{"id":124459,"date":"2024-11-11T03:44:34","date_gmt":"2024-11-10T20:44:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/?p=124459"},"modified":"2024-11-11T03:44:34","modified_gmt":"2024-11-10T20:44:34","slug":"spacex-to-launch-24-starlink-satellites-on-a-falcon-9-rocket-from-cape-canaveral-spaceflight-now","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/?p=124459","title":{"rendered":"SpaceX to launch 24 Starlink satellites on a Falcon 9 rocket from Cape Canaveral \u2013 Spaceflight Now"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <script async src=\"https:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-3711241968723425\"\r\n     crossorigin=\"anonymous\"><\/script>\r\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\"\r\n     style=\"display:block\"\r\n     data-ad-format=\"fluid\"\r\n     data-ad-layout-key=\"-fb+5w+4e-db+86\"\r\n     data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-3711241968723425\"\r\n     data-ad-slot=\"7910942971\"><\/ins>\r\n<script>\r\n     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\r\n<\/script><br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<p>Updated 3:30 p.m. EST (1030 UTC)<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_67630\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-67630\" style=\"width: 876px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-67630\" src=\"http:\/\/spaceflightnow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/20241022_Starlink_6-61_prelaunch_AB-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"876\" height=\"575\" srcset=\"https:\/\/spaceflightnow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/20241022_Starlink_6-61_prelaunch_AB-1.jpg 876w, https:\/\/spaceflightnow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/20241022_Starlink_6-61_prelaunch_AB-1-300x197.jpg 300w, https:\/\/spaceflightnow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/20241022_Starlink_6-61_prelaunch_AB-1-678x445.jpg 678w, https:\/\/spaceflightnow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/20241022_Starlink_6-61_prelaunch_AB-1-768x504.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 876px) 100vw, 876px\"\/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-67630\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">File: A Falcon 9 rocket stands in the launch position at Space Launch Complex 40 (SLC-40) at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station ahead of the planned liftoff of the Starlink 6-61 mission on Oct. 22, 2024. Image: Adam Bernstein\/Spaceflight Now<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>SpaceX will continue to test the limits of its Falcon 9 rocket with its next launch of Starlink satellites. The Starlink 6-69 mission features 24 of the V2 Mini variety of the satellite, which appears to be the maximum that can flown on a single Falcon 9 launch to this particular shell.<\/p>\n<p>SpaceX has only once before launched 24 of the V2 mini Starlink satellites for the Group 6 shell from Cape Canaveral on Starlink 6-39 in February. After that, subsequent missions maxed out at 23 satellites.<\/p>\n<p>Liftoff from pad 40 at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station is now scheduled for Sunday, Nov. 10, at 8:22 p.m. EST (0122 UTC Monday). The launch time slipped to what is thought to be the be the last opportunity of the day. As of 3:30 p.m. EST (1930 UTC) the rocket was not yet vertical at the launch pad. If needed SpaceX has additional launch opportunities starting at 4:02 p.m. EST (2102 UTC) on Monday.<\/p>\n<p>Spaceflight Now will have live coverage beginning about an hour prior to liftoff.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Watch live: SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket launches from Cape Canaveral with 24 Starlink satellites\" width=\"1170\" height=\"878\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/V5XNBM0c0MI?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><span data-mce-type=\"bookmark\" style=\"display: inline-block; width: 0px; overflow: hidden; line-height: 0;\" class=\"mce_SELRES_start\">\ufeff<\/span><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>The 45th Weather Squadron forecast fairly idilic conditions for launch on Sunday. Launch weather officers said there should be a 90 percent chance of favorable weather during the launch window.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe large high pressure system to the northeast continues to persist through the weekend, resulting in consistent onshore flow for the east coast of Florida. This will bring a fairly steady stream of shallow cumulus clouds throughout the period, along with very isolated showers,\u201d meteorologists wrote. \u201cBy late Sunday the high pressure will begin to weaken and exit to the east allowing a weak tropical trough to enter the region from the south.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The Falcon 9 first stage booster supporting this mission, tail number B1080 in the SpaceX fleet, will be launching for a 12th time. It previously supported the launches of four missions to the International Space Station (Ax-2, Ax-3, Cygnus NG-21 and CRS-30), the European Space Agency\u2019s (ESA) Euclid observatory, the SES 24 communications satellite and four prior Starlink missions.<\/p>\n<p>A little more than eight minutes after liftoff, B1080 will land on the SpaceX droneship, \u2018A Shortfall of Gravitas.\u2019 If successful, this will mark the 84th landing on ASOG and the 365th booster landing to date.<\/p>\n<h4>Ramping up launches<\/h4>\n<p>The launch of 24 Starlink satellites comes as SpaceX looks to ramp up its launch cadence to get as close a possible to the goal it set at the start of the year of 144 missions \u2013 a target it admits it can no longer reach. Sunday\u2019s mission will be the company\u2019s third launch in four days and it plans to launch a Korean communications satellite Monday, followed by two more Starlink delivery missions before the end of the week.