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(YouTube)   SpaceX launches its seventh Falcon 9 of the year carrying 49 Starlink satellites and something called an Eclectic Elena from Vandenberg Space Force Base at 11:15 a.m. ET. Stream starts at T-5:00. I would make a cover band joke, but I got nothing   (youtube.com) divider line
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Spectrum
2023-01-31 3:03:15 AM  
I just remembered that one launch was a Falcon Heavy. So technically it's six Falcon 9 launches. Or is it nine? I dunno, it's still seven SpaceX launches this month, which is a lot.
 
BigMax [TotalFark]
2023-01-31 7:29:15 AM  
Eclectic Elena is my Frank Zappa cover band.
 
Spectrum
2023-01-31 9:06:46 AM  
Eclectic Elena is my one-woman Weird Al cover band.
 
FormlessOne
2023-01-31 10:47:44 AM  
Yay - time to ogle Science once again!
 
clear_prop [TotalFark]
2023-01-31 10:50:49 AM  
Wow, posted to Main?

Hello trolls.
 
styckx [OhFark]
2023-01-31 10:55:11 AM  
Elon Musk is still an asshole
 
ssa5
2023-01-31 11:00:23 AM  

clear_prop: Wow, posted to Main?

Hello trolls.


Troll reporting for duty.

I use to enjoy watching these launches, especially fun when working from home to have this up on my screen in the background.

And now, I just do not give a fark. In fact I would rather enjoy watching them explode just to damage Elmo. Yes my hatred of this fraud and con artist has made me now wish to see SpaceX fail. Sorry but anything he touches now, I just want to see fail. Twatter, Tesla, etc.. let them all go the way of his marvelous Hyperloop.
 
Teddy Brosevelt
2023-01-31 11:00:47 AM  
can we glue elon to the outside of this one and launch him with it?  bet that video would get the most likes ever on twitter
 
khitsicker [TotalFark]
2023-01-31 11:00:54 AM  

clear_prop: Wow, posted to Main?

Hello trolls.


maybe there will be an abort and it can be reposted to STEM.
 
Nicholas D. Wolfwood [TotalFark] [OhFark]
2023-01-31 11:06:45 AM  
Ooontz.
 
id10ts
2023-01-31 11:06:51 AM  
Finally got to see my first launch in January.   From the deck of a cruise ship leaving from Ft. Lauderdale.
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id10ts
2023-01-31 11:07:40 AM  
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BigMax [TotalFark]
2023-01-31 11:12:31 AM  

id10ts: Finally got to see my first launch in January.   From the deck of a cruise ship leaving from Ft. Lauderdale.[Fark user image image 425x566]


This is a gorgeous picture. Wow.
 
DecemberNitro
2023-01-31 11:13:00 AM  
Alllllright how many "say what you will about Elon Musk but he makes pretty awesome stuff" morons are we gonna get in here this time?
 
xanadian [TotalFark]
2023-01-31 11:13:14 AM  
Eclectic Elena sounds like an Ubuntu release.
 
Nicholas D. Wolfwood [TotalFark] [OhFark]
2023-01-31 11:13:16 AM  
One launch per 4.4 days so far (assuming today's mission is good).  That cadence gives them 83 missions this year.
 
EvilElecBlanket
2023-01-31 11:13:55 AM  
Nice
 
Nicholas D. Wolfwood [TotalFark] [OhFark]
2023-01-31 11:14:18 AM  
So far, four of the seven missions they've run this year have been for outside paying customers.
 
Pointy Tail of Satan
2023-01-31 11:15:18 AM  
Soon the Starlink deployment will be complete.

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Nicholas D. Wolfwood [TotalFark] [OhFark]
2023-01-31 11:15:22 AM  
LIFTOFF!  Wotta Commute for those boosters!  Just another day at work for them.
 
khitsicker [TotalFark]
2023-01-31 11:15:38 AM  
Lift off!!
 
Nicholas D. Wolfwood [TotalFark] [OhFark]
2023-01-31 11:17:16 AM  
Booster is B1071.7.  So, it's an Ace.
 
