Falcon 9 returns to flight after the upper stage failure on Starlink 9-3. The cause was found to be a crack in a sense line for a pressure sensor attached to the vehicle’s oxygen system.
Starlink Group 10-9 launch out of LC-39A in Florida currently scheduled for 2024-07-27 05:45 UTC, or 2024-07-27 01:45 local time (EDT). Booster 1069-17 to land on Just Read the Instructions.
Webcasts:
- Space Affairs: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6dP1XFBzDow
- Spaceflight Now: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DZg8oq1QD5U
- NASASpaceflight: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dAC6jUd8rlM
- The Launch Pad: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7uNxBoWjsJ8
- SpaceX: https://x.com/SpaceX/status/1817072484761682309
- The Space Devs: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sqLwEFyj6tc
https://x.com/SpaceX/status/1817033846396977593
Now targeting 12:59 a.m. ET for tonight’s Falcon 9 launch of 23 @Starlink satellites to low-Earth orbit from pad 39A in Florida
Edit: https://x.com/SpaceX/status/1817040329645994481
New T-0 of 1:45 a.m. ET for liftoff
MECO, stage separation, M-Vac ignition, and fairing separation.
Liftoff!
Stage 1 landing confirmed!
M-Vac shutdown.
Nominal upper stage burn and Starlink deploy!
https://x.com/SpaceX/status/1817088027073872228
Falcon 9’s upper stage has completed its second engine burn to place it in the final deploy orbit
https://x.com/SpaceX/status/1817089828040724801
Deployment of 23 @Starlink satellites confirmed
Successfully rapidly disassembled 🤣
