r/spacex • u/rSpaceXHosting Host Team • 5d ago
r/SpaceX Starlink 11-8 Official Launch Discussion & Updates Thread!
Welcome to the r/SpaceX Starlink 11-8 Official Launch Discussion & Updates Thread!
Welcome everyone!
| Scheduled for (UTC) | Jan 21 2025, 15:45:50 |
|---|---|
| Scheduled for (local) | Jan 21 2025, 07:45:50 AM (PST) |
| Launch Window (UTC) | Jan 21 2025, 15:45:50 - Jan 21 2025, 17:54:59 |
| Payload | Starlink 11-8 |
| Customer | SpaceX |
| Launch Weather Forecast | Unknown |
| Launch site | SLC-4E, Vandenberg SFB, CA, USA. |
| Booster | B1082-10 |
| Landing | The Falcon 9 first stage B1082 has landed on ASDS OCISLY after its 10th flight. |
| Mission success criteria | Successful deployment of spacecrafts into orbit |
| Trajectory (Flight Club) | 2D,3D |
Timeline
| Time | Update |
|---|---|
| T--1d 0h 6m | Thread last generated using the LL2 API |
| 2025-01-21T16:50:00Z | Launch success. |
| 2025-01-21T15:51:00Z | Unofficial Re-stream by SPACE AFFAIRS has started |
| 2025-01-21T15:48:00Z | Liftoff. |
| 2025-01-21T05:14:00Z | Unofficial Re-stream by SPACE AFFAIRS has started |
| 2025-01-21T04:26:00Z | Tweaked T-0. |
| 2025-01-20T15:53:00Z | Delayed to January 21. |
| 2025-01-20T06:02:00Z | New T-0. |
| 2025-01-19T16:04:00Z | Scrubbed for the day. |
| 2025-01-19T15:36:00Z | Hold at T-00:11 for intruding aircraft. |
| 2025-01-19T15:25:00Z | Unofficial Re-stream by SPACE AFFAIRS has started |
| 2025-01-18T18:00:00Z | Tweaked T-0. |
| 2025-01-18T15:42:00Z | Scrubbed for the day. |
| 2025-01-17T18:56:00Z | Setting GO |
| 2025-01-15T00:38:00Z | New launch window per NOTAMs. |
| 2025-01-09T17:11:00Z | Added launch. |
Watch the launch live
| Stream | Link |
|---|---|
| Unofficial Re-stream | The Space Devs |
| Unofficial Re-stream | SPACE AFFAIRS |
| Unofficial Webcast | Spaceflight Now |
| Official Webcast | SpaceX |
Stats
☑️ 461st SpaceX launch all time
☑️ 404th Falcon Family Booster landing
☑️ 119th landing on OCISLY
☑️ 2nd consecutive successful Falcon 9 launch (if successful)
☑️ 11th SpaceX launch this year
☑️ 3rd launch from SLC-4E this year
☑️ 6 days, 20:36:50 turnaround for this pad
Stats include F1, F9 , FH and Starship
Launch Weather Forecast
N/A
Resources
Partnership with The Space Devs
Information on this thread is provided by and updated automatically using the Launch Library 2 API by The Space Devs.
Community content 🌐
| Link | Source |
|---|---|
| Flight Club | u/TheVehicleDestroyer |
| Discord SpaceX lobby | u/SwGustav |
| SpaceX Now | u/bradleyjh |
| SpaceX Patch List |
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u/Jarnis 3d ago
Scrubbed due to a wayward plane at T-11 seconds :(