Author Topic: SpaceX Falcon 9 - Iridium NEXT - Jan 14, 2017 (17:54 UTC)- UPDATES (Read 224197 times)

Chris Bergin · « **Reply #220 on:** 01/14/2017 05:49 pm »

Second stage, second burn, complete. Cheers from the upper stage folk in Hawthorne could be heard! Good orbit.

ZachS09 · « **Reply #221 on:** 01/14/2017 05:49 pm »

Altitude 626 kilometers, velocity 7528 meters per second.

Still getting good video from the second stage rocketcams.

Steven Pietrobon · « **Reply #222 on:** 01/14/2017 05:49 pm »

T+53 minutes 30 seconds. Stage 2 performance nominal. Separations begin at T+59 minutes 16 seconds.

ZachS09 · « **Reply #223 on:** 01/14/2017 05:50 pm »

T+55 minutes. About four minutes to spacecraft separation sequence start.

Steven Pietrobon · « **Reply #224 on:** 01/14/2017 05:50 pm »

T+54 minutes 30 seconds. Getting a picture on the TV.

Steven Pietrobon · « **Reply #225 on:** 01/14/2017 05:51 pm »

T+55 minutes 30 seconds.

Chris Bergin · « **Reply #226 on:** 01/14/2017 05:51 pm »

Long process of deploy. Per tradition, we allow for one post each of congrats (only that, no discussion, that belongs on the discussion thread), but WAIT until after all sats deployed!

ZachS09 · « **Reply #227 on:** 01/14/2017 05:52 pm »

T+57 minutes. Two minutes to go.

Altitude 624 kilometers, velocity 7531 meters per second.

Steven Pietrobon · « **Reply #228 on:** 01/14/2017 05:53 pm »

2 minutes to first separation. Separation occurs over a 15 minute interval.

Steven Pietrobon · « **Reply #229 on:** 01/14/2017 05:53 pm »

1 minute to first separation.

ZachS09 · « **Reply #230 on:** 01/14/2017 05:54 pm »

T+59 minutes, 10 seconds. And we've begun the spacecraft separation sequence. As I said before, each satellite is released in 90-second intervals.

South Africa LOS expected.