Another six months, another Cargo Dragon resupply to the ISS!

| Scheduled for (UTC) | 2024-11-05 02:29 | |

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| | Scheduled for (local) | 2024-11-04, 21:29 (EST) | | Launch Window | Instantaneous | | Docking scheduled for (UTC) | 2024-11-05 15:15 | | Launch site | LC-39A, Kennedy Space Center, Florida, USA | | Payload | Dragon SpX-30 | | Booster | B1083-5 | | Landing | LZ-1 | | Dragon | C208-5 | | Customer | NASA | | Mission success criteria | Successful transportation of cargo to and from ISS |

Webcasts

| Stream | Link | |

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| | NASA | https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q27yY-W1cr8 | Space Affairs | https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ETTvygOAL2I | Spaceflight Now | https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5gxKyhlAsCs | NASASpaceflight | https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UqcXNwl2kHg | Everyday Astronaut | | The Launch Pad | | SpaceX | https://x.com/SpaceX/status/1853620836663718179 | The Space Devs |

Stats

Sourced from NextSpaceflight and r/SpaceX:

☑️ 19th launch from LC-39A this year

☑️ 21 days, 10:23:30 turnaround for this pad

☑️ 46th landing on LZ-1

☑️ 37th consecutive successful Falcon 9 launch (if successful)

☑️ 364th Falcon family booster landing, 374th Falcon recovery attempt

☑️ 104th Falcon 9 launch this year, 390th overall

☑️ 106th SpaceX mission this year, 406th overall (excluding Starship flight tests)

☑️ 109th SpaceX launch this year, 420th overall (including Starship flight tests)

Mission Details 🚀

• NextSpaceflight mission page
• SpaceX mission page
• NASA mission page

Starlink Group 6-77 launch out of SLC-40 in Florida currently scheduled for 2024-11-03 21:57 UTC, or 2024-11-03 21:57 local time (EST). Booster 1085-3 to land on Just Read The Instructions.

• NextSpaceflight page
• SpaceX mission page

Webcasts:

• Space Affairs: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1zTBnc-NGvQ
• Spaceflight Now: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Mj2ntCc7JXA
• NASASpaceflight: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YHNq7A9kuJ0
• The Launch Pad:
• SpaceX: https://x.com/SpaceX/status/1853193487040307388
• The Space Devs:

Infographic source: rykllan

https://x.com/_rykllan/status/1852442260530761902

• B1067 in first place at 22 flights. (B1061 and B1062 each reached 23 but failed recovery or were intentionally expended)
• B1063 in second place with 21 flights.
• B1069 and B1071 tied for third place at 19 flights.
• B1073 in fourth place at 18 flights.
• B1076 in fifth place at 17 flights.

https://x.com/_rykllan/status/1852442265274208559

• IFT-5 featured the first Superheavy booster recovery attempt, and B12 successfully returned to the launch site and was caught by the chopsticks.

https://x.com/_rykllan/status/1852442278234603753

SpaceX Starship page

Portions of this thread copied from a Starship Dev thread on r/SpaceX.

FAQ

1. When next launch? (Flight 7) NET Jan 11th according to recent documentation NASA filed with the FAA. (Alejandro Alcantarilla Romera 1, Alejandro Alcantarilla Romera 2)
2. When previous launch? (Flight 6)? Booster 13 and Ship 31 launched on 2024-11-19.
3. What was the result? Booster catch attempt aborted, performed soft splashdown in the Gulf. Ship performs in-space raptor relight, survives reentry, and makes an on-target splashdown.

