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Re: SpaceX F9 : Starlink 6 (v1.0 L5) : March 18, 2020 - Updates
« Reply #41 on: 03/18/2020 11:18 am »
T+1 minute.
Akin's Laws of Spacecraft Design #1:  Engineering is done with numbers.  Analysis without numbers is only an opinion.

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Re: SpaceX F9 : Starlink 6 (v1.0 L5) : March 18, 2020 - Updates
« Reply #42 on: 03/18/2020 11:19 am »
T+2 minutes.
Akin's Laws of Spacecraft Design #1:  Engineering is done with numbers.  Analysis without numbers is only an opinion.

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Re: SpaceX F9 : Starlink 6 (v1.0 L5) : March 18, 2020 - Updates
« Reply #43 on: 03/18/2020 11:20 am »
First stage separation.

T+3 minutes.
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Re: SpaceX F9 : Starlink 6 (v1.0 L5) : March 18, 2020 - Updates
« Reply #44 on: 03/18/2020 11:21 am »
Fairing separation.

T+4 minutes.
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Re: SpaceX F9 : Starlink 6 (v1.0 L5) : March 18, 2020 - Updates
« Reply #46 on: 03/18/2020 11:22 am »
T+5 minutes.
Akin's Laws of Spacecraft Design #1:  Engineering is done with numbers.  Analysis without numbers is only an opinion.

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Re: SpaceX F9 : Starlink 6 (v1.0 L5) : March 18, 2020 - Updates
« Reply #47 on: 03/18/2020 11:23 am »
T+6 minutes.
Akin's Laws of Spacecraft Design #1:  Engineering is done with numbers.  Analysis without numbers is only an opinion.

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Re: SpaceX F9 : Starlink 6 (v1.0 L5) : March 18, 2020 - Updates
« Reply #48 on: 03/18/2020 11:24 am »
T+7 minutes. Entry burn.
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Re: SpaceX F9 : Starlink 6 (v1.0 L5) : March 18, 2020 - Updates
« Reply #49 on: 03/18/2020 11:25 am »
T+8 minutes.
Akin's Laws of Spacecraft Design #1:  Engineering is done with numbers.  Analysis without numbers is only an opinion.

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Re: SpaceX F9 : Starlink 6 (v1.0 L5) : March 18, 2020 - Updates
« Reply #50 on: 03/18/2020 11:26 am »
T+9 minutes.

SECO.
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Re: SpaceX F9 : Starlink 6 (v1.0 L5) : March 18, 2020 - Updates
« Reply #51 on: 03/18/2020 11:26 am »
Stage 1 looked wobbly after entry burn and no confirmation of landing burn.
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Re: SpaceX F9 : Starlink 6 (v1.0 L5) : March 18, 2020 - Updates
« Reply #52 on: 03/18/2020 11:27 am »
T+10 minutes. Upcoming events.

00:14:48 Starlink satellites begin deployment
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Re: SpaceX F9 : Starlink 6 (v1.0 L5) : March 18, 2020 - Updates
« Reply #53 on: 03/18/2020 11:29 am »
Expected loss of signal Bermuda.
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Re: SpaceX F9 : Starlink 6 (v1.0 L5) : March 18, 2020 - Updates
« Reply #54 on: 03/18/2020 11:30 am »
Still no confirmation of S1 landing. Entry burn looked off nominal.
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Re: SpaceX F9 : Starlink 6 (v1.0 L5) : March 18, 2020 - Updates
« Reply #55 on: 03/18/2020 11:31 am »
Confirmation of loss if S1.
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Re: SpaceX F9 : Starlink 6 (v1.0 L5) : March 18, 2020 - Updates
« Reply #56 on: 03/18/2020 11:31 am »
One minute to separation.
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Re: SpaceX F9 : Starlink 6 (v1.0 L5) : March 18, 2020 - Updates
« Reply #57 on: 03/18/2020 11:31 am »
https://twitter.com/johnkrausphotos/status/1240254121359392768

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Liftoff of SpaceX’s sixth Starlink mission!

This launch marks the fifth flight for this particular Falcon 9 rocket — a new record in SpaceX’s efforts to rapidly launch, land, and re-fly orbital-class rocket boosters.

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Re: SpaceX F9 : Starlink 6 (v1.0 L5) : March 18, 2020 - Updates
« Reply #59 on: 03/18/2020 11:32 am »
Payload deployed.
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