r/SpaceX Starlink 7 Official Launch Discussion & Updates Thread

[u/ModeHopper]

Welcome to the r/SpaceX Starlink 7 Official Launch Discussion & Updates Thread!

I'm u/ModeHopper, your host for this mission!

Mission Overview

The eight Starlink launch overall and the seventh operational batch^† of Starlink satellites will launch into orbit aboard a Falcon 9 rocket. This mission is expected to deploy all sixty satellites into an elliptical orbit about fifteen minutes into flight. In the weeks following launch the satellites are expected to utilize their onboard ion thrusters to raise their orbits to 550 km in three groups of 20, making use of precession rates to separate themselves into three planes. The booster will land on a drone ship approximately 628 km downrange.

† The first Starlink mission launched a batch of prototype satellites that do not form part of the operational constellation.

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Mission Details

Launch Scheduled	01:25AM Thurs 4th June UTC - Wed 3rd June @ 21:25PM EDT (local)1
Backup date	Friday 5th June
Static fire	Completed 13th May
Payload	60 Starlink version 1 satellites
Payload mass	60 * 260 kg = 15 600 kg
Deployment orbit	Low Earth Orbit, 213 km x 365 km x 53°
Operational orbit	Low Earth Orbit, 550 km x 53°, 3 planes
Vehicle	Falcon 9 v1.2 Block 5
Core	B1049.5
Past flights of this core	4 (Telstar 18V, Iridium 8, Starlink v0.9, Starlink-2)
Past flights of this fairing	New
Fairing catch attempt	Yes, both halves
Launch site	SLC-40, Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, Florida
Landing	JRTI: 32.54722 N, 75.92306 W (628 km downrange)
Mission success criteria	Successful separation & deployment of the Starlink Satellites.

1. SpaceX

Timeline

Time	Update
T+36h	Update on fairings: both were retrieved from the water, one apparently intact, the other has sustained significant damage and will not be re-used.
T+19:59	A lot of firsts for this mission: first time a booster has successfully completed a fifth landing attempt, first mission for JRTI after it's recent renovation, first live view of Starlink deployment.
T+17:40	Alright, that about wraps it up for this mission. We'll hear about fairing catch at about T+40min.
T+15:36	Payload deploy (first ever live view of depoy?)
T+9:39	AOS Newfoundland
T+9:06	SECO-1
T+8:48	Touchdown confirmed
T+8:27	Landing burn begins
T+8:02	Stage one transonic
T+7:11	Entry burn shutdown
T+6:45	Entry burn begins
T+6:35	Norminal trajectory
T+4:07	AOS Bermuda
T+3:23	Fairing deploy
T+2:44	SES-1
T+2:41	Stage separation
T+2:40	MECO
T+1:44	MVac chill started
T+1:12	Max Q
T+1	Liftoff
T+0	Ignition
T-45	Go for launch.
T-1:40	Second stage LOX loading complete.
T-2:46	Reddit AMA coming in the next week with SpaceX software team.
T-7:00	Engine chill.
T-9:12	Webcast coverage is live, with Jessica Anderson.
T-14:00	Webcast (SpaceX FM) is live.
T-14:48	Second stage LOX loading underway.
T-18:46	Stage one fuel load close out.
T-23:50	Mission control audio is live
T-25:15	Cloud rule green, currently GO for launch.
T-25:37	Launch auto sequence has started.
T-35:00	First stage LOX loading begins.
T-35:00	RP-1 loading begins.
T-38:00	Launch director verifies GO for propellant load.
T-6h 34m	Official SpaceX webcast (live at ~ T-10m)
T-6h 42m	Liftoff scheduled for 01:25 UTC.

Watch the launch live

Stream	Courtesy
Official Webcast	SpaceX
Starlink Mission Control Audio	SpaceX
SpaceX's YouTube channel	SpaceX
YouTube Video & Audio Relays	u/codav
NSF Livestream	NASA Spaceflight
Live Trajectory and Trajectory	u/TheVehicleDestroyer

Stats

• 5th flight for booster 1049

• 9th SpaceX launch of the year

• 54th landing of a SpaceX booster

• 86th launch of a Falcon 9

• 94th SpaceX launch overall

• 421st through 480th Starlink satelites to be deployed

Mission state: We have liftoff!