Nicholas D. Wolfwood [TotalFark] [OhFark]
2023-01-31 11:18:06 AM  
MECO and Stage Separation.
 
clear_prop [TotalFark]
2023-01-31 11:18:17 AM  
This would have been a beautiful day for an RTLS.
 
flucto
2023-01-31 11:23:41 AM  
The Earth is flat. This is all lies.
 
Nicholas D. Wolfwood [TotalFark] [OhFark]
2023-01-31 11:23:54 AM  
And yet again, they *stick* the landing!  Damn, that video was awesome!
 
khitsicker [TotalFark]
2023-01-31 11:24:18 AM  
Nailed it! with incredible  continuous footage!
 
Recoil Therapy [TotalFark] [OhFark]
2023-01-31 11:25:39 AM  
Well that was an enjoyable 10 min break from the day
 
gameshowhost [OhFark]
2023-01-31 11:27:37 AM  

styckx: Elon Musk is still an asshole


Just remember that Gwen Shotwell runs the company, and Elon is merely the dolt who owns it.
 
GalFisk [TotalFark]
2023-01-31 11:28:23 AM  

flucto: The Earth is flat. This is all lies.


Don't confuse the Earth with your Mom, despite their equal size.
 
Nicholas D. Wolfwood [TotalFark] [OhFark]
2023-01-31 11:30:19 AM  
Here's the updated list of successful SpaceX Missions.  Should be quite a ride this year - there are already 65 missions listed, and we know there will be a load more Starlink missions.  Cadence to date looks like one mission per 4.4 days.  That gets them to 83 missions for the year.  They'll have to step things up to hit 100, but they've got FOURTEEN penciled in for February.  And it's looking like we have FIVE Falcon Heavies, THREE crewed missions, TWO lunar landers, and ONE asteroid mission!  No mention of a Partridge in a Pear Tree, but stay tuned!

Year  # flown  Milestones
2006 - 0 - Falcon 1 fails on its first launch attempt
2007 - 0 - (another Falcon 1 failure)
2008 - 1 - Falcon 1 fails on #3, then successfully flies on its fourth attempt
2009 - 1 - only commercial contract launch of Falcon 1
2010 - 2 - First Falcon 9, June 4, 2010
2011 - 0
2012 - 2 - First private spaceship (Dragon) to visit ISS
2013 - 3 - Falcon 9 v1.1
2014 - 6
2015 - 6 - Falcon 9 'Full Thrust' and first booster landing
2016 - 8
2017 - 18 - First Launch and Recovery of a reused booster / Dragon
2018 - 21 - First Falcon Heavy, First F9 Block 5, First booster with 3 flights
2019 - 13 - Successful Crew Dragon Demo 1; 1st Paying Falcon Heavy; Starlink; 1 F9 flies 4 times
2020 - 26 - 7 flights on one Falcon 9; Crew Dragon Certified; Starship test flights; Starlink Beta Opens
2021 - 31 - 2 ISS Crew/1 Tourist flights; 1st good Starship landing; 2 F9s got to 10 flights; Starlink is Live
2022 - 61- 3 Crew flights to ISS (1 private); 2 Lunar missions (1 lander); 1 Falcon Heavy; 1 F9 hit 15 flights

2023:
1     01/03/2023    Falcon 9 - Transporter 6            B1060.15
2     01/09/2023    Falcon 9 - OneWeb Flight #2    B1076.2
3     01/15/2023    Falcon Heavy - USSF-67         B1070.1 / B1064.2 / B1065.2
4     01/18/2023    Falcon 9 - GPS III-06 (Amelia Earhart)  B1077.2
5     01/19/2023    Falcon 9 - Starlink 68                B1075.1
6     01/26/2023    Falcon 9 - Starlink 69                B1067.9
7     01/31/2023    Falcon 9 - Starlink 70                B1071.7

