Author Topic: SpaceX F9 : Iridium NEXT 6 with GRACE-FO : May 22, 2018 - UPDATES (Read 86647 times)

Steven Pietrobon · « **Reply #80 on:** 05/22/2018 07:36 pm »

T-13 minutes. Will be expending this booster as its the second flight of a Block 4.

Comga · « **Reply #81 on:** 05/22/2018 07:36 pm »

View from Fairing Catcher Mr Steven
And venting from the second stage. High humidity makes it very dramatic

Steven Pietrobon · « **Reply #82 on:** 05/22/2018 07:37 pm »

T-12 minutes. Mr. Steven ready to capture fairing.

Steven Pietrobon · « **Reply #83 on:** 05/22/2018 07:37 pm »

T-11 minutes. Working no issues.

Chris Bergin · « **Reply #84 on:** 05/22/2018 07:37 pm »

Teasing....

ChrisGebhardt · « **Reply #85 on:** 05/22/2018 07:37 pm »

T-10mins

Launch team continues to report a perfectly normal count and fueling process as we head into the real business end of the count.

ZachS09 · « **Reply #86 on:** 05/22/2018 07:38 pm »

T-10 minutes. LOX loading continues at this point.

After the first and second stage tanks reach 100%, they will be topped off continuously until the final minutes of the countdown.

Steven Pietrobon · « **Reply #87 on:** 05/22/2018 07:38 pm »

T-10 minutes. Weather is 100% go.

ZachS09 · « **Reply #88 on:** 05/22/2018 07:39 pm »

T-9 minutes. The first stage booster being used for today's mission, Core B1043, will be expended into the Pacific Ocean following staging due to this being an earlier model, which is now considered obsolete.

Steven Pietrobon · « **Reply #89 on:** 05/22/2018 07:39 pm »

T-9 minutes. Launch window is only one second long.

ZachS09 · « **Reply #90 on:** 05/22/2018 07:40 pm »

T-8 minutes. Everything still proceeding according to plan, although if a hold is called at any point, the launch team will do a 24-hour turnaround in order to launch tomorrow at 19:42 UTC.