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   Message 104,790 of 106,651   
   Snidely to Niklas Holsti   
   Re: Starlink launch today   
   06 Sep 20 16:07:39   
   
   From: snidely.too@gmail.com   
      
   On Thursday or thereabouts, Niklas Holsti asked ...   
   > On 2020-09-03 17:37, Jeff Findley wrote:   
   >> There was yet another Starlink launch today (another 60 satellites, I   
   >> believe).  I watched the replay since I was stuck in a meeting earlier   
   >> this morning.  The booster successfully landed on the autonomous drone   
   >> ship.   
   >   
   >   
   > I'm signed up for e-mail announcements from SpaceX of impending launches. I   
   > was interested to note that in the announcement for this launch, they said:   
   >   
   > "Following stage separation, SpaceX will land Falcon 9's first   
   > stage on the "Of Course I Still Love You" droneship, which will be   
   > stationed in the Atlantic Ocean."   
   >   
   > Not so long ago, the wording was "... first stage will ATTEMPT to land on   
   > ...". They are becoming confident :-|   
      
   I've noticed that the boosters, including the latest Starlink, are more   
   consistently centered in the circles on the barge.  We didn't get the   
   final downlink from the booster, but the drone ship camera cut in just   
   in time.   
      
   The whole stream from Thursday was much shorter, at least by Thursday   
   night, beginning about 10 minutes before launch, and concluding   
   immediately after Starlink deploy, with the words "and so we won't show   
   the fairing catch attempts; check our social media for followups".   
      
   Since the ewe toob channel is the only social media I'm following   
   outside this group, any reports on fairing status?   
      
   /dps   
      
      
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