Upcoming Flights:
02/02/2023     Falcon 9 - Starlink 71               B1069.5
02/05/2023     Falcon 9 - Amazonas Nexus    B1073.6
02/26/2023     Falcon 9 - CREW 6                 B1078.1
02/??/2023     Falcon 9 - Inmarsat I6 F2
02/??/2023     Falcon 9 - O3b mPower 3 & 4
02/??/2023     Falcon 9 - Starlink 72
02/??/2023     Falcon 9 - Starlink 73
02/??/2023     Falcon 9 - Worldview Legion 1 & 2
02/??/2023     Falcon 9 - Starlink 74                B1062.12
02/??/2023     Falcon 9 - Starlink 75                B1076.3
02/??/2023     Falcon 9 - Starlink 76
02/??/2023     Falcon 9 - Starlink 77
02/??/2023     Falcon 9 - Starlink 78
02/??/2023     Falcon 9 - Starlink 79
03/07/2023     Falcon 9 - Intelsat 40e
03/11/2023     Falcon 9 - CRS-27
03/24/2023     Falcon Heavy - ViaSat 3 / Aurora 4A / Nusantara H1-A
03/??/2023     Falcon 9 - O3b mPower 5 & 6
03/??/2023     Falcon 9 - Tranche 0 flight 1    B1071.6
03/??/2023     Falcon 9 - Worldview Legion 3 & 4
Q1/??/2023    Falcon 9 - SARah 2 & 3
Q1/??/2023    Falcon 9 - SES-18 and SES-19
Q1/??/2023    Falcon 9 - USSF 36
Q1/??/2023    Falcon 9 - OneWeb Flight #3
Q1/??/2023    Falcon 9 - Nusantara Lima
04/??/2023     Falcon 9 - Polaris Dawn            Crew Mission for Jared Isaacman
04/??/2023    Falcon 9 - Transporter 7 Rideshare
05/??/2023    Falcon 9 - Ax-2
05/??/2023    Falcon Heavy - Jupiter-3            TBD / B1073.x / B1076.x
06/05/2023    Falcon 9 - CRS 28
06/??/2023    Falcon Heavy - USSF 52            B1079 / B1064.3 / B1065.3
06/??/2023    Falcon 9 - IM-1 Nova-C Lunar Lander
06/??/2023    Falcon 9 - Transporter 8 Rideshare
06/??/2023    Falcon 9 - Tranche 0 flight 2
Q2/??/2023   Falcon 9 - IM-2 Nova-C Lunar Lander
Q2/??/2023   Falcon 9 - Galaxy 37
Q2/??/2023   Falcon 9 - Worldview Legion 5 & 6
Q2/??/2023   Falcon 9 - O3b mPower 7 & 8
Q2/??/2023   Falcon 9 - Iridium NEXT
08/??/2023    Falcon 9 - Crew 7
Q3/??/2023   Falcon 9 - MicroGEO
Q3/??/2023   Falcon 9 - NROL-69
Q3/??/2023   Falcon 9 - Euclid
10/10/2023    Falcon Heavy - Psyche                 B1074 / B1072.1 / B1075.x
10/20/2023    Falcon 9 - CRS-29
10/??/2023    Falcon 9 - Transporter 9 Rideshare
Q3/??/2023   Falcon 9 - ASBM-1, ASBM-2
Q4/??/2023   Falcon 9 - SATRIA-1
Q4/??/2023   Falcon 9 - Turksat 6A
Q4/??/2023   Falcon 9 - BADR-8
Q4/??/2023   Falcon 9 - Intelsat
Q4/??/2023   Falcon 9 - CAS500-4
Q4/??/2023   Falcon 9 - 425 Project SAR
Q4/??/2023   Falcon 9 - Ax 3
Q4/??/2023   Falcon 9 - Ax-4
Q4/??/2023   Falcon 9 - CRS NG-20
Q4/??/2023   Falcon 9 - BlueBird
Q4/??/2023   Falcon 9 - USSF-62

(from http://www.spacex.com/missions, https://spaceflightnow.com/launch-schedule/ and https://www.rocketlaunch.live/?filter=spacex)
(https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Falcon_9_and_Falcon_Heavy_launches)
 
