SpaceX targets another Starlink launch Thursday to continue record pace
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SpaceX targets another Starlink launch Thursday to continue record pace
From Ars Technica:
"SpaceX launched three missions in August—two carrying its own Starlink satellite payloads, and the SAOCOM 1B mission for Argentina. Now, beginning as early as Thursday morning, SpaceX may go for three more launches this month to continue building out its Starlink satellite-Internet constellation."
https://arstechnica.com/science/2020/09 ... cord-pace/
And, the beat goes on... SIGH!
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"SpaceX launched three missions in August—two carrying its own Starlink satellite payloads, and the SAOCOM 1B mission for Argentina. Now, beginning as early as Thursday morning, SpaceX may go for three more launches this month to continue building out its Starlink satellite-Internet constellation."
https://arstechnica.com/science/2020/09 ... cord-pace/
And, the beat goes on... SIGH!
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Re: SpaceX targets another Starlink launch Thursday to continue record pace
UGH! I just processed a set of images in which 3 of those things went brightly through. Only ruined one image of the set - but I'm seeing more and more satellites starting to show up - all have been too dim to see in the actual photo, but show up in processing. This image however, showed the three satellites extremely bright in the original photo.
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Re: SpaceX targets another Starlink launch Thursday to continue record pace
Thanks for the article Stephen. There are definitely reasons to be worried.
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