Starlink Mission
Starlink Mission
On Wednesday, March 9 at 8:45 a.m. EST, Falcon 9 launched 48 Starlink satellites to low Earth orbit from Space Launch Complex 40 (SLC-40) at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station in Florida.
This was the fourth launch and landing of this Falcon 9 first stage booster, which previously launched Arabsat-6A, STP-2, and COSMO-SkyMed Second Generation FM2.
14:16 “Time to let the American broomstick fly and hear the sounds of freedom!” LOVE IT
Thanks for the time-line point
We Americans are known for big sticks with a Dragon at the tip😆
🤣🤣🤣
@Mortizul what’s so naive about it? Perhaps Roscosmos should have sold Musk that Soyuz launch 20+ years ago. Instead they spurred on the competition that would eventually big the biggest hit to their wallet since the fall of the Soviet Union
Rogozin on suicide watch
It would be interesting for SpaceX to include an inclinometer (?) graphic so we could watch the angle of the vehicle change as its travel progresses.
just show all the telemitry at that point
@AK I’d also love to see the accelerometer. I don’t think most people understand the acceleration involved during a launch 😀
@Rafael Teleginski Don’t overestimate me!
@I Ditarod Fuel consumption would be directly related to the engine throttle level. MaxQ (approximately 11km) is lowest throttle level on the 1st stage that I am aware of. I would be curios if Oxidizer consumption is increased as the Falcon 9 reachs higher altitudes with less ambient oxygen. My guess would be ambient Oxygen levels would have negligible effect on the required oxygen with the amount of combustion the Merlin engine produces, but SpaceX may try to squeeze every opportunity for efficiency out of their rockets.
And with the onboard cameras you can have inclination since you have the altitude given and horizon line and angle by the images.
i never really meant to watch yet another launch, but really somehow this brought a lump to my throat on the 20th anniversary, Elon must be so incredibly proud of, and grateful to, the hard working people who made it all possible.
Congratulations SpaceX on another successful mission.
14:50 ᴛ-10
15:00 ʟɪғᴛᴏғғ
16:16 ᴍᴀx-ǫ
17:36 ᴍᴇᴄᴏ
17:37 sᴛᴀɢᴇ sᴇᴩᴇʀᴀᴛɪᴏɴ
17:52 ғᴀɪʀɪɴɢ sᴇᴩᴇʀᴀᴛɪᴏɴ
21:49 ᴇɴᴛʀʏ ʙᴜʀɴ
23:24 ʟᴀɴᴅɪɴɢ ʙᴜʀɴ
23:50 ʟᴀɴᴅɪɴɢ (delays)
23:56 sᴇᴄᴏ
Thanks SpaceX. Is there any chance of you adding short, follow-up videos for these ‘Winter’ launches, showing successful deployment of satellites, on Youtube, or on your website, if a delayed video of later events in a mission is available? Many people do not have access to your other social media channels.
It would also be very interesting to watch at least some of the steps taken when de-orbiting a Second Stage, if video from at least one mission could be shared with us. I take this idea from the numerous videos of Shuttle boosters returning to the ocean, courtesy of engineering webcams on those rockets. You do have cameras on those stages, already, so the extra cost incurred would be mainly the salary of a presenter for those events, and even then, only if a commentary is needed. Thank-you!🙂👍
oh china would love it! even video of flight or return pattern will be valuable as these will be collected for future cloning
We were promised 1 launch every week. We have 10/10 launches so far. 👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾
history in the making. Its an amazing world
14:54 liftoff
16:14 max-Q
17:36 stage Separation
23:25 first stage landing
@International Space TV 👽
14:16 the roast
@Stephen no it isn’t
@Carsten Bahnson 😇✌
@STriderFIN77 yes
14:16, that LD deserves a freakin’ medal
“Time to let the American broomstick fly and hear the sounds of freedom!” I love it! 😍
@Chris Rogozin is a political flunky, who has to genuflect to Putin to keep his job, and maybe his life. He has no other qualifications to be speaking for Roscosmos. Hopefully, his tenure will be coming to an end soon.
@Chris, lol ty
@Wyatt B “In a situation like this we can’t supply the United States with our world’s best rocket engines. Let them fly on something else, their broomsticks, I don’t know what,” Dmitry Rogozin, head of the state space agency Roscosmos
What does it mean?
A naive statement.