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Welcome to the r/SpaceX SARah 2 & 3 Official Launch Discussion & Updates Thread!

Welcome everyone!

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Scheduled for (UTC)	Dec 23 2023, 12:56
Scheduled for (local)	Dec 23 2023, 04:56 AM (PST)
Launch Window (UTC)	Dec 23 2023, 12:56 - Dec 23 2023, 15:16
Payload	SARah 2 & 3
Customer	Bundeswehr
Launch Weather Forecast	Unknown
Launch site	SLC-4E, Vandenberg SFB, CA, USA.
Booster	Unknown
Landing	The Falcon 9 first stage will attempt to land back at LZ-4 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-1d 11h 58m	Thread last generated using the LL2 API
[](/# MC // row 1) 2023-12-20T18:00:25Z	Delayed to NET December 23 per new NOTAMs.
[](/# MC // row 2) 2023-12-19T00:30:45Z	NET December 22 per marine navigation warnings.
[](/# MC // row 3) 2023-12-17T05:34:53Z	Updated launch window.
[](/# MC // row 4) 2023-12-17T04:30:07Z	NET December 21.
[](/# MC // row 5) 2022-06-18T21:49:59Z	Adding launch TBD late 2022

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Stats

☑️ 309th SpaceX launch all time

☑️ 256th Falcon Family Booster landing

☑️ 15th landing on LZ-4

☑️ 210th consecutive successful Falcon 9 launch (excluding Amos-6) (if successful)

☑️ 95th SpaceX launch this year

☑️ 28th launch from SLC-4E this year

☑️ 14 days, 4:52:20 turnaround for this pad

Stats include F1, F9 , FH and Starship

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Launch Weather Forecast

Weather
Temperature	12.2°C
Humidity	89%
Precipation	0.0 mm (0%)
Cloud cover	97 %
Windspeed (at ground level)	26.4 m/s
Visibillity	14.5 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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