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SpaceX could launch 52 more Starlink satellites tonight (Oct. 4). Here's how to watch.
space.com/ ^ | Mike Wall

Posted on 10/04/2022 9:38:51 AM PDT by BenLurkin

The Starlink satellites are scheduled to lift off atop a Falcon 9 rocket from California's Vandenberg Space Force Base tonight at 7:56 p.m. EDT (2356 GMT; 4:56 p.m. local California time). You can watch it live here at Space.com, courtesy of SpaceX, or directly via the company(opens in new tab).

It will be the fifth liftoff and landing for this particular booster, according to a SpaceX mission description(opens in new tab). The rocket previously helped launch the NROL-85 and NROL-87 missions for the U.S. National Reconnaissance Office, the Sarah-1 radar satellite for the German government, and another Starlink batch.

While the Falcon 9 first stage is coming in for a landing tonight, the upper stage will continue powering its way to orbit. The 52 Starlink satellites are scheduled to be deployed about 62 minutes after liftoff.

Tonight's launch will be SpaceX's 44th orbital mission of 2022.

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


TOPICS: Local News
KEYWORDS: elonmusk; musk; spacex; starlink; tesla; truthsocial; twitter; vandenberg

1 posted on 10/04/2022 9:38:51 AM PDT by BenLurkin
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https://www.space.com/spacex-starlink-satellite-launch-group-4-2


2 posted on 10/04/2022 9:39:16 AM PDT by BenLurkin (The above is not a statement of fact. It is either opinion, or satire, or both.)
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To: BenLurkin

How many are up there now?


3 posted on 10/04/2022 9:46:04 AM PDT by EEGator
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To: BenLurkin

Bookmark


4 posted on 10/04/2022 9:52:22 AM PDT by Southside_Chicago_Republican (The more I learn about people, the more I like my dog. )
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To: BenLurkin

I’ve seen the string of satellites twice so far in the early morning. Beautiful sight.


5 posted on 10/04/2022 9:54:03 AM PDT by HighSierra5 (The only way you know a commie is lying is when they open their pieholes.)
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To: EEGator

Over 3,000 of 12,000 planned. Musk’s next rocket design, Starship, can launch 400 at a time and he is proposing 42,000 satellites. That’s when Skynet becomes self aware. It’s no coincidence Musk is now building terminators...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Gm6dZ1q06ks


6 posted on 10/04/2022 10:54:09 AM PDT by ETCM (“There is no security, no safety, in the appeasement of evil.” — Ronald Reagan)
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To: ETCM
Over 3,000 of 12,000 planned. Musk’s next rocket design, Starship, can launch 400 at a time and he is proposing 42,000 satellites.

It sure seems like the best approach to global coms.

7 posted on 10/04/2022 10:56:25 AM PDT by 1Old Pro
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To: ETCM

42,000 is crazy. I guess I’ll move to Mexico and learn survival skills with Sarah Connor...


8 posted on 10/04/2022 10:58:18 AM PDT by EEGator
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To: BenLurkin

“Tonight’s launch will be SpaceX’s 44th orbital mission of 2022”

That is truly astonishing. A brilliant guy with zero space experience founds a rocket company and 10 or 15 years later is launching that many orbital rockets per year.


9 posted on 10/04/2022 12:15:03 PM PDT by ProtectOurFreedom (“I used to be nothing but a Deplorable Clinger, but I've been promoted to Brigadier Ultra-MAGA”)
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To: BenLurkin

“Here’s how to watch” means watching a live video.

But what about watching the stream of satellites going overhead? Where and when can we see that?


10 posted on 10/04/2022 12:16:36 PM PDT by ProtectOurFreedom (“I used to be nothing but a Deplorable Clinger, but I've been promoted to Brigadier Ultra-MAGA”)
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the retrospective:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FVo8qTg90oM&t=8520


11 posted on 10/05/2022 9:45:00 AM PDT by SunkenCiv (Drama Queen ping.)
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