Starlink, satellite constellation, SpaceX, Hawthorne, California, USA

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Go up SpaceX's Starship-catching robotic launch tower with Elon Musk!

May 26, 2022

Today we’re going up SpaceX's Orbital Launch Tower with the ultimate tour guide, Elon Musk. He’s going to walk us around the bottom, explain how they plan to catch the booster with the chopsticks and then we'll go up the elevator stopping at the quick disconnect and on the upper deck!

00:00 - Intro
00:45 - Tour Begins
02:00 - How to catch Starship
10:45 - Starlink 2 details
12:40 - Elevator up the tower
14:15 - Quick Disconnect Arm
17:20 - Top of tower
20:20 - The importance of making humans multi-planetary
26:00 - Growing the economy
30:20 - Orbital Propellant Farm
32:00 - Outro

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Article "Elon Musk Reveals Details of Next-Generation Starlink Satellites"
The generation-2 satellites are meant to be more powerful than their earlier counterparts.

by Passant Rabie
June 1, 2022

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Article "Elon Musk says an IPO of SpaceX’s Starlink satellite internet business is still 3 or 4 years away"

by Michael Sheetz
June 7, 2022

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Starlink mission

Jun 17, 2022

On Friday, June 17 at 12:09 p.m. ET, SpaceX launched 53 Starlink satellites from Launch Complex 39A (LC-39A) at Kennedy Space Center in Florida.

This was the 13th flight for the Falcon 9 first stage booster supporting this mission, which previously launched GPS III-3, Turksat 5A, Transporter-2, and now 10 Starlink missions.

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SpaceX Starlink 48 launch & Falcon 9 first stage landing, 17 June 2022

Jun 17, 2022

A SpaceX Falcon 9 launch vehicle launched 53 Starlink satellites (Starlink-48) from Launch Complex 39A (LC-39A) at Kennedy Space Center in Florida, on 17 June 2022, at 16:09 UTC (12:09 EDT). Following stage separation, Falcon 9’s first stage landed on the “A Shortfall of Gravitas” droneship, stationed in the Atlantic Ocean. Falcon 9’s first stage (B1060) previously supported twelve missions: Transporter-2, GPS-III Space Vehicle 03, Turksat-5A and nine Starlink missions.
Credit: SpaceX
Starlink 4.19

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Starlink mission

Jul 7, 2022

On Thursday, July 7 at 9:11 a.m. ET, SpaceX launched 53 Starlink satellites from Space Launch Complex 40 (SLC-40) at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station in Florida.

This was the 13th flight for the Falcon 9 first stage booster supporting this mission, which previously launched Crew Demo-2, ANASIS-II, CRS-21, Transporter-1, Transporter-3, and now eight Starlink missions.

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SpaceX Starlink 49 launch & Falcon 9 first stage landing, 7 July 2022

Jul 7, 2022

A SpaceX Falcon 9 launch vehicle launched 53 Starlink satellites (Starlink-49) from Space Launch Complex 40 (SLC-40) at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station in Florida, on 7 July 2022, at 13:11 UTC (09:11 EDT). Following stage separation, Falcon 9’s first stage landed on the “Just Read the Instructions” droneship, stationed in the Atlantic Ocean. Falcon 9’s first stage (B1058) previously supported twelve missions: Crew Demo-2, ANASIS-II, CRS-21, Transporter-1, Transporter-3 and seven Starlink missions.

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Starlink mission

Jul 11, 2022

On Sunday, July 10 at 10:39 p.m. PT, Falcon 9 launched 46 Starlink satellites to low-Earth orbit from Space Launch Complex 4 East (SLC-4E) at Vandenberg Space Force Base, California.

This Falcon 9 first stage booster previously launched Sentinel-6 Michael Freilich, DART, and three Starlink missions.

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SpaceX Starlink 50 launch & Falcon 9 first stage landing, 11 July 2022

Jul 11, 2022

A SpaceX Falcon 9 launch vehicle launched 46 Starlink satellites (Starlink-50) from Space Launch Complex 40 (SLC-40) at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station in Florida, on 11 July 2022, at 01:39 UTC (10 July, at 18:39 EDT). Following stage separation, Falcon 9’s first stage landed on the “Of Course I Still Love You” droneship, stationed in the Atlantic Ocean. Falcon 9’s first stage (B1063) previously supported five missions: Sentinel-6 Michael Freilich, DART, and three Starlink missions.
Credit: SpaceX
Starlink 3-1

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Starlink mission

Jul 17, 2022

On Sunday, July 17 at 10:20 a.m. ET, SpaceX launched 53 Starlink satellites from Space Launch Complex 40 (SLC-40) at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station in Florida.

This was the 13th flight for the Falcon 9 first stage booster supporting this mission, which previously launched Dragon’s first crew demonstration mission, the RADARSAT Constellation Mission, SXM-7, and now 10 Starlink missions.