SpaceX Falcon 9 Launch Thread - Starlink-6 (Starlink V1 L-5)

[Anonymous No.11470934]

Post-pi-day edition

WHEN: Sunday, March 15 9:22 AM EDT / 13:22 UTC
STREAM: https://www.spacex.com/webcast [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JVuS4IS2Kvs]
Probability of weather delay: 10% [https://www.patrick.af.mil/Portals/14/Weather/F9%20Starlink%20V1_0%20L-5%20L-1%20Day%20Forecast%20-%2015%20MAR%20Launch.pdf?ver=2020-03-14-112912-383]
Backup launch date: ???

Launch site: LC-39A, Kennedy Space Center, Florida (East Coast)
Booster number & previous flights: B1048.5, [Iridium-7 NEXT, SAOCOM 1A, Nusantara Satu, Starlink-2]
Previous fairing flights: Starlink-1
First stage landing: Yes, on autonomous spaceport droneship Of Course I Still Love You
Fairing catch attempt: Yes, on fairing recovery vessels “Ms. Tree” and “Ms. Chief”
SpaceX press kit: https://www.spacex.com/sites/spacex/files/sixth_starlink_press_kit.pdf
Payload: 60 Starlink V1 satellites
Payload mass & destination orbit: >15,600 kg (~260 kg / sat); 210 x 366 km @ ~53°; satellites will orbit-raise after deployment to 550 km
TLEs: https://www.celestrak.com/NORAD/elements/supplemental/starlink-6.txt

Payload information:
>https://www.starlink.com/
>https://space.skyrocket.de/doc_sdat/starlink-v1-0.htm
>https://www.nasaspaceflight.com/2020/03/spacex-sixth-starlink-fifth-booster-reflight/
>(Starlink viewing utility) https://james.darpinian.com/satellites/?special=starlink

How to watch a launch at the cape: http://www.launchphotography.com/Delta_4_Atlas_5_Falcon_9_Launch_Viewing.html

Stats:
This will be the 51st landed first stage, 34th booster re-flight, and 83rd Falcon 9 launch. It is the 6th SpaceX launch of 2020. This is the first fifth flight of a Falcon 9 Booster.

[Anonymous No.11470935]

Thread is up earlier than normal for these "boring" launches since I might be dead asleep for the launch. Apologies.

[Anonymous No.11470938]

[Anonymous No.11470941]

[Anonymous No.11470971]

How many more Starlink launches before Starlink itself can work?

[Anonymous No.11470974]

>>11470971
like two

[Anonymous No.11470978]

>>11470971
I'm curious too, as well as wondering what the current configuration of all Starlink sats is right now.

[Anonymous No.11470994]

>>11470971
one: https://twitter.com/elonmusk/status/1214481860459237377

[Anonymous No.11470995]

>>11470974
this

[Anonymous No.11471019]

>>11470978
http://stuffin.space/?search=starlink

[Anonymous No.11471101]

>fifth flight of booster

BUT MUH REUSABILITY WILL NEVER WORK

MUH THUNDERF00T ENLIGHTENED INTELLECTUAL TOLD ME THE BEST MINDS AT NASA COULDNT MAKE REUSABILITY WORK

ELON MUSK IS A FRAUD

[Anonymous No.11471103]

>>11471019
I wish the guy who made the Starlink tracker would update the app for the fucking new launches. I want to be able to watch the trains.

[Anonymous No.11471104]

>>11471101
don’t forget the reused fairings too. That’s another 10% of the rocket cost right there

[Anonymous No.11471108]

>>11471103
There are a load of utilities like the n2yo one or whatever, heavens-above... I like the one in the OP since it shows an animation using street view overlays

[Anonymous No.11471112]

>>11471108
Oh shit, the one in the OP is what I was talking about. For whatever reason though the last few times I tried accessing it, it just kept linking to Starlink-2 so I figured he stopped updating it.

[Anonymous No.11471138]

>>11470994
>starlink will have enough sats for customers with this launch
how long did it take the other starlink trains to reach their final orbits?

[Anonymous No.11471141]

>>11471138
One after this launch. Poorly phrased that one word post, sorry.
Elon’s tweet was after two had launched, for the operational batches. This is the 5th operational batch.
It takes 3mo to orbit raise. Next Starlink launch is is late March, so +3mo from then

[Anonymous No.11471146]

>>11471141
thanks. early July it is then...

