Author Topic: SpaceX Falcon 9 : Merah Putih (Telkom 4) : August 7, 2018 - UPDATES  (Read 70625 times)

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T-30 minutes.
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Remember, a lot more of the count for Block 5s is automated.  That means less calls over the net.  Which is good.  Silence is good.

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Good venting from the 1st stage.

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Funky music has started.
Akin's Laws of Spacecraft Design #1:  Engineering is done with numbers.  Analysis without numbers is only an opinion.

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T-20mins.  Stage 2 RP-1 load wrapping up and going into topping.

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Webcast going live in five minutes. Stage 2 LOX loading is expected to begin a minute beforehand.
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Akin's Laws of Spacecraft Design #1:  Engineering is done with numbers.  Analysis without numbers is only an opinion.

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T-16mins.  Stage 2 LOX load has started.

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Merah Putih is on internal power at this time.

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T-16 minutes. Stage 2 LOX loading should be starting now.
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And we're live from Cape Canaveral's SLC-40 launchpad. The fourth Falcon 9 Block 5 rocket is several minutes away from launching Indonesia's 5.8-ton Merah Putih satellite into a geosynchronous transfer orbit. Our current T0 is 05:18 UTC, yet there is a 2-hour window until 07:18 UTC.
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Webcast has started.
Akin's Laws of Spacecraft Design #1:  Engineering is done with numbers.  Analysis without numbers is only an opinion.

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Core B1046, the same booster rocket that assisted in the launch of Bangabandhu 1, will make its second spaceflight tonight and attempt to land on the "Of Course I Still Love You" drone ship located 656 kilometers downrange.
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Fairing art.
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T-13 minutes. First reflight of block 5.
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No fairing recovery tonight; Mr. Steven is on the West Coast right now.
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T-12 minutes. Not attempting recovery of fairing.
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T-11 minutes.
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T-10 minutes. Prop loading still proceeding smoothly.
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T-10 minutes. Fuel load is full on Stage 1 and 2.
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