[billethkid]

We will watch the replay!

[kaydee]

Originally Posted by aleid13

Where do you find out about these launches, I keep missing them?

Download the app... it’s free & gives all the info

[Dr Winston O Boogie jr]

Originally Posted by kaydee

Download the app... it’s free & gives all the info

Canceled again last night.

What is the app?

[blueash]

No app. One good spot to check for upcoming launches is
Launch Schedule – Spaceflight Now

It sometimes is day behind. It give launch data for every country, not just the Cape

At this moment the listing for the launch shows:

March 4 Falcon 9 • Starlink V1.0-L17
Launch time: 0824 or 1042 GMT (3:24 or 5:42 a.m. EST)
Launch site: LC-39A, Kennedy Space Center, Florida
A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket will launch the 20th batch of approximately 60 satellites for SpaceX’s Starlink broadband network, a mission designated Starlink V1.0-L17. Delayed from Jan. 29, Jan. 30, Jan. 31, Feb. 1, Feb. 2, Feb. 4, Feb. 5, Feb. 7, and Feb. 17. Scrubbed on Feb. 28. Delayed from March 2. [March 2]

To interpret: March 4 is newest launch date. Rocket type is Falcon 9, Mission is Starlink 17th planned mission [this has been delayed often enough that 18 and 19 are already launched] site obviously the Cape, brief mission description and history of cancellations.

And for the space nerds like me, the next launch is Starlink 20 which scheduled for 10:41 PM on March 7th

March 7/8Falcon 9 • Starlink V1.0-L20
Launch time: 0341 GMT on 8th (10:41 p.m. EST on 7th)
Launch site: SLC-40, Cape Canaveral Space Force Station, Florida
A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket will launch the 21st batch of approximately 60 satellites for SpaceX’s Starlink broadband network, a mission designated Starlink V1.0-L20. [Feb. 23]

[kaydee]

Originally Posted by Dr Winston O Boogie jr

Canceled again last night.

What is the app?

Sorry i might have mis-spoke about it being an app. I googled space coast launches & it directed me to a schedule..I now have an icon on my desktop

[blueash]

A successful launch with a successful first stage recovery. The conditions were very cloudy so the webcast only had a few seconds of visual before the rocket was lost to visual. And just before landing of the first stage on the drone ship, the link to its camera failed. So no visual of the landing was seen.

There is a very interesting, to me, article on spaceflightnow about why so many launches get cancelled for weather and the goal is to get higher tolerance built into the rockets so that launches can occur in less perfect conditions.

Launch companies, range teams reassessing Cape Canaveral weather rules – Spaceflight Now

[Two Bills]

Mixed results in Texas.

SpaceX'''s Starship rocket lands but then explodes - BBC News

[Dr Winston O Boogie jr]

Too bad it's now scheduled for daylight hours. IMHO, they're only worth watching at night and then only if they go either north or south. The last one was a huge disappointment was it went due east and was just a little red ball that slowly disappeared.

[larbud]

March 7/8Falcon 9 • Starlink V1.0-L20
Launch time: 0341 GMT on 8th (10:41 p.m. EST on 7th)
Launch site: SLC-40, Cape Canaveral Space Force Station, Florida
A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket will launch the 21st batch of approximately 60 satellites for SpaceX’s Starlink broadband network, a mission designated Starlink V1.0-L20. [Feb. 23]


Methinks the ineptitude (****) that is dc has rolled downhill..