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Starlink 8-5 launch bulletin (self.spacex)

submitted 7 months ago* (last edited 7 months ago) by threelonmusketeers to c/spacex

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Starlink Group 8-5 launch out of SLC-40 in Florida currently scheduled for 2024-06-05 02:16 UTC, or 2024-06-04 10:16 local time (EDT). Booster 1067-20 to land on Just Read the Instructions.

Webcasts:

Space Affairs: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GYgdd1HpKqQ
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[–] threelonmusketeers 2 points 7 months ago

https://x.com/SpaceX/status/1798080310527332715

Targeting tonight for a Falcon 9 launch of 20 @Starlink satellites to low-Earth orbit, including 13 with Direct to Cell capabilities

[–] threelonmusketeers 2 points 7 months ago

Liftoff!

[–] threelonmusketeers 2 points 7 months ago

LOL, "ground grass closeout has started".

[–] threelonmusketeers 2 points 7 months ago

https://x.com/SpaceX/status/1798167170888892801

All systems are looking good, weather is 95% favorable, and propellant load is about to begin for tonight’s launch of 20 @Starlink satellites from Florida

[–] threelonmusketeers 2 points 7 months ago

MECO, stage separation, M-vac ignition, and fairing separation.

[–] threelonmusketeers 2 points 7 months ago* (last edited 7 months ago)

Stage 1 landing confirmed! B1067 lands for the 20th time!

SECO, nominal orbital insertion.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 7 months ago (1 children)

more future space trash

[–] [email protected] 2 points 7 months ago

Someone pointed out in another thread that these things are too low to stay in orbit without upkeep from their thrusters, so even if a satellite dies, it will just burn up on its own.

[–] threelonmusketeers 1 points 7 months ago

Starlink deploy confirmed: https://x.com/SpaceX/status/1798192408364294299

Deployment confirmed, marking more than 50 @Starlink satellites in orbit with Direct to Cell capabilities

Also a note about fairing reuse turnaround times: https://x.com/SpaceX/status/1798178272842490246

The passive fairing half for this mission recently supported a @Starlink mission on May 22 – less than two weeks ago – marking our fastest launch-to-launch turn around for fairing refurbishment and reuse