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Welcome to the r/SpaceX Starlink 7-9 Official Launch Discussion & Updates Thread!

Welcome everyone!

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Scheduled for (UTC)	Dec 15 2023, 05:14:30
Scheduled for (local)	Dec 14 2023, 21:14:30 PM (PST)
Launch Window (UTC)	Dec 15 2023, 05:14:30 - Dec 15 2023, 08:59:00
Payload	Starlink 7-9
Customer	SpaceX
Launch Weather Forecast	Unknown
Launch site	SLC-4E, Vandenberg SFB, CA, USA.
Booster	Unknown
Landing	The Falcon 9 first stage will land on ASDS OCISLY after this flight.
Mission success criteria	Successful deployment of spacecrafts into orbit
Trajectory (Flight Club)	N/A

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Timeline

Time	Update
[](/# MC // row 0) T-1d 12h 11m	Thread last generated using the LL2 API
[](/# MC // row 1) 2023-12-13T01:38:08Z	Slipped to December 15.
[](/# MC // row 2) 2023-12-11T03:14:25Z	Added launch window.
[](/# MC // row 3) 2023-12-09T17:01:51Z	Targeting December 14 UTC per NOTAM B1093/23.
[](/# MC // row 4) 2023-09-20T07:15:50Z	Adding launch

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Stats

☑️ 308th SpaceX launch all time

☑️ 255th Falcon Family Booster landing

☑️ 78th landing on OCISLY

☑️ 209th consecutive successful Falcon 9 launch (excluding Amos-6) (if successful)

☑️ 96th SpaceX launch this year

☑️ 28th launch from SLC-4E this year

☑️ 6 days, 21:10:50 turnaround for this pad

Stats include F1, F9 , FH and Starship

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Launch Weather Forecast

Weather
Temperature	9.9°C
Humidity	86%
Precipation	0.0 mm (0%)
Cloud cover	100 %
Windspeed (at ground level)	2.2 m/s
Visibillity	14.4 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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