Today, Friday, November 3, SpaceX will delight us with another launch of the Falcon 9 rocket with Starlink v2 Mini satellites. As with previous missions, they will head to an orbit with an inclination of 43° to the equator, i.e. to the so-called fifth orbital shell of the Starlink constellation. For this mission, the first stage with serial number B1058 was chosen, which will push the limit of reusability a little further, as it will fly for the eighteenth time! The landing will be attempted on the sea platform A Shortfall Of Gravitas, which will be waiting in the Atlantic Ocean approximately 612 kilometers from the launch site.
Final overview:
Start time and date: November 3 at 23:30:10 CET
Start location: Rampa SLC-40, Mys Canaveral, Florida
Rocket: Falcon 9 Block 5 (first stage of B1058, which will fly for the eighteenth time)
Primary load: 23 Starlink v2 Mini satellites
Cargo weight: 18,400 kilograms
Delivery Orbit: Low Earth Orbit with a 43° inclination to the equator and an altitude of 293 × 285 kilometers
First stage: The first stage will attempt to land on the ASOG offshore platform, which will be waiting 612 kilometers from the launch site
We will start our broadcast about 10 minutes before the start, i.e. around 23:20 CET. If you’re interested in joining the chat, click on the video title in the upper left corner to take you to the YouTube page for that broadcast.
EDIT November 3, 8:25 p.m
The start is moved to 1:37 a.m., so the broadcast will start at 1:25 a.m. CET.
Sources of information:
https://www.spacex.com/
https://www.elonx.cz/
https://twitter.com/
Image Sources:
Review-THUMB.jpg?w=1200&h=1200&fit=fill&fill=blur
Contact the author: report errors, inaccuracies, comments
2023-11-03 20:47:12
#LIVE #CZECH #stage #flies #eighteenth #time
