Author Topic: LIVE: Soyuz ST-B Flight VS16 - HISPASAT 36W-1 January 28, 2017  (Read 53985 times)

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T-5 minutes. Fregat is transferring to internal power.

The launch key is in.
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T-4 minutes. This will mark the 6th night launch of the Arianespace Soyuz program; T0 will be 202 minutes and 34 seconds after sunset (10:03:34 PM local).

We've begun the Synchronized Sequence a while ago.
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T-3 minutes. The Soyuz-STB Fregat-MT config will be used for the 12th time; it was mainly used for O3b and Galileo launches.
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T-2 minutes, 25 seconds. The upper composite umbilical, which is located on the bigger umbilical tower, has dropped off.
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The Jupiter Control Room spectators will soon go outside to watch the launch around 30 seconds before T0.
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T-1 minute. Soyuz now on internal power.

DDO announcing the final minute of the countdown.
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Audience leaving to go watch outside!
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T-35 seconds. The first umbilical tower has retracted from the Soyuz.
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T-16 seconds. Ignition sequence start.

The second umbilical tower is also retracting.
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10, 9, 8, 7, 6, 5, 4, all engines at full thrust, and liftoff of the Soyuz-STB Fregat-MT rocket carrying the Hispasat 36W-1 satellite into geosynchronous orbit. Hispasat 36W-1 will provide the latest in communications services to customers throughout Europe, the Canary Islands, and South America.
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T+16 seconds. Everything continues to look good as the Soyuz initiates its roll and pitch programs to put itself on the proper trajectory.
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T+30 seconds. Coming up on Mach 1, or the speed of sound.
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T+50 seconds. We've passed Mach 1 and we're now passing Max-Q.
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T+1 minute, 10 seconds. The first stage boosters and second stage are burning well. All 17 engines providing 1,008,426 pounds of thrust; five main engines and twelve verniers.

We'll expect the boosters to cut off at 1 minute, 58 seconds. Simultaneously, they'll separate from the second stage, which will continue to burn.
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T+1 minute, 40 seconds. Coming up on BECO in less than 20 seconds.
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