DocM 16,680 Posted February 7 (edited) Starlink V1.0 Launch #4 60 StarLink v1.0 commsats Date: February 15, 2020 Time: 1046 Eastern (1546 UTC) Booster: 1056.4 (CRS-17 & 18, Kacific-1) Booster recovery: ASDS Of Course I Still Love You Fairing recovery: Ms. Tree and Ms. Chief What was that about booster reuse never paying for itself? Also, Bloomberg reports StarLink will be spun off in an IPO. May be a while, likely after the v1.0 LEO constellation is deployed. https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2020-02-06/spacex-likely-to-spin-off-starlink-business-and-pursue-an-ipo 1 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
DocM 16,680 Posted February 14 Starlink Launch 4 static fire good. Launch delayed due to recovery zone weather. New T-0, Date: Feb 16 (Sunday) Time: 1025 Eastern (1525 UTC) 2 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
IsItPluggedIn 1,686 Posted February 14 Did they get any feedback on the new "darkening" they deployed during the last batch? Will they be deploying more/different solutions this time? It would be good to have any other news after the launch. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
DocM 16,680 Posted February 15 Don't expect to hear much about DarkSat until it arrives at its 550km operational altitude, which may be several more weeks. Measurements between 340km and 550km are only applicable to the transition periods up/down - a tiny part of their 5-year mission. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
DocM 16,680 Posted February 16 Date: Monday Feb 17 Time: 1003 Eastern (1503 UTC) Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Skiver 1,960 Posted February 17 Falcon 9 didn't make the landing Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Jim K 14,183 Posted February 17 Wondering if it didn't make a soft "landing" on the water? Didn't see a "boom" or fragments. Of course it will still be ruined (though if in one piece they can probably scavenge parts)... anyway, looking forward to hearing what exactly happened. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Skiver 1,960 Posted February 17 Yep I noticed the spray/smoke off to the side. If the engine fired to make that soft of a landing you've got to assume something like a landing leg didn't deploy? Although I thought I heard a call out to say they had. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Jim K 14,183 Posted February 17 2 minutes ago, Skiver said: Yep I noticed the spray/smoke off to the side. If the engine fired to make that soft of a landing you've got to assume something like a landing leg didn't deploy? Although I thought I heard a call out to say they had. I'm thinking that the Falcon thought the drone ship was below it ... for whatever reason. I think I heard them call out the landing legs had deployed. Pure assumption though. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Skiver 1,960 Posted February 17 1 minute ago, Jim K said: I'm thinking that the Falcon thought the drone ship was below it ... for whatever reason. I think I heard them call out the landing legs had deployed. Pure assumption though. Yep, I'm certain I head the landing legs deployed call out. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Jim K 14,183 Posted February 17 ...or it could have been something similar to CRS-16 where it had a problem and aborted the landing. Only time will tell ... I'm sure Elon/SpaceX will give an explanation soon. 2 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
anthdci 228 Posted February 17 20 minutes ago, Jim K said: ...or it could have been something similar to CRS-16 where it had a problem and aborted the landing. Only time will tell ... I'm sure Elon/SpaceX will give an explanation soon. it was far enough away to me that I thought it had detected an issue and not done the dog leg kick back towards the ship to save the OCISLY. This was it's 4th flight if i remember rightly? 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Jim K 14,183 Posted February 17 Yea, 4th flight. You're probably correct...problem detected and it didn't "dogleg kick" back to OCISLY. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
