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#4786 |
"Think BOOM!"
Join Date: Nov 2003
Location: 33.675° N 106.475° W
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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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#4787 |
"Think BOOM!"
Join Date: Nov 2003
Location: 33.675° N 106.475° W
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T-4:00
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#4788 |
Kind of a mod
Join Date: Aug 2005
Location: Donkey Land
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#4789 |
MVP
Join Date: Aug 2003
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Almost finished. I can't believe it's gone so well.
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#4790 |
Banned
Join Date: Jan 2013
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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 |
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#4791 |
Kind of a mod
Join Date: Aug 2005
Location: Donkey Land
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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).
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#4792 |
"Think BOOM!"
Join Date: Nov 2003
Location: 33.675° N 106.475° W
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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 |
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#4793 |
Kind of a mod
Join Date: Aug 2005
Location: Donkey Land
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Nice, another LZ-1 landing. I've missed those.
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#4794 |
"Think BOOM!"
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#4795 |
"Think BOOM!"
Join Date: Nov 2003
Location: 33.675° N 106.475° W
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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. |
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#4796 |
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Join Date: Aug 2005
Location: Donkey Land
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Lame.
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#4797 |
"Think BOOM!"
Join Date: Nov 2003
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#4798 |
"Think BOOM!"
Join Date: Nov 2003
Location: 33.675° N 106.475° W
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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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#4799 |
"Think BOOM!"
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Location: 33.675° N 106.475° W
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#4800 |
Kind of a mod
Join Date: Aug 2005
Location: Donkey Land
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Beautiful night for a launch!
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