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posted by martyb on Wednesday March 18 2020, @12:16PM   Printer-friendly
[20200318_124615 UTC Update: Booster recovery unsuccessful. I have seen no report, yet, on fairing recovery. Successful deployment of 60 Starlink satellites. Also, I apologize for the very late original posting of this story. --martyb]

SpaceX will make another attempt at launching Starlink satellites at 08:16 ET today.

YouTube live stream.

Cf: SpaceX Attempts Fifth Launch of Same Falcon 9 Sun 2020-03-15 09:22 EDT - Aborted.


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  • (Score: 2) by choose another one on Wednesday March 18 2020, @06:28PM

    by choose another one (515) Subscriber Badge on Wednesday March 18 2020, @06:28PM (#972865)

    Yeah, noticed that. Might possibly be a fairing half?

    I don't think it's debris/ejecta from start of a stage 1 breakup. If it's not from the falcon though it looks way too close for comfort - I don't think it should be that close to anything else.

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