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SpaceX - Starlink Group 6-18
F9 from CCSFS SLC-40

Pri: Sun Sep 24 at ~~~00:16 UTC.
Bk1: Sun Sep 24 at ~~~23:51 UTC.
Bk2: Mon Sep 25 at ~~~23:26 UTC.
Bk3: Tue Sep 26 at ~~~23:00 UTC.
Bk4: Wed Sep 27 at ~~~22:35 UTC.
Bk5: Thu Sep 28 at ~~~22:10 UTC.
Bk6: Fri Sep 29 at ~~~21:45 UTC.

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SpaceX - Starlink Group 6-18
F9 B1060.17 from CCSFS SLC-40

SpaceX webpage:
https://www.spacex.com/launches/mission/?missionId=sl-6-18

Note: The 17th launch of B1060, the second booster to launch 17 times.

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SpaceX - Starlink Group 6-18
F9 B1060.17 from CCSFS SLC-40

NASASpaceflight.com webcast:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ah_VDCd6SDw

Note: The 17th launch of B1060, the second booster to launch 17 times.

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SpaceX - Starlink Group 6-18
F9 B1060.17 from CCSFS SLC-40

NASASpaceflight.com is live.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ah_VDCd6SDw

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Rocket Lab - Flight 'We Love the Nightlife' (Acadia-1 for Capella Space)
Electron from Māhia LC-1B

Rocket Lab webcast:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IAwEeNI_D10

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Rocket Lab - Flight 'We Love the Nightlife' (Acadia-1 for Capella Space)
Electron from Māhia LC-1B

Rocket Lab: "Today's launch was aborted on ignition, so we're standing down 🚀

In the final seconds before lift-off, Electron's flight computer actively monitors a wide range of vehicle performance parameters, ...

1/2

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Rocket Lab - Flight 'We Love the Nightlife' (Acadia-1 for Capella Space)
Electron from Māhia LC-1B

Rocket Lab: ... and when any of these parameters are violated, the vehicle determines is it not ready for flight and triggers a safe abort. Electron did exactly what it was designed to today, allowing us to try again soon!"

2/2

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Rocket Lab - Flight 'We Love the Nightlife' (Acadia-1 for Capella Space)
Electron from Māhia LC-1B

Peter Beck: "Low igniter pressure on one engine. It did not pass it’s Go test and an auto abort was called. Its not uncommon to see low pressures now and again, we just have not seen it lead to an abort for a while. My bet is a tricky pressure transducer. The team will sort it quickly."

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Rocket Lab - Flight 'We Love the Nightlife' (Acadia-1 for Capella Space)
Electron from Māhia LC-1B

Peter Beck: "It’s being a naughty rocket and needs some time out. Still not happy with one of the engine sensors so we will roll back in and investigate further."

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Rocket Lab - Flight 'We Love the Nightlife' (Acadia-1 for Capella Space)
Electron from Māhia LC-1B

Changes of plans (and rocket) ...

  1. Changed from a non-recovery mission to a recovery mission.

  2. First use of a reflown engine!

https://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20230823216471/en/Rocket-Lab-Brings-Forward-Milestone-Recovery-Mission

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SpaceX: "Ship 25 completes a six-engine static fire test at Starbase in Texas"

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SpaceX - Starship Integrated Flight Test #2
SH9/SS25 from Starbase TX

SpaceX: "The second flight test of a fully integrated Starship could launch as soon as mid-November, pending regulatory approval."

SpaceX webpage:
https://www.spacex.com/launches/mission/?missionId=starship-flight-2

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SpaceX - Starship Integrated Flight Test #2
SH9/SS25 from Starbase TX

The revised launch license has been issued by the FAA!

It covers only IFT #2. Further flights will require another revision.

Images continued in the next post.

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SpaceX - Starship Integrated Flight Test #2
SH9/SS25 from Starbase TX

Final launch license image.

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SpaceX - Starship Integrated Flight Test #2
SH9/SS25 from Starbase TX

NASASpaceflight.com webcast:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uOI35G7cP7o

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SpaceX - Starship Integrated Flight Test #2
SH9/SS25 from Starbase TX

The reason for the postponement ...

Elon Musk: "We need to replace a grid fin actuator, so launch is postponed to Saturday"

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SpaceX - Starship Integrated Flight Test #2
SH9/SS25 from Starbase TX

Everything appears to be remaining on track for Saturday at 13:00-13:20 UTC ...

SpaceX: "Starship and Super Heavy are ready at the launch pad in Starbase, Texas. Targeting Saturday, November 18 for Starship’s second integrated flight test"

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SpaceX - Starship Integrated Flight Test #2
SH9/SS25 from Starbase TX

NASASpaceflight.com is live.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uOI35G7cP7o

Yes, nine hours before the launch window opens. I expect that they will cover Starlink Group 6-28 on this webcast.

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SpaceX - Starship Integrated Flight Test #2
SH9/SS25 from Starbase TX

Over the past hour ...

SpaceX: "All systems and weather are go for the second integrated flight test of Starship. Today's webcast will go live ~35 minutes ahead of liftoff"

SpaceX: "Propellant load of the Super Heavy booster is underway"

SpaceX: "Propellant load of Starship’s upper stage is now underway"

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SpaceX - Starship Integrated Flight Test #2
SH9/SS25 from Starbase TX

The NASASpaceflight.com livestream continues:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uOI35G7cP7o

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SpaceX - Starship Integrated Flight Test #2
SH9/SS25 from Starbase TX

Not the best quality, but a rebroadcast on YouTube of SpaceX's livestream:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2XbmBspvaHE

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SpaceX - Starlink Group 5-12
F9 from CCSFS SLC-40

Pri: Fri Jun 23 at ~~~13:10 UTC.
Bk1: Sat Jun 24 at ~~~12:44 UTC.
Bk2: Sun Jun 25 at ~~~12:19 UTC.
Bk3: Mon Jun 26 at ~~~11:54 UTC.
Bk4: Tue Jun 27 at ~~~11:29 UTC.
Bk5: Wed Jun 28 at ~~~11:04 UTC.
Bk6: Thu Jun 29 at ~~~10:38 UTC.

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SpaceX - Starlink Group 5-12
F9 B1069.8 from CCSFS SLC-40

Mission Control Audio is live.

Mission Control Audio:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2_oVRYbLM2w

SpaceX hosted webcast:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9lwAP91Y7Cs

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SpaceX - Starlink Group 5-12
F9 B1069.8 from CCSFS SLC-40

NASASpaceflight.com is live.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZEFMkj5K_hI

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SpaceX - Starlink Group 5-12
F9 B1069.8 from CCSFS SLC-40

The SpaceX hosted webcast is live.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9lwAP91Y7Cs

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SpaceX - Starlink Group 5-12
F9 B1069.8 from CCSFS SLC-40

A new record for fairing half reuse.

SpaceX: "Fairings deployed. Today's mission marks our first tenth flight of a fairing half"

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SpaceX - Starlink Group 5-12
F9 B1069.8 from CCSFS SLC-40

SpaceX: "Deployment of 56 @Starlink satellites confirmed"

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ULA is targeting a Flight Readiness Firing (aka static fire) of their Vulcan rocket today.

They have a livestream scheduled to start at 22:00 UTC.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UhWc8-Oyug8

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