Quick Links

Nerdle Cam | Lab Cam | Sapphire Cam | Sentinel Cam | Rover Cam | Rover 2.0 Cam | Rocket Ranch Cam | Plex Cam | NSF Starbase Live

Starship Dev October | IFT-5 launch thread | Starship Dev 57 | Starship Dev 56 | IFT-4 launch thread | Starship Dev 55

Official SpaceX Starship Update Video (2024-04-06)

Road closures

Cameron County website - @bocaroad Mastodon bot

*As of 2024-11-30

• 2-hour road delays are posted for Nov 1st (01:00 to 04:00) and 2nd (00:00 and 03:00) for transport from Massey’s to factory. (Presumably S33 rollback)
• 1-hour road delays are posted for Nov 11th (19:00 to 22:00) and 12th (10:00 to 13:00) for transport from factory to pad, likely B13 rollout.
• 1-hour road delays are posted for Nov 13th (00:00 to 03:00 or 12:00 to 15:00) and 14th (00:00 to 03:00) for transport from factory to pad, either backups for B13 rollout or for S31 rollout.
• 8-hour road closure is scheduled for Nov 17th (08:00 to 16:00) for non-flight testing activities.
• 14-hour road closures are posted for Nov 18th, 19th, and 20th (all 08:00 to 22:00), for flight testing activities, presumably IFT-6.
• Nov 20th road closure is revoked.
• 1-hour road delay was posted for Nov 21st (00:00 to 03:00) for transport from factory to pad, but then revoked.

Vehicle Status

*As of 2024-11-30

Follow Ring Watchers on Twitter and Discord for more.

Resources

• LabPadre Channel | NASASpaceFlight.com Channel
• NSF: Booster 7 + Ship X (likely 24) Updates Thread | Most Recent
• NSF: Boca Chica Production Updates Thread | Most recent
• NSF: Elon Starship tweet compilation | Most Recent
• SpaceX: Website Starship page | Starship Users Guide (2020, PDF)
• FAA: SpaceX Starship Project at the Boca Chica Launch Site
• FAA: Temporary Flight Restrictions NOTAM list
• FCC: Starship Orbital Demo detailed Exhibit - 0748-EX-ST-2021 application June 20 through December 20
• NASA: Starship Reentry Observation (Technical Report)
• Hwy 4 & Boca Chica Beach Closures (May not be available outside US)
• Production Progress Infographics by @RingWatchers
• Raptor 2 Tracker by @SpaceRhin0
• Acronym definitions by Decronym
• Everyday Astronaut: Starbase Tour with Elon Musk, Part 1 | Part 2 | Part 3
• Everyday Astronaut: 2022 Elon Musk Interviews, Starbase/Ship Updates | Launch Tower | Merlin Engine | Raptor Engine
• Everyday Astronaut 2024 Elon Musk Interviews: Starfactory tour | Pad tour and post-IFT-4 interview

Chojnacki said SpaceX is looking at March 2025 to begin that fueling campaign and “hoping (the) first half of ’25 to be able to see that work.” He said two launch towers at the Starbase facility near Boca Chica Beach will be needed to do that work.

In order to make this work long-term, Launch Complex 39A at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida will need to come into the picture. Chojnacki added that the pace of launch will have to greatly increase, potentially to a bi-weekly cadence.

cross-posted from: https://sh.itjust.works/post/27445874

https://x.com/jswartzphoto/status/1851806714485490059

Static fire for B1090 just occurred at SpaceX McGregor. 77 seconds in length which is normal for the past few boosters. In all 12 tests for over 11 mins of engine testing and all live on http://nsf.live/mcgregor 🔥

Starlink Group 10-13 launch out of SLC-40 in Florida currently scheduled for 2024-10-30 21:10 UTC, or 2024-10-30 17:10 local time (EDT). Booster 1078-14 to land on A Shortfall of Gravitas.

• NextSpaceflight page
• SpaceX mission page

Webcasts:

• Space Affairs: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-q3VLEa58os
• Spaceflight Now: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PS-lRlfm8xk
• NASASpaceflight: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7F3ZBmYTcOo
• The Launch Pad: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TR3ANwtiKaM
• SpaceX: https://x.com/SpaceX/status/1851731855026065645
• The Space Devs: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6SNF6KJsL1o

Starlink Group 9-9 launch out of SLC-4E in California currently scheduled for 2024-10-30 12:07 UTC, or 2024-10-30 05:07 local time (PDT). B1075-14 to land on Of Course I Still Love You.

