The end of the plasma period is roughly 3:28 AM EDT.   Allow about two minutes uncertainty and people in Florida may be able see it at most three minutes prior so about 3:25 AM EDT.   I would be looking five minutes earlier (3:20 AM EDT) and up to about 3:30 AM EDT.  It is moving southwest to northeast.

It seems odd to me to land people in the ocean at night. It says ET..

Live feed of Polaris Dawn splash down, The Launch Pad channel.



5 hours and 38 minutes until splash down.

A perfectly executed mission.  Amazing stuff.  

Replay from Launch Pad.

Scott Manley

Mission:   Falcon 9, Galileo L13

1)  Mission description:   "A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket will launch two satellites into medium Earth orbit for the European Commission’s Galileo project. The Galileo constellation provides navigation data like the U.S. Global Positioning System (GPS). The Falcon 9 first stage booster will be recovered on a drone ship in the Atlantic Ocean"   SpaceFlightNow source

2)  Launch window:   6:50 PM EDT (17 September 2024)

3)  Launch site:   SLC-40, Florida

4)  Launch Direction:   Northeast

5)  Webcast viewing option(s):



6)  Observation comments:   None.  

7)  Launch preparations:

a.  Boats heading out:


Credit:     Gav Cornwell@SpaceOffshore.   Departure! Just Read the Instructions droneship is underway from Port Canaveral to support the upcoming Galileo mission.


Source:  NASASpaceFlight.com

b.  Satellites:




Source:   https://news.satnews.com/2024/09/16/spacex-ready-for-galileo-l13-launch-on-tuesday/

c.  Ready for launch:  


Source:  NASASpaceFlight.com

d.  Navigation Warning:

L_12 zone in red and the L_13 zone in orange

Source:  NASASpaceFlight.com

8)  First stage return/ocean recovery/disposal:      Recovery on drone ship JRTI.

9)  Launch to deployment events/timeline:    

Hours:Minutes:Seconds after lift-off.  Times approximate.  

00:01:11   Max Q (moment of peak mechanical stress on the rocket)
00:02:31   1st stage main engine cutoff (MECO)
00:02:34   1st and 2nd stages separate
00:02:41   2nd stage engine starts
00:03:24   Fairing separation
00:06:20   1st stage entry burn start
00:06:38   1st stage entry burn ends
00:08:13   1st stage landing burn start
00:08:27   2nd stage engine cutoff (SECO-1)
00:08:34   1st stage landing
03:26:52   2nd stage engine starts (SES-2)
03:27:21   2nd stage engine cutoff (SECO-2)
03:34:22   Galileo L13 deploys

10)  Orbit insertion:  Medium Earth Orbit transfer orbit at 56 degree inclination.

The FAA is proposing a fine of SpaceX for two Falcon license violations.

-For launch control from HangarX and removing a poll at T-2h without approval

- For launching using an unapproved propellant farm

Combined $633,009https://t.co/ZBcGdnIPOD

Adrian Beil  (@BCCarCounters) September 17, 2024

https://www.faa.gov/newsroom/faa-proposes-633009-civil-penalties-against-spacex

landing could be interesting

Watch Falcon 9 launch the European Commission’s Galileo L13 mission to orbit  https://t.co/O0hlUpxFxB

SpaceX  (@SpaceX) September 17, 2024

nailed the landing

Falcon 9 launches Galileo L13 just before sunset pic.twitter.com/EGUOEmwWCq

Ben Cooper  (@LaunchPhoto) September 18, 2024

Mission:  Falcon 9, Starlink 9-17

1)  Mission description:  "A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket will launch another batch of 20 Starlink internet, including 13 with Direct to Cell capabilities, from Space Launch Complex 4 East (SLC-4E). The Falcon 9’s first stage booster will land on the drone ship ‘Of Course I Still Love You’ in the Pacific Ocean." Source

2)  Launch window:   6:50 AM PDT (20 September 2024)

3)  Launch site:   SLC-4E, Vandenberg Space Force Base, California

4)  Launch direction:   Southeasterly

5)  Webcast viewing options:



6)  Observation comments:   No sunlit jellyfish on this launch.
 
7)  Launch preparations:

a.  Boats heading out.

