SpaceX is targeting Thursday, January 13 for a Falcon 9 launch of Transporter-3 to orbit from Space Launch Complex 40 (SLC-40) at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station in Florida. The 29-minute launch window opens at 10:25 a.m. EST, or 15:25 UTC, and a backup opportunity is available on Friday, January 14 with the same window.

Falcon 9’s first stage booster previously launched Crew Demo-2, ANASIS-II, CRS-21, Transporter-1, and five Starlink missions. Following stage separation, SpaceX will land Falcon 9’s first stage on Landing Zone 1 (LZ-1) at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station.

Transporter-3 is SpaceX’s third dedicated rideshare mission, and on board this launch are 105 spacecraft (including CubeSats, microsats, PocketQubes, and orbital transfer vehicles).

A live webcast of this mission will begin about 15 minutes prior to liftoff.


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<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Falcon 9 delivers another round of Starlink internet satellites into orbit at 9:02pm EST <a href="https://t.co/bgEexJxQFq">pic.twitter.com/bgEexJxQFq</a></p>— Ben Cooper (@LaunchPhoto) <a href="https://twitter.com/LaunchPhoto/status/1483634587544821763?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">January 19, 2022</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>

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<samp class="EmbedCode-container"><code class="EmbedCode-code"><blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Just in from the <a href="https://twitter.com/NASAWebb?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@NASAWebb</a> team: All 18 primary mirror segments and the secondary mirror are now fully deployed!<br><br>Congratulations to the teams that have been working tirelessly since launch to get to this point. Soon, Webb will arrive at its new home, L2!<a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/unfoldtheuniverse?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#unfoldtheuniverse</a> <a href="https://t.co/QsIyr5AWii">pic.twitter.com/QsIyr5AWii</a></p>&mdash; Bill Nelson (@SenBillNelson) <a href="https://twitter.com/SenBillNelson/status/1483882708648574977?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">January 19, 2022</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script> </code></samp>

Out-of-control SpaceX rocket on collision course with moon

Falcon 9 booster, launched from Florida in 2015 to deploy Deep Space Climate Observatory, has followed ‘chaotic’ orbit since and is on a collision course with the moon after spending almost seven years hurtling through space, experts say.

https://www.theguardian.com/science/...-with-the-moon

I've always found it kind of crazy that none of the Apollo ascent stages ever crashed down. It seems like they'd eventually get dragged down, but apparently they're all still just kind of floating out there to this day (or at least we've never been able to find any of them).

Falcon 9 Block 5 | CSG-2
LZ-1
Thu Jan 27, 2022 23:11 UTC (4:11pm MST)
SLC-40, Cape Canaveral SFS, Florida, USA

Nice, another LZ-1 landing. I've missed those.

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El scrubbo:

SpaceX is targeting Friday, January 28 for launch of the COSMO-SkyMed Second Generation FM2 mission to low Earth orbit from Space Launch Complex 40 (SLC-40) at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station in Florida. The instantaneous launch window is at 6:11 p.m. EST, or 23:11 UTC.

Lame.

Yeah, went from 60% favorable weather to scrub really quickly.

Fourth time's the charm?

SpaceX is targeting Monday, January 31 for launch of the COSMO-SkyMed Second Generation FM2 mission to low Earth orbit from Space Launch Complex 40 (SLC-40) at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station in Florida. The instantaneous launch window is at 6:11 p.m. EST, or 23:11 UTC.

The Falcon 9 first stage booster supporting this mission previously supported the launch of Arabsat-6A and STP-2. After stage separation, Falcon 9 will return to Earth and land on Landing Zone 1 (LZ-1) at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station. One half of the fairings supporting this mission previously supported Transporter-1, Transporter-2, and one Starlink mission, and the other half previously supported SAOCOM 1B, Transporter-2, and one Starlink mission.

A live webcast of this mission will begin about 15 minutes prior to liftoff.

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Beautiful night for a launch!