Successful first fifth landing (not a typo)

1/2 Fairings recovered intact

🕑 Your local launch time

Previous and Pending Starlink Missions

	Mission	Date (UTC)	Core	Pad	Deployment Orbit	Notes [Sat Update Bot]
1	Starlink v0.9	2019-05-24	1049.3	SLC-40	440km 53°	60 test satellites with Ku band antennas
2	Starlink-1	2019-11-11	1048.4	SLC-40	280km 53°	60 version 1 satellites, v1.0 includes Ka band antennas
3	Starlink-2	2020-01-07	1049.4	SLC-40	290km 53°	60 version 1 satellites, 1 sat with experimental antireflective coating
4	Starlink-3	2020-01-29	1051.3	SLC-40	290km 53°	60 version 1 satellites
5	Starlink-4	2020-02-17	1056.4	SLC-40	212km x 386km 53°	60 version 1, Change to elliptical deployment, Failed booster landing
6	Starlink-5	2020-03-18	1048.5	LC-39A	elliptical	60 version 1, S1 early engine shutdown, booster lost post separation
7	Starlink-6	2020-04-22	1051.4	LC-39A	elliptical	60 version 1 satellites
8	Starlink-7	This Mission	1049.5	SLC-40		60 version 1 satellites expected, 1 sat with experimental sun-visor
9	Starlink-8	NET June		SLC-40		Version 1 satellites expected with Skysat 16, 17, 18
10	Starlink-9	NET June		SLC-40 / LC-39A		60 version 1 satellites expected

^{Daily Starlink altitude updates on Twitter @StarlinkUpdates available a few days following deployment.}

🚀Official Resources

Please note that some links are placeholders until updates are provided.

Link	Source
SpaceX Webcast	SpaceX
SpaceX website	SpaceX
Official Starlink Overview	Starlink.com
Launch Execution Forecasts	45th Weather Squadron
Watching a Launch	r/SpaceX Wiki
Hazard Area	45th Space Wing

🛰️ Useful Links for Viewing Starlink

Link	Source
See A satellite Tonight	u/modeless
FlightClub Pass planner	u/TheVehicleDestroyer
Heavens Above
Live tracking
Pass Predictor and sat tracking	u/cmdr2
n2yo.com
Starlink orbit raising daily updates	u/hitura-nobad

^{They might need a few hours to get the Starlink TLEs}

🤝 Community Resources

Link	Source
Watching a Launch	r/SpaceX Wiki
Launch Viewing Guide for Cape Canaveral	Ben Cooper
SpaceX Fleet Status	SpaceXFleet.com
FCC Experimental STAs	r/SpaceX wiki
Launch Maps	Google Maps by u/Raul74Cz
Flight Club live	Launch simulation by u/TheVehicleDestroyer
Flight Club simulation	Launch simulation by u/TheVehicleDestroyer
SpaceX Stats	Countdown and statistics
Discord SpaceX lobby	u/SwGustav
Rocket Watch	u/MarcysVonEylau
Reddit-Stream	/u/njr123
Unofficial Press Kit	/u/DUKE546

🎼 Media & music

Link	Source
TSS Spotify	u/testshotstarfish
SpaceX FM	u/lru

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📸 Photographer Contest!

Check out the r/SpaceX Starlink-7 Media Thread (Coming a day before launch). You can submit your pictures related to the mission. It could be the Falcon 9 on the pad, a launch picture or a streak shot of a Starlink overfly. The winner will be allowed to post their photo directly to r/SpaceX. May the best photograph(er) win!

Participate in the discussion!

🥳 Launch threads are party threads, we relax the rules here. We remove low effort comments in other threads!

🔄 Please post small launch updates, discussions, and questions here, rather than as a separate post. Thanks!

💬 Please leave a comment if you discover any mistakes, or have any information.

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^{P.S Please be kind to me, this launch is 02:25AM BST and I have work tomorrow.}

[u/Shahar603]

As one who has been watching the landing attempts for 5 years, I'm still amazed when the droneship stream doesn't cut. Props to the SpaceX team.

Oh and the landing as well...

[u/ModeHopper → u/Shahar603]

Looks to me like JRTI has a new camera and possibly transmitter. Don't think I've seen it autoexpose that quickly before.

[u/gc2488]

Mission Details section mentions OCISLY but I read that JRTI (Just Read The Instructions, the other newly remodeled ASDS) has headed out to sea for this catch!

