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Less than 35 minutes until todays launch of @Starlink satellites from Florida. Propellant load has started, all systems and weather are currently go

Liftoff is targeted for 6:08 p.m. ET, with backup opportunities available until 9:48 p.m. ET.

Liftoff is targeted for 6:08 p.m. ET, with backup opportunities available until 9:48 p.m. ET.

SpaceX is targeting Sunday, April 28 for a Falcon 9 launch of 23 Starlink satellites to low-Earth orbit from Space Launch Complex 40 (SLC-40) at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station in Florida. Liftoff is targeted for 5:50 p.m. ET, with backup opportunities available until 9:50 p.m. ET. If needed, additional opportunities are also available on Monday, April 29 starting at 5:25 p.m. ET.

A live webcast of this mission will begin on X @SpaceX about five minutes prior to liftoff. Watch live.

This is the 13th flight for the first stage booster supporting this mission, which previously launched CRS-26, OneWeb Launch 16, Intelsat IS-40e, O3b mPOWER, Ovzon 3, EUTELSAT 36D, and six 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.

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Propellant load is underway for today

SpaceX is targeting Saturday, April 27 at 8:34 p.m. ET for a Falcon 9 launch of the European Commissions Galileo L12 mission to medium Earth orbit from Launch Complex 39A (LC-39A) at Kennedy Space Center in Florida. If needed, there is a backup opportunity on Sunday, April 28 at 8:30 p.m. ET.

A live webcast of this mission will begin on X @SpaceX about 10 minutes prior to liftoff. Watch live.

Due to the additional performance required to deliver the payload to medium Earth orbit, this mission marks the 20th and final launch for this Falcon 9 first stage booster, which previously launched GPS III-3, Turksat 5A, Transporter-2, Intelsat G-33/G-34, Transporter-6, Intuitive Machines IM-1, and 13 Starlink missions.

Launch NET 25 April 2024 at 18:30 UTC (11:30 am PDT).

SpaceX will launch two satellites for Maxar, the WorldView Legion 1 & 2 satellites.
The launch is scheduled for Wednesday, April 24, 11:30 a.m. PDT, 2:30 p.m. EDT, 18:30 UTC, and 20:30 CEST from SLC-4E of the Vandenberg Space Force Base in California.

After stage separation, the Falcon 9 booster will make a land landing (land-to-land-landing) at the Landing Zone 4 (LZ-4) at the Vandenberg Space Force Base.

WorldView Legion is a planned series of high-resolution earth observation satellites from the US company Maxar Technologies. They are intended to replace the capacities of the WorldView-1, WorldView-2, and GeoEye-1 satellites.

SSL (formerly Space Systems/Loral), a subsidiary of Maxar, is building the satellites. Raytheon, a subsidiary of RTX Corporation, will provide the cameras. The satellites will be able to record panchromatic resolutions of up to 0.29 meters. Images with resolutions of up to 1.16 m should be possible on a multispectral level. The satellites can photograph the exact locations up to 40 times a day.

A total of two satellites will operate in a polar orbit and four satellites in a sun-synchronous orbit.

Quote from: axhoaxho on April 23, 2024, 03:10:15 PM

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