Lindsay C + OCISLY departed PoLB on Sep 16 @ 4:39pm PT / 7:39pm ET

Source:  NASASpaceFlight.com

Go Beyond departed PoLB on Sep 16 @ 5:52pm PT / 8:52pm ET

Source:  NASASpaceFlight.com

b.  Satellites:  Previously provided

c.  Ready for launch:   Not found

d.  Navigation warning:


Source:  NASASpaceFlight.com

8)  First stage return/ocean recovery/disposal:    Recovery on drone ship OCISLY

9)  Launch to deployment events/timeline:      

Hours:Minutes:Seconds after lift-off.  Times approximate.

00:01:09 Max Q (Moment of peak mechanical stress on the rocket)
00:02:29 1st stage main engine cutoff (MECO)
00:02:32 1st and 2nd stages separate
00:02:39 2nd stage engine starts (SES-1)
00:03:08 Fairing deployment
00:06:01 1st stage entry burn begins
00:06:24 1st stage entry burn ends
00:07:52 1st stage landing burn begins
00:08:18 1st stage landing
00:08:47 2nd stage engine cutoff (SECO-1)
00:53:42 2nd stage engine starts (SES-2)
00:53:43 2nd stage engine cutoff (SECO-2)
01:00:35 Starlink satellites deploy

10)  Orbit destination:  283 kilometers perigee x 293 kilometers apogee, 53.16 degree inclination

NASA and SpaceX are targeting no earlier than Thursday, Sept. 26 for the launch of the #Crew9 mission to the @Space_Station, with back-up dates on Friday, Sept. 27 and Saturday, Sept. 28.

Joint teams continue to work through prelaunch operations and hardware processing ahead of… pic.twitter.com/DDIwvxxexX

— NASA Commercial Crew (@Commercial_Crew) September 18, 2024

For nearly two years, SpaceX has voiced its concerns with the FAA’s inability to keep pace with the commercial spaceflight industry. It is clear that the Agency lacks the resources to timely review licensing materials, but also focuses its limited resources on areas unrelated to… pic.twitter.com/2NJu00ZLiW

SpaceX  (@SpaceX) September 19, 2024

For nearly two years, SpaceX has voiced its concerns with the FAA’s inability to keep pace with the commercial spaceflight industry. It is clear that the Agency lacks the resources to timely review licensing materials, but also focuses its limited resources on areas unrelated to public safety.

These distractions continue to directly threaten national priorities and undercut American industry's ability to innovate.

Dragon arrives at pad 40 in Florida ahead of next week's @NASA Crew-9 launch to the @Space_Station pic.twitter.com/YEJwWPPnmp

SpaceX  (@SpaceX) September 20, 2024

Looking good. It will be nice to have Butch and Suni back on Earth.

Successful Electron launch out of Mahia earlier after that last possible second launch abort the ofher day and another launch for today at Vandenberg.

SpaceFlightNow.com stated that the  Starlink 9-17 booster recovery was the 350th booster recovery.  That has to be an incredible cost savings (more profit) for SpaceX.

Mission:  Falcon 9, Starlink 9-8

1)  Mission description:  "A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket will launch another batch of 20 Starlink internet, including 13 with Direct to Cell capabilities, from Space Launch Complex 4 East (SLC-4E). The Falcon 9’s first stage booster will land on the drone ship ‘Of Course I Still Love You’ in the Pacific Ocean." Source

2)  Launch window:   9:01 PM PDT (24 September 2024)

3)  Launch site:   SLC-4E, Vandenberg Space Force Base, California

4)  Launch direction:   Southeasterly

5)  Webcast viewing options:



6)  Observation comments:   No sunlit jellyfish on this launch.
 
7)  Launch preparations:

a.  Boats heading out.

Lindsay C + OCISLY departed PoLB on Sep 23 @ 12:26pm PT / 3:26pm ET

Source:  NASASpaceFlight.com

Go Beyond departed PoLB on Sep 23 @ 1:51pm PT / 4:51pm ET

Source:  NASASpaceFlight.com

b.  Satellites:  Previously provided

c.  Ready for launch:   Not found

d.  Navigation warning:


Source:  NASASpaceFlight.com

8)  First stage return/ocean recovery/disposal:    Recovery on drone ship OCISLY

9)  Launch to deployment events/timeline:      

Hours:Minutes:Seconds after lift-off.  Times approximate.

