Stage 1 landing confirmed!
SECO and nominal parking orbit.
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Stage 1 landing confirmed!
SECO and nominal parking orbit.
Payload separation confirmed.
Mission Control Audio webcast ended, but still public. I definitely have not downloaded it. Should the video be later set to private, do not PM me if you want a copy. :)
Starlink Group 6-20 Mission Control Audio webcast set to private. I definitely did not download it while it was live. Do not PM me if you want a copy. :)
Starlink Group 6-9 currently scheduled for 2023-08-11 05:17 UTC.
Mission Control Audio webcast ended and immediately set to private. I definitely did not download it while it was live. Do not PM me if you want a copy. :)
Liftoff!
The "hosted" webcast once again has no host, just views of the rocket: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SEClIbWr3m0
Mission control audio: https://www.youtube.com/live/kbrCUMQq0Bw?feature=share
Hosted webcast: https://www.youtube.com/live/aKrbUe2sNr0?feature=share
Stage 1 landing confirmed! SECO-1 and nominal orbit.
Payload deploy! Mission success!
Nominal SES-2 and SECO-2.
Mission Control Audio webcast set to private. I definitely did not download it while it was live. Do not PM me if you want a copy. :)
SECO-1 and nominal orbit.
MECO, stage separation, SES-1, and fairing separation. This is the 8th and 10th flight for these fairings, and the 4th flight for this booster (B1078).
Liftoff!
Starlink Group 6-8 hosted webcast is live: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1sGWUunA2mM
Kate Tice is hosting.
Stage 1 landing confirmed!
Stage 1 landing confirmed!
MVac shutdown and nominal orbit.
MECO, stage separation, SES-1, and fairing separation!
Liftoff!
Stage 1 landing confirmed!
MECO, stage separation, M-vac ignition, and fairing separation.
Mission Control Audio: "Acquisition of signal, Guam."
Starlink Group 6-10 Mission out of SLC-40 in Florida currently scheduled for 2023-08-17 at 03:36 UTC.
Just over an hour from the posting of this comment.
Liftoff!
SECO, good orbit.
Stage 2 fuel load complete and LOx load has started!
Stage 1 landing confirmed! B1067 has landed for the 13th time.
Hosted webcast has started. Somya Srivastava is hosting. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rmlRxzxYlyM
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Starlink Group 6-10 Mission Control Audio is live: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fwfI4P3lry0
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MECO, stage separation, M-vac ignition, and fairing separation!
Mission Control Audio: "Starlink deploy confirmed."
Mission Control Audio: "Acquisition of signal, Western Australia."
Mission Control Audio: "Nominal orbit insertion."
Starlink Group 7-1 mission currently scheduled for 2023-08-22 07:45 UTC, or just over 7.5 hours from the time this comment was posted.
Hosted webcast link has not changed.
Starlink Group 7-1 mission currently scheduled for 2023-08-17 08:42 UTC, or just over 3.5 hours from the time this comment was posted.
Hosted webcast will be here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=agYuEAkEljw
Edit: Postponed due to weather: https://nitter.net/SpaceX/status/1692314670441611386
Due to Hurricane Hilary impacting recovery operations in the Pacific, we are standing down from tonight's Falcon 9 launch of @Starlink. Next launch opportunity is no earlier than Monday, August 21 → spacex.com/launches
Mission control audio for Starlink Group 7-1 was here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zFa5vyZ8BzY
I definitely did not download it while it was live. Do not PM me if you want a copy. :)
Also, the "hosted" webcast for this mission had no host. Just views of the rocket and call-outs from mission control. It will be interesting to see if they continue this "no host" format for future Starlink missions.
Starlink Group 6-11 currently scheduled for 2023-08-27 01:05 UTC.
Pertaining to the upcoming launch of Starlink Group 6-13: https://nitter.net/SpaceX/status/1697368589484052859
Teams are keeping an eye on Hurricane Idalia’s impact on weather conditions at the launch site ahead of tonight's @Starlink mission. Weather is currently 20% favorable, with conditions predicted to improve to ~35% favorable by the end of the window → spacex.com/launches
Mission Control Audio is live: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hyKeJB0KDuc
The launch director just announced that probability of weather violation is 20% (80% favourable). They are proceeding with the count.
Edit: They are go for propellant load.
Edit2: Tanks venting for the start of prop load.
Edit3: Stage 2 RP1 load complete.
Edit4: Engine chill has started, and SpaceX FM is live! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iFY7mtzsNKo
Edit5: Stage 1 RP1 load complete. Tanks are pressing for Strongback retract. Video is live with views of the rocket, but no host commentary. Strongback retract has started.
Edit6: Stage 1 LOx load complete.
Edit7: Stage 2 LOx load complete.
Edit8: Ground gas closeout. Falcon 9 is in startup.
Liftoff of Starlink Group 6-13 from SLC-40!
7th flight of B1077
Mission Control Audio: "Acquisition of signal, Western Australia."
Mission Control Audio: "Nominal orbit insertion."
Mission Control Audio: "Expected loss of signal, Western Australia."
SECO, nominal orbital insertion.
Mission Control Audio: "Acquisition of signal, Guam."