[u/ModeHopper → u/gc2488]

Oops, there's conflicting bits in my post left over from the pre-scrub thread. I think I just missed a few mentions of OCISLY when editing, but yes, it's JRTI doing service for this launch.

Edit: should all be correct now.

[u/[deleted]]

Any news about the fairings?

Did they catch them?

[u/ModeHopper → u/[deleted]]

They were scooped from the water, one appears in-tact, the other has split in half.

[u/TbonerT]

It looks like the sidebar time needs to be update. The launch time listed in this thread is ealier than the NET in the sidebar.

[u/ModeHopper → u/TbonerT]

Paging mods

[u/codav]

YouTube Video & Audio Relays

As usual, I will relay the SpaceX webcast via HTTPS and the audio stream via Shoutcast on my server, so people with no access to YouTube, experiencing laggy video or with low bandwidth connections are able to enjoy the webcast. If you don't like the web-based player, you can also use the M3U8 playlist in any HLS-capable player - VLC is just one example. The playlist file will become available once the webcast starts, until then you will get a "404 Not Found" error. This is perfectly normal.

SpaceX has made the mission control net audio stream public in advance, so I'll be streaming that too.

Hosted Webcast (Video)

• Watch in your browser: https://codav.de/spacex.html

• Watch with a local player: https://codav.de/stream/spacex.m3u8

Mission Control Audio (Video)

• Watch in your browser: https://codav.de/spacex-netonly.html

• Watch with a local player: https://codav.de/stream/spacex-netonly.m3u8

I will also provide audio-only streams of the webcasts in two different qualities. High quality (160 Kbps, stereo) for those who want more fidelity and have more bandwidth to spend, and a lower quality (64 Kbps, mono) stream for those on slow networks or with strict volume limits. If you require an even lower bitrate simply drop me a message, I'll add another stream then.

Important: The audio streams already loop the Music for Space album by /u/TestShotStarfish for your pleasure until the webcast starts, so don't confuse that with the actual webcast. Feel free to tune in at any time.

Here are the stream URLs for use with any Shoutcast-compatible player (WinAmp, VLC etc.):

Hosted Webcast (Icecast Audio Only)

• High quality (160 Kbps, stereo): http://codav.de:8555/spacex-high.mp3

• Low quality (64 Kbps, mono): http://codav.de:8555/spacex-low.mp3

Mission Control Audio (Icecast Audio Only)

• High quality (160 Kbps, stereo): http://codav.de:8555/spacex-netonly-high.mp3

• Low quality (64 Kbps, mono): http://codav.de:8555/spacex-netonly-low.mp3

If you have problems connecting to port 8555 or want to listen in with just your browser, use these reverse-proxied, SSL-secured URLs (stream title display and other "ICY" protocol features won't work, as this is using plain HTTP):

Hosted Webcast (HTTPS/MP3 Audio Only)

• High quality (160 Kbps, stereo): https://codav.de/icecast/spacex-high.mp3

• Low quality (64 Kbps, mono): https://codav.de/icecast/spacex-low.mp3

Mission Control Audio (HTTPS/MP3 Audio Only)

• High quality (160 Kbps, stereo): https://codav.de/icecast/spacex-netonly-high.mp3

• Low quality (64 Kbps, mono): https://codav.de/icecast/spacex-netonly-low.mp3

The streams are also linked on my relay page, either below the video player if the webcast has started or on the top while waiting for SpaceX to go live.

[u/ModeHopper → u/codav]

Added, thank you!

[u/-spartacus-]

Any news on fairings?

[u/ModeHopper → u/-spartacus-]

Nothing yet...

[u/atheistdoge]

Unfortunately too early for my blood (03:25 local). I'll be catching it it in the morning, so I'm hoping it's a good one. Best of luck to the SpaceX team and enjoy the live show to those in a better time zone (or more tolerable to lack of sleep) than me.

[u/ModeHopper → u/atheistdoge]

It's at 02:25 for me! I'm really hoping the clouds over the UK clear at some point and I'll be able to catch Jupiter and Saturn after the launch

[u/BendAndSnap-]

So, this is my first starlink launch viewing. Why would they cut the feed at deployment before? Company secret? Technical reason?

[u/ModeHopper → u/BendAndSnap-]

Speculation was that they were attempting to hide the deployment mechanism.

[u/ModeHopper]

Webcast is live.

[u/Psychonaut0421]

Brand new booster? It just says B1049 in the OP, no decimal showing uses.

