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Re: SpaceX Falcon 9 : SAOCOM 1A : Oct. 7/8, 2018 : Vandenberg - UPDATES
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Stage 1 entry burn has started; the booster is undergoing a benign reentry.
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Re: SpaceX Falcon 9 : SAOCOM 1A : Oct. 7/8, 2018 : Vandenberg - UPDATES
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Stage 1 entry burn has shut down.
We're now safing the booster's AFTS as it falls towards its landing pad.
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Re: SpaceX Falcon 9 : SAOCOM 1A : Oct. 7/8, 2018 : Vandenberg - UPDATES
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T+6 minutes.
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Re: SpaceX Falcon 9 : SAOCOM 1A : Oct. 7/8, 2018 : Vandenberg - UPDATES
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Stage 1 is transonic; coming up on the landing burn.
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Re: SpaceX Falcon 9 : SAOCOM 1A : Oct. 7/8, 2018 : Vandenberg - UPDATES
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Stage 1 landing burn has started.
Landing legs should deploy ten seconds prior to touchdown.
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T+7 minutes.
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Re: SpaceX Falcon 9 : SAOCOM 1A : Oct. 7/8, 2018 : Vandenberg - UPDATES
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Well, there you go, guys! The first ever touchdown at Vandenberg's landing pad, just 430 meters from where it was launched!
Tally for successful landings is 30 out of 36, or about 83%.
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Touchdown!
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Re: SpaceX Falcon 9 : SAOCOM 1A : Oct. 7/8, 2018 : Vandenberg - UPDATES
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Nailed it!
https://twitter.com/NASASpaceflight/status/1049124732761726976
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Re: SpaceX Falcon 9 : SAOCOM 1A : Oct. 7/8, 2018 : Vandenberg - UPDATES
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Stage 2 AFTS is safed; standing by for SECO-1.
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Stage 2 is in Terminal Guidance.
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T+9 minutes.
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Re: SpaceX Falcon 9 : SAOCOM 1A : Oct. 7/8, 2018 : Vandenberg - UPDATES
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M-Vac shutdown is confirmed.
And the GNC controller reports a nominal orbit insertion.
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We'll wait for two and a half minutes before SAOCOM 1A separates from its payload adapter.
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T+10 minutes.
Cutoff!
Good orbit!
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Re: SpaceX Falcon 9 : SAOCOM 1A : Oct. 7/8, 2018 : Vandenberg - UPDATES
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T+11 minutes.
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Re: SpaceX Falcon 9 : SAOCOM 1A : Oct. 7/8, 2018 : Vandenberg - UPDATES
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T+11 minutes. Upcoming events.
00:12:37 SAOCOM 1A satellite deployment
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Re: SpaceX Falcon 9 : SAOCOM 1A : Oct. 7/8, 2018 : Vandenberg - UPDATES
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T+12 minutes. 30 seconds away from payload deployment.
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T+12 minutes.
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Re: SpaceX Falcon 9 : SAOCOM 1A : Oct. 7/8, 2018 : Vandenberg - UPDATES
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And SAOCOM 1A has separated from Stage 2.
Another amazing SpaceX mission comes to a close.
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