Edhat Staff
Update by the edhat staff
September 6, 2024
On Thursday, September 5 at 8:20 p.m., Falcon 9 launched the NROL-113 mission from Space Launch Complex 4 East (SLC-4E) at Vandenberg Space Force Base
This was the 20th flight for the first stage booster supporting this mission, which previously launched Sentinel-6 Michael Freilich, DART, Transporter-7, Iridium OneWeb, SDA-0B, and 14 Starlink missions.
Liftoff! pic.twitter.com/zmiEnSj5ej
— SpaceX (@SpaceX) September 6, 2024
SpaceX Launch Scheduled for Thursday Evening
By the edhat staff
September 4, 2024
SpaceX is targeting Thursday, September 5 for a Falcon 9 launch of the NROL-113 mission from Space Launch Complex 4 East (SLC-4E) at Vandenberg Space Force Base.
The launch window opens at 8:20 p.m. If needed, a backup opportunity is available on Friday, September 6 starting at 7:58 p.m.
A live webcast of this mission will begin about five minutes prior to liftoff, which you can watch here and on X @SpaceX.
This is the 20th flight for the first stage booster supporting this mission, which previously launched Sentinel-6, Michael Freilich, DART, Transporter-7, Iridium OneWeb, SDA-0B, and 14 Starlink missions. Following stage separation, the first stage will land on the Of Course I Still Love You droneship, which will be stationed in the Pacific Ocean.
“I’m not making this up.” …speaking of coming back to earth: “NASA’s plan is for Starliner to undock at 6:04 p.m. EDT Friday from the space station before landing early Saturday at White Sands Space Harbor in New Mexico.” ***Note : uncrewed – which is obviously the important part!
I was going to leave it at that with my now favorite “citation”, I just thought it was “cute”…
BUT no I can’t leave it that:
https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/technology/boeing-starliner-to-undock-from-international-space-station-how-to-watch-return-to-earth/ar-AA1q3Gkw?ocid=hpmsn&cvid=7ed26b4dfeaa43aaa8b24a4cbb5a1e79&ei=58
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Did the launch happen last night? Didn’t hear or feel anything.
I didn’t catch this one but it says it went off @ 8:20 PM –
https://spaceflightnow.com/2024/09/06/live-coverage-spacex-to-launch-falcon-9-rocket-on-national-security-mission-for-the-nro/
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I too was really surprised that I didn’t hear anything!
My sibling said:
I think it may be “hot air doesn’t carry as much sound” – hot air is less dense – the top of the atmosphere actually rises away from the ground on hotter days, and the whole atmosphere collapses down toward the ground on cooler days. The air molecules are actually moving around more and a little further apart because they keep bumping into each other. So they can’t transmit vibrations to their neighbors as well.
It went off on time, and presented the usual appearance and rumble here by OSM.