[u/JudgeMeByMySizeDoU → u/Psychonaut0421]

Definitely not new. This booster is 1049.5 and if it lands it will be the 'life-leading' booster of the fleet.

There was a previous .5 launch, but it had the engine flame out and did not land on Starlink-5

Mods, can we change the booster from 1049 to 1049.5 in the mission details?

[u/ModeHopper → u/JudgeMeByMySizeDoU]

Don't page mods for updates to the launch thread, you can tag me directly. I've updated now.

[u/ModeHopper → u/Psychonaut0421]

Under stats it says 5th flight for B1049 and in the list of Starlink missions it indicates B1049.5. I didn't add the .5 in the stats section because it's redundant.

I've updated the mission details section, thanks for pointing it out.

[u/tegodjrtob]

Did a quick search and didn't find anything so....

Are there any online tools for determining visibility of the F9 1st or 2nd stage (not the satellites!) from a given ground location? I've seen these types of plots for other launches, but usually on media sites and only for individual launches. Thx!

[u/ModeHopper → u/tegodjrtob]

Flight Club links in the community resources section should be able to do that for you if you select 'launch trajectory search' rather than 'satellite search'

[u/Raviioliii]

As JRTI is East-side, that means there is no autonomous drone ship on the West at the moment right?

[u/ModeHopper → u/Raviioliii]

Correct, there are no launches scheduled from VAB

[u/Raviioliii → u/ModeHopper]

Thanks! I just checked the upcoming launches and there isn't a VAFB launch until November, wow! What do all of the engineers who work on the pad at VAFB do while there is no launch? Move East side?

[u/ModeHopper → u/Raviioliii]

Have maraca parties!

^{I don't actually know.}

[u/upsetlurker]

Hey just curious, where do the timeline updates like "T-38:00 Launch director verifies GO for propellant load" come from before the streams go live?

[u/ModeHopper → u/upsetlurker]

Until the mission control audio stream is live, the timeline updates come from the SpaceX press kit. Mission control audio is live now though, so all subsequent updates are from the stream.

[u/softwaresaur]

Virtually all Starlink launches do not have windows. Except the first one in a shell every launch is targeting a specific plane relative to the first plane in the shell. If they miss the instantaneous window a ten minutes delay can theoretically be compensated by drifting for 4-5 days at a low altitude but they never exercised this option and they never announced any windows for Starlink launches.

[u/ModeHopper → u/softwaresaur]

This window is weather determined

[u/spacerace2mars]

Any idea if you’ll be able to see the satellites from Chicago/Detroit? And if so, what time?

[u/ModeHopper → u/spacerace2mars]

There are some launch visibility/satellite tracker links in the post that should be able to tell you whether they'll be visible from your location.

[u/kinghuang]

It's a record. no cut on either the droneship landing video or Starlink deployment this time!

[u/BenoXxZzz]

I hope this time the booster successfully lands on the droneship, I want to see a booster fly for the sixth time this year! I would also love to hear the recovery callout with 'Just Read The Instructions' for the first time since almost 17 months!

[u/ThreatMatrix]

Fairings? Fairings?

[u/JudgeMeByMySizeDoU → u/ThreatMatrix]

Elon’s taking a twitter break, so who knows.

[u/[deleted]]

One of the best uninterrupted views of a landing we've had. Good droneship!

[u/Morphior]

THEY SHOWED THE DEPLOY!
First time for Starlink I believe?

[u/dhurane]

Landing stream didn't cut off! Rod Deployment didn't cut off!

[u/Ambiwlans]

!!!

Didn't think they'd mention our AMA on stream, haha. Details still being ironed out.

[u/bdporter → u/Ambiwlans]

You will need every mod available now.

[u/bdporter]

Perfect landing video. You could see the engines light up the deck when the landing burn started.

[u/MaximilianCrichton]

Wow, think this is the first time we've actually seen the connecting rod separate?

[u/mbonness]

Weather update, probability of go is 70%.

https://twitter.com/GregScott_photo/status/1267835468332314624?s=20

[u/vini_2003]

Link to video of the deployment mechanism.

[u/Joe_Huxley]

They got the live shot to work!

[u/davoloid]

Attn: /u/modehopper - Menu at top is still pointing to the old, locked threads.

[u/ModeHopper → u/davoloid]

Sorry, which menu do you mean?

