SpaceX Falcon 9 Launches Starlink 8-10

SpaceX launch of a batch of Starlink v2-mini satellites for their second generation high-speed low earth orbit internet satellite constellation. Will likely include a mix of Direct to Cell and normal v2-mini satellites.

Window Opens: August 31st at 1:39AM EDT (05:39 UTC)
Window Closes: August 31st at 5:39AM EDT (09:39 UTC)
Only T0 of the day: August 31st at 3:43AM EDT (07:43 UTC)

Mission: F9 launch of 13 Starlink Direct to Cell and 8 Starlink v2 Mini satellites
Launch location: Space Launch Complex 40, Cape Canaveral Space Force Station, Earth.
Target orbit: Low Earth Orbit (LEO)
Booster: B1069-18; 35d 1h 58min turnaround
Booster history: CRS-24, SL 4-23, Hotbird 13F, OneWeb-15, SL 5-3, SES-18&SES-19, SL 5-6, SL 5-12, SL 6-9, SL 6-19, SL 6-28, SL 6-36, SL 6-39, SL 6-47, SL 6-57, SL 10-1, SL 10-9.
Booster recovery: Just Read The Instructions (JRTI)
Fairing recovery: GO Cosmos
Rocket trajectory: Northeast flying parallel to the US east coast
Payload mass: Approximately 17 tonnes
Stubby nozzle: NO (thankfully)
Stats:
· SpaceX's 86th launch of the year and the 11th launch of the month.
· 14th Falcon launch since the last failure, F9's 367th orbital flight.
· SpaceX's 203rd launch from SLC-40.
· 89th landing on JRTI out of 90 attempts.
· 1st successful landing since the last failed one.
· 189th launch dedicated to Starlink

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[garyha]

1:13:08 Thank you for replaying that resonance squeal from the building

[MrKellymcilrath]

Thanks again for another awesome Falcon 9 Starlink launch NSF!!

[HenrikSkov-DK]

Yes, first landing in a row.... That suddenly sounds weird hahaha 😂

[Valeryp]

Hopefully this avoids any nonsense launch stop since the landing still clearly works.

[alschannel]

Hello from San Bernardino California. Saw your bird fly over the night sky about 20 minutes ago. For a minute I thought it was a comet but then I saw the vapor trail and it's deliberate and controlled flight. Took me a moment to put 2 and 2 together because I haven't seen any rocket launches in a while.

[IsabellaIsabella-mctx]

Hi Sawyer good evening there and good morning here. Good luck every all. ❤

[DarkNightDreamer]

Thanks for the stream NSF! I'm gonna get a membership as soon as I can.

[davidkepke]

I just happen to wake up and see the rocket ascending out my bedroom window. Lucky me. This is the second time this has happened to me.

[gregnestor]

At 4:40 this morning on the 31st of August I watched the satellite train go by from this launch over Central Minnesota it was spectacular especially with the crescent Moon

[flippert]

Booster landings exciting again? I didn't watch anymore, lately.

[Morpheus-Sco]

Nice show as usual🙂, mthx.
I still think there is nothing wrong with the Merlin’s. I guess something went wrong with the flight control system and to guess further with a sensor which were at least partially blocked during entry burn or during landing burn by fume, which now sticke(d) to the sensors and so messed up the measurements for the flight control system.

[vfesedi]

Has anybody looked at the pre launch venting near liftoff time something did not seem right with a stream that looked like liquid coming off the booster (oxygen I presume)? Did not seem normal or at least different.

[markcrowell]

i don't watch your channel anymore for the live broadcast because you don't hear the SpaceX official commentary after the launch. You've got a great channel otherwise...it's a shame.

[dankvibes]

Where did this launch from?? I'm in California and saw something in the sky right now around 2am