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Welcome to the r/SpaceX Starlink 6-23 Official Launch Discussion & Updates Thread!

Welcome everyone!

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Scheduled for (UTC)	Oct 17 2023, 20:49
Scheduled for (local)	Oct 17 2023, 16:49 PM (EDT)
Payload	Starlink 6-23
Customer	SpaceX
Launch Weather Forecast	Unknown
Launch site	SLC-40, Cape Canaveral, FL, USA.
Booster	Unknown
Landing	The Falcon 9 first stage will attempt to 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 59m	Thread last generated using the LL2 API
[](/# MC // row 1) 2023-10-12T19:37:29Z	NET October 17
[](/# MC // row 2) 2023-10-11T18:14:49Z	NET October 16.
[](/# MC // row 3) 2023-10-11T03:08:09Z	NET October 15 LT.
[](/# MC // row 4) 2023-10-09T14:52:29Z	Added launch window.
[](/# MC // row 5) 2023-10-08T19:31:10Z	Targeting October 14 per NOTAM F3297/23
[](/# MC // row 6) 2023-05-22T10:44:24Z	Adding launch

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Watch the launch live

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Stats

☑️ 288th SpaceX launch all time

☑️ 236th Falcon Family Booster landing

☑️ 65th landing on JRTI

☑️ 250th consecutive successful Falcon 9 launch (excluding Amos-6) (if successful)

☑️ 75th SpaceX launch this year

☑️ 42nd launch from SLC-40 this year

☑️ 3 days, 21:47:50 turnaround for this pad

Stats include F1, F9 , FH and Starship

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Launch Weather Forecast

Weather
Temperature	20.5°C
Humidity	43%
Precipation	0.0 mm (0%)
Cloud cover	0 %
Windspeed (at ground level)	17.3 m/s
Visibillity	44.6 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.

Community content 🌐

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

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