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Upcoming launches include: Starlink G 6-70 from SLC-40, Cape Canaveral SFS on Dec 04 (10:13 UTC) and Starlink G 9-14 from SLC-4E, Vandenberg SFB on Dec 05 (03:05 UTC) and Sirius SXM-9 from LC-39A, Kennedy Space Center on Dec 05 (16:10 UTC)

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NET December GPS III SV10 Falcon 9, SLC-40
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NET 2024 NROL-153 Falcon 9, SLC-4E

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B1071 TBD 20
B1072 FH TBD 1
B1073 TBD 19
B1075 TBD 15
B1077 TBD 16
B1076 TBD 18
B1078 TBD 15
B1080 TBD 13
B1081 TBD 11
B1082 TBD 8
B1083 TBD 6
B1086 FH TBD 1
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31

r/SpaceX NROL-126 Official Launch Discussion & Updates Thread!

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Scheduled for (UTC)Nov 30 2024, 08:10:00
Scheduled for (local)Nov 30 2024, 00:10:00 AM (PST)
Launch Window (UTC)Nov 30 2024, 08:08:00 - Nov 30 2024, 12:08:00
PayloadNROL-126
CustomerNational Reconnaissance Office
Launch Weather ForecastUnknown
Launch siteSLC-4E, Vandenberg SFB, CA, USA.
BoosterB1088-1
LandingThe Falcon 9 first stage B1088 has landed on ASDS OCISLY after its 1st flight.
Mission success criteriaSuccessful deployment of spacecrafts into orbit
Trajectory (Flight Club)2D,3D

[](/# MC // section events)

Timeline

TimeUpdate
[](/# MC // row 0) T--1d 0h 2mThread last generated using the LL2 API
[](/# MC // row 1) 2024-11-30T09:22:00ZLaunch success.
[](/# MC // row 2) 2024-11-30T08:12:00ZLiftoff.
[](/# MC // row 3) 2024-11-30T08:12:00ZUnofficial Re-stream by SPACE AFFAIRS has started
[](/# MC // row 4) 2024-11-30T04:04:00ZGo for launch.
[](/# MC // row 5) 2024-11-28T05:20:00ZTweaked T-0.
[](/# MC // row 6) 2024-11-24T09:03:00ZNET November 30.

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☑️ 437th SpaceX launch all time

☑️ 380th Falcon Family Booster landing

☑️ 113th landing on OCISLY

☑️ 53rd consecutive successful Falcon 9 launch (if successful)

☑️ 125th SpaceX launch this year

☑️ 41st launch from SLC-4E this year

☑️ 6 days, 2:44:30 turnaround for this pad

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13 Comments
2024/11/28
08:15 UTC

19

r/SpaceX Starlink 6-65 Official Launch Discussion & Updates Thread!

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[](/# MC // AUTO)

Scheduled for (UTC)Nov 30 2024, 05:00:00
Scheduled for (local)Nov 30 2024, 00:00:00 AM (EST)
Launch Window (UTC)Nov 30 2024, 05:00:00 - Nov 30 2024, 09:00:00
PayloadStarlink 6-65
CustomerSpaceX
Launch Weather Forecast85% GO (Thick Cloud Layers Rule, Liftoff Winds)
Launch siteSLC-40, Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA.
BoosterB1083-6
LandingThe Falcon 9 1st stage B1083 has landed on ASDS JRTI after its 6th flight.
Mission success criteriaSuccessful deployment of spacecrafts into orbit
Trajectory (Flight Club)2D,3D

[](/# MC // section events)

Timeline

TimeUpdate
[](/# MC // row 0) T--1d 0h 3mThread last generated using the LL2 API
[](/# MC // row 1) 2024-11-30T06:06:00ZLaunch success.
[](/# MC // row 2) 2024-11-30T05:00:00ZLiftoff.
[](/# MC // row 3) 2024-11-30T04:51:00ZUnofficial Webcast by SPACE AFFAIRS has started
[](/# MC // row 4) 2024-11-29T20:21:00ZSetting GO
[](/# MC // row 5) 2024-11-29T16:49:00ZWeather is 85% favorable for launch.
[](/# MC // row 6) 2024-11-29T00:33:00ZT-0 is accurate to the second.
[](/# MC // row 7) 2024-11-23T05:24:00ZTargeting NET November 30 UTC per NOTAMs F4497/24.

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[](/# MC // section stats)

Stats

☑️ 437th SpaceX launch all time

☑️ 380th Falcon Family Booster landing

☑️ 100th landing on JRTI

☑️ 53rd consecutive successful Falcon 9 launch (if successful)

☑️ 124th SpaceX launch this year

☑️ 58th launch from SLC-40 this year

☑️ 4 days, 18:57:40 turnaround for this pad

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11 Comments
2024/11/28
05:04 UTC

22

r/SpaceX Starlink 6-76 Official Launch Discussion & Updates Thread!

