SpaceX's 13th overall Starlink mission

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From the Ars Technica Rocket Report:

"Coming up soon, at 18:19 UTC Thursday, is SpaceX's 13th overall Starlink mission. It will be webcast here:

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[helicon]

Well, the future is going to look "bright" with all of that hardware up there in orbit. Now Bezos is getting into the satellite game....too

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Looks like they must've scrubbed it today:

"SpaceX is targeting Friday, September 18 at 1:57 p.m. EDT, 17:57 UTC, for launch of its thirteenth Starlink mission, which will launch 60 Starlink satellites to orbit. Falcon 9 will lift off from Launch Complex 39A (LC-39A) at Kennedy Space Center in Florida. "

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[Tim456]

Current in the recovery zone is too strong for the recovery vessel. Launch will be pushed into next week when the currents are more favorable.

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New launch slot is 28-SEP-2020 10:22 AM EDT.

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Here the latest article from Ars Technica:
"Air Force signals interest in Starlink as SpaceX set for another launch"

https://arstechnica.com/science/2020/09 ... er-launch/

I really think this may be the actual underlying reason for this whole endeavor.

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[Tim456]

Blah. Delayed again. I was stuck in a clean room all morning so I couldn’t have watched it anyway.

[Tim456]

Now targeting 01-OCT-2020 9:17 A.M. EDT for the starlink launch.

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From Ars Technica today:
"Oct. 1, 9:55am ET: Thursday morning's launch attempt of a Falcon 9 rocket got down to T-18 seconds before an automated system triggered an abort. The issue was related to an unexpected ground sensor reading—so yes another ground-systems launch issue in Florida. There have been a lot of those in the last few weeks.

SpaceX has not set a new launch date for the Starlink mission, but assuming the issue can be remedied fairly quickly, it may set up another attempt on Friday morning. If that happens, it's also possible SpaceX will try to launch a GPS III satellite for the Air Force on Friday night, but neither of these dates have yet been confirmed in light of the Starlink scrub."

https://arstechnica.com/science/2020/10 ... er-launch/

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[helicon]

Another glitch...

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From Ars Technica:
"SpaceX gets back on track with a stunning Starlink launch near sunrise"

https://arstechnica.com/science/2020/10 ... r-sunrise/

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[helicon]

Well, they pulled it off again...