[Anonymous No.11471532]

Will scientists in Antarctica be more productive with Starlink?

[Anonymous No.11471533]

>>11470935
Last launch just had a landing failure and you‘re complaining about routine...

[Anonymous No.11471541]

>>11471533
second to last launch*

>>11471532
don’t think so, at least not with the initial 1600 or so. They’ll all be in west-East orbits

[Anonymous No.11471573]

One hour to go

[Anonymous No.11471583]

Why launch 14,000 Sats into LEO when there is ground based telacommunication technologys that can service rural regions?

[Anonymous No.11471584]

>>11471583
To fund SpaceX out the ass.

[Anonymous No.11471586]

>>11471583
Because all the ground providers are fucking gay.

[Anonymous No.11471640]

>>11471586
just make you're own landbased telacomm network then, why clutter up LEO and give it to one company?

[Anonymous No.11471643]

>>11471640
Ask Google how well that worked for them.

[Anonymous No.11471645]

>>11471584
maybe there are better ventures for telacom.networks then a over engineered mesh network

[Anonymous No.11471646]

>>11471583
There isn't. A good land in US(and the world) isn't served by any ground based services. Mainly because lack of density of people/infrastructure cost.

[Anonymous No.11471649]

MUSIC

[Anonymous No.11471651]

>>11471649

[Anonymous No.11471654]

Will we ever get SpaceX launch streams with Elon created Musics?

[Anonymous No.11471655]

>>11471649
also NSF has their own livestream for this launch:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gKxu4s4W0O0

[Anonymous No.11471657]

>>11471651
Sorry lad, the Brits don't have a space program anymore.

[Anonymous No.11471661]

>Kennedy Space Center and Cape Canaveral will infinitely shut down after this Starlink launch

It's happening, this may be the last rocket launch in US soil.

[Anonymous No.11471662]

New guy

[Anonymous No.11471664]

>>11471657
its ashame really, we just seem to make components for other nations now days.

[Anonymous No.11471668]

Woohoo.. Starship updates. And recruiting.

>>11471662
Doing well so far

[Anonymous No.11471669]

>>11471661
>American astronauts on American rockets on American soil never ever

[Anonymous No.11471670]

Nice

[Anonymous No.11471676]

>>11471661
Anything to keep SpaceX from getting The Flag. IT WAS BOING'S TURN!

[Anonymous No.11471682]

>>11471664
Our Sat games strong and the Solar Orbiter just went up.

[Anonymous No.11471685]

[Anonymous No.11471689]

Abort!

[Anonymous No.11471690]

lol

[Anonymous No.11471691]

RIP

[Anonymous No.11471692]

>>11471685
Disregard!

[Anonymous No.11471693]

OH SHIT

[Anonymous No.11471694]

KEK

[Anonymous No.11471695]

oh no no no

[Anonymous No.11471696]

>>11471101
Any more Thunderf00t seeth? I enjoy these

[Anonymous No.11471697]

what happened lol

[Anonymous No.11471698]

LOL ABORT

[Anonymous No.11471699]

wtf

[Anonymous No.11471700]

Center engine aborted. Scrub.

[Anonymous No.11471701]

FFFFFFFFFFF

[Anonymous No.11471702]

>>11471697
it has corona

[Anonymous No.11471703]

>>11471697
I'm guessing Stage 1 ignition failed.

[Anonymous No.11471705]

>ABORTED AT T-0

LOOOOOOL

[Anonymous No.11471708]

DISREGARD

[Anonymous No.11471711]

LOL

[Anonymous No.11471712]

imagine going all the way there to watch it, and it gets aborted lmao

[Anonymous No.11471715]

That's it go home folks

[Anonymous No.11471721]

ABORTED

[Anonymous No.11471722]

>Falcon 9 got coroned
Well

[Anonymous No.11471723]

SPACEX IS FINISHED

[Anonymous No.11471725]

>>11471702
fucking kek'd

[Anonymous No.11471726]

liftoff......DISREGARD

[Anonymous No.11471727]

>>11471643
alright sure fiber is expensive, why not use coaxial inferstructure, docsis 4.0 is here and is capable of data transmission of multi-gigabite symmetrically

[Anonymous No.11471730]

CORONA ON BOARD

THEY COULDNT RISK SENDING CORONA TO MARS


ELON JUST TEXTED ME

[Anonymous No.11471731]

Does Starlink need a specific launch window? Why not wait an hour and try again?

