SpaceX Starlink Group 4-22 Launch

SpaceX plans to launch 53 Starlink satellites into Shell 4, with an eventual 540 km circular service orbit at 53.22° inclination, on 2022-07-17 at 14:50 UTC. This will be the thirteenth flight of Falcon 9 booster B1051 which, if successful, will join B1058 and B1060 as fleet leaders with the most flights. In a recent article in Aviation Week, SpaceX said that they have increased the goal of flights per Falcon 9 booster without major overhaul from 10 to 15 and may revise it further based upon experience. Weather is currently forecast as 50% favourable for launch from Florida’s Space Launch Complex 40.

Here is a pre-flight preview from Everyday Astronaut.

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An acceptable landing given the relatively rough seas. But one of the the most off–center I’ve seen in a while.

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