Mr. Eugenides [BareFark]
2023-01-31 11:31:34 AM  
Should have ended with "I would have made a cover band joke, but I had too much to dream last night."
 
fzumrk [BareFark]
2023-01-31 11:33:39 AM  
I was going to biatch about more future space junk being deployed with no plan for decommissioning, but it sounds like SpaceX is one of the few companies with deorbiting plans for their satellites.
https://www.fiercewireless.com/tech/how-does-spacex-remove-old-obsolete-satellites-space
 
studebaker hoch
2023-01-31 11:40:37 AM  

clear_prop: This would have been a beautiful day for an RTLS.


Starlink missions always land the first stage at sea because they use as much of the first stage performance as possible while still recovering the booster.
 
GoldSpider
2023-01-31 11:41:28 AM  

DecemberNitro: Alllllright how many "say what you will about Elon Musk but he makes pretty awesome stuff" morons are we gonna get in here this time?


You don't have to be here when it happens.
 
foo monkey
2023-01-31 11:45:16 AM  

Pointy Tail of Satan: Soon the Starlink deployment will be complete.

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AtomPeepers
2023-01-31 11:45:50 AM  

ssa5: clear_prop: Wow, posted to Main?

Hello trolls.

Troll reporting for duty.

I use to enjoy watching these launches, especially fun when working from home to have this up on my screen in the background.

And now, I just do not give a fark. In fact I would rather enjoy watching them explode just to damage Elmo. Yes my hatred of this fraud and con artist has made me now wish to see SpaceX fail. Sorry but anything he touches now, I just want to see fail. Twatter, Tesla, etc.. let them all go the way of his marvelous Hyperloop.


I can't wish failure on SpaceX just because Elon musk is an asshole having a midlife crisis. I do kind of want to see Twitter crash and burn at this point because it's become so damn toxic.

That doesn't mean SpaceX should take away the jobs of all the hard-working people who made SpaceX a success, who aren't Elon.
 
Somaticasual [TotalFark]
2023-01-31 11:49:09 AM  

Pointy Tail of Satan: Soon the Starlink deployment will be complete.

[Fark user image 850x566]


Soon, he'll have one death ray for every online commenter that hurt his feelings!
 
clear_prop [TotalFark]
2023-01-31 11:54:41 AM  

studebaker hoch: clear_prop: This would have been a beautiful day for an RTLS.

Starlink missions always land the first stage at sea because they use as much of the first stage performance as possible while still recovering the booster.


I know, but having watched an RTLS landing from Lompoc on a beautiful clear day like today, it is a cool thing to see.
 
Bhaughbb [OhFark]
2023-01-31 11:57:30 AM  
Looks like another good flight today!
 
Spectrum
2023-01-31 12:09:58 PM  
Missed the live video, but saw the rocket in the sky. Looking forward to the replay later.
 
Nicholas D. Wolfwood [TotalFark] [OhFark]
2023-01-31 12:10:26 PM  

Bhaughbb: Looks like another good flight today!


Still waiting for payload deployment.  It's weird, but right around the second burn of the second stage, the video looked like the vehicle was flying through a snowstorm.
 
studebaker hoch
2023-01-31 12:10:32 PM  

DecemberNitro: Alllllright how many "say what you will about Elon Musk but he makes pretty awesome stuff" morons are we gonna get in here this time?


Get bent.
 
Nicholas D. Wolfwood [TotalFark] [OhFark]
2023-01-31 12:13:06 PM  
Rideshare Payload Eclectic Elena has been successfully deployed.
 
FIFTEEN BOXES
2023-01-31 12:17:05 PM  

AtomPeepers: ssa5: clear_prop: Wow, posted to Main?

Hello trolls.

Troll reporting for duty.

I use to enjoy watching these launches, especially fun when working from home to have this up on my screen in the background.

And now, I just do not give a fark. In fact I would rather enjoy watching them explode just to damage Elmo. Yes my hatred of this fraud and con artist has made me now wish to see SpaceX fail. Sorry but anything he touches now, I just want to see fail. Twatter, Tesla, etc.. let them all go the way of his marvelous Hyperloop.

