1601
Ms. Tree caught a Falcon 9 fairing half!
1602
Deployment of 58 Starlink satellites confirmed
1603
Falcon 9 launches 58 Starlink satellites and 3 @planetlabs SkySats – the first time a booster has completed six flights to and from orbit. More photos → flickr.com/spacex
1604
Pending Range availability, targeting back-to-back Falcon 9 launches from Florida on Sunday, August 30—another flight of Starlink from LC-39A at 10:12 a.m. EDT followed by the SAOCOM 1B mission from SLC-40 at 7:18 p.m. EDT
1605
Weather is 50% favorable for liftoff of Starlink and 40% for SAOCOM 1B
1606
Standing down from today’s launch of Starlink due to inclement weather during pre-flight operations. Next launch opportunity is Tuesday, September 1 at 9:29 a.m. EDT, pending Range acceptance
1607
Targeting launch of SAOCOM 1B at 7:18 p.m. EDT tonight. Falcon 9 and SAOCOM 1B are vertical on SLC-40. Weather continues to be 40% favorable for liftoff
1608
T-30 minutes until Falcon 9 launch of SAOCOM 1B and two rideshare payloads; team is keeping an eye on flight weather conditions → spacex.com/launches
1609
Falcon 9 launch webcast is now live twitter.com/i/broadcasts/1…
1610
Tonight's launch is an especially exciting one. It’s SpaceX’s first polar orbit launch from the Cape – meaning that on its way to space, Falcon 9 will fly south along the eastern coast of Florida
1611
The position of the Sun at the time of launch tonight could illuminate Falcon 9’s plume during flight, similar to a few past missions
1612
Following launch, Falcon 9’s first stage booster will land at Landing Zone 1
1614
Falcon 9’s first stage has landed at Landing Zone 1
1616
Deployment of PlanetiQ’s GNOMES-1 confirmed
1618
After launching SAOCOM 1B and two rideshare payloads to orbit, Falcon 9’s first stage returns to Earth and lands at Landing Zone 1 — completing SpaceX’s first polar orbit mission from Florida
1619
Falcon 9 first stage lands at Landing Zone 1 to complete this booster’s fourth flight
1620
More Falcon 9 launch and landing photos → flickr.com/spacex
1621
Now targeting Thursday, September 3 at 8:46 a.m. EDT for launch of Starlink from Launch Complex 39A, pending Range acceptance — team is using additional time for data review
1622
T-1 hour until Falcon 9 launch of Starlink. Webcast will go live ~10 minutes before liftoff spacex.com/launches
1623
Watch Falcon 9 launch SpaceX’s twelfth Starlink mission → spacex.com/launches twitter.com/i/broadcasts/1…
1624
In initial tests of Starlink, the team has been collecting latency data and performing standard speed tests of the system
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