🚀 SpaceX Falcon 9 Launches Starlink 6-72

SpaceX launch of a batch of 28 Starlink v2-mini satellites for their second generation high-speed low earth orbit internet satellite constellation.

Window Opens: April 5th at 10:40PM EDT (02:40 UTC on the 6th)
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Mission: F9 launch of 28 Starlink v2 Mini satellites
Launch location: Space Launch Complex 40, Cape Canaveral Space Force Station, Earth.
Target orbit: Low-Earth Orbit (LEO); 280x289km 43º orbit
Booster: B1078-19; 21d 15h 32min 20s turnaround
Booster history: Crew-6, O3b mPOWER B, SL 6-4, SL 6-8, SL 6-16, SL 6-31, USSF-124, SL 6-46, SL 6-53, SL 6-60, SL 10-2, SL 10-6, BlueBird 1-5, SL 10-13, SL 6-76, SL 12-6, SL 12-9, SL 12-16.
Booster recovery: Just Read The Instructions (JRTI)
Fairing recovery: Bob
Rocket trajectory: Southeast passing northeast of the Bahamas
Payload mass: Approximately 15 tonnes
Stubby nozzle: NO (thankfully)
Stats:
· SpaceX's 41st launch of the year and 3rd launch of the month
· 103rd Falcon launch since the last failure, F9's 455th orbital flight.
· SpaceX's 243rd launch from SLC-40.
· 114th landing on JRTI out of 115 attempts.
· 87th successful landing by a Falcon booster since the last failed one.
· 245th launch dedicated to Starlink

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[WilboBaggins-dmub]

You Guys at NSF give so many of us so much. Changing my thinking from "support" to "invest" in NSF. I watch every launch you cover but to a lesser extent...getting up at 2am I only do for RTLZ missions; others I catch up. The improvements I've seen with your presentations include extraordiny tracking; more HR pics; more coverage and lots more fun. It is a delight to feel part of this community. That's me.

[brucebennett]

A ride-along with the faring or barge recovery crews would be an epic video...

[Gratandinorr]

Y never get tired of launches! Thank you SNF!

[yelizabethjimenez]

Waooo espectacular 🚀🚀🚀 que sigan muchos más lanzamientos exitosos 🙏

[elektrohonk]

Every booster landing is a masterpiece of engineering

[anthonycamilleri]

thank you Max Alex and very welcome back D wise

[mizarkp]

Watched it from Cocoa Beach. Very cool!

[reasonitout]

Elon and SpaceX:, PLEASE attach high fidelity microphones and subsonic vibration transducers to all your rockets so we can hear all the sounds and "feel the power of subsonic energy" of each stage through orbit of booster and upper stages our home entertainment self powered SubWoofers. As Farley woud say :"Wouldn't that be Awesome!?"

[kittkt]

54:02 The expanding and contracting time theory was probably first proposed by Albert Einstein ! There is a lot of evidence to say that it is real in some circumstances !

[rudygama]

How long does it take in between flights of a single booster

[MatthewShupshinski]

No 40 pds I can't much your not suppose to put that soul there in me as ark of the covenant code weak with the metal alloys not good idea passive aggressive then his idea to sheild but beam off