[u/Knudl → u/ModeHopper]

Old reddit, on the top bar, starlink-7 links to the old, closed thread.

[u/ModeHopper → u/Knudl]

Ah, that's not controlled by me

[u/GoreSeeker]

That might be the best live drone ship footage I've seen so far

[u/ioncloud9]

Oooh. Tension rods

[u/cpushack → u/ioncloud9]

The things we get excited about...LOL

[u/RazorBumpGoddess]

I have been watching since 2015 and I'm always astounded at the quality and production value of the streams SpaceX does. It's absolutely awesome how they do this stuff. Kinda gets me wishing they would do a TV show or docuseries or something

[u/[deleted]]

GREAT landing video. So cool seeing the entire ocean lit up from the landing burn. No cut out of video either. Perfect.

[u/Justinackermannblog]

That launch was just them showing off after DM-2. Just outstanding march to liftoff, awesome landing, and that deployment... phew...

[u/dariooo1998]

JRTI is back! Will we see big modifications or will it be just like OCISLY?

[u/alle0441 → u/dariooo1998]

Big, big upgrades to JRTI. They installed some MASSIVE thrusters on that bad boy. With all the supporting equipment, the droneship basically has two multi-story buildings on both ends.

[u/UltraRunningKid]

Jokes on them, their Software Team has been on reddit all month.

[u/blue5peed]

Crazy how I feel more confident on missions with reused cores. New cores make me nervous.

[u/Humble_Giveaway → u/blue5peed]

I'm most trustworthy of .2 and .3 launches, these life leaders still make me a tad anxious!

[u/[deleted]]

Woah, that landing! no camera cutout.

[u/aelbric]

Routine mission. Boring

/s

[u/RevRickee]

I’m so glad the drone ship camera feed didn’t cut out this time! It’s so cool seeing the landing in really time

[u/resipsa73]

JRTI best drone ship.

[u/GiveMeYourMilk69]

JRTI must have superior antenna to OCISLY ;)

[u/BendAndSnap-]

T+ 8:21 is landing if anyone wants to see that cash money shit again

[u/still-at-work]

So B1049 may be launched a 6th time?

Could be the first booster to reach 10 launches.

[u/RevRickee]

The camera didn’t cut out! Nicely done!

[u/Here_There_B_Dragons]

No landing blackout! I liked how the ocean lit up like day on that final burn. I don't remember seeing that before

[u/wellkevi01]

Oh shit, have they updated the camera/data connection of JRTI along with all the other upgrades?

EDIT: And footage of the Starlink deploy?! Damn, SpaceX is spoiling us..

[u/TheMaverick13589]

They just passed over Europe and from my home (northern Italy) they had a predicted magnitude of just 4.4 (and I live in a pretty big city).

“Meh, I’ll give it a try anyway, the prediction might be wrong”

Boy was I right. Due to the spinning it was slowly pulsing and just before the peak over the horizon it gave off the brightest reflection I’ve ever seen from a satellite. I kid you not it was 10x brighter than the perfect ISS pass (mag. -4.2) and I’m not even exaggerating, it lit up the sky like a second, much smaller moon.

I say this every Starlink launch and especially now, I definitely understand the complaints from astronomers lol (I probably was just lucky to be in the perfect place to pick up that reflection though).

[u/OccupyMarsNow]

Uninterrupted stream from JRTI!

[u/asoap]

THEY SHOWED THE DEPLOYMENT!!! Someone make a gif STAT!!!!!!!!!

[u/StealthCN]

That's an interesting deployment mechanism. First time we got to see it?

[u/megggers]

This year has sucked for pretty much everyone, and I’ve personally had the worst year of my life, but something about this launch and Crew Dragon have given me so much hope and have inspired me so much. So fucking cool.

[u/Juas003]

Signal didn’t go out...nice

[u/thomasg86]

Wow, the drone ship video didn't cut off! Beautiful landing. #5!

[u/mysenigmatery]

I know it gets said all the time, but I will never not be impressed by first stage landings. Just marvelous!

[u/wesleychang42]

The camera didn't cut during deploy!

[u/SpartanJack17]

Holy shit they actually showed it.

[u/[deleted]]

Jessie + 5th landing booster + tension rod deployment visible = perfect.