<\/p>\n<p>Starlink 6-69 will be SpaceX\u2019s 107th Falcon 9 rocket launch this year between its two launch pads in Florida and single pad in California.<\/p>\n<p>Following a launch from Vandenberg Space Force Base on Friday at 10:14 p.m. PDT (1:14 a.m. EST, 0614 UTC on Saturday), Kiko Dontchev, SpaceX\u2019s vice president of launch, said that the company was recently approved to launch up to 50 times this year from VSFB.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cDon\u2019t get it twisted\u2026 @SpaceX and @SpaceForceDoD are committed to national security AND protecting the environment,\u201d Dontchev said in a post on X, formerly Twitter. \u201cAs part of the approval for increased cadence, we are implementing a very robust and detailed species monitoring and mitigation program.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe will use data and science, not politics, to protect our planet as we push further into the solar system and make life multi-planetary!\u201d<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Amazing work by the <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/SpaceX?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@SpaceX<\/a> west coast team on launch #37(!!!) from Vandenberg this year. We are so thankful for our amazing partnership with the <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/SLDelta30?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@SLDelta30<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/SpaceForceDoD?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@SpaceForceDoD<\/a>, and <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/DeptofDefense?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@DeptofDefense<\/a>. So much effort from all parties went into clearing the way for increased launch\u2026 <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/sZERa6JdAr\">https:\/\/t.co\/sZERa6JdAr<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Kiko Dontchev (@TurkeyBeaver) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/TurkeyBeaver\/status\/1855315949320098268?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">November 9, 2024<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Back in mid-October, the Los Angeles Times <a href=\"https:\/\/www.latimes.com\/california\/story\/2024-10-11\/la-me-spacex-coastal-commission\">reported<\/a> that the California Coastal Commission rejected a request by SpaceX to increase their number of permitted launch to 50. The proposal was also backed by U.S. Space Force and U.S. Air Force officials.<\/p>\n<p>The pushback from commissioners was reportedly connected to the ramped up political activity by SpaceX Founder Elon Musk in the lead up to the presidential election.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis company is owned by the richest person in the world with direct control of what could be the most expansive communications system in the planet,\u201d Commissioner Mike Wilson said. \u201cJust last week that person was talking about political retribution.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The commission also said SpaceX needed to do more in the realm of environmental monitoring and mitigation efforts. The L.A. Times reported that military personnel did agree \u201cto increase monitoring and to set up an interagency working group that includes U.S. Fish and Wildlife, the National Marine Fisheries Service and the Federal Aviation Administration to address concerns as the number of launches increases.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The Times also noted that SpaceX has plans to increase up to 100 launches from California in 2025.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><br \/>\n<br \/><script async src=\"https:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-3711241968723425\"\r\n     crossorigin=\"anonymous\"><\/script>\r\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\"\r\n     style=\"display:block\"\r\n     data-ad-format=\"fluid\"\r\n     data-ad-layout-key=\"-fb+5w+4e-db+86\"\r\n     data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-3711241968723425\"\r\n     data-ad-slot=\"7910942971\"><\/ins>\r\n<script>\r\n     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\r\n<\/script><br \/>\n<br \/><div data-type=\"_mgwidget\" data-widget-id=\"1660802\">\r\n<\/div>\r\n<script>(function(w,q){w[q]=w[q]||[];w[q].push([\"_mgc.load\"])})(window,\"_mgq\");\r\n<\/script>\r\n<br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/spaceflightnow.com\/2024\/11\/10\/live-coverage-spacex-to-launch-24-starlink-satellites-on-a-falcon-9-rocket-from-cape-canaveral\/\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Updated 3:30 p.m. EST (1030 UTC) File: A Falcon 9 rocket stands in the launch position at Space Launch Complex 40 (SLC-40) at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station ahead of &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/?p=124459\" class=\"more-link\">Read More<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8628],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-124459","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-science","entry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/124459","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=124459"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/124459\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=124459"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=124459"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=124459"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}