19.01.2024
SpaceX delays Falcon 9 rocket launch from California to Friday
SpaceX scrubbed a Starlink delivery mission by Falcon 9 rocket on Thursday and rescheduled the launch from California for Friday. The Starlink 7-11 mission now scheduled for launch at 6:15 p.m. PST (9:15 p.m. EST (0215 UTC).
The company scrubbed the launch Thursday after loading propellants aboard the rocket at Vandenberg Space Force Base. It did not give a reason for the delay.
This will be SpaceX’s 7th launch of the year so far and its third from the Golden State. Onboard is a batch of 22 Starlink V2 Mini satellites, which will join the constellation of more than 5,300 currently on orbit.
Spaceflight Now will have live coverage of the mission about 30 minutes prior to liftoff.
The first stage booster supporting this mission, tail number B1063 in the SpaceX fleet, will be making its 16th launch and landing on this flight. It previously supported the launch of NASA’s Double Asteroid Redirection Test (DART) spacecraft the Transporter-7 rideshare mission and 10 Starlink flights in its past.
About 8.5 minutes after liftoff, B1080 is set to land on the droneship, ‘Of Course I Still Love You,’ which is positioned in the Pacific Ocean off the coast of Baja California. This will be the 80th booster landing for OCISLY and the 208th droneship landing to date for SpaceX.
Meanwhile, the company continues to monitor the progress of the Ax-3 mission, which launched from NASA’s Kennedy Space Center Thursday afternoon. Four astronauts are flying aboard Crew Dragon Freedom to dock to the International Space Station on Saturday morning.
Quelle: SN
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Update: 20.01.2024
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SpaceX is targeting Friday, January 19 for a Falcon 9 launch of 22 Starlink satellites to low-Earth orbit from Space Launch Complex 4 East (SLC-4E) at Vandenberg Space Force Base in California. Liftoff is targeted for 6:15 p.m. PT, with backup opportunities available until 9:58 p.m. PT. If needed, additional opportunities are available starting Saturday, January 20 at 6:00 p.m. PT.
A live webcast of this mission will begin on X @SpaceX about five minutes prior to liftoff. Watch live.
This is the 16th flight for the first stage booster supporting this mission, which previously launched Sentinel-6 Michael Freilich, DART, Transporter-7, Iridium OneWeb, SDA-0B, and 10 Starlink missions. Following stage separation, the first stage will land on the Of Course I Still Love You droneship, which will be stationed in the Pacific Ocean.
Quelle: SpaceX
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SpaceX scrubs launch of Starlink satellites from California
Liftoff was scheduled for 9:15 p.m. ET on Friday (Jan. 19).
SpaceX scrubbed the launch of 22 Starlink internet satellites on Friday (Jan. 19) without giving a reason as to why or setting a new date to try again.
A Falcon 9 rocket carrying 22 Starlink spacecraft was set to lift off from Vandenberg Space Force Base in California at 9:15 p.m. EST (6:15 p.m. California time; 0215 GMT on Jan. 20). Instead, the liftoff was called off with less than a minute left in the countdown.
"Standing down from tonight’s Falcon 9 launch attempt," SpaceX posted on X (formerly Twitter), adding no further details.
SpaceX has not announced yet when it plans to try again, although a pre-launch statement on its website said that "additional opportunities were available starting Saturday" (Jan. 20) at 9:00 p.m. EST (6:00 p.m. California time; 0200 GMT on Jan. 21).
Quelle: SC
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Update: 24.01.2024
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On Tuesday, January 23 at 4:35 p.m. PT, Falcon 9 launched 22 Starlink satellites to low-Earth orbit from Space Launch Complex 4 East (SLC-4E) at Vandenberg Space Force Base in California.
This was the 16th flight for the first stage booster supporting this mission, which previously launched Sentinel-6 Michael Freilich, DART, Transporter-7, Iridium OneWeb, SDA-0B, and now 11 Starlink missions.
Quelle: SpaceX