Edhat Staff
Update by the edhat staff
5:00 p.m., August 17, 2023
SpaceX has rescheduled its launch again and is now targeting Monday, August 21 at 11:04 p.m.
Update by the edhat staff
August 17, 2023
SpaceX has rescheduled its early Thursday launch to Friday, August 18 at 12:30 a.m. from Vandenberg Space Force Base.
The Falcon 9 launch will send 21 Starlink satellites to low-Earth orbit from Space Launch Complex 4E. If needed, an additional opportunity is available at 1:20 a.m. Two backup opportunities are also currently available on Saturday, August 19 at 12:08 a.m. and 12:59 a.m.
Depending on the weather patterns, the launch could be visible throughout the county.
By the edhat staff
August 16, 2023
SpaceX is targeting a near midnight launch on Thursday from Vandenberg Space Force Base.
At 12:01 a.m., a Falcon 9 rocket is scheduled to launch another 21 Starlink satellites to low-Earth orbit from Space Launch Complex 4E
Additional launch windows will be 12:51 a.m. through 3:23 a.m. Two backup opportunities are also currently available on Friday, August 18 at 12:30 a.m. and 1:20 a.m.
This is the 15th flight for the first stage booster supporting this mission, which previously launched Crew-1, Crew-2, SXM-8, CRS-23, IXPE, Transporter-4, Transporter-5, Globalstar FM15, ISI EROS C-3, and five Starlink missions. Following stage separation, the first stage will land on the Of Course I Still Love You droneship, which will be stationed in the Pacific Ocean.
A live webcast of this mission will begin about five minutes prior to liftoff.
Scrubbed until early tomorrow morning.
I hope “Hilary” doesn’t have something to say about the new reschedule, for Monday nite.
They may have scrubbed this launch but there were two to three dozen objects launched in a line from Vandenburg last night (08/17/2023) around 9pm. Anyone else see them? I have a picture.
That was a Starlink train launched from Canaveral on Wednesday.
The objects in question started at a low altitude and then gained altitude until they were no longer visible. So are you saying they launched from Florida on Wednesday and had a slow ascent until I saw them on Thursday from Ventura, CA at 9pm PDT?
They were launched from Canaveral into low Earth orbit. There were 22 of them. They orbit the Earth in about 90 minutes. They made a visible pass on Wednesday night, and again last night. They are only visible when illuminated by sunlight, so if you watched carefully, they disappeared one by one as they entered the Earth’s shadow as they approached the meridian. They are gradually dispersing and heading to higher orbits, so they are less noticeable on each pass.
The objects in question started at a low altitude and then gained altitude until they were no longer visible. So are you saying they launched from Florida on Wednesday and had a slow ascent until I saw them on Thursday from Ventura, CA at 9pm PDT?
Hopefully they will be able to launch Monday evening.
FYI, here is a great Starlink train finder that I found and use all the time:
https://james.darpinian.com/satellites/?special=starlink
Ooooo very cool! This is a first for me! Thanks all for the info!