Author Topic: LIVE: GCOM-C/SLATS - H-IIA F37 , December 23, 2017 (01:26 UTC)  (Read 48788 times)

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Live coverage should resume at 02:20 UTC.
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Animation about the GCOM-C mission

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Replay of SRB-A3 separation from the onboard cameras

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Replay of fairing separation

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And GCOM-C separation

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H-IIA F37 launches SHIKISAI / TSUBAME (しきさい/つばめ)

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About eight minutes remaining in the coast phase.

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Welcome back to the second part of tonight's coverage of the 37th H-IIA mission.

We're about five minutes away from the first restart of the second stage engine, whose second of three burns will last eight seconds.

You can also tune in to the Iridium-NEXT F4 webcast as that other rocket's second stage will restart momentarily and begin releasing its payloads 12 seconds after the LE-5B engine shuts down.
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Coverage is resuming for the restart

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Altitude 808.1 kilometers, velocity 7,532 meters per second.
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Currently, the Santiago tracking station is monitoring telemetry from the H-IIA.
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Altitude 803 kilometers, velocity 7,537 meters per second.
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And there's the second burn

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T+57 minutes, 30 seconds. Coming up on the short burst from the second stage engine.
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Restart has now occurred. Chamber pressures rising slightly.

And there's SECO-2. Starting now, a coast phase lasting 47 minutes and 51 seconds will last until the third burn of the second stage.
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