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Welcome to the r/SpaceX Starlink 6-76 Official Launch Discussion & Updates Thread!

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[](/# MC // AUTO)

Scheduled for (UTC)Nov 27 2024, 04:41:30
Scheduled for (local)Nov 26 2024, 23:41:30 PM (EST)
Launch Window (UTC)Nov 27 2024, 03:05:00 - Nov 27 2024, 06:30:00
PayloadStarlink 6-76
CustomerSpaceX
Launch Weather Forecast99% GO
Launch siteLC-39A, Kennedy Space Center, FL, USA.
BoosterB1078-15
LandingThe Falcon 9 booster B1078 has landed on ASDS ASOG after its flight.
Mission success criteriaSuccessful deployment of spacecrafts into orbit
Trajectory (Flight Club)2D,3D

[](/# MC // section events)

Timeline

TimeUpdate
[](/# MC // row 0) T--1d 0h 6mThread last generated using the LL2 API
[](/# MC // row 1) 2024-11-27T05:51:00ZLaunch success.
[](/# MC // row 2) 2024-11-27T04:41:00ZLiftoff.
[](/# MC // row 3) 2024-11-27T04:31:00ZUnofficial Re-stream by SPACE AFFAIRS has started
[](/# MC // row 4) 2024-11-27T03:28:00ZNew T-0.
[](/# MC // row 5) 2024-11-27T03:02:00ZNew T-0.
[](/# MC // row 6) 2024-11-27T02:35:00ZNew T-0.
[](/# MC // row 7) 2024-11-27T01:17:00ZTweaked T-0.
[](/# MC // row 8) 2024-11-26T14:54:00ZLaunch time is accurate to the second.
[](/# MC // row 9) 2024-11-26T05:53:00ZNow targeting Nov 27 at 03:05 UTC
[](/# MC // row 10) 2024-11-26T05:00:00ZNew T-0.
[](/# MC // row 11) 2024-11-26T00:39:00ZTargeting 06:08:10 UTC
[](/# MC // row 12) 2024-11-25T00:24:00ZTweaked T-0.
[](/# MC // row 13) 2024-11-24T13:34:00ZWeather is >95% favorable for launch.
[](/# MC // row 14) 2024-11-20T17:33:00ZTargeting NET November 26 UTC per NOTAMs A3737/24.

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Stats

☑️ 435th SpaceX launch all time

☑️ 378th Falcon Family Booster landing

☑️ 88th landing on ASOG

☑️ 51st consecutive successful Falcon 9 launch (if successful)

☑️ 123rd SpaceX launch this year

☑️ 22nd launch from LC-39A this year

☑️ 9 days, 6:13:30 turnaround for this pad

Stats include F1, F9 , FH and Starship

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7 Comments
2024/11/24
03:32 UTC

22

r/SpaceX Starlink 12-1 Official Launch Discussion & Updates Thread!

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Welcome to the r/SpaceX Starlink 12-1 Official Launch Discussion & Updates Thread!

Welcome everyone!

[](/# MC // AUTO)

Scheduled for (UTC)Nov 25 2024, 10:02:20
Scheduled for (local)Nov 25 2024, 05:02:20 AM (EST)
Launch Window (UTC)Nov 25 2024, 09:32:00 - Nov 25 2024, 13:32:00
PayloadStarlink 12-1
CustomerSpaceX
Launch Weather Forecast99% GO
Launch siteSLC-40, Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA.
BoosterB1080-13
LandingB1080 has landed on Just Read the Instructions after its 13th flight.
Mission success criteriaSuccessful deployment of spacecrafts into orbit
Trajectory (Flight Club)2D,3D

[](/# MC // section events)

Timeline

TimeUpdate
[](/# MC // row 0) T--2d 23h 59mThread last generated using the LL2 API
[](/# MC // row 1) 2024-11-25T11:10:00ZLaunch success.
[](/# MC // row 2) 2024-11-25T10:02:00ZLiftoff!
[](/# MC // row 3) 2024-11-25T09:52:00ZUnofficial Re-stream by SPACE AFFAIRS has started
[](/# MC // row 4) 2024-11-25T09:04:00ZNew T-0.
[](/# MC // row 5) 2024-11-24T19:08:00ZGO for launch
[](/# MC // row 6) 2024-11-24T15:31:00ZWeather is >95% favorable for launch.
[](/# MC // row 7) 2024-11-23T22:56:00ZTweaked T-0.
[](/# MC // row 8) 2024-11-20T18:17:00ZPostponed to NET November 25 per marine navigation warnings.
[](/# MC // row 9) 2024-11-19T02:53:00ZChanged launch pad.
[](/# MC // row 10) 2024-11-18T17:28:00ZTargeting NET November 24 per NOTAMs A3707/24.

