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🚀 Tonight we have 3 launches within an 8 hour window:

22:30 UTC USSF-124 ✔️
01:34 UTC Starlink 7-14 ♻️
06:05 UTC Nova-C IM-1 ✔️

and possibly some Starship testing too!

SpaceX pinned «🚀 Next launch USSF-124 Rocket Falcon 9 Block 5 From SLC-40, Cape Canaveral 🇺🇸 🕙 Launch time February 14th, 22:30 UTC 🌍 Mission information Type Government/Top Secret Orbit Low Earth Orbit 🚀 Vehicle information Core B1078.7 (7th flight ♻️) Landing LZ-2 (RTLS)…»

Falcon 9 vertical at pad 39A in Florida ahead of launching the Int Machines IM-1 lander to the Moon.
Source: @SpaceX

🚀 Next launch Starlink Group 7-14
Rocket Falcon 9 Block 5
From SLC-4E, Vandenberg SFB 🇺🇸

🕙 Launch time
February 15th, 01:34 UTC 🆕

🌍 Mission information
Type Communications
Orbit Low Earth Orbit

🚀 Vehicle information
Core B1082.2 (2nd flight ♻️)
Landing OCISLY (ASDS 🌊)

ℹ️ A batch of 22 satellites for the Starlink mega-constellation - SpaceX's project for space-based Internet communication system.
#Launch

🚀 Next launch USSF-124
Rocket Falcon 9 Block 5
From SLC-40, Cape Canaveral 🇺🇸

🕙 Launch time
February 14th, 22:30 UTC

🌍 Mission information
Type Government/Top Secret
Orbit Low Earth Orbit

🚀 Vehicle information
Core B1078.7 (7th flight ♻️)
Landing LZ-2 (RTLS)

ℹ️ 2 satellites, one by L3Harris and the other by Northrop Grumman, will be launched as the Hypersonic and Ballistic Tracking Space Sensor (HBTSS) mission for the US Missile Defense Agency. These satellites have improved sensitivity to detect and track hypersonic missiles with fainter signatures.
#Launch

Rocket fire’s red
Methane burns blue
I’m counting down
To liftoff with you

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The most recent Vulcan and Falcon Heavy launches
Source: RT @Bair_Witness

Falcon 9 rolled out to pad 40 in Florida and is now vertical for today's launch of USSF-124 → spacex.com/launches
Source: @SpaceX

Standing down from tonight’s attempt due to off-nominal methane temperatures prior to stepping into methane load. Now targeting Thursday, February 15 at 06:05 UTC for Falcon 9's launch of the Int Machines IM-1 mission from Florida → spacex.com/launches
Source: @SpaceX

Starship team is preparing for a full launch rehearsal ahead of Flight 3
Source: @SpaceX

An unspecified defect in early model Starlink satellites has prompted SpaceX to preemptively deorbit the units before they potentially fail and become hazards in low Earth orbit. While the company remains confident that the deorbiting of these problematic units will prevent any issues, this incident underscores the challenges and uncertainties in navigating the realm of gigantic satellite networks.

https://gizmodo.com/spacex-to-deorbit-100-starlink-satellites-due-to-detect-1851251676
Source: @KlaatuNectarine

Falcon 9 poised to launch 05:57 UTC, Wednesday with Intuitive Machine’s IM-1 mission, the first flight of their Nova-C class lunar lander.

The vehicle will attempt to land on the Moon’s south pole February 22, which would mark the first successful commercial lunar landing.
Source: @johnkrausphotos