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Re: SpaceX FH : Falcon Heavy Demo : Feb. 6, 2018 : Updates
« Reply #360 on: 02/06/2018 07:51 pm »
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Re: SpaceX FH : Falcon Heavy Demo : Feb. 6, 2018 : Updates
« Reply #361 on: 02/06/2018 07:51 pm »
T+6 minutes.
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Re: SpaceX FH : Falcon Heavy Demo : Feb. 6, 2018 : Updates
« Reply #363 on: 02/06/2018 07:52 pm »
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Re: SpaceX FH : Falcon Heavy Demo : Feb. 6, 2018 : Updates
« Reply #364 on: 02/06/2018 07:52 pm »
T+7 minutes. Entry burns.
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Re: SpaceX FH : Falcon Heavy Demo : Feb. 6, 2018 : Updates
« Reply #365 on: 02/06/2018 07:53 pm »
Touchdowns!
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Re: SpaceX FH : Falcon Heavy Demo : Feb. 6, 2018 : Updates
« Reply #366 on: 02/06/2018 07:54 pm »
Nominal orbit. Lost drone signal.
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Re: SpaceX FH : Falcon Heavy Demo : Feb. 6, 2018 : Updates
« Reply #367 on: 02/06/2018 07:54 pm »
T+ 9 minutes
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Re: SpaceX FH : Falcon Heavy Demo : Feb. 6, 2018 : Updates
« Reply #369 on: 02/06/2018 07:55 pm »
Waiting to hear from core stage landing.
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Re: SpaceX FH : Falcon Heavy Demo : Feb. 6, 2018 : Updates
« Reply #370 on: 02/06/2018 07:56 pm »
In orbit.
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Re: SpaceX FH : Falcon Heavy Demo : Feb. 6, 2018 : Updates
« Reply #371 on: 02/06/2018 07:56 pm »
T+11 minutes
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Re: SpaceX FH : Falcon Heavy Demo : Feb. 6, 2018 : Updates
« Reply #372 on: 02/06/2018 07:56 pm »
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Re: SpaceX FH : Falcon Heavy Demo : Feb. 6, 2018 : Updates
« Reply #374 on: 02/06/2018 07:57 pm »
End of webcast.
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Re: SpaceX FH : Falcon Heavy Demo : Feb. 6, 2018 : Updates
« Reply #375 on: 02/06/2018 07:58 pm »
Starman in orbit. Looks like they are ending the webcast and not showing the second burn. :-(
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Re: SpaceX FH : Falcon Heavy Demo : Feb. 6, 2018 : Updates
« Reply #376 on: 02/06/2018 07:58 pm »
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Re: SpaceX FH : Falcon Heavy Demo : Feb. 6, 2018 : Updates
« Reply #377 on: 02/06/2018 07:59 pm »
I am speechless, congratulations SpaceX.

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Re: SpaceX FH : Falcon Heavy Demo : Feb. 6, 2018 : Updates
« Reply #378 on: 02/06/2018 07:59 pm »
incredible!

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Re: SpaceX FH : Falcon Heavy Demo : Feb. 6, 2018 : Updates
« Reply #379 on: 02/06/2018 08:00 pm »
That was pretty damn cool. Well done SpaceX, whatever happened on the drone ship, they've got to be happy with that.

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