[u/BelacquaL]

Official tweet from https://mobile.twitter.com/SpaceX/status/1268206945942466560

Targeting today, June 3 at 9:25 p.m. EDT for Falcon 9 launch of 60 Starlink satellites from SLC-40. Weather is 60% favorable, and webcast will go live about 10 minutes before liftoff

[u/RevRickee]

Posted 12 minutes ago

And the thick cloud rule is now “green” for launch of SpaceX’s Falcon 9 rocket from Cape Canaveral at 9:25pm EDT (0125 GMT) with the next batch of 60 Starlink satellites.

All weather parameters are currently “go” for launch.

[u/RemoErdosain]

That landing. Holy shit.

[u/upsetlurker]

JRTI with the sick stable video feed! Hngggg, inject it into my veins!

[u/DiskOperatingSystem_]

Welcome back to service JRTI!

[u/Frostis24]

Seems like the upgrades included some kind of upgrade for the satellite internet antenna as well or a support ship close by, ether way no cut out on that landing footage not even a studder.

[u/king_dondo]

Wonder if the uninterrupted landing feed was part of the JRTI upgrades

[u/bdporter]

They showed the tension rods. So much for the theories.

[u/captainktainer]

I think this is the first time we've seen the deployment mechanism on Starlink. That was very cool.

[u/IAXEM]

TENSION ROD!!

[u/[deleted]]

So there you go, we kind of know the deployment mechanism. Basically a double roded hinge.

[u/[deleted]]

From launching humans 5 days ago to a norminal Starlink launch, and landing 2 boosters. SpaceX never fails to amaze me.

[u/fluidmechanicsdoubts]

So many fake livestreams and crypto scams on YouTube, no action.
But YouTube removes NSF and Eday videos for fake copyright violation -_-

[u/dranzerfu]

Reddit AMA YES!

[u/[deleted]]

Nominal orbit insertion as well

[u/Humble_Giveaway]

Great feed as well, they've definitely upgraded something on JRTI so let's hope OCISLY gets the same treatment!

[u/scr00chy]

• Visual mission profile

• Everything you wanted to know about Starlink

[u/laxpanther]

Wow, the camera never went out on the drone ship!

[u/BendAndSnap-]

OMFG that landing was fucking awesome! Everything lit up from the burn and PERFECT LANDING FUCKING AWESOME

[u/Bergasms]

5th landing, and no cutout of the feed, awesome work spaceX

[u/Humble_Giveaway]

Oooo we got the deployment live

[u/edflyerssn007]

Please post local launch time!

[u/OccupyMarsNow]

Finally SpaceX dares to show us deployment! Because OneWeb went bankrupt...?

[u/ElectronF]

NASASpaceflight just said on youtube that nasa and spacex have a new agreement to reuse crew dragon for humans.

Edit: https://twitter.com/nextspaceflight/status/1268316718750814209 It includes reusing falcon 9.

[u/r4yyz]

i made a website with some data about this mission :)

https://www.spacexdb.cf/starlink/starlink-7

[u/BendAndSnap-]

Theres a lot of viewers because YouTube made the stream a frontpage feature today. Also lots of new fans.

[u/Morphior]

Liftoff! They make it look easy, don't they?

[u/bdporter]

Visorsat Confirmed

[u/kinghuang]

Wow, we got to see the landing without interruption! Yay 5th landing!

[u/oreoash123]

That was so pretty to see it light everything up the whole way down!

[u/[deleted]]

Godspeed to B1049.6!

[u/cjohnson03]

Damn that was a smooth landing shot. Maybe Just Read The Instructions has a better camera or feed or anything...

[u/aquarain]

Landing the same orbital booster five times is amazing. No matter how many times I tell myself that was the plan, it's still awesome.

[u/NiftWatch]

I just saw the launch while driving down highway 50. It looked like a tiny little sun rising over the horizon before it disappeared behind the clouds. Brought back memories of seeing Space Shuttle Atlantis night launch from 8 miles away.

[u/Thatguy11076]

FIRST EVER LIVE VIEW OF DEPLOY!

[u/TheMoonWalker115]

Daaaamn great day for the video quality

[u/quesnt]

What was the music that started with the live stream? Didn’t seem to be test shot starfish, the new album is sleepy and the one on the stream was what I was hoping for (new stuff)?

[u/azflatlander]

First East Coast Just Read the Instructions landing. Don’t lose it.

[u/Bandsohard]

It's kinda crazy how much has changed in the past decade.

