{"id":10307,"date":"2023-09-23T21:14:24","date_gmt":"2023-09-23T13:14:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wp-productionenv-bjg9h2g2bgg5b8aa.southeastasia-01.azurewebsites.net\/news\/another-falcon-9-hits-17-flight-milestone-with-starlink-launch\/"},"modified":"2023-09-23T21:14:24","modified_gmt":"2023-09-23T13:14:24","slug":"another-falcon-9-hits-17-flight-milestone-with-starlink-launch","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/starpath.global\/news\/another-falcon-9-hits-17-flight-milestone-with-starlink-launch\/","title":{"rendered":"Another Falcon 9 hits 17-flight milestone with Starlink launch"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Update (11:59 p.m. EDT):<\/strong> Liftoff occurred at 11:38 p.m. EDT (0338 UTC). Falcon 9 booster 1060 landed on the drone ship about eight and a half minutes after launch.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_63791\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-63791\" style=\"width: 678px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/spaceflightnow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/20230924-Starlink-6-18-launch.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"678\" height=\"381\" class=\"size-full wp-image-63791\" srcset=\"https:\/\/spaceflightnow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/20230924-Starlink-6-18-launch.jpg 678w, https:\/\/spaceflightnow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/20230924-Starlink-6-18-launch-300x169.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 678px) 100vw, 678px\"><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-63791\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">The Starlink 6-18 mission liftoffs off from Cape Canaveral with a Falcon 9 booster making its 17th flight. Image: Spaceflight Now.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>A SpaceX Falcon 9 is scheduled to launch from Cape Canaveral Saturday night with a booster making its 17th flight. It will be only the second to reach this milestone and the 200th time SpaceX has launched a previously flown Falcon 9 first stage. Liftoff, with 22 Starlink satellites inside its payload fairing, is now scheduled for 11:38 p.m. EDT (0338 UTC Sunday).<\/p>\n<p>SpaceX pushed back the launch time from the original T-0 of 9:07 p.m. (0107 UTC) after the Falcon 9 went upright Saturday evening later than planned. There is one additional launch opportunity at 12:05 a.m. EDT (0405 UTC). Another four launch opportunities are available Sunday night.<\/p>\n<p>The first stage for this Starlink 6-18 mission, is booster 1060, which first flew in June 2020 carrying the GPS 3-3 satellite for the U.S. Space Force and went on to fly the Turksat 5A, Transporter-2, Intelsat G-33\/G-34 and Transporter-6 mission, plus 11 Starlink delivery flights. <\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"YouTube video player\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/oQyPwkiMEWA\" width=\"678\" height=\"381\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>Just four days ago, booster 1058 became the first Falcon 9 first stage to make a 17th flight on the Starlink 6-17 mission. SpaceX had previously identified B1060 as the first stage for that mission but corrected the error on its website after the launch.<\/p>\n<p>SpaceX recently re-certified its Falcon 9 first-stage fleet for 20 reuses, five more than the previous rating.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_63788\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-63788\" style=\"width: 678px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/spaceflightnow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/20230923-Falcon-9-Upright.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"678\" height=\"381\" class=\"size-full wp-image-63788\" srcset=\"https:\/\/spaceflightnow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/20230923-Falcon-9-Upright.jpg 678w, https:\/\/spaceflightnow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/20230923-Falcon-9-Upright-300x169.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 678px) 100vw, 678px\"><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-63788\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">A Falcon 9 is raised into position at launch pad 40 at Cape Canaveral on Saturday ahead of the Starlink 6-18. Image: Adam Bernstein\/Spaceflight Now.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Excellent weather is forecast for Saturday night. U.S. Space Force meteorologists, in a forecast issued Friday, predicted only a 5-percent chance of a weather rule violation.<\/p>\n<p>After lifting off from Space Launch Complex 40 at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station, the Falcon 9 will roll and pitch on to a trajectory that will take it south-east. Following stage separation, about two and half minutes into flight, booster 1060 will arc towards a landing on the drone ship \u201cJust Read the Instructions\u201d which will be stationed about 420 miles (675 km) downrange in the Atlantic east of the Bahamas.<\/p>\n<p>The single Merlin Vacuum engine of the second stage will burn for about six minutes to reach a parking orbit. A two-second burn 53 minutes 57 seconds into flight will refine the orbit before the 22 Starlink satellites are deployed into a 185\u00d7178 mile (297x286km) orbit. Separation of the V2 Mini Starlink satellites will occur about one hour five minutes after launch.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Update (11:59 p.m. EDT): Liftoff occurred at 11:38 p.m. EDT (0338 UTC). Falcon 9 booster 1060 landed on the drone ship about eight and a half minutes after launch. The Starlink 6-18 mission liftoffs off from Cape Canaveral with a Falcon 9 booster making its 17th flight. Image: Spaceflight Now. 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