8.12.2025
SpaceX to launch of 3,000th Starlink satellite in 2025 on record-setting 32nd flight of Falcon 9 booster
Update Dec. 8, 12:10 p.m. EST (1710 UTC): SpaceX pushed back the T-0 liftoff time.
Update Dec. 7, 6:32 p.m. EST (2332 UTC): SpaceX scrubbed the launch.
Poor weather on Sunday kept SpaceX from achieving a couple notable milestones for at least one more day.
The mission, dubbed Starlink 6-92, will feature the use of the company’s most flown Falcon booster, tail number B1067. On its 32nd flight, it will deliver to low Earth orbit SpaceX’s 3,000th Starlink satellite of the year.
Liftoff from historic Launch Complex 39A is scheduled for no earlier than Monday, Dec. 8, at 5:26 p.m. EST (2226 UTC), weather permitting. The rocket will fly on a south-easterly trajectory upon leaving Florida’s Space Coast.
Spaceflight Now will have live coverage beginning about an hour prior to liftoff.
Meteorologists with the 45th Weather Squadron forecast a 90 percent chance for favorable launch on Monday with liftoff winds being a potential concern. Teams also cited a low to moderate risk for impacts from upper-level wind shear and booster recovery weather.
The use of B1067 on this mission brings SpaceX one step closer to its current goal of certifying its Falcon boosters for up to 40 missions a piece. The ultimate number of missions a booster flies will partially depend on the types of missions for which it was used and if it is needed on an expendable flight.
SpaceX is looking to achieve the same level of reuse for the payload fairings on a Falcon rocket’s upper stage, but typically only provides updates on those during the launches of customer missions for the government or from other companies.
Quelle: SN
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STARLINK MISSION
SpaceX’s Falcon 9 is targeting the launch of 29 Starlink satellites to low-Earth orbit from Launch Complex 39A (LC-39A) at NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida.
A live webcast of this mission will begin about five minutes prior to liftoff, which you can watch here and on X @SpaceX. You can also watch the webcast on the X TV app.
This will be the 32nd flight for the first stage booster supporting this mission, which previously launched CRS-22, Crew-3, Turksat 5B, Crew-4, CRS-25, Eutelsat HOTBIRD 13G, SES O3B mPOWER-A, PSN SATRIA, Telkomsat Merah Putih 2, Galileo L13, Koreasat-6A, and 20 Starlink missions. Following stage separation, the first stage will land on the Just Read the Instructions droneship, which will be stationed in the Atlantic Ocean.
Quelle: SpaceX