[Anonymous No.11471734]

>>11471727
It wasn't the fiber that stopped them as much as the cost of the infrastructure installation and utility rentals from each municipality. Its a nightmare of red tape and extortionate fees.

[Anonymous No.11471735]

>>11471727
It's not the wire/fiber that's expensive, it's digging that's expensive, and getting permission to dig can be even more expensive.

[Anonymous No.11471736]

how the fuck did it abort at the last second lolo

[Anonymous No.11471738]

>>11471731
You think they'll know what went wrong and recycle within an hour?

[Anonymous No.11471740]

>>11471731
When your car doesn't start, do you just wait an hour?

[Anonymous No.11471741]

Abort due to engine issue. Too much power/thrust.

[Anonymous No.11471744]

>tfw SpaceX almost blew up the crew tower a month before launching astronauts to the ISS

[Anonymous No.11471747]

>Standing down today; standard auto-abort triggered due to out of family data during engine power check. Will announce next launch date opportunity once confirmed on the Range

Out of what

[Anonymous No.11471750]

>>11471712
Ah yes, the Planned Parenthood experience at Disney World

[Anonymous No.11471754]

>>11471747
There is a set of redundant sensors. If even one of all sensors reads abnormal, they shut the launch even if it's just a bad reading.

[Anonymous No.11471757]

How much did it cost

[Anonymous No.11471759]

>>11471757
The payload, rocket, or this specific attempt?

The fuel is like $100K (1% of launch cost) so even less than that for an abort.

[Anonymous No.11471762]

Either one of the engines did not provide enough power.

[Anonymous No.11471763]

Leave space to me.

[Anonymous No.11471768]

>>11471735
They mandated in my area that any road being dug up should have plastic tubes that are used for fiber be put in. Almost everyone in my low density area can get fiber.
The community owned power company puts fiber on almost all the power poles they use. It's hard to find people now that doesn't have access and even those are planning voluntary work from retired electricians/fiber installers to get it done.

[Anonymous No.11471774]

>Coronavirus has gone digital and infected actual coding

[Anonymous No.11471787]

>>11471735
>>11471734

Alright, why not run just data cables to cellular or wifi towers and let the towers service those remote area?

[Anonymous No.11471791]

>>11471787
It already exists.
https://www.att.com/internet/fixed-wireless/

[Anonymous No.11471793]

>>11471101
just because something is "reusable" doesn't make it economical.

[Anonymous No.11471822]

>>11471774
More proof that it started in an Indian call center

[Anonymous No.11471825]

>>11471791
>10mbs
Just give those towers more bandwidth
>}bada bing bada boom
no LEO satellites obstructing my view of the night sky.

[Anonymous No.11471883]

>>11471787
> sir, there's a mountain blocking LOS to some of our customers
> lets build another tower
> sir, there's a mountain blocking LOS to some of our customers
> lets build another tower
> sir, there's a mountain blocking LOS to some of our customers
> lets build another tower
The expense of building ground based networks out to rural areas is what keeps service out of those areas.

>>11471793
> why would I want to use something I bought with money more than once.
> i crash every car I drive the first time I drive it
> never owned a phone I wanded to use twice. I end the call then spike it into the ground as hard as I can every time.
> its a lot less expensive to just buy new cars and phones and toasters then to reuse them after they have been used once.

[Anonymous No.11471891]

>>11471793
If the alternative is creating the product again from scratch for every use then yes, making something reusable DOES make it economical.
Apologize to the thread now for your error.

[Anonymous No.11471956]

>>11471740
typically I try again in five seconds

[Anonymous No.11472042]

>>11471741
>task failed successfully

[Anonymous No.11472343]

So, any updates about the abortion and when they are planning to try again?

[Anonymous No.11472357]

>>11472343
kek

[Anonymous No.11472832]

>>11472343
Looks like Wednesday morning (the 18th) and about an hour eariler.