I get it has benefits, but space is going be full of our stuff floating around. Lots of junk too and more there all the time. There’s quite a big impact on a shared resource and what was a pristine environment… Remember the company doesn’t own space.
It’s not only this co but lots of others that want minisats up there.
I agree. There should be an international agency that regulates satellites orbits. Currently the Americans regulate it by themselves. Heights, frequencies, etc.
Especially dumb things like that should not happen.
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JCSAT-18 / Kacific1
approx. 8:38:00 am CST, Tuesday, December 17
Mission Overview
JCSAT-18 is a mobile broadband communications payload built for Sky Perfect JSAT Corporation of Japan and will service Asia Pacific. Kacific1 is a high throughput broadband internet payload built for Kacific Broadband Satellites and will service high demand areas of Southeast Asia and the Pacific. Both payloads share a single chassis.
SpaceX will launch the Boeing built dual payload satellite to geostationary transfer orbit from SLC-40 at Cape Canaveral AFS on a Falcon 9, and the first-stage booster is expected to land downrange on the OCISLY droneship.
This is SpaceX’s 13th mission of 2019, its 6th commercial flight of the year and the 77th Falcon 9 launch overall. It will re-use the FT Block 5 booster flown on NASA CRS-17 and CRS-18.
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Starlink-2 mission
Launch: 10:19:00 am CST Tuesday, January 7
https://twitter.com/SpaceX/status/1214367998917480448
SpaceX’s first flight of 2020 will launch the second batch of Starlink version 1 satellites into orbit aboard a Falcon 9 rocket. It will be the third Starlink mission overall. This launch is expected to be similar to the previous Starlink launch in November of 2019, which saw 60 Starlink v1.0 satellites delivered to a single plane at a 280 km altitude. The satellites on this flight will eventually join the previously launched spacecraft in the 550 km x 53° shell via their onboard ion thrusters. Due to the high mass of several dozen satellites, the booster will land on a drone ship at a similar downrange distance to a GTO launch.
| Payload | 60 Starlink version 1 satellites |
| Payload mass | 60 * 260kg = 15 400kg |
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Starlink-3 mission
Launch: 10:08:00 pm CST Wednesday, January 29
| Payload | 60 Starlink version 1 satellites |
| Payload mass | 60 * 260kg = 15,400kg |
| Destination orbit | Low Earth Orbit, 290km x 53° |
| Operational orbit | Low Earth Orbit, 550km x 53°, 3 planes |
| Launch vehicle | Falcon 9 v1.2 Block 5 |
| Core | B1051 |
| Flights of this core | 2 (Demo Mission 1, RADARSAT Constellation Mission) |
| Fairing catch attempt | Expected (both halves) |
| Launch site | SLC-40, Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, Florida |
| Landing attempt | OCISLY: 32.54722 N, 75.92306 W (628 km downrange) |
| Mission Success Criteria | Successful separation & deployment of the Starlink Satellites |
Primary Mission: Deployment of the 60 Starlink satellites into the correct orbit
SpaceX’s third flight of 2020 will launch the third batch of Starlink version 1 satellites into orbit aboard a Falcon 9 rocket. This launch is expected to be similar to previous Starlink launch earlier this month, which saw 60 Starlink v1.0 satellites delivered to a single orbital plane at 53° inclination. The satellites on this flight will eventually join the previously launched spacecraft in the 550 km x 53° shell via their onboard ion thrusters. Due to the high mass of several dozen satellites, the booster will land on a drone ship at a similar downrange distance to a GTO launch. SpaceX will be testing a reflective coating on one of the satellites in their effort to reduce their brightness.
Secondary Mission 1: Droneship Landing
SpaceX will try to recover this Falcon 9 booster. OCISLY is positioned 628km (390 miles) downrange. This will be this booster’s third landing.
Secondary Mission 2: Fairing recovery
SpaceX will attempt to recover both fairing halves before splashdown using the ships GO Ms. Tree and GO Ms. Chief.
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SpaceX made Uber like service for satellites 
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Dedicated rideshare missions as low as $1M. Search flights below
Starlink-4 mission
Launch: 11:25:00 pm CST, February 16
Overview
Starlink-4 will launch the fourth batch of operational Starlink satellites into orbit aboard a Falcon 9 rocket. It will be the fifth Starlink mission overall. This launch is expected to be similar to the previous Starlink launch in late January, which saw 60 Starlink v1.0 satellites delivered to a single plane at a 290 km altitude. Following launch the satellites will utilize their onboard ion thrusters to raise their orbits to 350 km. In the following weeks the satellites will take turns moving to the operational 550 km altitude in three groups of 20, making use of precession rates to separate themselves into three planes. Due to the high mass of several dozen satellites, the booster will land on a drone ship at a similar downrange distance to a GTO launch.
