{"id":9964,"date":"2024-11-24T20:39:38","date_gmt":"2024-11-24T12:39:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wp-productionenv-bjg9h2g2bgg5b8aa.southeastasia-01.azurewebsites.net\/news\/spacex-breaks-turnaround-record-launching-falcon-9-booster-b1080-twice-in-less-than-2-weeks\/"},"modified":"2024-11-24T20:39:38","modified_gmt":"2024-11-24T12:39:38","slug":"spacex-breaks-turnaround-record-launching-falcon-9-booster-b1080-twice-in-less-than-2-weeks","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/starpath.global\/news\/spacex-breaks-turnaround-record-launching-falcon-9-booster-b1080-twice-in-less-than-2-weeks\/","title":{"rendered":"SpaceX breaks turnaround record, launching Falcon 9 booster, B1080, twice in less than 2 weeks"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_68049\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-68049\" style=\"width: 876px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-68049\" src=\"http:\/\/spaceflightnow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/20241125_Starlink_12-1_Moon_pass.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"876\" height=\"632\" srcset=\"https:\/\/spaceflightnow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/20241125_Starlink_12-1_Moon_pass.jpg 876w, https:\/\/spaceflightnow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/20241125_Starlink_12-1_Moon_pass-300x216.jpg 300w, https:\/\/spaceflightnow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/20241125_Starlink_12-1_Moon_pass-678x489.jpg 678w, https:\/\/spaceflightnow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/20241125_Starlink_12-1_Moon_pass-768x554.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 876px) 100vw, 876px\"><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-68049\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket soars past the crescent Moon during the Starlink 12-1 mission on Nov. 25, 2024. Image: Adam Bernstein\/Spaceflight Now<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><em><strong>Update 6:09 a.m. EST (1109 UTC): SpaceX confirms deployment of the 23 Starlink satellites into their intended orbit.<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<p>Under the glow waning crescent moon, SpaceX launched its latest Falcon 9 rocket, carrying a batch of its Starlink satellites to low Earth orbit.<\/p>\n<p>The Monday morning mission further bolstered the Direct to Cell component of its Starlink constellation with 12 such satellites amid the 23 total onboard.<\/p>\n<p>The flight followed a Starlink launch from Vandenberg Space Force Base late Friday night. Liftoff of the Starlink 12-1 mission from pad 40 at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station happened at 5:02 a.m. EST (1002 UTC).<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"YouTube video player\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/4SzQTz_7i_k?si=iNjmPKB7Kkts3xIl\" width=\"678\" height=\"381\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><span data-mce-type=\"bookmark\" style=\"display: inline-block; width: 0px; overflow: hidden; line-height: 0;\" class=\"mce_SELRES_start\">\ufeff<\/span><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>The forecast for the launch was as good as it gets. The 45th Weather Squadron didn\u2019t anticipate any weather constraints and greater than a 95 percent chance of good conditions at liftoff.<\/p>\n<p>The Falcon 9 first stage booster supporting this mission, tail number B1080 in the SpaceX fleet, launched for a 13th time. It previously supported the launches of the European Space Agency\u2019s (ESA) Euclid, four missions to the International Space Station (Axiom-2, Axiom-3, NG-21 and CRS-30), SES 24 and six previous Starlink missions.<\/p>\n<p>With the Monday morning launch, B1080 broke SpaceX\u2019s previous record for the turnaround of a first stage booster by nearly a week. A liftoff at 5:02 a.m. EST (1002 UTC) marked a turnaround of 13 days 12 hours 44 minutes and 20 seconds.<\/p>\n<p>A little more than eight minutes after liftoff, B1080 landed on the SpaceX droneship, \u2018Just Read the Instructions.\u2019 This marked the 99th booster landing on JRTI and the 374th booster landing to date.<\/p>\n<h4>Direct to Cell coming soon<\/h4>\n<p>The rollout of the Direct to Cell piece of SpaceX\u2019s Starlink constellation has been a big storyline for the company throughout 2024. After being announced in August 2022, along with a partnership with T-Mobile, SpaceX has been continuously launching DTC Starlink satellites throughout the year.<\/p>\n<p>The company\u2019s first launch of the year, Starlink 7-9 on Jan. 2, 2024, carried six DTC Starlink satellites to low Earth orbit. Since then, there have been 26 other launches with these satellites on board, including the Starlink 9-3, which failed to reach orbit due to an upper stage anomaly.<\/p>\n<p>Following the launch of Starlink 9-13 late Friday night, Ben Longmier, SpaceX\u2019s senior director of satellite engineering, said in a post on X, formerly Twitter, that there was \u201cOne launch left for Direct to Cell commercial orbital shell completion.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>However, while the majority of DTC Starlink missions have launched to a 53-degree inclination, the Starlink 12-1 mission is launching to a 43-degree inclination. It wasn\u2019t immediately clear if Monday\u2019s launch would allow SpaceX to reach the benchmark Longmier mentioned.<\/p>\n<p><iframe id=\"twitter-widget-0\" scrolling=\"no\" frameborder=\"0\" allowtransparency=\"true\" allowfullscreen=\"true\" class=\"\" style=\"position: absolute; visibility: hidden; width: 0px; height: 0px;\" title=\"X Post\" src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/embed\/Tweet.html?dnt=false&amp;embedId=twitter-widget-0&amp;features=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%3D%3D&amp;frame=false&amp;hideCard=false&amp;hideThread=false&amp;id=1860559702515679457&amp;lang=en&amp;origin=https%3A%2F%2Fspaceflightnow.com%2F2024%2F11%2F24%2Flive-coverage-spacex-to-launch-23-starlink-satellites-on-falcon-9-rocket-from-cape-canaveral-5%2F&amp;sessionId=7b7da9761d75cccb46f33c339029849de17fb111&amp;theme=light&amp;widgetsVersion=6a3ad42b224df%3A1778106238597&amp;width=550px\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-twitter-extracted-i1782462539026485497=\"true\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">1 launch left for Direct to Cell first commercial orbital shell completion. https:\/\/t.co\/ci3kl4vKO4<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Ben Longmier (@longmier) November 24, 2024<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><script async=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>In a post on X on Oct. 30, he said that even when this first shell is completed, it would not be the end of DTC Starlink launches.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe will continue to launch and improve the service after that in order to improve the coverage and latency for our partner telcos around the world,\u201d Longmier said in a post on X.<\/p>\n<p>As for what consumers should expect with an initial rollout of the DTC capabilities, Longmier responded to a user on X stating that it will included \u201cnormal texting,\u201d adding \u201cdata later in 2025.\u201d<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_64767\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-64767\" style=\"width: 2048px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-64767\" src=\"http:\/\/spaceflightnow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/diagram-v2-2048x1024-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2048\" height=\"1024\" srcset=\"https:\/\/spaceflightnow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/diagram-v2-2048x1024-1.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/spaceflightnow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/diagram-v2-2048x1024-1-300x150.jpg 300w, https:\/\/spaceflightnow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/diagram-v2-2048x1024-1-678x339.jpg 678w, https:\/\/spaceflightnow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/diagram-v2-2048x1024-1-768x384.jpg 768w, https:\/\/spaceflightnow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/diagram-v2-2048x1024-1-1536x768.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2048px) 100vw, 2048px\"><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-64767\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">A diagram of the Starlink direct-to-cell service. 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