SpaceX Experiences Landing Anomaly on the Starlink 8-6 Mission

SpaceX launch of a batch of Starlink v2-mini and direc to cell satellites for their second generation high-speed Low Earth Orbit internet satellite constellation.

Window Opens: August 28th at 1:50AM EDT (05:50 UTC)
Window Closes: August 28th at 5:50AM EDT (09:50 UTC)
First T0: August 28th at 2:54AM EDT (06:54 UTC)
Last T0: August 28th at 4:48AM EDT (08:48 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); 285x297km 53.16º orbit
Booster: B1062-23; 61d 19h 40min turnaround
Booster history: GPS-III SV04, GPS-III SV05, Inspiration4, SL 4-5, Axiom-1, SL 4-16, Nilesat 301, SL 4-25, SL 4-27, SL 4-36, SL 5-1, SL 5-4, OneWeb-17, Arabsat 7B, SL 6-7, SL 6-23, SL 6-30, SL 6-38, SL 6-44, SL 6-49, SL 6-59, SL 10-3.
Booster recovery: A Shortfall of Gravitas (ASOG)
Fairing recovery: Bob
Rocket trajectory: Northeast flying parallel to the US east coast
Payload mass: Approximately 17 tonnes
Stubby nozzle: NO (thankfully)
Stats:
· SpaceX's 85th launch of the year and the 10th launch of the month.
· 13th Falcon launch since the last failure, F9's 366th orbital flight.
· SpaceX's 202nd launch from SLC-40.
· 81st landing on ASOG out of 81 attempts.
· 268th successful landing since the last failed one.
· 188th launch dedicated to Starlink

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[KerbalsandWackMacs]

Hard to believe a booster failed to land, but 23 flights isn’t young! RIP B1062, you did good!

[gordietfb]

23 flights and then a failure, i think it's fair to say it did pretty damn good.

[MickRonald]

We are going to be talking about B1062 for a long time. Never forget. Rest In Pieces 😭

[Allan_aka_RocKITEman]

Great live stream, NSF!

R.I.P., Booster 1062<?>. You done good...🙏

[GtMatt]

Watching the landing back at slow speed, you can see the leg furthest away from camera, snap under load and shake violently, then it tips in that direction. Seems like it landed too hard, and I would suspect an engine malfunction for the hard landing with all that extra fire. Thanks for the stream NSF!

[alcharcus]

Thanks for your service, Booster 1062, a beautiful Swan song...

[stevenschofield]

How excited was Jack on this live stream, I think he ate all the candy lol, great work as always !!

[corrinastanley]

Thanks for the stream NSF team, great job. It will be interesting to see the droneship when it arrives in port.

[arandomperson]

2024 is proving to be one of the craziest years in recent SpaceX history. End of F9 mission and booster landing streak, but also Polaris Dawn and potential (successful) Super Heavy catch this year as well.

[JontyLevine]

The Inspiration 4 and Axiom-1 missions were both launched by this booster, on her third and fifth flights respectively, both historic firsts for human spaceflight. It's unusual that a single rocket stage gets to do more than one of these. On top of that, B1062 also launched Nilesat-301, a mission previously assigned to an expendable booster, along with 20 other missions.
She was a good ship.

[TheRyanRanch]

Bummer landing, but it’s funny how one mishap turns into a disaster, it’s been to space and back 22 times 😂

[origin]

In slow motion you can see the fire only started when the engine bells impacted the deck (likely rupturing plumbing etc), looks like the rear right leg (from the camera's perspective) didn't lock/deploy properly. Just my speculation of course! RIP B1062, solid career!

[jimgraves]

Farewell B1062, you will be fondly remembered.

[AshtonSnapp]

I just gotta say I love your video intros. Buncha space imagery with some upbeat music and voice clips. Brilliant.

[XCX]

Shame but SpaceX got their money's worth out of the booster. Great video

[lostsoul]

Love these launches during the witching hour! The colors and sounds were especailly amazing!!! Rest in peace B1062! 🕯❤‍🔥🕯

[zaeonnine]

It’s incredible how rare these booster landing anomalies have become - mostly cause of how routine booster landings are. 10 years ago we never could’ve imagined a booster flying 23 times, let along landing under its own power 22 times without issue.

o7 B1062. You flew valiantly.

[jimlaz]

Saw a blip on my newsfeed and immediately went to nsf's most recent livestream- I scanned ahead right to jack going "NO NO NO NO NO NO"!!! R.I.P. 1062.

[GrahamHill-ozbu]

Love your work NASA Spaceflight. The visuals of 9 Merlins' plumes from launch to space is a thing of beauty. The loss of a booster after 23rd mission of a 135ft structure that goes into space reminds us how remarkable Falcon 9 is and how we become used to futurist dreams come true

[gncolgan]

thanks for the coverage guys. Can`t believe they lost a booster.