| Past flights of this core | 3 (CRS-17, CRS-18, JCSAT-18) |
| Payload mass | 60 * 260 kg = 15 600 kg |
| Payload | 60 Starlink version 1 satellites |
| Core | B1056 |
| Static fire | Completed February 14 |
| Vehicle | Falcon 9 v1.2 Block 5 |
| Backup date | February 17, the launch time gets 21.5 minutes earlier each day. |
| Deployment orbit | Low Earth Orbit, 213 km x 386 km x 53° |
| Operational orbit | Low Earth Orbit, 550 km x 53°, 3 planes |
| Landing | OCISLY: 32.54722 N, 75.92306 W (628 km downrange) |
| Launch site | SLC-40 , Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, Florida |
| Mission success criteria | Successful separation & deployment of the Starlink Satellites. |
| Fairing catch attempt | yes, both halves |
Starlink-4 mission
Launch: 11:05:00 pm CST, Monday, February 17
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CRS-20 Mission
Launch: 12:50:00 pm CST, Saturday, March 7
SpaceX’s 20th and final Crew Resupply Mission under the original NASA CRS contract, this mission brings essential supplies to the International Space Station using SpaceX’s reusable Dragon spacecraft. It is the last scheduled flight of a Dragon 1 capsule. (CRS-21 and up under the new Commercial Resupply Services 2 contract will use Dragon 2.) The external payload for this mission is the Bartolomeo ISS external payload hosting platform. Falcon 9 and Dragon will launch from SLC-40, Cape Canaveral Air Force Station and the booster will land at LZ-1. The mission will be complete with return and recovery of the Dragon capsule and down cargo.
| Payload mass | 1977 kg (1509 pressurized, 468 trunk) |
| Core | B1059 |
| Capsule | C112 |
| Payload | Commercial Resupply Services-20 supplies, equipment and experiments and Bartolomeo |
| Static fire | Completed March 1 |
| Spacecraft type | Dragon 1 (26th launch of a Dragon spacecraft; 22nd launch of a Dragon 1; 20th operational Dragon 1 launch) |
| Launch vehicle | Falcon 9 v1.2 Block 5 |
| Separation orbit | Low Earth Orbit, ~200 km x 51.66° |
| Destination orbit | Low Earth Orbit, ~400 km x 51.66° |
| Landing | LZ-1 |
| Backup date | March 8 (March 7 local), the launch time gets 22-26 minutes earlier each day. |
| Launch site | SLC-40, Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, Florida |
| Mission success criteria | Successful separation and deployment of Dragon into the target orbit; berthing to the ISS; unberthing from the ISS; and reentry, splashdown and recovery of Dragon. |
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Starlink-5 mission
Launch: 8:16 pm CST Wednesday, March 18
The fifth operational batch of Starlink satellites (sixth overall) will lift off from LC-39A at the Kennedy Space Center on a Falcon 9 rocket. This mission is expected to deploy all sixty satellites into an elliptical orbit about fifteen minutes after launch. In the weeks following, the satellites will use onboard ion thrusters to reach their operational altitude of 550 km. The spacecraft will take advantage of precession to separate themselves into three orbital planes with 20 satellites each. Falcon 9’s first stage will land on a drone ship approximately 628 km downrange, its fifth landing overall.
| Payload | 60 Starlink version 1 satellites |
| Payload mass | 60 * 260 kg = 15,600 kg |
| Deployment orbit | Low Earth Orbit, 210 km x 366 km (approximate) |
| Operational orbit | Low Earth Orbit, 550 km x 53°, 3 planes |
| Vehicle | Falcon 9 v1.2 Block 5 |
| Core | B1048 |
| Past flights of this core | 4 (Iridium 7, SAOCOM 1A, Nusantara Satu, Starlink-1 (v1.0 L1)) |
| Past flights of this payload fairing | 1 (Starlink v0.9) |
| Fairing catch attempt | Yes, both halves |
| Launch site | LC-39A , Kennedy Space Center, Florida |
| Landing | OCISLY: 32.54722 N, 75.92306 W (628 km downrange) |
| Mission success criteria | Successful separation & deployment of the Starlink Satellites. |
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Starlink-6 mission
Launch: 3:30 am CST Thursday, April 23
Overview
The seventh Starlink launch overall and the sixth operational batch of Starlink satellites will launch into orbit aboard a Falcon 9 rocket. This mission is expected to deploy all sixty satellites into an elliptical orbit about fifteen minutes into flight. In the weeks following launch the satellites are expected to utilize their onboard ion thrusters to raise their orbits to 550 km in three groups of 20, making use of precession rates to separate themselves into three planes. The booster will land on a drone ship approximately 628 km downrange.
| Payload | 60 Starlink version 1 satellites |
| Payload mass | 60 * 260 kg = 15 600 kg |
| Deployment | orbit Low Earth Orbit, 212 km x 386 km (approximate) |
| Operational orbit | Low Earth Orbit, 550 km x 53°, 3 planes |
| Vehicle | Falcon 9 v1.2 Block 5 |
| Core | B1051 |
| Past flights of this core | 3 (DM-1, RADARSAT Constellation, Starlink-3 (v1.0 L3)) |
| Past flights of this fairing | 1 (AMOS-17) |
| Fairing catch attempt | Yes, both halves |
| Launch site | LC-39A , Kennedy Space Center, Florida |
| Landing | OCISLY: 32.54722 N, 75.92306 W (628 km downrange) |
| Mission success criteria | Successful separation & deployment of the Starlink Satellites. |
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