Author Topic: SpaceX Falcon 9 : Hispasat 30W-6 (1F) : March 6, 2018 - UPDATES  (Read 110085 times)

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T+6 minutes.
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Elon's jet continues to circle over the landing area

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T+7 minutes. Entry burn cutoff.
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T+8 minutes. Vehicle is in internal guidance.
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Cutoff. Good orbit.
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T+10 minutes. Upcoming events.

00:26:38 2nd stage engine restarts
00:27:33 2nd stage engine cutoff (SECO-2)
00:32:51 Hispasat 30W-6 satellite deployment
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Commentary stopping for now. Bermuda LOS expected.
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Plane no longer in holding pattern

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T+15 minutes. Over the Atlantic ocean.
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 Plane seems to be heading back and has circled around and descended a few thousand feet.
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Launch replay

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T+20 minutes. Heading towards Africa.
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T+25 minutes. 1 minute 38 seconds to second ignition.
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Second ignition!
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SECO2! Good insertion orbit.
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Separation in about four minutes.
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T+30 minutes. Separation in two minutes 51 seconds.
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Other side of the engine. AOS HPK.
Akin's Laws of Spacecraft Design #1:  Engineering is done with numbers.  Analysis without numbers is only an opinion.

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