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SpaceX Planning To Launch Starlink 6-58 Sunday Evening

By Charles Boyer FMN May 11, 2024Aviation and Space News, Falcon 9, Space News, SpaceX, Starlink, US Space Force

Another day that ends in “y” and that means SpaceX is planning another Starlink launch from The Cape. Sunday evening, from Space Launch Complex 40 at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station, the Starlink 6-58 mission is scheduled to liftoff, with a launch window from 8:11 PM EDT Sunday evening to 12:11 AM EDT on early Monday morning. The first stage will land offshore, meaning there will be no sonic booms in the Space Coast Area.

SpaceX Planning Starlink 6-55 Launch For Tonight

By Charles Boyer FMN May 2, 2024Falcon 9, Space News, SpaceX, Starlink

Another 23 Starlink satellites are set to be sent to orbit aboard a Falcon 9 this evening from SLC-40 at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station. The launch window opens at 09:49 PM EDT and extends until 01:17 AM EDT Friday.

If tonight’s planned liftoff does not happen, according to SpaceX, “If needed, additional opportunities are also available on Friday, May 3, starting at 9:03 p.m. ET.”

SpaceX Planning Starlink 6-51 Launch Today – How and where to watch

By Charles Boyer FMN April 17, 2024Space News, SpaceX, Starlink

A recent Starlink launch as viewed from Playa Linda Beach. Photo: Charles Boyer/FMN

SpaceX is planning to launch the first of three Falcon 9 missions over the next five days today. There’s another launch scheduled for tomorrow, Thursday, April 18, and a final one set for Monday, April 22nd. All three will be ferrying a tranche of Starlink Group 6 satellites to orbit. Today’s launch is from Pad LC-39A at Kennedy Space Center.

SpaceX Launches Starlink 6-49, Booster B1062 Completes 20th Mission

By Charles Boyer FMN April 13, 2024Falcon 9, Space News, SpaceX, Starlink

For a time, Falcon 9’s plume illuminated the whole rocket body as it ascended to space, powered by nine Merlin engines.
Photo: Ed Cordero / Florida Media Now

SpaceX launched a Falcon 9 tonight from Pad SLC-40 at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station and sent another twenty-three Starlink satellites to orbit. Liftoff occurred at 09:22 PM EDT on a crisp, clear spring evening on the Space Coast.

Note: Originally published by Charles Boyer at Talk of Titusville

SpaceX Completes Cape Doubleheader Saturday

By Charles Boyer FMN March 31, 2024Space News, SpaceX, Starlink

SpaceX / Eutelsat 36 lifts off from LC-39A at KSC. This was the view from Playalinda Beach near Wilson’s Corner in Brevard County
Photo: Charles Boyer / FMN

SpaceX launched two Falcon 9 rockets to orbit Saturday: first, at 5:52 PM EDT Eutelsat 36D from LC-39A at Kennedy Space Center, then at 9:30 PM, Starlink 6-45 from SLC-40 at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station — a three-hour, thirty-minute gap between launches. The mission marked the second of the company’s “doubleheader” launches this year.

Hut-Two-Three-Four: SpaceX Joins the Armed Forces

By Jim Siegel FMN March 26, 2024Space News, SpaceX, Starlink

USAF setting up a Starlink dish — Master Sgt. Caleb Frisbie from the 242nd Combat Communications Squadron, setting up the communication equipment for the Agile Battle Labs Communications Demonstration. The antenna he installed is a SpaceX Starlink dish, pictured above. Photo: US Air Force/ Todd Cromar

By now, almost everyone has heard of SpaceX’s Starlink. However, it is lesser known that SpaceX and their subsidiary, Starlink, now have two major government- and military-related contracts. Pilot testing began in 2020 and took a few years to complete. That product — Starshield — is now ready for deployment.

Starlink 6-42 Launches As Weather Finally Clears

By Charles Boyer FMN March 24, 2024Space News, SpaceX, Starlink

Starlink 6-42 Launches into Florida Sky — Space X Falcon 9, partial timelapse photo over the Indian River. Space Coast residents may recognize “Scruffy The Tug Boat” — an accidental landmark on the Indian River on FL 528 West. It’s an accidental landmark that’s been aground in the same spot for years.
Photo: Charles Boyer / FMN

SpaceX launched a Falcon 9 booster carrying 23 more Starlink V2 Mini satellites to orbit Saturday night from Pad LC-39A at Kennedy Space Center after hours of weather delays. The launch finally came at 11:09 PM EDT, after two pushbacks on the planned L-0 time due to shifting weather on the Space Coast.

A “Democratic Government” Threatens to Fine Its Citizens For Using Starlink

By Mark Stone FMN March 18, 2024Space News, SpaceX, Starlink

When A Telecom Agency suspects that there are citizens who violate the law by using foreign satellite services.

By now, most are familiar with SpaceX’s effort to bring internet access to every corner of the world. And they’re doing a pretty good job of it. With over 6000 Low Earth Orbit (LEO) Starlink satellites already in space, and as many as 6000 more going up on future launches, one would think that the whole world would be pretty happy about it, right? Or at least the “free countries”…but maybe not.

Starlink 6-43 Opens What Could Be A Very Busy Week For SpaceX

By Charles Boyer FMN March 11, 2024Falcon 9, Space News, SpaceX, Starlink

Starlink 6-43 rising into the Florida sky on March 10, 2024.
Photo: Charles Boyer / ToT — Starlink 6-43 rising into the Florida sky on March 10, 2024.
Photo: Charles Boyer / FMN

SpaceX launched a Falcon 9 from SLC-40 at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station earlier this evening, kicking off what could prove to be quite a busy week for the company.

Starlink 6-43 Slated for Sunday

By Charles Boyer FMN March 9, 2024Falcon 9, Space News, SpaceX, Starlink

SpaceX plans to launch the Starlink 6-43 mission Sunday, March 10 aboard a Falcon 9 rocket.

The payload will be another tranche of 23 Starlink satellites that will be ferried low-Earth orbit from Space Launch Complex 40 (SLC-40) at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station in Florida. According to the company on Saturday, March 10th, “liftoff is targeted for 7:05 p.m. ET, with backup opportunities available until 11:03 p.m. ET. If needed, additional opportunities are also available on Monday, March 11 starting at 6:40 p.m. ET.”

While Crew 8 Waits, SpaceX Launches Starlink 6-40

By Charles Boyer FMN February 29, 2024Aviation and Space News, Space News, SpaceX, Starlink

With Crew-8’s Falcon 9 sitting on Pad LC-39A at Kennedy Space Center this morning waiting for weather to improve along its launch corridor, SpaceX launched a Falcon 9 carrying 23 more Starlink Version 2 Mini satellites to low-Earth orbit from its other launch pad on the Eastern Range at SLC-40 at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station.

Launch Alert: Starlink 6-34 Set To Launch Tonight

By Mark Stone FMN December 18, 2023Aviation and Space News, Space News, SpaceX, Starlink

A SpaceX Falcon 9 stands on Pad 40 in this File Photo — A SpaceX Falcon 9 stands on Pad 40 before a launch earlier this year. Photo: Richard Gallagher/FMN

Space X’s weather-delayed Starlink mission is set to launch tonight from Cape Canaveral Space Force Station’s Pad 40. Weather may still be a problem.

The Mission At A Glance

Launch Window: 11:00 PM – 3:31AM EST
Pad: 40, Cape Canaveral SFS
Mission: Starlink 6-34
Launch Vehicle: SpaceX Falcon 9
Booster Return: Drone Ship – A Shortfall of Gravitas
Launch Weather Forecast: 60% Go