Soyuz-2.1b/Fregat - OneWeb F4 (x36) - Vostochny - December 18, 2020 (12:26 UTC)

[Steven Pietrobon]

T+2 minutes.

[Steven Pietrobon]

First stage separation.

T+3 minutes.

[Steven Pietrobon]

T+4 minutes.

[Steven Pietrobon]

T+5 minutes. Scheduled fairing separation.

[Steven Pietrobon]

Fairing separation.

T+6 minutes. Showing a OneWeb video.

[Steven Pietrobon]

T+7 minutes.

[Steven Pietrobon]

T+8 minutes.

[Steven Pietrobon]

T+9 minutes.

[Steven Pietrobon]

T+10 minutes.

[Steven Pietrobon]

T+11 minutes. Way out of sync.

[Steven Pietrobon]

Third stage separation.

T+12 minutes.

[Steven Pietrobon]

T+14 minutes.

[Steven Pietrobon]

T+15 minutes 29 seconds. Scheduled Fregat cutoff.

[Steven Pietrobon]

Upcoming events.

+ 1 h 13 min. 40 s Second Fregat burn
+ 1 h 14 min. 12 s Second Fregat burn cut-off
+ 1 h 18 min. 20 s 1st separation of four OneWeb satellites
+ 1 h 34 min. 10 s Fregat ACS ignition
+ 1 h 34 min. 25 s Fregat ACS extinction
+ 1 h 37 min. 30 s 2nd separation of four OneWeb satellites
+ 1 h 53 min. 20 s Fregat ACS ignition
+ 1 h 53 min. 34 s Fregat ACS extinction
+ 1 h 56 min. 40 s 3rd separation of four OneWeb satellites
+ 2 h 12 min. 30 s Fregat ACS ignition
+ 2 h 12 min. 42 s Fregat ACS extinction
+ 2 h 15 min. 50 s 4th separation of four OneWeb satellites
+ 2 h 31 min. 40 s Fregat ACS ignition
+ 2 h 31 min. 51 s Fregat ACS extinction
+ 2 h 35 min. 00 s 5th separation of four OneWeb satellites
+ 2 h 50 min. 50 s Fregat ACS ignition
+ 2 h 51 min. 00 s Fregat ACS extinction
+ 2 h 54 min. 10 s 6th separation of four OneWeb satellites
+ 3 h 10 min. 00 s Fregat ACS ignition
+ 3 h 10 min. 08 s Fregat ACS extinction
+ 3 h 13 min. 20 s 7th separation of four OneWeb satellites
+ 3 h 29 min. 10 s Fregat ACS ignition
+ 3 h 29 min. 17 s Fregat ACS extinction
+ 3 h 32 min. 30 s 8th separation of four OneWeb satellites
+ 3 h 48 min. 20 s Fregat ACS ignition
+ 3 h 48 min. 26 s Fregat ACS extinction
+ 3 h 51 min. 40 s 9th separation of four OneWeb satellites
+ 4 h 50 min. 05 s Third Fregat burn (for deorbiting)
+ 4 h 50 min. 35 s Third Fregat burn cut-off
+ 5 h 10 min. 08 s End of the Arianespace/Starsem mission

[Steven Pietrobon]

T+20 minutes. Showing launch replay.

[PM3]

Ignition occured at ~ T+0:30 in the livestream. Did they launch late, or was the clock out of sync (video lag)?

[zubenelgenubi]

T-45 minutes. A balmy -21 C at Vostochny!

And very clear!  From-the-ground camera views were able to follow the vehicle for several minutes.

[zubenelgenubi]

Ignition occured at ~ T+0:30 in the livestream. Did they launch late, or was the clock out of sync (video lag)?

Steven noted earlier that the feed was substantially lagging behind the clock.  My >guess< is video lag.

[FutureSpaceTourist]

https://twitter.com/nasaspaceflight/status/1339914763778879490

And Falcon Heavy just said "hi" on the Arianespace webcast.

twitter.com/chrisg_nsf/status/1339913863375048704

Wow.  Gotta hand it to @OneWeb for not just acknowledging SpaceX and Starlink but showing footage of some of their launches... in the OneWeb launch webcast.  Mad respect.  Did not have to do that.

[Steven Pietrobon]

Commentary wrapping up, but they'll continue to show the animation.