Author Topic: SpaceX Falcon Heavy : Arabsat 6A : LC-39A : April 11, 2019 - UPDATES 2  (Read 99720 times)

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Core remains now on a trailer:

https://twitter.com/luisperezjpg/status/1122909162793517056
No, it's not "the part of the Falcon Heavy that went into the water"
What kind of wastrels would dump a perfectly good booster in the ocean after just one use?

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Satellite Arabsat-6A has successfully reached the final GEO on Monday.

Last orbital element:
2019-021A - ARABSAT 6A - 2019-04-29 17:07 UTC - 35755.06/35970.5km/0.04°

All TLEs in graphical form:

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https://twitter.com/cygnusx112/status/1123688252106584064

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The damaged #FalconHeavy core booster has been moved a few hundred yards, engine covers put on along with a tarp. #SpaceX #SpaceCoast

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twitter.com/lambrichpat/status/1125012735438331904

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Broken SpaceX's Falcon Heavy booster from Arabsat-6A mission (11th April, 6:35pm) transported from Port Canaveral to Cape Canaveral Air Force base.

https://twitter.com/lambrichpat/status/1125013047595212801

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Happened on 2th May at about 9:00 am

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https://twitter.com/RAmbroseLMSpace/status/1141004987830587392
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Successful In-Orbit Testing of the first modernized LM 2100 communications satellite, validating the more than two dozen key enhancements to the flight-proven A2100 bus. Today, we hand over operation of Arabsat-6A to our customer. #ParisAirShow #WeDoSpace @LockheedMartin

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Newly released landing video (original webcast only had this 1/4 screen)


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