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Launch!!!
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T+25 seconds. The roll and pitch programs have initiated.
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Liftoff!
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T+50 seconds. Falcon 9 approaching the sound barrier in about ten seconds.
Stage 1 PU is nominal.
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Mach 1. The vehicle now experiencing maximum dynamic pressure.
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LAUNCH!
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T+90 seconds. Main Engine Cut Off will occur at T+2 minutes, 24 seconds; this will be followed by stage separation and the first second stage engine start.
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T+1 minute.
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MVac chilldown underway.
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T+2 minutes, 10 seconds. First stage engines throttling down to limit acceleration stresses prior to MECO.
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We have MECO-1. And stage separation is confirmed.
Second stage has ignited for the first of two burns.
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T+2 minutes.
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SpaceX Falcon 9 : Iridium NEXT Flight 2 (June 25, 2017 @ 2024 UTC) : UPDATES
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MECO + SEP
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Re: SpaceX Falcon 9 : Iridium NEXT Flight 2 (June 25, 2017 @ 2024 UTC) : UPDATES
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First stage now flipping to its boostback burn attitude.
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Stage 1 boostback burn has started; the three restartable engines will fire until the impact point lies directly on the drone ship.
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T+3 minutes, 15 seconds. The payload fairing has been jettisoned.
Stage 2 power and telemetry look good.
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And we have shutdown of the boostback burn. Standing by for the titanium grid fins to deploy.
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Fairing separation
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All four grid fins have deployed; these will help steer the first stage in addition to the cold-gas thrusters.
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T+3 minutes.
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