{"id":10292,"date":"2023-10-08T23:44:47","date_gmt":"2023-10-08T15:44:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wp-productionenv-bjg9h2g2bgg5b8aa.southeastasia-01.azurewebsites.net\/news\/strong-winds-stymie-back-to-back-spacex-launch-plans-vandenberg-launch-successful\/"},"modified":"2023-10-08T23:44:47","modified_gmt":"2023-10-08T15:44:47","slug":"strong-winds-stymie-back-to-back-spacex-launch-plans-vandenberg-launch-successful","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/starpath.global\/news\/strong-winds-stymie-back-to-back-spacex-launch-plans-vandenberg-launch-successful\/","title":{"rendered":"Strong winds stymie back-to-back SpaceX launch plans; Vandenberg launch successful"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"YouTube video player\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/0kppdTDAwG4\" width=\"678\" height=\"381\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><strong>Update 4 a.m. EDT:<\/strong> A Falcon 9 lifted off from Vandenberg Space Force Base, California, at 12:43 a.m. PDT (0743 UTC). Its first stage booster, making its 14th flight, landed successfully on a drone ship in the Pacific. Upper level winds forced SpaceX to scrub the Starlink 6-22 mission from Cape Canaveral.<\/p>\n<p>SpaceX was hoping to kick off the second week of October with a pair of back-to-back Falcon 9 launches, lifting off from both of its Space Force-based launch pads.<\/p>\n<p>However, at about T-23 seconds, a hold was called by the launch director. Minutes later, SpaceX said they were standing down from the Starlink 6-22 launch attempt from Space Launch Complex 40 (SLC-40) at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station in Florida due to strong upper-level winds.<\/p>\n<p>SpaceX had been targeting a liftoff at 11:38 p.m. EDT (0338 UTC) to send up 22 Starlink V2 Mini satellites up to low Earth orbit. The launch had already been delayed twice as pre-launch preparations had fallen behind schedule.<\/p>\n<p>The scrub was followed less than 4.5 hours later by the Starlink 7-4 mission, which successfully launched at 12:43 a.m. PDT (3:43 a.m. EDT, 0743 UTC) from Space Launch Complex 4 East (SLC-4E) at Vandenberg Space Force Base in California. Because of its trajectory, its payload consists of a slightly smaller load of 21 Starlink V2 Mini satellites.<\/p>\n<p>Both mission featured Falcon 9 rockets. The two first-stage boosters, B1067 at SLC-40 and B1063 at SLC-4E, were each aiming to launch for a 14th time.<\/p>\n<p>The Starlink 6-22 is now looking to launch no earlier than Monday, Oct. 9, at 8:42 p.m. EDT (0042 UTC).<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_64034\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-64034\" style=\"width: 678px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-64034\" src=\"http:\/\/spaceflightnow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/20231008-Starlink-6-22-Upright.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"678\" height=\"381\" srcset=\"https:\/\/spaceflightnow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/20231008-Starlink-6-22-Upright.jpg 678w, https:\/\/spaceflightnow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/20231008-Starlink-6-22-Upright-300x169.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 678px) 100vw, 678px\"><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-64034\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">A Falcon 9 booster was raised upright just before 6 p.m. EDT (2200 UTC) on Sunday, Oct. 8 for the Starlink 6-22 mission. Image: Spaceflight Now.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<h2><strong>Busier every year<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p>SLC-40 continues to be a workhorse launch pad for SpaceX. Following the Starlink 6-22 mission, the company will have used it to launch a total of 148 times, a majority of the 263 Falcon 9 launches that will have taken place by that point.<\/p>\n<p>SpaceX is also greatly ramping up activity at Vandenberg. Following the Starlink 7-4 mission, it will account for 21 out of the 22 industry launches from VSFB so far in 2023. The other mission was Firefly Aerospace\u2019s Victus Nox launch in September.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"YouTube video player\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/mNRP1y_IpW4\" width=\"678\" height=\"381\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Update 4 a.m. EDT: A Falcon 9 lifted off from Vandenberg Space Force Base, California, at 12:43 a.m. PDT (0743 UTC). Its first stage booster, making its 14th flight, landed successfully on a drone ship in the Pacific. Upper level winds forced SpaceX to scrub the Starlink 6-22 mission from Cape Canaveral. 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