00:01:07 Max Q (Moment of peak mechanical stress on the rocket)
00:02:24 1st stage main engine cutoff (MECO)
00:02:28 1st and 2nd stages separate
00:02:34 2nd stage engine starts (SES-1)
00:03:00 Fairing deployment
00:06:02 1st stage entry burn begins
00:06:28 1st stage entry burn ends
00:07:51 1st stage landing burn begins
00:08:14 1st stage landing
00:08:37 2nd stage engine cutoff (SECO-1)
00:53:13 2nd stage engine starts (SES-2)
00:53:14 2nd stage engine cutoff (SECO-2)
01:00:06 Starlink satellites deploy

10)  Orbit insertion:  290 kilometers perigee x 300 kilometers apogee, 53.16 degree inclination

Crew-9, SpaceX, and @NASA completed a full rehearsal of launch day activities ahead of liftoff on Saturday pic.twitter.com/99pcI8rPEq

SpaceX  (@SpaceX) September 25, 2024

NASA and SpaceX teams have adjusted the next launch opportunity for NASA’s SpaceX #Crew9 mission to @Space_Station for no earlier than 1:17pm ET, Saturday, Sept. 28, from Space Launch Complex 40 due to tropical storm conditions in the area.

More: https://t.co/wekEncArQL pic.twitter.com/TP2I1rtZB7

— NASA Commercial Crew (@Commercial_Crew) September 24, 2024

Static fire test of Falcon 9 complete. Targeting Saturday, September 28 for launch of Crew-9 to the @space_station ? https://t.co/3NmG8U1Cx9

Teams will lower and roll Falcon 9 and Dragon back to the hangar at pad 40 tonight due to Tropical Storm Helene’s unfavorable impact on…

SpaceX  (@SpaceX) September 25, 2024

Static fire test of Falcon 9 complete. Targeting Saturday, September 28 for launch of Crew-9 to the @space_station → http://spacex.com/launches/mission/?missionId=crew-9

Teams will lower and roll Falcon 9 and Dragon back to the hangar at pad 40 tonight due to Tropical Storm Helene’s unfavorable impact on weather conditions at the launch site on Thursday

Nailed it.

I was pretty sure I saw the V-Berg launch Tuesday from my house in San Jose, but I was pretty inebriated, so I wasn't sure until tonight when I zoomed in on some crappy iPotato video I took.

That looks like 9 engines to me. I think upon MECO I turned away thinking it was over and missed another six minutes of flight.



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Thanks for maintaining this thread OP

Kinda odd looking to see only 2 people in a Crew Dragon.

Its going to be nice to see Butch and Suni in SpaceX suits.

fify

Mission:   Falcon 9, Crew-9

1)  Mission description:   "A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket will launch a Dragon spacecraft carrying a new crew of two to the International Space Station. The Falcon 9’s first stage booster will return to Landing Zone 1 at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station. Following the decision to return the Starliner astronauts aboard the Crew 9 Dragon, the mission will now be commanded by Nick Hague. He will be accompanied aboard the Dragon Freedom by Roscosmos cosmonaut Mission Specialist Aleksandr Gorbunov to start a six-month expedition to the station. Delayed from Aug. 18 due to the extension of the Starliner Crew Flight Test mission and delayed from Sept. 24 & 25 for separation between launches from pad 40. Delayed from Sept. 26 due to the potential impacts from future Hurricane Helene."   SpaceFlightNow source

2)  Launch window:   1:17 PM EDT (28 September 2024)

3)  Launch site:   SLC-40, Florida

4)  Launch Direction:   Northeast

5)  Webcast viewing option(s):

a.  Launch:



b.  Rendezvous:



c:  Hatch opening:



6)  Observation comments:   None.  

7)  Launch preparations:

a.  Boats heading out:

Source:  NASASpaceFlight.com

b.  Spacecraft:


Source:  NASASpaceFlight.com

c.  Ready for launch:  


Source:  NASASpaceFlight.com

d.  Navigation Warning:

Source:  NASASpaceFlight.com

8)  First stage return/ocean recovery/disposal:      Return to LZ-1.

9)  Launch to deployment events/timeline:    

Hours:Minutes:Seconds after lift-off.  Times approximate.  

