Jordan Golson – 9 simultaneous SpaceX launches
An evening pause: This video I think is excellent for taking us into the weekend. It shows nine different Starlink launches simulataneously, illustrating in a creative way how incredibly routine and reliable SpaceX’s Falcon 9 has become.
Hat tip Steve Golson.
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I’ll drop this in here….
“Every Space Shuttle Launch At The Same Time!”
https://youtu.be/VKHq6vp2oAw
3:54
The launch control crews, do they still “cheer” a successful launch? Is there some guy in the background saying “go, baby, GO!”? Once they stop doing that we‘ll know we‘re in the “Realm of the Routine”.
David M Cook: These live streams are fun because the crews actually sound quite bored and matter-of-fact. No one cheers anymore. To them, Falcon 9 is like a Greyhound bus leaving the terminal.
The landing burns and fairing jettison call outs are closest…the initial Bermuda call out is the most widely separated due (I think) to the different robots desired.
OK. That was interesting. When it comes to Starlink launches, it seems that if you’ve seen one, you’ve seen them all.
As to SpaceX employees cheering, I don’t recall the launch crews doing much, anymore, but during the recent Axiom manned launch, a large number of SpaceX employees gathered and cheering was rather frequent. It seems that manned launches are still exciting for even the employees.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VUxP18YT4Bk#t=3460 (3-1/2 minutes before launch)
Falcon 9 launches are going exactly like they were designed for.
They are the greyhound bus of the space industry. Or more like the semi truck of the space service.