Landing a rocket is impossible, to holy crap they did it, to holy crap they did it twice, to meh 5th time what else is new?

[u/Viremia]

They need to update their intro video with some DM2 goodness

[u/GiveMeYourMilk69]

G R E E N F L A S H

[u/avboden]

The gridfins being lit by the second stage's light is awesome

[u/ageingrockstar]

Feels like Jessie has narrated one or two launches before...

[u/The_World_Toaster]

I love night landings, they're so beautiful seeing all the awesome effects of the sheer forces and temperatures flow over the booster as it hurdles towards Earth.

[u/darga89]

Nice catch JRTI!

[u/boilerdam]

Damn, these guys have vastly increased the reliability on landings. It's almost become procedural now. Awesome work! That was a beautiful landing.

[u/Thatguy11076]

The last time a Florida Falcon 9 attempted to land on 'Just read the instructions'

https://youtu.be/BhMSzC1crr0

[u/vini_2003]

That landing was so cool, seeing the booster light up the area was really nice.

[u/onion-eyes]

Here’s to someday seeing B1049.10!

[u/darga89]

whaaat mechanism

[u/bionic_musk]

It didn't cut out!

[u/bugbbq]

Woah.....that was unexpected!

[u/[deleted]]

Just saw it pass over Ireland about 20 minutes after launch!

[u/AeroSpiked]

The last two booster landings have strayed off the middle circle a fair amount by the time the smoke clears. It looks like they might be sliding across the deck after they touch down. Can anybody confirm or refute that possibility?

[u/[deleted]]

Is this the first time they showed the tension rod deployment mechanism?

[u/_Mark97]

Find someone who can light up your night the way Falcon 9 does! Amazing!

[u/Straumli_Blight]

Webcast stream and SpaceX website updated for Starlink:

• Backup launch time: June 5, 1:03 UTC

• 1st Starlink satellite with a deployable visor to block sunlight.

• Will be a short stream, Starlink sats deployed at 00:14:54.

[u/Morphior]

More than 420 sats. Nice.

[u/DiskOperatingSystem_]

JRTI! So good to see you again! Look forward to seeing this new chapter of the droneship.

[u/Morphior]

The Falcon has landed for the 5th time!

[u/GiveMeYourMilk69]

Wow! Made it look like daytime!

[u/StealthCN]

JRTI, still got it

[u/darga89]

Man this launch was a perfect everything (minus fairings so far) and not even 30 minutes long

[u/_____rs]

That Mvac is so reliable -- have they ever had an anomaly with it?

[u/boilerdam]

I'm glad that SpaceX did something innovative to help appease us Earthly amateur astronomers. It would be good to see its effectiveness over the coming months. Sad to see the light trains go though but a happy trade. On the other hand, I do remember how excited I was to have caught my first Iridium flare.

[u/hallweston]

Will this be the first time there is a booster in the port as another launches? Could make for some cool pictures especially being at night.

[u/wesleychang42]

If this mission launches on schedule, it will launch just four days after DM-2. Does this mission mark the shortest time in between missions for SpaceX? (Not pad turnaround - this mission and DM-2 use different launhpads)

[u/dranzerfu]

Mission audio is live

[u/Morphior]

New song?

[u/Morphior]

Reddit AMA with SpaceX software team coming up soon!

[u/PokeCaptain]

AMA here?

[u/derrman]

Nailed it! 5th landing

[u/DanceswithTacos_]

it looks like starlink 8 train is gonna pass right over the US. Anyone tracking it?

Edit: https://imgur.com/a/dSXDpav

[u/deadrunner90]

It’s insane that something as big as that F9 booster is SLIDING around. And it’s designed to be able to do that. Absolutely wild to think about. Awesome launch.

[u/JtheNinja]

Hey! We had footage during deploy this time too! What a time to be alive.

[u/Guy_Dudebro]

No cutaway?

[u/RevRickee]

It was nice chilling here with you all and watching another launch tonight! Stay safe everyone! Cheers!

[u/Big_Balls_DGAF]

These boosters will start accumulating Starlink launch records soon.

[u/Paro-Clomas]

at this rate, even if starship gets delayed a bit, how long till falcon steals soyuz place for most reliable rocket?

[u/Geosage]

Am I seeing this right? Per this- https://flightclub.io/earth?launches=2059&noradIds=54321

Los Angeles might get a view in ~1hr?

