9 flight, 82nd first stage landing, 64th re-flown 1st stage booster
>20th SpaceX orbital launch of 2021
This is the 2nd SpaceX dedicated rideshare mission.
Livestream: https://youtu.be/_qnD0bgjGOk
Launch time: Tuesday, June 29 2:56 PM EDT / 18:56 UTC (58 minute launch window)
Probability of violating weather constraints: 20% (https://www.patrick.spaceforce.mil/Portals/14/Weather/Falcon%209%20Transporter-2%20L-1%20Forecast%20-%2029%20Jun%20Launch.pdf?ver=nMyyKlKtN2nIozN0fuVfUg%3d%3d)
Launch vehicle: SpaceX Falcon 9 with first stage B1060.8 (previous missions: GPS III SV03, Starlink-L11, Starlink-L14, Turksat 5A, Starlink-L18, Starlink-L22, Starlink-L24)
Launch pad: Space Launch Complex 40 (SLC-40), Cape Canaveral Space Force Station, Florida
First stage landing: RTLS at Landing Zone 1 (LZ-1), Cape Canaveral Space Force Station, Florida
Fairings: "One half of Falcon 9’s fairing previously supported Transporter-1 and a Starlink mission, and the other previously flew on SAOCOM 1B and a Starlink mission."
Payload: "85 commercial and government spacecraft (including CubeSats, microsats, and orbital transfer vehicles) and 3 Starlink satellites."
Payload mass & payload final orbit: (?) kg; SSO: 525 km at 97.6°
>https://www.spacex.com/launches/
>https://www.spacex.com/rideshare/index.html
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
>122nd Falcon 9 flight, 82nd first stage landing, 64th re-flown 1st stage booster
>20th SpaceX orbital launch of 2021
This is the 2nd SpaceX dedicated rideshare mission.
