SpaceX Starlink Group 6-32 Launch

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SpaceX plans to launch 23 Starlink V2 mini satellites into the Generation 2 Group 6 shell on 2023-12-23 at 04:00 UTC. The launch will be from Space Launch Complex 40 at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station in Florida. The first stage booster, B1058, will be making its nineteenth flight, after a turnaround time of 49 days since its last mission. If successful, this booster will become the fleet leader, with more launches and landings than any other Falcon rocket. The operational orbit will be 530 km circular at 43°.

Weather is forecast [PDF] as 70% favourable.

Here is a pre-flight preview from Everyday Astronaut.

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Falcon 9 Booster 1058’s first flight on 2020-05-30 launched the Crew Dragon Demo-2 mission, the first manned orbital space flight launched from the U.S. since the retirement of the Space Shuttle in 2011.

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https://twitter.com/johnkrausphotos/status/1739723992871960875

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Here is Scott Manley’s recounting of the history of Booster 1058 and detailed analysis of the wreckage returned to port.

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