Author Topic: SpaceX F9 : Zuma : January 7/8, 2018, SLC-40 : UPDATES (Read 232536 times)

Steven Pietrobon · « **Reply #180 on:** 01/08/2018 12:00 am »

Liftoff!

ZachS09 · « **Reply #181 on:** 01/08/2018 12:00 am »

T+40 seconds.

Flight path looks nominal.

Chris Bergin · « **Reply #182 on:** 01/08/2018 12:00 am »

LAUNCH!!

ZachS09 · « **Reply #183 on:** 01/08/2018 12:01 am »

1 minute into the flight. Vehicle going through Mach 1.

Max-Q will occur at T+76 seconds.

Steven Pietrobon · « **Reply #184 on:** 01/08/2018 12:01 am »

T+1 minute.

ZachS09 · « **Reply #185 on:** 01/08/2018 12:01 am »

Now 90 seconds into the flight. M-Vac chilldown sequence has started.

Coming up at T+140 seconds will be MECO-1. Stage separation will occur four seconds later followed by second stage engine start and the first stage boostback burn.

ZachS09 · « **Reply #186 on:** 01/08/2018 12:02 am »

Just passed the 2-minute mark. Remember that the primary mission will NOT be covered past T+188 seconds, which is when the fairing separates.

ZachS09 · « **Reply #187 on:** 01/08/2018 12:02 am »

And there's MECO-1. We've separated the stages and Core B1043 is flipping to boostback burn attitude.

M-Vac has now started and ramped up to full thrust.

Steven Pietrobon · « **Reply #188 on:** 01/08/2018 12:02 am »

T+2 minutes.

ZachS09 · « **Reply #189 on:** 01/08/2018 12:03 am »

Stage 1 boostback burn has started. Good thrust on all three restartable engines.

Chris Bergin · « **Reply #190 on:** 01/08/2018 12:03 am »

Pretty staging.

ZachS09 · « **Reply #191 on:** 01/08/2018 12:03 am »

T+3 minutes. Fairing should separate at this point.

If it were a ULA webcast, the whole thing would wrap up, but we've got a first stage to land.

ZachS09 · « **Reply #192 on:** 01/08/2018 12:03 am »

Stage 1 boostback burn has ended. Standing by to deploy the aluminum grid fins.

Steven Pietrobon · « **Reply #193 on:** 01/08/2018 12:04 am »

First stage separation.

T+3 minutes. Boostback burn.

ZachS09 · « **Reply #194 on:** 01/08/2018 12:04 am »

T+4 minutes. First stage now in reentry attitude.

Steven Pietrobon · « **Reply #195 on:** 01/08/2018 12:04 am »

T+4 minutes.

ZachS09 · « **Reply #196 on:** 01/08/2018 12:05 am »

5 minutes into the suborbital flight of Core B1043. Apogee was 125 kilometers at the 260-second point.

Entry burn should start at T+6 minutes, 15 seconds.

ZachS09 · « **Reply #197 on:** 01/08/2018 12:05 am »

New Hampshire AOS.

Steven Pietrobon · « **Reply #198 on:** 01/08/2018 12:05 am »

T+5 minutes. Confirmation that fairings have deployed.

ZachS09 · « **Reply #199 on:** 01/08/2018 12:06 am »

Stage 1 power and telemetry are healthy. Passing the six-minute mark.