# Starlink 8

## Starlink 8 and SkySat 16-18

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## Content of this page

* [Information](https://www.spacexdb.cf/starlink/starlink-8#information)
* [Telemetry](https://www.spacexdb.cf/starlink/starlink-8#Telemetry)
* [Mission Timeline](https://www.spacexdb.cf/starlink/starlink-8#mission-timeline)
* [API](https://www.spacexdb.cf/starlink/starlink-8#api)
* [Support me](https://www.spacexdb.cf/starlink/starlink-8#support-me)
* [Contact](https://www.spacexdb.cf/starlink/starlink-8#contact)

## Information

* **Mission name** : Starlink-8 & SkySat 16-18
* **Launch Date UTC** : 2020-06-13T01:00:00.000Z
* **Launch date local** : 2020-06-12T21:00:00-04:00
* **Launch date UNIX** : 1592010000
* **Launch pad** : Cape Canaveral Air Force Station Space Launch Complex 40
* **Rocket** : Falcon 9 Block 5
* **First Stage**
  * **Reused?** : yes
  * **Landing type** : ASDS (Autonomous Spaceport Drone Ship)
* **Second Stage**
  * **Payloads :** Starlink 8 and SkySats 16, 17, 18
    * **Type** : Satellite
    * **Payload mass** : 15400 kg
    * **Orbit** : VLEO
      * **Reference system** : geocentric
      * **Regime** : very-low-earth
* **Details :** This mission will launch the eighth batch of operational Starlink satellites, which are expected to be version 1.0, from SLC-40, Cape Canaveral AFS.                                                                      It is the ninth Starlink launch overall. The satellites will be delivered to low Earth orbit and will spend a few weeks maneuvering to their operational altitude of 550 km.                                                               This mission is expected to include rideshare payloads, SkySats 16-18, on top of the Starlink stack.  The booster for this mission is expected to land an ASDS.
* **Recent Twitter news** :
* Liftoff! — SpaceX (@SpaceX) [June 13, 2020](https://twitter.com/SpaceX/status/1271734552784826368?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw)
* Successful deployment of 58 Starlink satellites confirmed— SpaceX (@SpaceX) [June 13, 2020](https://twitter.com/SpaceX/status/1271744415363563520?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw)

**Launch timezones**

**Timezones Europe**

| **Zone**    | Date                 | Relative to UTC/GMT |
| ----------- | -------------------- | ------------------- |
| Amsterdam   | Jun 13 2020 03:00:00 | GMT +02:00          |
| Athens      | Jun 13 2020 04:00:00 | GMT +03:00          |
| Berlin      | Jun 13 2020 03:00:00 | GMT +02:00          |
| Bucharest   | Jun 13 2020 04:00:00 | GMT +03:00          |
| Copenhagen  | Jun 13 2020 03:00:00 | GMT +02:00          |
| Dublin      | Jun 13 2020 02:00:00 | GMT +01:00          |
| Helsinki    | Jun 13 2020 04:00:00 | GMT +03:00          |
| Istanbul    | Jun 13 2020 04:00:00 | GMT +03:00          |
| Kaliningrad | Jun 13 2020 03:00:00 | GMT +02:00          |
| London      | Jun 13 2020 02:00:00 | GMT +01:00          |
| Madrid      | Jun 13 2020 03:00:00 | GMT +02:00          |
| Monaco      | Jun 13 2020 03:00:00 | GMT +02:00          |
| Moscow      | Jun 13 2020 04:00:00 | GMT +03:00          |
| Oslo        | Jun 13 2020 03:00:00 | GMT +02:00          |
| Paris       | Jun 13 2020 03:00:00 | GMT +02:00          |
| Rome        | Jun 13 2020 03:00:00 | GMT +02:00          |
| Volgograd   | Jun 13 2020 05:00:00 | GMT +04:00          |

