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Watch live: SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket launches 20 Starlink satellites from Vandenberg, California
Space Flight Now ^ | May 10, 2024 | Space Flight Now

Posted on 05/09/2024 8:53:49 PM PDT by Morgana

Watch live coverage as SpaceX launches a Falcon 9 rocket with 20 second-generation Starlink internet satellites. Liftoff from pad 4E at Vandenberg Space Force Base is scheduled for 9:30 p.m. PDT on Thursday, May 9 (12:30 a.m. EDT / 0430 UTC). The first-stage booster, making its fourth flight, will land on the drone ship 'Of Course I Still Love You' about eight and a half minutes into the flight.

The Starlink 8-2 mission includes 13 satellites capable of providing direct to cellphone services.

Our live coverage with commentary from Will Robinson-Smith will begin about 30 minutes before launch.

(Excerpt) Read more at youtube.com ...


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1 posted on 05/09/2024 8:53:49 PM PDT by Morgana
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To: Morgana

Watching. Some low level clouds here but should be a decent view.


2 posted on 05/09/2024 8:57:45 PM PDT by broken_clock (Go Trump! Still praying.)
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To: Morgana

“Will Robinson-Smith”? Is his husband a Doctor named Zachary?


3 posted on 05/09/2024 9:11:38 PM PDT by mikey_hates_everything
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To: Morgana

Watching in La Habra...


4 posted on 05/09/2024 9:14:16 PM PDT by rottndog (What comes after America?)
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To: mikey_hates_everything

someones parents loved lost in space. :)


5 posted on 05/09/2024 9:15:09 PM PDT by Chani (FRiendly Drive By poster)
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To: Morgana

Great view from Arizona!


6 posted on 05/09/2024 9:37:47 PM PDT by dragnet2 (Diversion and evasion are tools of deceit)
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To: Morgana

Saw launch thru staging from my home in Bakersfield, live the early evening and night time launches


7 posted on 05/09/2024 9:38:01 PM PDT by markman46 (engage brain before using keyboard!!!)
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To: Morgana

No-go tonight...cloud cover too heavy to see launch from my pad. Bummed.


8 posted on 05/09/2024 9:39:13 PM PDT by rottndog (What comes after America?)
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To: Morgana

Thanx for the post! I enjoyed watching it. :)


9 posted on 05/09/2024 9:40:13 PM PDT by Chani (FRiendly Drive By poster)
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To: Morgana

I just spotted your post and followed the link to YouTube...just in time to catch ignition! I’m still in awe what Musk and his team of outstanding engineers have done. He has really revolutionized space. I heard a day or two ago that the ESA Ariane 6 is in big financial trouble because of high costs to orbit.


10 posted on 05/09/2024 9:41:56 PM PDT by ProtectOurFreedom (“When exposing a crime is treated like a crime, you are being ruled by criminals” – Edward Snowden)
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To: mikey_hates_everything

This was a GREAT launch. I watched a bit on YouTube, then about 5-8 min outside to see the balance, until the 2nd stage disappeared in the southern sky. Just when I was heading inside I saw the rocket plume from the 1st stage doing it’s re-entry burn, before it disappeared below the nearby hills. Very impressive, considering I walked out about 40 feet to see the show!
Thanks Elon!

Ed


11 posted on 05/09/2024 9:51:44 PM PDT by simi_ed (Change the NRA)
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To: Chani

you are welcome. I figured we all needed a change


12 posted on 05/09/2024 9:56:18 PM PDT by Morgana ( Always a bit of truth in dark humor.)
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To: Morgana

Thanks for posting this. We got to see launch through landing of booster. Amazing.


13 posted on 05/09/2024 10:01:49 PM PDT by married21 (As for me and my house, we will serve the Lord.)
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To: simi_ed

Only once have I been able to see the whole show from Myrtle Beach. The rocket heading up the coast overhead and then the boosters coming down directly out over the ocean and disappearing under the horizon to the drone barge(s). The weather has just never cooperated other times I was there.


14 posted on 05/09/2024 10:05:04 PM PDT by mikey_hates_everything
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To: mikey_hates_everything
“Will Robinson-Smith”? Is his husband a Doctor named Zachary?

Maybe the creators never intended it, but I thought Dr Smith actually became the number one character on the show.

15 posted on 05/09/2024 10:18:31 PM PDT by Mark17 (Retired USAF air traffic controller. Father of Air Force pilot. Both bitten by the aviation bug)
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To: Morgana

Thank you for the link to the launch. Amazing!


16 posted on 05/09/2024 10:30:08 PM PDT by Pajamajan (Pray for our nation. Never be a peaceful slave in a new Socialist America..)
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To: Mark17

It wasn’t intended. Guy Williams was supposed to be the main character.


17 posted on 05/09/2024 10:39:07 PM PDT by mikey_hates_everything
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To: mikey_hates_everything
It wasn’t intended. Guy Williams was supposed to be the main character.

I figured that, but it looked to me, like Johnathan Harris became the most favorite person on the Show. I looked up his real name, and I could see why he changed it to Harris.

18 posted on 05/10/2024 2:39:57 AM PDT by Mark17 (Retired USAF air traffic controller. Father of Air Force pilot. Both bitten by the aviation bug)
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To: Morgana

I live in the woods with a terrible cable system that is lousy.

I just got a Starling satellite system to try out.

So far it is providing 10x the bandwidth, and it won’t go out every time the electricity goes out.


19 posted on 05/10/2024 5:09:41 AM PDT by airborne (Thank you Rush for helping me find FreeRepublic! )
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