[Starlink] 9 starlink flights planned for june

[Dave Taht]

To break the bottlenecks you describe below, it seems like either
export to countries otherwise attempting their own massive launch
programs, or leverage of bases the USA has around the world, would be
needed.

On Wed, May 3, 2023 at 6:34 PM David Lang <david at lang.hm> wrote:
>
> On Wed, 3 May 2023, Dave Taht wrote:
>
> > Thx as always for ever more links to information. They recently
> > attempted launch from two pads on nearly the same day, I am wondering
> > what the turnaround time is for boosters these days, and how much
> > inventory they have. If they can improve their cycle time, 9/month
> > seems achievable on the 3 pads they have, aside from conflicts with
> > other launches.
>
> rykllan posts infographics for most launches (not just SpaceX) but for SpaceX
> launches she shows the history of the booster used, including the turnaround
> time for each launch
>
> https://twitter.com/_rykllan
>
> for tonight's launch, the refurb times have been 47, 44, 55, 55 48, 250 days
> (going back in time)
>
> SpaceX just leased SLC-6 at Vandenberg (Shuttle, Delta pad) and has stated that
> their plan is to set it up to be able to launch the Falcon Heavy and Falcon 9
>
> I think their biggest limiting factors are pad availability and landing barge
> availability.
>
> > Random thought - other launch sites long term? This was built to great
> > fanfare a while back
> >
> > https://www.spaceportamerica.com/business/lease-build/
>
> Virgin Galactic has had a pause on their flights for a while. I understand that
> they are soon going to do another employee only flight, but then expect to be
> able to start carrying paying customers
>
> > Also: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Guiana_Space_Centre
>
> It's heavily used by the ESA, but with the fallout from the Ukraine war, ESA
> lost access to Russian rockets that were launched out of there. They are almost
> out of Ariane 5 rockets to launch from there. Ariane 6 was supposed to fly in
> 2020, but they are now hoping to launch the first one late this year (or next
> year)
>
> > And: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kwajalein_Atoll
>
> Pegasus is pretty much dead, there was a mission a couple years ago that was
> carefully tailored to be a match for the Pegasus @$25m launch cost, but SpaceX
> won the bid and used a dedicated Falcon 9 (it's not public what the winning bid
> cost, but we can infer from the Pegasus marketing material and their failure to
> win the bid)
>
> I think that's just too far from the ability to generate fuel for any serious
> launch capacity.
>
> David Lang
>
> >
> >
> >>
> >> David Lang
> >>
> >>
> >> On Wed, 3 May 2023, Nathan Owens via Starlink wrote:
> >>
> >>> FWIW, many of those are likely to slip, there are a number of commercial
> >>> launches in June/July. Depends if they re-shuffle Group 6 ahead of other
> >>> shells.
> >>>
> >>> Upcoming non-starlink launches from the cape:
> >>>
> >>> May:
> >>> - Arabsat 7A (SLC-40)
> >>>
> >>> June:
> >>> - CRS-28 (LC-39A)
> >>> - WorldView Legion 1 & 2 (SLC-40)
> >>> - Axiom 2 (LC-39A), TBD
> >>> - Turksat 6A (39A or 40)
> >>> - Astranis (39A or 40)
> >>> - O3b MPower 5 & 6 (39A or 40)
> >>>
> >>> July:
> >>> - Galaxy 37 (39A or 40)
> >>> - USSF-52 (39A)
> >>> - Euclid (39A or 40)
> >>> - USSF-36 (39A or 40)
> >>> - Thuraya 4-NGS (39A or 40)
> >>>
> >>> August:
> >>> - Crew 7 (39A)
> >>> - Echostar 24 (39A)
> >>>
> >>> Sept:
> >>> - Axiom 3 (39A)
> >>> - Polaris Dawn (39A)
> >>> - Ovzon 3 (39A or 40)
> >>>
> >>> On Wed, May 3, 2023 at 2:19 PM Dave Taht via Starlink <
> >>> starlink at lists.bufferbloat.net> wrote:
> >>>
> >>>> Ḿind boggling.
> >>>>
> >>>> https://twitter.com/VirtuallyNathan/status/1653867999919751169
> >>>>
> >>>>
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