I can't wish failure on SpaceX just because Elon musk is an asshole having a midlife crisis. I do kind of want to see Twitter crash and burn at this point because it's become so damn toxic.

That doesn't mean SpaceX should take away the jobs of all the hard-working people who made SpaceX a success, who aren't Elon.


I don't love or hate the guy.  Twitter kinda hit me as stupid when it first came out.  Hit me as dangerous when Trump got on it, and now it's just like watching the end of Sears or Compaq.  It's just gonna implode and cost him a lot of money. Meh.

I couldn't afford cars that Tesla made, so I never really gave it much concern either.

But, Starlink IS providing internet access to Ukraine, and the Ukrainians are using it to target Russian assets.  To the point where Russia has called Musk a war criminal.

So I can't cheer for his rockets and such to fail.  I'm looking at the big picture and if it's helping put Orks in the dirt, then I'm all for it.

Watching him lose his shirt and get taken to the cleaners on Twitter IS giving me the all warm and fuzzies, though.  I have to admit to that.  Seeing Orks in the grave does the same thing for me.

So if a couple of Musk's rockets make it to orbit and he profits on the side, so be it.  I'm not going to wish for him to fail simply because I don't like him or his politics.
 
studebaker hoch
2023-01-31 12:18:59 PM  

Nicholas D. Wolfwood: One launch per 4.4 days so far (assuming today's mission is good).  That cadence gives them 83 missions this year.


SpaceX launches rockets faster than satellites get built.

Part of the genius of Starlink is that it gives SpaceX something to do when there aren't any customer payloads.
 
scanman61
2023-01-31 12:33:09 PM  

DecemberNitro: Alllllright how many "say what you will about Elon Musk but he makes pretty awesome stuff" morons are we gonna get in here this time?


....raises hand....
 
Corn_Fed
2023-01-31 12:43:54 PM  
I despise Elon Musk, and I despise him all the more because I held out so long giving him the benefit of the doubt.

How shiatty it is that we need SpaceX, because the alternative is Russia. None of our other aerospace companies can match SpaceX in its capabilities, and yeah, it's sickening that it's owned by someone almost as psychotic as Putin.
 
DrEMHmrk2 [TotalFark] [OhFark]
2023-01-31 12:55:54 PM  

id10ts: Finally got to see my first launch in January.   From the deck of a cruise ship leaving from Ft. Lauderdale.[Fark user image 425x566]


That was the heavy launch. I got to see that really well from my house in Fort Lauderdale. One of the best sighting we've had that wasn't a polar launch. Consider yourself lucky with the clear skies and sunset launch!
 
Nicholas D. Wolfwood [TotalFark] [OhFark]
2023-01-31 12:56:38 PM  

studebaker hoch: Nicholas D. Wolfwood: One launch per 4.4 days so far (assuming today's mission is good).  That cadence gives them 83 missions this year.

SpaceX launches rockets faster than satellites get built.

Part of the genius of Starlink is that it gives SpaceX something to do when there aren't any customer payloads.


Most of Musk's enterprises were set up to fulfill more than one purpose.

Starlink, for example.  I think Starlink would be great to have in place around the Moon and Mars as an aid to explorers without the time, effort, and expense of building as much ground-based communications infrastructure.  And if it can be subsidized by turning a profit along the way, so much the better.

Tesla, I'm convinced, was started to ensure that when we needed robust vehicles for Moon or Mars, we'd have industries that were experienced with heavy duty electric drive trains and battery technology on a mass-production scale.  And again, if this R&D can pay for itself, maybe turn a profit, great!

Boring Company?  Getting ready to dig habitats on Moon and Mars.

And so on.

This, I think, was a great way to start building the dream of making humanity multi-planetary.  If Musk has any claim to genius, it was the idea of making all these efforts support themselves financially and maybe even help pay for developing the launchers - which have also been bringing in cash.

What a farking pity he went so damn far off the rails and turned into asshole Numero Uno.
 
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