DocM Posted September 23, 2019 Share Posted September 23, 2019 Operational Starlink network satellites Date: NET October 17 Time: TBA Pad: LC-40 Core: TBA Recovery: ASDS OCISLY Number of satellites: TBA Initial orbit: 350km circular Target altitude(s): TBA Target inclination(s): TBA Frequency bands: Ka, Ku SpaceX seems to be planning on 22 satellites/plane and 3 planes/launch, so they may try shoehorning 66 satellites per launch. We'll see. NET November 4 for Starlink v1.0 Flight 2 Up to 24 Starlink launches in 2020 Unobscured Vision and bguy_1986 1 1 Share Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DocM Posted November 2, 2019 Author Share Posted November 2, 2019 SpaceFlightNow reports StarLink 1 (first launch of the v1.0 satellites) Date: Monday, November 11 Time: ~1000 Eastern (~1500 UTC) The 4th flight of whatever booster they've assigned, thought to be B1048-4. Rub: that's Veterans Day, a US federal holiday Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DocM Posted November 5, 2019 Author Share Posted November 5, 2019 bguy_1986 1 Share Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DocM Posted November 7, 2019 Author Share Posted November 7, 2019 Starlink 1 Static fire complete Date: November 11, 2019 Window: 0951-1002 Eastern (1451-1502 UTC) Core: B1048-4, Flight Proven™ on Iridium NEXT-7, SAOCOM 1A and Nusantara Satu/Beresheet Fairings: Flight Proven™ on Falcon Heavy ArabSat 6A Recovery: booster (ASDS Of Course I Still Love You) & fairings (Ms. Tree & Ms. Chief) Payload: 60 Starlink 1.0 satellites, part of the first flock of 1,584 Final orbit: 550 km (342 mi) Inclination: 53° Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DocM Posted November 10, 2019 Author Share Posted November 10, 2019 (edited) StarLink v1.0 is heavier than Starlink v0.9 v0.9: 230kg v1.0: 260kg Date: November 11 Time: 0956 EST (1456 GMT) Backup date: November 12 Time: 0934 EST (1434 GMT) Stage recovery: ASDS (OCISLY) Fairing recovery: T+45 min (Ms Tree, Ms Chief) Deployment altitude: 280km From the press kit Quote Since the most recent launch of Starlink satellites in May, SpaceX has increased spectrum capacity for the end-user through upgrades in design that maximize the use of both Ka and Ku bands. Additionally, components of each satellite are 100% demisable and will quickly burn up in Earths atmosphere at the end of their life cycle - a measure that exceeds all current safety standards. Webcast Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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