**Timezones Australia**

| **Zone**  | Date                 | Relative to UTC/GMT |
| --------- | -------------------- | ------------------- |
| Sydney    | Jun 13 2020 11:00:00 | GMT +10:00          |
| Melbourne | Jun 13 2020 11:00:00 | GMT +10:00          |

**Timezones Asia**

| **Zone**    | Date                 | Relative to UTC/GMT |
| ----------- | -------------------- | ------------------- |
| Baghdad     | Jun 13 2020 04:00:00 | GMT +03:00          |
| Bangkok     | Jun 13 2020 08:00:00 | GMT +07:00          |
| Damascus    | Jun 13 2020 04:00:00 | GMT +03:00          |
| Dubai       | Jun 13 2020 05:00:00 | GMT +04:00          |
| Gaza        | Jun 13 2020 04:00:00 | GMT +03:00          |
| Hong Kong   | Jun 13 2020 09:00:00 | GMT +08:00          |
| Kolkata     | Jun 13 2020 06:30:00 | GMT +05:30          |
| Kuwait      | Jun 13 2020 04:00:00 | GMT+03:00           |
| Qatar       | Jun 13 2020 04:00:00 | GMT +03:00          |
| Seoul       | Jun 13 2020 10:00:00 | GMT +09:00          |
| Shanghai    | Jun 13 2020 09:00:00 | GMT +08:00          |
| Singapore   | Jun 13 2020 09:00:00 | GMT +08:00          |
| Tokyo       | Jun 13 2020 10:00:00 | GMT +09:00          |
| Vladivostok | Jun 13 2020 11:00:00 | GMT +10:00          |

**Timezones America**

| **Zone**               | Date                 | Relative to UTC/GMT |
| ---------------------- | -------------------- | ------------------- |
| Argentina/Buenos Aires | Jun 12 2020 22:00:00 | GMT -03:00          |
| Chicago                | Jun 12 2020 20:00:00 | GMT -05:00          |
| Detroit                | Jun 12 2020 21:00:00 | GMT -04:00          |
| Glace Bay              | Jun 12 2020 22:00:00 | GMT -03:00          |
| Los Angeles            | Jun 12 2020 18:00:00 | GMT -07:00          |
| Mexico City            | Jun 12 2020 20:00:00 | GMT -05:00          |
| New York               | Jun 12 2020 21:00:00 | GMT -04:00          |
| Toronto                | Jun 12 2020 21:00:00 | GMT -04:00          |
| Vancouver              | Jun 12 2020 18:00:00 | GMT -07:00          |
| Sao Paulo              | Jun 12 2020 22:00:00 | GMT -03:00          |

**Timezones Africa**

| Zone         | Date                 | Relative to UTC/GMT |
| ------------ | -------------------- | ------------------- |
| Casablanca   | Jun 13 2020 02:00:00 | GMT +01:00          |
| Cairo        | Jun 13 2020 03:00:00 | GMT +02:00          |
| Freetown     | Jun 13 2020 01:00:00 | GMT +00:00          |
| Johannesburg | Jun 13 2020 03:00:00 | GMT +02:00          |
| Lagos        | Jun 13 2020 02:00:00 | GMT +01:00          |
| Tripoli      | Jun 13 2020 03:00:00 | GMT +02:00          |
| Tunis        | Jun 13 2020 02:00:00 | GMT +01:00          |
| Dakar        | Jun 13 2020 01:00:00 | GMT +00:00          |

## Telemetry

The entiere Telemetry of the launch has been extracted using [SpaceXTelemetry](https://github.com/R4yGM/SpaceXTelemetry) (program that i wrote, not open source now)

SXT reads data frame by frame and it uses the Optical Character Recognition (OCR) and sometimes this OCR could give wrong results because it isn't perfect, so some numbers are faked a little, with all the extracted data i started making comparisons and graphs

* **Telemetry** file in [CSV ](https://spacextelemetry.cf/starlink/starlink-8/api/telemetry.csv)or [JSON](https://spacextelemetry.cf/starlink/starlink-8/api/telemetry.json)
* **Phases** file in [CSV ](https://spacextelemetry.cf/starlink/starlink-8/api/phase.csv)or [JSON](https://spacextelemetry.cf/starlink/starlink-8/api/phase.json)

