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  • Starlink v1.0 Launch 20

    Date: March 9, 2021
    Time: 2158 Eastern (0258 UT)
    Pad: LC-40
    Booster: 1058.6
    ​​​Recovery: ASDS
    Fairing recovery: yes
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    • StarLink 20

      SpaceX ✓ @SpaceX
      Now targeting Thursday, March 11 at 3:13 a.m. EST for launch of Starlink – taking some additional time for pre-launch checks

      Dr. Mordrid
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        • StarLink 21

          Date: March 14, 2021
          Time: 0601 Eastern (1001 UT)
          Pad: LC-39A
          Booster: 1051.9
          Recovery: ASDS OCISLY
          Fairing recovery: yes
          Payload: 60 StarLinks
          Dr. Mordrid
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          • StarLink 21

            9th flight of this booster (B1051)

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            • Starlink 22

              Date: Wednesday March 24
              Time: 0428

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              • End of StarLink beta (summer) & mobile Starlink (later this year) timing...


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                • StarLink 24

                  Date: April 28, 2021
                  Time: 1144 Eastern

                  Dr. Mordrid
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                  • StarLink 25

                    Date: May 4, 2021
                    Time: 1501 Eastern (1901 UT)
                    Pad: LC-39A
                    Booster 1049.9
                    Booster recovery: ASDS Of Course I Still Love You
                    Tug: Mr. Jonah
                    Recovery ships: GO Quest, MV Shelia Bordelon

                    Dr. Mordrid
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                    • StarLink 27: first 10th booster flight!!

                      Skipping StarLink 26, which is a Rideshare waiting on two Capella Space secondary payloads to get an FAA license.

                      Date: Sunday, May 9
                      Time: 0242 Eastern (0642 UT)
                      Booster: B1051.10
                      Booster recovery: ASDS Just Read the Instructions
                      Fairing recovery: MV Shelia Bordelon
                      Dr. Mordrid
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                      • Starlink 27 webcast

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                        • StarLink 26

                          Date: May 15, 2021
                          Time: 1858 Eastern (2258 UT)
                          Pad: LC-39A
                          Booster: B1058.8
                          Booster landing: ASDS Of Course I Still Love You
                          Fairing recovery: MV Shelia Bordelon
                          Recovery support: GO Quest

                          The Capella 5&6 secondary payloads just got their license issues worked out and may move to StarLink 28.
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                          • ~30 min to stream...

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                            • The 'high-performance' Starlink dish has also been designed to survive harsh environments, according to an application SpaceX filed with the FCC.


                              SpaceX Preps 'Ruggedized' Starlink Dish for Cars, Boats, and Planes

                              SpaceX is working on a “ruggedized” version of its Starlink dish designed to work outside cars, boats, and planes and in harsh climates.

                              SpaceX filed an application with the FCC on Tuesday to operate the so-called “high-performance” Starlink dish. The hardware still relies on a phased array antenna to receive the high-speed internet from SpaceX satellites in orbit.*

                              “But these high-performance (‘HP’) models will operate with higher gain and lower transmit* power (thus maintaining a consistent EIRP compared to other SpaceX Services user terminals),* a higher scan angle, and features that ruggedize the unit for use in harsh environments,” the company wrote in the application.
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                              • Gwynne Shotwell at the Space Symposium,

                                * Talked about the chip shortages, and they should resolve later this year. Big part of the launch delays.

                                * New user terminal/dish design near New Years; half the cost, and it could halve again next year.

                                * ALL future Starlinks will have laser links, another part of the launch delays.

                                * Next Starlink launch in ~3 weeks.

                                They have 100,000 customers, 600,000 orders so far, and it isn't even officially "open for business."
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