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Date: May 09, 2024 at 08:32:13
From: Redhart, [DNS_Address]
Subject: Space X launch 8:20pm/Vandenberg/visible from so. Calif |
URL: https://www.space.com/spacex-starlink-launch-group-8-2 |
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Just a heads up for southern/central California, there
is a scheduled Space X launch tonight from Vandenberg.
The window "starts" at 8:20pm.
If nothing puts it on another hold, you may see it in
the skies.
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SpaceX launching 20 Starlink satellites from California
tonight
News
By Mike Wall last updated 1 hour ago
Launch is scheduled for 11:20 p.m. ET (8:20 p.m. PT)
tonight (May 9).
SpaceX is set to launch 20 Starlink internet satellites
from California tonight (May 9), including 13 with
direct-to-cell capability.
A Falcon 9 rocket topped with the Starlink craft is
scheduled to lift off from Vandenberg Space Force Base
tonight, during a two-hour window that opens at 11:20
p.m. EDT (8:20 p.m. local California time; 0320 GMT on
May 10). SpaceX had originally planned to launch the
mission on Wednesday night (May 8) but stood down from
that attempt.
SpaceX will livestream the launch via its X account,
beginning about five minutes before the window opens.
The Falcon 9's first stage will come back to Earth
about 8 minutes after launch, if all goes according to
plan. It will touch down on the droneship Of Course I
Still Love You, which will be stationed in the Pacific
Ocean.
It will be the 4th launch and landing for this
particular first stage, according to a SpaceX mission
description.
The Falcon 9's upper stage, meanwhile, will continue
carrying the Starlink satellites to low Earth orbit
(LEO), where they will be deployed about 61.5 minutes
after liftoff.
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Date: May 09, 2024 at 21:44:23
From: Redhart, [DNS_Address]
Subject: Re: Space X launch 8:20pm/Vandenberg/visible from so. Calif |
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The rocket launched at 9:30pm PT and we saw it. It was
very orange as it flew south across the sky. We also
saw the stage 1 booster re-ignite and drift back down
toward it's ocean landing platform.
I post these in case someone's wondering what exactly
that was in the sky if they looked up about 9:30-9:40pm.
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