Author Topic: SpaceX Falcon 9 : SAOCOM 1A : Oct. 7/8, 2018 : Vandenberg - UPDATES  (Read 57066 times)

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T-10, 9, 8, 7, 6, 5, 4, main engine ignition, 1, and we have liftoff of SAOCOM 1A: an Argentine L-band SAR satellite designed to reduce natural disaster results.
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We've cleared the tower and pad safing is in work.

Pitch and roll programs are in; Stage 1 propulsion looks good.
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Liftoff!
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Power and telemetry are nominal.
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T+1 minute. We've gone through the period of maximum dynamic pressure and the vehicle is supersonic.
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T+90 seconds.

Main Engine Cut-Off should occur at the 140-second mark, followed by staging and ignition of the M-Vac engine. The first stage will then restart its own engines to boost back to LZ-4.
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T+1 minute.
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T+2 minutes. M-Vac chilldown has begun.
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And there's MECO. We've separated the stages and Stage 1 is flipping over.
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We have Stage 2 ignition on time. Stage 1 boostback burn has started.
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T+2 minutes.
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Payload fairing has been jettisoned.
« Last Edit: 10/08/2018 03:13 am by ZachS09 »
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Stage 1 boostback burn has shut down, and the titanium grid fins are beginning to deploy.
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First stage separation.

Fairing separation.
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T+4 minutes. Stage 2 continuing its climb to sun-synchronous orbit as Stage 1 passes its apogee.
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Nice ground view of boost back.
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T+4 minutes.
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T+5 minutes. We're getting excellent views from the onboard cameras mounted on both stages.
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T+5 minutes.
Akin's Laws of Spacecraft Design #1:  Engineering is done with numbers.  Analysis without numbers is only an opinion.

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