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Stats

☑️ 434th SpaceX launch all time

☑️ 377th Falcon Family Booster landing

☑️ 99th landing on JRTI

☑️ 50th consecutive successful Falcon 9 launch (if successful)

☑️ 122nd SpaceX launch this year

☑️ 57th launch from SLC-40 this year

☑️ 3 days, 17:54:30 turnaround for this pad

Stats include F1, F9 , FH and Starship

[](/# MC // section mission)

Launch Weather Forecast

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[](/# MC // section resources)

Resources

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1 Comment
2024/11/23
09:34 UTC

65

Comparison of the ship re-entry profiles on IFT-5 and IFT-6

8 Comments
2024/11/22
21:49 UTC

118

Starship launch from Space Station. More details in comments!

8 Comments
2024/11/21
23:24 UTC

86

Starship IFT6 Booster Acceleration

8 Comments
2024/11/22
01:39 UTC

10

Awesome slowmo from NSF

2 Comments
2024/11/22
08:00 UTC

270

B1069 gleaming in the clear morning light carrying Starlink 6-66

23 Comments
2024/11/21
22:10 UTC

102

Starship IFT-6 Telemetry Data

Well here we go again!

IFT-5 & IFT-6 Telemetry

Another Starship flight test means another set of telemetry graphs from me.
Flight 6's flight profile looks quite similar to Flight 5, with a few distinct differences which I'll point out below.

One of the first obvious differences is seen in the booster's velocity graph during the boostback-burn,
Its very clear that the booster shut down slightly earlier than on flight 5, causing the speed difference we see, but also less obviously: a slightly higher Apogee.
This higher apogee also means the booster had a slightly longer coast phase, something we can actually see by the slight difference between the two lines on both the altitude and velocity graphs, where Flight 5's booster gets down a little earlier than Flight 6's.

Another extremely obvious difference can be seen in the Ship's altitude after its engines cut off. Flight 5 had an apogee of around 212 Kilometers, while Flight 6 only got up to around 190 Kilometers even though both ships had very similar velocities, love orbital mechanics!

I've sadly been incredibly busy over these last few weeks so i haven't had time to extrapolate any more data from this, but I hope you get some use out of these anyways.
As with last time If you're interested, you can find the source code, and some additional examples over on GitHub here

Hope you enjoy!

18 Comments
2024/11/21
11:27 UTC

885

OFFICIAL: Starship Booster catch abort due to loss of communications with tower computer

195 Comments
2024/11/20
19:04 UTC

1,245

Starship clears the tower at Starbase

36 Comments
2024/11/20
04:56 UTC

14

r/SpaceX Starlink 9-13 Official Launch Discussion & Updates Thread!

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Welcome to the r/SpaceX Starlink 9-13 Official Launch Discussion & Updates Thread!

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[](/# MC // AUTO)

Scheduled for (UTC)Nov 24 2024, 05:25:30
Scheduled for (local)Nov 23 2024, 21:25:30 PM (PST)
Launch Window (UTC)Nov 24 2024, 03:26:00 - Nov 24 2024, 07:26:00
PayloadStarlink 9-13
CustomerSpaceX
Launch Weather ForecastUnknown
Launch siteSLC-4E, Vandenberg SFB, CA, USA.
BoosterB1075-15
LandingThe Falcon 9 first stage B1075 has landed on ASDS OCISLY after its 15th flight.
Mission success criteriaSuccessful deployment of spacecrafts into orbit
Trajectory (Flight Club)2D,3D

[](/# MC // section events)

Timeline

TimeUpdate
[](/# MC // row 0) T--2d 23h 58mThread last generated using the LL2 API
[](/# MC // row 1) 2024-11-24T06:30:00ZLaunch success.
[](/# MC // row 2) 2024-11-24T05:29:00ZUnofficial Re-stream by SPACE AFFAIRS has started
[](/# MC // row 3) 2024-11-24T05:29:00ZLiftoff.
[](/# MC // row 4) 2024-11-23T03:34:00ZUpdated T-0.
[](/# MC // row 5) 2024-11-20T18:15:00ZPostponed to NET November 24 UTC per NOTAMs B1540/24 & B1541/24.
[](/# MC // row 6) 2024-11-16T17:35:00ZTargeting NET November 22 UTC per NOTAMs R0287/24.

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Stats

☑️ 433rd SpaceX launch all time

☑️ 376th Falcon Family Booster landing

☑️ 112th landing on OCISLY

☑️ 49th consecutive successful Falcon 9 launch (if successful)

☑️ 121st SpaceX launch this year

☑️ 40th launch from SLC-4E this year

☑️ 5 days, 23:32:00 turnaround for this pad

Stats include F1, F9 , FH and Starship

[](/# MC // section mission)

Launch Weather Forecast

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[](/# MC // section landing)

[](/# MC // section resources)

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6 Comments
2024/11/20
04:19 UTC

397

Some photos of the new HLS design

123 Comments
2024/11/19
23:53 UTC

102

IFT-6 Entry Profiles

19 Comments
2024/11/20
01:31 UTC

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