2176
Main engine cutoff and stage separation confirmed
2177
Deployment of first O3b mPOWER satellite confirmed
2178
Second burn of the Merlin Vacuum engine complete; ~8 minutes until Starlink satellites deploy
2179
Static fire test of Falcon 9 complete—targeting June 29 launch from Pad 40 in Florida for Dragon’s fifteenth mission to the @Space_Station.
2180
Crew Dragon missions will autonomously dock and undock with the space station, but crew can take manual control of the spacecraft if necessary
2181
Main engine cutoff and stage separation confirmed.
2182
Falcon 9 and Starlink are looking good ahead of this morning’s launch at 9:06 a.m. EST, 14:06 UTC, and weather is 80% favorable. Webcast will go live ~15 minutes before liftoff → spacex.com/webcast
2183
Watch Dragon and the Crew-3 astronauts return to Earth → spacex.com/launches/crew-… twitter.com/i/broadcasts/1…
2184
Hours after CRS-11 lifted off, this flight-proven booster rolled into the hangar at 39A; targeting June 17 launch of BulgariaSat-1.
2185
To allow more time for pre-launch checkouts, now targeting Tuesday, October 4 for launch of Starlink from California
2186
New T-0 of 8:32 p.m. EDT due to upper-level winds. Vehicle and payload still look good for launch.
2187
Main engine cutoff and stage separation confirmed. Second stage engine burn underway
2188
Static fire test of Falcon 9 complete—targeting November 19 launch of Spaceflight SSO-A: SmallSat Express from Vandenberg Air Force Base in California.
2189
Fired together at full throttle, Crew Dragon's eight SuperDracos can move the spacecraft 0.5 miles—the length of over 7 American football fields lined up end to end—in 7.5 seconds, reaching a peak velocity of 436 mph
2190
The Starlink satellites on board will be the first in the constellation to deploy to a polar orbit
2191
Propellant offload complete, launch escape system disarmed, and the crew access arm has swung back in place for the crew to egress
2192
Unbounded by traditional ground infrastructure, Starlink can deliver high-speed broadband internet to locations where access has been unreliable or completely unavailable
2193
Watch Falcon 9 launch 59 spacecraft to orbit → spacex.com/launches/trans… twitter.com/i/broadcasts/1…
2194
Starlink is ideally suited for areas of the globe where connectivity has typically been a challenge
2195
Targeting 12:26 a.m. EDT for Falcon 9 launch of SXM-8. Webcast will go live ~15 minutes before liftoff → spacex.com/launches
2197
Starlink Business is now available in France, Germany, Italy, and the UK → starlink.com/business
2199
First launch of the upgraded cargo version of Dragon, which can carry 50% more science payloads than the previous version
2200
Dragon performed a series of burns on its way to the @Space_Station
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