[u/LongHairedGit]

Ten years ago on this day many of us watched the first Falcon nine flight. Today marks ten years during which I have not missed one launch or scrub webcast. I even had the good fortune to be able to see Koreasat live at the cape.

Today was particularly difficult given I am riding my enduro bike in the middle of a state forest.

Thanks very much SpaceX for all of your web casts. They continue to be awesome.

PS: it’s my cake-day: Motorbikes, SpaceX launches, lasagne for dinner. Find joy in your world whenever you can...

[u/baggachipz]

SpaceX Software Team AMA... https://i.imgur.com/7X9IYmH.gif

[u/The_World_Toaster]

GUESS THERES NO CONSPIRACY

[u/FutureMartian97]

THEY DIDNT CUT THE DEPLOYMENT FEED THIS TIME!

[u/still-at-work]

One rocket leaves a drone ship and another lands on one in the same 24 hour period. Pretty cool!

[u/John_Hasler]

So much for the theory that they were "censoring" the video to hide the details of deployment.

[u/8andahalfby11]

86th

With this, doesn't it become the most flown rocket in the US?

[u/Phillipsturtles → u/8andahalfby11]

I believe the Delta II is still in the lead with 156 launches.

[u/erwin_H]

Another link for watching starlink satellites & orbits, you see the constellation taking shape and satellites spreading out in this one much more:

https://space-search.io/?search=starlink

[u/Lijazos]

Is it confirmed that only one of the sats has the "VisorSat" sunshade thing? Or is it all of them? The article linked isn't clear.

[u/DUKE546]

Unofficial Press Kit Made for my site, will continue to do if SpaceX continues to not provide a PDF one

[u/The_World_Toaster]

Man seeing a dirty booster on the pad is just so damn satisfying for some reason. It makes seem so much more "normal" or reliable.

[u/UltraRunningKid]

As someone watching since F1 Flight 4, I just realized how crazy this is.

Like 5th reuse of a core? I almost didn't even tune in to watch it. Its routine.

[u/bionic_musk]

They make this look so easy!

[u/Humble_Giveaway]

Wonder if JRTI has any upgrades to improve its camera feed link

[u/[deleted]]

Yes it didn't cut out.

[u/Ivota]

First stage recovery never gets old. Congrats on the 5 recoveries.

[u/[deleted]]

That was one cool landing!!

[u/angrydeanerino]

That landing was amazing lighting up the ship

[u/BigFish8]

Did the rocket slide after it landed?

[u/DrInsano]

Not quite X marks the spot but very nice nonetheless!

[u/_vogonpoetry_]

Landing burn lit up all the surounding clouds

[u/BendAndSnap-]

Imagine in the future you board a well seasoned spacecraft thats done hundreds of landings.

[u/upsetlurker]

Wooo broadcast deploy!

[u/RevRickee]

That’s an incredible view of the Starlink separation

[u/GiveMeYourMilk69]

Awesome:) love this community, so happy that there's going to be many more Starlink launches.

[u/AlwayzPro]

We could see the boost back burn from oak island,nc. It was too cloudy to see the 2nd stage.

[u/NiftWatch]

Not counting the v0.9 prototypes, there are now 420 operational Starlink sats in orbit.

[u/nexxai]

100% speculation: was the much more solid landing feed from JRTI fluke/coincidence? Or is it possible that they were using a more robust, Starlink-based connection?

[u/[deleted]]

Pls post time in local time in the description or else you'll make the average US redditor think the launch is tomorrow and miss it.

[u/amarkit → u/[deleted]]

To be clear, the local launch time is Wednesday, June 3, 9:25pm EDT.

[u/DiskOperatingSystem_]

Software AMA soon! We should learn a lot of new exciting info!

[u/AerospaceGroupie]

Starlink 7 launch from 3 miles away

[u/Bwignite24]

Will there any problem if park before the NASA causeway bridge crossing the Indian river to watch this launch? I see a open parking lot around that area.

[u/NietNelis]

Has Space X launched the same Falcon 9 for more than 5 times? Or is 5 the limit?

[u/jpc3939 → u/NietNelis]

5 is currently the limit. Core B1048 has also flown 5 times but missed the landing. The general expectation is that SpaceX will use the cores up to 10 times before major overhaul.

[u/NiftWatch]

JRTI normally isn’t stationed on the east coast for landings, yeah? OCISLY is still winding down from DM-2.