00:00:58   Max Q (Moment of peak mechanical stress on the rocket)
00:02:27   1st stage main engine cutoff (MECO)
00:02:30   1st and 2nd stages separate
00:02:37   2nd stage engine starts (SES-1)
00:02:43   Boostback Burn Starts
00:03:30   Boostback Burn Ends
00:06:17   1st stage entry burn begins
00:06:29   1st stage entry burn ends
00:07:22   1st stage landing burn begins
00:07:39   1st stage landing
00:08:50   2nd stage engine cutoff (SECO-1)
00:12:01   Dragon separates from 2nd stage
00:12:50   Dragon nosecone open sequence begins

10)  Orbit insertion:    ISS rendezvous orbit

great video

Views from Dragon in flight \uD83D\uDC09\uD83C\uDF0E

During its five day mission, Dragon and the Polaris Dawn crew completed 75 orbits around Earth pic.twitter.com/NzIFElzXAm

SpaceX  (@SpaceX) September 27, 2024

BREAKING: @NASA's Steve Stich announces New Dragon Contingency:
New for Crew-8 and Crew-9, in the event of all 4 parachutes failing to deploy, SpaceX can use the SuperDracos launch abort system to perform a soft-splashdown.@NASASpaceflight

Ryan Caton  (@dpoddolphinpro) September 27, 2024

thread

The Crew-9 prelaunch news briefing is now beginning. Follow this thread for updates.

Watch live: https://t.co/yuMQuBfn9G pic.twitter.com/FMkRjYGNBf

Spaceflight Now  (@SpaceflightNow) September 27, 2024

one thing to note are contingency seats were created on Crew-8 for Butch and Suni.

8/ Stich says there will be a little longer handover from Crew-8 to Crew-9 to deconfigure the contingency seats set up on the Crew-8 Dragon. As illustrated below, these were set up in the case of an emergency for Butch Wilmore and Suni Williams. pic.twitter.com/cPVLNruzhc

Spaceflight Now  (@SpaceflightNow) September 27, 2024

another summary of the briefing

Roundup of the @NASA Crew-9 Pre-launch briefing

Dragon@NASA's Steve Stich announced that Dragon now has the ability to utilise its SuperDraco thrusters, designed for a launch escape scenario, during splashdown in the event that all 4 parachutes fail. @SpaceX's Bill… https://t.co/uIBF6UbQPA

Ryan Caton  (@dpoddolphinpro) September 27, 2024

Roundup of the @NASA Crew-9 Pre-launch briefing

Dragon
@NASA's Steve Stich announced that Dragon now has the ability to utilise its SuperDraco thrusters, designed for a launch escape scenario, during splashdown in the event that all 4 parachutes fail.
@SpaceX's Bill Gerstenmaier says that this capability has been flown before, however this is just the first time it is being flown on a @NASA
mission. He confirms it allows Dragon to fire the SuperDracos "at the very end" to provide a "tolerable landing" for the crew.
@SpaceX got "good comments" from the @PolarisProgram
Dawn crew, and will share those with the spaceflight community.
"We have extra confidence in our Draco thrusters" - I wonder what this could be referencing.
@NASA's Ken Bowersox: "I really like the Polaris Dawn mission". "[Having private operators fly private flights is] what we're trying to do". He joked that he liked Polaris Dawn because he didn't have to pay for it 😅

Crew Selection
@NASA's Ken Bowersox: In this situation, it made sense for somebody with flight experience [Nick Hague] to fly the vehicle.
Nick Hague was upgraded to Commander, following the removal of 2 crew members (the former Commander Zena Cardman and former Mission Specialist Stephanie Wilson) to free up seats for Butch & Suni. He will fly alongside Roscosmos' Aleksandr Gorbunov, who remains a Mission Specialist and has not been upgraded to Pilot as speculated beforehand, however he did take the Pilot's seat during the Dry Dress Rehearsal.

SLC-40
@SpaceX's Bill Gerstenmaier: Being able to launch out of SLC-40 for the first time with crew "is pretty exciting".
"I think we carried a lot of the things from 39A onto Pad 40".
"We have slide chutes at 40, we think they're actually more effective" than the baskets used at 39A (and 39B for SLS) in the event of an evacuation.
"In general, it's roughly the same capability at both pads".

