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Afternoon Launch

Rocky RaabRocky Raab Member Posts: 14,431 ✭✭✭✭
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Because some of you said you were still interested...

SpaceX is targeting Sunday for a Falcon 9 launch of 24 Starlink satellites to low-Earth orbit from Space Launch Complex 40 at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station in Florida. Liftoff is targeted for 5:06 p.m. ET, with backup opportunities available until 8:34 p.m. ET. If needed, additional opportunities are also available on Monday, February 26 starting at 4:09 p.m. ET.

A live webcast of this mission will begin on X @SpaceX about five minutes prior to liftoff. Watch live. Or on YouTube.

This is the 13th flight for the first stage booster supporting this mission. Following stage separation, the first stage will land on the A Shortfall of Gravitas droneship, which will be stationed in the Atlantic Ocean.

I may be a bit crazy - but I didn't drive myself.
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  • AmbroseAmbrose Member Posts: 3,208 ✭✭✭✭

    I hope 13 is a lucky number for this mission.

    Thank you, Rocky.

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  • NeoBlackdogNeoBlackdog Member Posts: 17,179 ✭✭✭✭

    Thanks for the heads up!

    Those of you that don't have overcast skies need to figure out where they're gonna be and try to get a look at the satellites as they spread out. It looks like a string of pearls parading across the sky. I've seen it twice and the first time I thought the aliens had finally had enough and were starting the invasion.

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  • pulsarncpulsarnc Member Posts: 6,488 ✭✭✭✭

    thanks will let my son know . He is a SpaceX junky!

    cry Havoc and let slip  the dogs of war..... 
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  • Rocky RaabRocky Raab Member Posts: 14,431 ✭✭✭✭

    For Neo and others...


    https://findstarlink.com/

    I may be a bit crazy - but I didn't drive myself.
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  • Rocky RaabRocky Raab Member Posts: 14,431 ✭✭✭✭

    Another gorgeous launch and landing.

    I may be a bit crazy - but I didn't drive myself.
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  • dreherdreher Member Posts: 8,882 ✭✭✭✭

    The return of the first stage rocket not just back to earth, like with a parachute, but a pin point landing, looking to be within five feet of the center of the landing area is the part I find most amazing.

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  • Rocky RaabRocky Raab Member Posts: 14,431 ✭✭✭✭

    I'm told that the only guidance used are GPS coordinates, both for the barge and the rocket. No "homing" transmitters or receivers. Interestingly, they compute an offset from what would be the booster's ballistic trajectory, so that if it somehow fails in flight, it misses the barge. It has to perform a pretty large maneuver to land on it. That's also true for those back to launch site landings - they actually aim for the ocean.

    I may be a bit crazy - but I didn't drive myself.
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