Starlink 9-3 launch bulletin
Starlink 9-3 launch bulletin
Starlink Group 9-3 launch out of SLC-4E in California currently scheduled for 2024-07-12 02:35 UTC, or 2024-07-11 19:35 local time (PDT). Booster 1063-19 to land on Of Course I Still Love You.
Webcasts:
- Space Affairs: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6br6_Q6qjWU
- Spaceflight Now: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DVh4cpCNz5c
- NASASpaceflight:
- The Launch Pad: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YYY7KfWa_V8
- SpaceX: https://x.com/SpaceX/status/1811588867344203956
- The Space Devs:
Stage 1 landing confirmed!
Edit: And M-vac shutdown.
Edit2: No usual confirmation of nominal payload deployment, and now we know why...
https://x.com/SpaceX/status/1811635860481454487
During tonight’s Falcon 9 launch of Starlink, the second stage engine did not complete its second burn. As a result, the Starlink satellites were deployed into a lower than intended orbit.
https://x.com/SpaceX/status/1811580774111723889
All systems are looking good, weather is 70% favorable, and propellant load is about to begin for tonight’s launch of 20 @Starlink satellites from California
https://x.com/SpaceX/status/1811061684980875720
Now targeting Thursday, July 11 for Falcon 9 to launch @Starlink satellites to low-Earth orbit
Liftoff! Vandenberg is very foggy!
MECO, stage separation, M-vac ignition, and fairing separation.