David K - 7-6-2024 at 07:17 AM
SpaceX Falcon 9 Rocket Launch from California's Space Force Base, Vandenberg: Wednesday at 7:00 pm (or after!)
The SpaceX Starlink Group 9-3 Falcon 9 has changed [now Thursday 7:39 pm]
Remember: TIME/DATE MAY CHANGE
This may be too early for any sky show?
UPDATE: It did change!
NEW INFO: https://nextspaceflight.com/launches/details/7524
[Edited on 7-10-2024 by David K]
elgatoloco - 7-7-2024 at 09:21 PM
A Falcon 9 rocket is scheduled for launch Monday evening (July 8) from Vandenberg SFB, Calif. The vehicle is slated to lift off from south base during
a launch window that opens at 7:46 p.m. PDT and carry several Starlink satellites into orbit. Following launch, the Falcon 9 will probably fly towards
the southeast and roughly parallel the coast.
If liftoff occurs at the start of the window, the Sun will be above the horizon for locations near the coast, severely degrading launch visibility.
However, for venues further east, the window opens during evening twilight. This could result in the Falcon's exhaust plume being illuminated by the
Sun at high altitude while being suspended in a twilight sky.
For countdown status and video feeds of the launch, go to:
https://www.spacex.com/launches/mission
https://spaceflightnow.com
BornFisher - 7-7-2024 at 10:10 PM
Musk is moving his show east for the Phoenix crowd. By design? Only he knows, but there will be a whole lot of people in Arizona talking about
Starlink!
David K - 7-10-2024 at 10:26 AM
New launch day and time: https://nextspaceflight.com/launches/details/7524
mtgoat666 - 7-11-2024 at 07:44 PM
Hugely disappointing show from san diego 
[Edited on 7-12-2024 by mtgoat666]
David K - 7-12-2024 at 09:01 AM
Well, that's because it was still daylight here. I watched the launch and booster landing off of San QuintÃn on YouTube and didn't bother going
outside because the sun was still up.
Some pretty good views from Constitución, La Paz, and Los Barriles was posted last night on Facebook... where it was after sundown.
mtgoat666 - 7-12-2024 at 07:23 PM
The news reports that the launch was a failure, failed to reach high enough, sats are doomed to soon fall back to earth.
Spacex launches cancelled for foreseeable future until they figure out what went wrong and fix it.
Does spacex make money? Are subscribers going to see a price hike?
David K - 7-13-2024 at 07:29 AM
Last thing I read was that the second stage failed to start the second time, that lifts it to a higher orbit. Onboard camera showed ice formation and
bits of ice falling into the flame during the initial burn (which people in La Paz, etc. watched and filmed). The theory is that there was a liquid
oxygen leak. Four of the twenty satellites did communicate with SpaceX. I have not looked at today's (Saturday) news, yet.
Starlink and SpaceX have been a huge success with 300 launches. This one fail will hardly be crippling to their business.
[Edited on 7-13-2024 by David K]
PaulW - 7-13-2024 at 08:42 AM
The Falcon 9 launch record is spectacular.
Rockets from the Falcon 9 family have been launched 364 times over 14 years, resulting in 361 full successes (99.18%), two in-flight failures (SpaceX
CRS-7 and Starlink Group 9-3), and one partial success (SpaceX CRS-1, which delivered its cargo to the International Space Station (ISS)
Now they are moving the satellite's one with onboard propulsion to their proper orbit position. Success in not reported yet.