Coraz więcej Starlinków 03.03. o 14:25 z KSC wystrzelona została RN Falcon-9R. Wyniosła ona na orbitę 47 satelitów Starlink (Starlink 4-9). Pierwszy stopień RN (B1060.11) w T+8' 26" wylądował na barce ASDS JRTI na Atlantyku.
http://lk.astronautilus.pl/n220301.htm#03SpaceX Starlink 39 launch & Falcon 9 first stage landing, 3 March 2022This was our 9th Falcon 9 launch in the first 9 weeks of 2022
https://twitter.com/SpaceX/status/1499445667088912404ROCKET: Falcon 9 (B1060.11)
PAYLOAD: 47 Starlink satelllites (Starlink 4-9)
LAUNCH SITE: LC-39A, Kennedy Space Center, Florida
LAUNCH DATE: March 3, 2022
LAUNCH TIME: 9:25:00 a.m. EST (1425:00 GMT)
WEATHER FORECAST: 90% chance of acceptable weather; Low risk of unfavorable conditions for booster recovery
BOOSTER RECOVERY: “Just Read the Instructions” drone ship near the Bahamas
LAUNCH AZIMUTH: Southeast
TARGET ORBIT: 189 miles by 197 miles (305 kilometers by 317 kilometers), 53.2 degrees inclination
LAUNCH TIMELINE:T+00:00: Liftoff
T+01:12: Maximum aerodynamic pressure (Max-Q)
T+02:31: First stage main engine cutoff (MECO)
T+02:35: Stage separation
T+02:42: Second stage engine ignition
T+02:47: Fairing jettison
T+06:49: First stage entry burn ignition (three engines)
T+07:09: First stage entry burn cutoff
T+08:25: First stage landing burn ignition (one engine)
T+08:46: Second stage engine cutoff (SECO 1)
T+08:47: First stage landing
T+56:45: Second stage restart
T+56:46: Second stage engine cutoff (SECO 2)
T+1:05:47: Starlink satellite separation
MISSION STATS:143rd launch of a Falcon 9 rocket since 2010
151st launch of Falcon rocket family since 2006
11th launch of Falcon 9 booster B1060
125th Falcon 9 launch from Florida’s Space Coast
139th launch overall from pad 39A
45th SpaceX launch overall from pad 39A
86th flight of a reused Falcon 9 booster
39th dedicated Falcon 9 launch with Starlink satellites
9th Falcon 9 launch of 2022
9th launch by SpaceX in 2022
10th orbital launch based out of Cape Canaveral in 2022
https://spaceflightnow.com/2022/03/03/falcon-9-starlink-4-9-live-coverage/After another Starlink mission, SpaceX on pace for one launch per week this yearMarch 3, 2022 Stephen Clark
SpaceX’s Falcon 9 rocket exceeds the speed of sound Thursday, about minute after liftoff from Kennedy Space Center with 47 Starlink internet satellites. Credit: Stephen Clark / Spaceflight Now(...) The Starlink deployment completed the 118th consecutive successful mission by SpaceX’s Falcon rocket family since September 2016, when a Falcon 9 exploded on the launch pad and destroyed the Israeli Amos 6 communications satellite.
Elon Musk, SpaceX’s founder CEO, said last month that the company plans around 50 launches this year. (...)
With the fresh satellites deployed Thursday, SpaceX has launched 2,234 Starlink spacecraft to date, including prototypes and older models no longer in service. Jonathan McDowell, an astrophysicist who regularly tracks spaceflight activity, estimated SpaceX had 1,945 functioning Starlink satellites in orbit, as of Wednesday. (...)
https://spaceflightnow.com/2022/03/03/after-another-starlink-mission-spacex-on-pace-for-one-launch-per-week-this-year/SpaceX Launches Record-Tying Falcon 9, Looks Ahead to Busy Marchby Ben Evans March 3, 2022
Starlink 4-11 with condensation rings shortly after launch. Photo credit: Jeff Seibert / AmericaSpace(...) This new deployment architecture positioned the payload into a higher initial orbital altitude of 190 miles (310 kilometers). It became necessary following a much-publicized geomagnetic storm last month, one of whose unwanted effects was to cause several dozen Starlinks to prematurely re-enter the atmosphere to destruction. The additional Merlin 1D+ burn and a longer phase of “coasting” meant that the Starlinks were deployed at 62 minutes into flight, rather than 15 minutes as happened on earlier missions. (...)
https://www.americaspace.com/2022/03/03/__trashed-2/https://www.nasaspaceflight.com/2022/03/starlink-group-4-9/AA
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