SpaceX is going to fly for a new fleet record Wednesday morning, currently set for No Earlier Than 5:13 AM EST Wednesday morning from Space Launch Complex 40 (SLC-40) at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station in Florida. Booster B1067 will fly for the 24th time, which will establish it as the sole Fleet Leader.
The mission can be watched live on SpaceX's channel on X, linked here, beginning five minutes before the launch. Alternatively, it can be watched on Spaceflight Now's channel on YouTube, beginning an hour earlier, 4:13 AM EST. NASASpaceflight's channel on YouTube will also cover the launch starting at 4:13. Following stage separation, B1067 will land on the A Shortfall of Gravitas (ASOG) drone ship, which will be stationed SE of the cape in the Atlantic.
SpaceX says that in the event of problems, there are backup windows available until 7:11 AM Wednesday and starting at 5:37 on Thursday, 12/5.
This is the first of another group of three launches spread between the two Florida and one California launch pads. Following the Starlink 6-70 mission are the Starlink 9-14 mission from Vandenberg Space Force Base, SLC-4E at 10:05 PM EST Wednesday night and the SiriusXM-9 satellites from LC-39A at Kennedy Space Center, 11:10 AM EST Thursday morning.
The fourth mission of B1067, launching the Crew-4 flight to the ISS, April 27, 2022 and landing on ASOG as it will for this launch. Screen captures from the video stream.
I hereby proclaim the Falcon Booster the Small Block Chevy of the rocket world!
ReplyDeleteThe launch woke us. It seemed particularly loud, actually rattled things. Cold, dense air? Another SpaceX record broken.
ReplyDeleteAnother apparently perfect mission!
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