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Welcome to the r/SpaceX Starlink 6-18 Official Launch Discussion & Updates Thread!

Welcome everyone!

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Scheduled for (UTC)	Sep 24 2023, 00:06
Scheduled for (local)	Sep 23 2023, 20:06 PM (EDT)
Payload	Starlink 6-18
Customer	SpaceX
Launch Weather Forecast	Unknown
Launch site	SLC-40, Cape Canaveral, FL, USA.
Booster	Unknown
Landing	The Falcon 9 first stage will land on ASDS JRTI after this flight.
Mission success criteria	Successful deployment of spacecrafts into orbit
Trajectory (Flight Club)	2D,3D

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Timeline

Time	Update
[](/# MC // row 0) T-0d 23h 56m	Thread last generated using the LL2 API

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Watch the launch live

Stream	Link
SpaceX	TBA

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Stats

☑️ 281st SpaceX launch all time

☑️ 228th Falcon Family Booster landing

☑️ 63rd landing on JRTI

☑️ 243rd consecutive successful Falcon 9 launch (excluding Amos-6) (if successful)

☑️ 68th SpaceX launch this year

☑️ 38th launch from SLC-40 this year

☑️ 3 days, 20:27:50 turnaround for this pad

Stats include F1, F9 , FH and Starship

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Launch Weather Forecast

Weather
Temperature	24.7°C
Humidity	63%
Precipation	0.0 mm (0%)
Cloud cover	17 %
Windspeed (at ground level)	12.4 m/s
Visibillity	27.7 km

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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.

Mission Details 🚀

Link	Source
SpaceX mission website	SpaceX

Community content 🌐

Link	Source
Flight Club	u/TheVehicleDestroyer
Discord SpaceX lobby	u/SwGustav
SpaceX Now	u/bradleyjh
SpaceX Patch List

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