ISS
Expecting ~3 American EVA's in the December timeframe, and potentially 1 Russian EVA also. This follows some cancelled & aborted EVA attempts earlier this year on the American side of the station.

Sunset at pad 40 pic.twitter.com/dHP77CkAJF

SpaceX  (@SpaceX) September 28, 2024

Sucks that Starliner crew still has to wait till February

All systems are looking good for today’s launch of Crew-9. Teams are keeping an eye on weather, which is 55% favorable for liftoff

SpaceX  (@SpaceX) September 28, 2024

Crew-9 is the first human spaceflight mission to launch from pad 40 pic.twitter.com/5N3gpd9VHe

SpaceX  (@SpaceX) September 28, 2024

Teams installed and tested new emergency chutes from the launch tower earlier this year pic.twitter.com/ONvyQfMPeh

SpaceX  (@SpaceX) September 28, 2024

Dragon was always designed to land propulsively, but I didn’t want to risk it as the primary method

Elon Musk  (@elonmusk) September 28, 2024

t-30mins

Crew-9 is go for launch! pic.twitter.com/fXIL6C9sje

SpaceX  (@SpaceX) September 28, 2024

IN!

Good launch, good landing. Uber Dragon is well on its way to the ISS.

Mission:  Falcon 9, OneWeb 20

1)  Mission description:  "A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket will carry the final batch of OneWeb’s Gen 1 satellites to low Earth orbit. Nearly eight minutes after liftoff from Space Launch Complex 4 East (SLC-4E) at Vandenberg Space Force Base, the Falcon 9 first stage booster, tail number B1082, will return for a touchdown at Landing Zone 4 (LZ-4)." Source

2)  Launch window:   11:54 PM PDT (29 September 2024)

3)  Launch site:   SLC-4E, Vandenberg Space Force Base, California

4)  Launch direction:   Southerly

5)  Webcast viewing options:



6)  Observation comments:   No sunlit jellyfish on this launch.
 
7)  Launch preparations:

a.  Boat heading out.


Source:  NASASpaceFlight.com

b.  Satellites:

c.  Ready for launch:   Not found

d.  Navigation warning:

Fairing splashdown area in red, failed boostback burn in orange, and the previous NOTAM area in yellow.

Source:  NASASpaceFlight.com

8)  First stage return/ocean recovery/disposal:    Recovery at Landing Zone 4.

9)  Launch to deployment events/timeline:      

Hours:Minutes:Seconds after lift-off.  Times approximate.

00:01:06 Max Q (Moment of peak mechanical stress on the rocket)
00:02:15 1st stage main engine cutoff (MECO)
00:02:19 1st and 2nd stages separate
00:02:27 2nd stage engine starts (SES-1)
00:02:32 1st stage boostback burn starts
00:03:02 Fairing deployment
00:03:28 1st stage boostback burn ends
00:06:18 1st stage entry burn starts
00:06:33 1st stage entry burn ends
00:07:18 1st stage landing burn start
00:07:56 1st stage landing
00:08:29 2nd stage engine cutoff (SECO-1)
00:55:03 2nd stage engine starts (SES-2)
00:55:06 2nd stage engine cutoff (SECO-2)
00:59:03 Deployment of first and second OneWeb satellites
00:59:35 Deployment of third and fourth OneWeb satellites
01:00:31 Deployment of fifth and sixth OneWeb satellites
01:00:33 Deployment of seventh and eighth OneWeb satellites
01:02:13 Deployment of ninth and 10th OneWeb satellites
01:12:43 Deployment of 11th and 12th OneWeb satellites
01:16:15 Deployment of 13th and 14th OneWeb satellites
01:17:11 Deployment of 15th and 16th OneWeb satellites
01:18:27 Deployment of 17th and 18th OneWeb satellites
01:18:53 Deployment of 19th and 20th OneWeb satellites

10)  Orbit destination:

After today’s successful launch of Crew-9, Falcon 9’s second stage was disposed in the ocean as planned, but experienced an off-nominal deorbit burn. As a result, the second stage safely landed in the ocean, but outside of the targeted area.

We will resume launching after we…

SpaceX  (@SpaceX) September 29, 2024

this will pause launches again.

Ai, yai yai.

Well, the pauses probably won't last any longer than the last few.