**Predicted calculations**                                                                                                                                                                  predicted calculations done to the launch ( not everytime they are accurate)

* **Vertical speed** file in [CSV ](https://spacextelemetry.cf/starlink/starlink-8/api/vertical_speed.csv)or [JSON](https://spacextelemetry.cf/starlink/starlink-8/api/vertical_speed.json),&#x20;
* **Horizontal speed** file in [CSV ](https://spacextelemetry.cf/starlink/starlink-8/api/horizontal_speed.csv)or [JSON](https://spacextelemetry.cf/starlink/starlink-8/api/horizontal_speed.json),
* **Downrange** file in [CSV ](https://spacextelemetry.cf/starlink/starlink-8/api/downrange.csv)or [JSON](https://spacextelemetry.cf/starlink/starlink-8/api/downrange.json),
* **Acceleration** file in [CSV ](https://spacextelemetry.cf/starlink/starlink-8/api/acceleration.csv)or [JSON](https://spacextelemetry.cf/starlink/starlink-8/api/acceleration.json),
* **Analysis** file in [CSV ](https://spacextelemetry.cf/starlink/starlink-8/api/analysis.csv)or [JSON](https://spacextelemetry.cf/starlink/starlink-8/api/analysis.json), (contains all the data above except the acceleration)

**Graphs (they are avaible in the API)**

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![](https://3982770921-files.gitbook.io/~/files/v0/b/gitbook-legacy-files/o/assets%2F-M6du2Al4dktPWPs63pp%2F-M9hv4N3mGhifRJU_3J6%2F-M9hw8YhpEc0hwWZXJBU%2Ftotal-seconds-vs-speed.png?alt=media\&token=a5d66668-5e6a-4114-8a96-097a326d353c)

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![](https://3982770921-files.gitbook.io/~/files/v0/b/gitbook-legacy-files/o/assets%2F-M6du2Al4dktPWPs63pp%2F-M9hv4N3mGhifRJU_3J6%2F-M9hw8Yc5IVZnq4iGdAn%2Fdownrange-vs-total-time.png?alt=media\&token=c69e35e9-cbb4-41f5-b9ec-7f7565d3beee)

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## Mission Timeline

|      Time      | Event                                                                                                  |
| :------------: | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ |
| **T-00:00:00** | LIFTOFF THE HOLDOOWN CLAMPS HAVE RELEASED FALCON 9 AND WE HAVE BEGUN OUR FLIGHT                        |
| **T+00:01:15** | MAX Q MAXIMUM DYNAMIC PRESSURE THIS IS THE LARGEST AMOUNT OF AERODYNAMIC STRESS EXERTED ON THE VEHICLE |
| **T+00:02:36** | MECO MAIN ENGINE CUTOFF                                                                                |
| **T+00:02:41** | STAGE SEPARATION STAGE 1 HAS SEPARATED FROM STAGE 2                                                    |
| **T+00:02:49** | SES 1 SECOND ENGINE STARTUP 1                                                                          |
| **T+00:03:12** | FAIRING DEPLOY THE PROTECTIVE NOSECONE AT THE TOP OF THE ROCKET HAS BEEN DEPLOYED                      |
| **T+00:06:49** | STAGE ENTRY STAGE 1 IS STARTING ITS ENTRY BURN SLOWING IT DOWN FOR ENTRY INTO THE ATMOSPHERE           |
| **T+00:08:24** | STAGE LANDING STAGE HAS BEGUN ITS LANDING BURN SLOWING IT FOR TOUCHDOWN AT SEA                         |
| **T+00:08:59** | SECO 1 SECONO ENGINE CUTOFF                                                                            |

## API

The API is published in [SpaceXTelemetry-API](https://github.com/R4yGM/SpaceXTelemetry-Api)

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