{"id":10311,"date":"2023-09-20T23:50:14","date_gmt":"2023-09-20T15:50:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wp-productionenv-bjg9h2g2bgg5b8aa.southeastasia-01.azurewebsites.net\/news\/spacex-launches-falcon-9-on-record-breaking-17th-flight-for-booster\/"},"modified":"2023-09-20T23:50:14","modified_gmt":"2023-09-20T15:50:14","slug":"spacex-launches-falcon-9-on-record-breaking-17th-flight-for-booster","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/starpath.global\/news\/spacex-launches-falcon-9-on-record-breaking-17th-flight-for-booster\/","title":{"rendered":"SpaceX launches Falcon 9 on record-breaking 17th flight for booster"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"YouTube video player\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/mcVemtPOebg\" width=\"678\" height=\"381\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><strong>Update 12:01 a.m. EDT:&nbsp;<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>SpaceX successfully launched its Falcon 9 rocket at 11:38 p.m. EDT (0338 UTC) from SLC-40 at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station. The first stage booster, B1058, landed back on the drone ship, A Shortfall of Gravitas, about eight-and-a-half minutes into flight, becoming the first booster to fly for a 17th time. SpaceX corrected its website to state the booster on this mission was 1058 not 1060 as it had earlier said.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Update 10:19 p.m. EDT:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>SpaceX adjusted the launch time of the Starlink 6-17 mission. The new T-0 liftoff time is now at 11:38 p.m. EDT (0338 UTC). The next available liftoff time would be at 12:28 a.m. EDT (0428 UTC) on Sept. 20.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Original story:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>SpaceX will push the boundaries of booster reusability Tuesday night with the scheduled launch of a Falcon 9 using a first stage rocket making its 17th flight. Liftoff from pad 40 at Cape Canaveral with 22 satellites for the Starlink internet network is scheduled for 10:47 p.m. EDT (0247 UTC).<\/p>\n<p>Booster serial number 1058 will be making a record-breaking 17th flight for the Starlink 6-17 mission. Earlier this year SpaceX certified its fleet of Falcon 9 first-stage boosters for up to 20 flights.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_63738\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-63738\" style=\"width: 678px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-63738\" src=\"http:\/\/spaceflightnow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/20230919-F9-Pad-Shot.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"678\" height=\"421\" srcset=\"https:\/\/spaceflightnow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/20230919-F9-Pad-Shot.jpg 678w, https:\/\/spaceflightnow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/20230919-F9-Pad-Shot-300x186.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 678px) 100vw, 678px\"><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-63738\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">The Falcon 9 stands ready for launch Tuesday carrying 22 Starlink satellites. The rocket\u2019s first stage will be making its 17th flight. Image: Spaceflight Now.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>The booster 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>Space Force meteorologists are keeping a close watch as a weather front stalls just south of Florida\u2019s space coast and a storm is brewing off shore in the Atlantic. In a forecast issued on Monday, they predicted a 60 percent chance of acceptable weather for launch. The main concern being a violation of the cumulus cloud rule. With the development of the costal storm, conditions deteriorate if the launch slips a day, with only a 30 percent chance of acceptable weather.<\/p>\n<p>It will be the 20th launch of the so-called V2 mini Starlink satellites which are larger and have four times the bandwidth of the previous versions. The full-sized V2 Starlink satellites are due to be launched by SpaceX\u2019s fully-reusable Starship vehicle, but the delayed debut of Starship led the company to create a condensed version of the satellites so they could be launched on Falcon 9.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Update 12:01 a.m. EDT:&nbsp; SpaceX successfully launched its Falcon 9 rocket at 11:38 p.m. EDT (0338 UTC) from SLC-40 at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station. The first stage booster, B1058, landed back on the drone ship, A Shortfall of Gravitas, about eight-and-a-half minutes into flight, becoming the first booster to fly for a 17th time. 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