• NextSpaceflight page
• SpaceX mission page

Webcasts:

• Space Affairs: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NCuxk_Mmj-4
• Spaceflight Now: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e2rjlY4aTTg
• NASASpaceflight:
• The Launch Pad: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L3CEyFmnvhk
• SpaceX: https://x.com/SpaceX/status/1851595492628856943
• The Space Devs: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KBw1GUEPBb0

Starlink Group 10-8 launch out of SLC-40 in Florida currently scheduled for 2024-10-26 21:47 UTC, or 2024-10-26 17:47 local time (EDT). Booster 1069-19 to land on Just Read the Instructions.

• NextSpaceflight page
• SpaceX mission page

Webcasts:

• Space Affairs: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UHoPxD-l1qg
• Spaceflight Now: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_k68Umo-6Kw
• NASASpaceflight: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KhOI22OXD3g
• The Launch Pad: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Cpf4movZPLI
• SpaceX: https://x.com/SpaceX/status/1850291697722208314
• The Space Devs: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uZxW136sMEE

| Scheduled for (UTC) | 2024-10-24, 17:13 | |

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| | Scheduled for (local) | 2024-10-24, 10:13 (PDT) | | Launch site | SLC-4E, Vandenberg SFB, California, USA | | Booster | B1063-21 | | Landing | Of Course I Still Love You | | Payload | Reconnaissance satellites | | Customer | U.S. National Reconnaissance Office | | Mission success criteria | Successful delivery of payload to Low Earth Orbit |

Webcasts

| Stream | Link | |

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| | Space Affairs | https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VccVHpw5LVI | Spaceflight Now | https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Bkf8kMvAEx4 | NASASpaceflight | | The Launch Pad | https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6C-VvcuMpfk | SpaceX | https://x.com/SpaceX/status/1849496492161237185 | The Space Devs | https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9vYd24JGqMI

Stats

Sourced from NextSpaceflight and r/SpaceX:

☑️ 33rd consecutive successful Falcon 9 launch (if successful)

☑️ 35th launch from SLC-4E this year

☑️ 4 days, 12:00:00 turnaround for this pad

☑️ 106th landing on OCISLY

☑️ 361st Falcon family booster landing, 368th Falcon recovery attempt

☑️ 100th Falcon 9 mission this year, 386th Falcon 9 mission overall

☑️ 102nd SpaceX mission of 2024, 402nd mission overall (excluding Starship flights)

☑️ 105th SpaceX launch this year, 417th SpaceX launch overall (including Starship flights)

Mission info

• SpaceX mission page
• NextSpaceflight mission page

Fourth batch of satellites for a reconnaissance satellite constellation built by SpaceX and Northrop Grumman for the National Reconnaissance Office to provide imaging and other reconnaissance capabilities.

https://x.com/edwards345/status/1845887804129292333

And new Falcon speed record: 12680 m/s (earth-centered inertial)

Per Jon Edwards, VP of Falcon Launch Vehicles at SpaceX.

Starlink Group 6-61 launch out of SLC-40 in Florida currently scheduled for 2024-10-23 21:47 UTC, or 2024-10-23 17:47 local time (EDT). Booster 1073-18 to land on A Shortfall of Gravitas.

• NextSpaceflight page
• SpaceX mission page

Webcasts:

• Space Affairs: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YAjeY2iJpaY (scrub)
• Spaceflight Now: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lMoDXF67CU8 (scrub)
• NASASpaceflight: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2qGFi2LtMOI (scrub)
• The Launch Pad: (scrub)
• SpaceX: https://x.com/SpaceX/status/1849204591407313382
• The Space Devs: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UhlJA-JU7to