Time for another Starlink mission. This one’s an evening launch from Vandenburg. It will be the 19th flight of booster B1061.

Scheduled for (UTC) 2024-02-23 04:11
Scheduled for (local) 2024-02-22 20:11 (PST)
Mission Starlink Group 7-15
Launch site SLC-4E, Vandenberg Space Force Base, California, USA.
Vehicle Falcon 9
Booster B1061 19th Flight
Landing ADSD Of Course I Still Love You at T+00:08:23
Inclination 53° Why?
Payload 22 x Starlink V2 Mini deployed at T+01:02:17
Customer SpaceX
Mission success criteria Successful launch and delivery of payload to low earth orbit

Webcasts

Stream Link
Space Affairs https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oQWd7EnE8MU
The Launch Pad https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ikloLxNHxvU
SpaceX https://www.spacex.com/launches/mission/?missionId=sl-7-15
SpaceFlight Now https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wmHTtpdEoTA
The Space Devs https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ySJ2qEwoxkE

NextSpaceflight page

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

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ySJ2qEwoxkE

  • threelonmusketeersMEnglish
    2•9 months ago

    Interesting note: https://x.com/SpaceX/status/1760882381148623202#m

    One of the nine Merlin engines powering tonight’s first stage is our flight leader, powering its 22nd mission to Earth orbit

    I didn’t know that the engine flight leader numbers were higher than the booster flight leaders. I wonder how this occurred?

    I assumed that they swapped out engines only when they needed refurbishment, and that the engines would always have fewer flights than the boosters. I guess some older engines have been reinstalled in younger boosters?