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Re: SpaceX F9 : Starlink v1.0 L8 Rideshare : June 13, 2020
« Reply #120 on: 06/13/2020 09:19 am »
T-2 minutes.
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Re: SpaceX F9 : Starlink v1.0 L8 Rideshare : June 13, 2020
« Reply #121 on: 06/13/2020 09:20 am »
T-1 minute. Falcon 9 is in startup.
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Re: SpaceX F9 : Starlink v1.0 L8 Rideshare : June 13, 2020
« Reply #122 on: 06/13/2020 09:21 am »
Liftoff!
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Re: SpaceX F9 : Starlink v1.0 L8 Rideshare : June 13, 2020
« Reply #124 on: 06/13/2020 09:22 am »
T+1 minute.
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Re: SpaceX F9 : Starlink v1.0 L8 Rideshare : June 13, 2020
« Reply #125 on: 06/13/2020 09:23 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 v1.0 L8 Rideshare : June 13, 2020
« Reply #126 on: 06/13/2020 09:25 am »
First stage separation.

T+3 minutes.
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Re: SpaceX F9 : Starlink v1.0 L8 Rideshare : June 13, 2020
« Reply #127 on: 06/13/2020 09:25 am »
Fairing separation.

T+4 minutes.
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Re: SpaceX F9 : Starlink v1.0 L8 Rideshare : June 13, 2020
« Reply #128 on: 06/13/2020 09:26 am »
T+5 minutes. Sun on first stage.
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Re: SpaceX F9 : Starlink v1.0 L8 Rideshare : June 13, 2020
« Reply #129 on: 06/13/2020 09:27 am »
T+6 minutes. Nominal trajectory.
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Re: SpaceX F9 : Starlink v1.0 L8 Rideshare : June 13, 2020
« Reply #130 on: 06/13/2020 09:29 am »
Entry burn.

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Re: SpaceX F9 : Starlink v1.0 L8 Rideshare : June 13, 2020
« Reply #131 on: 06/13/2020 09:29 am »
T+8 minutes.
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Re: SpaceX F9 : Starlink v1.0 L8 Rideshare : June 13, 2020
« Reply #132 on: 06/13/2020 09:31 am »
Touchdown!

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Re: SpaceX F9 : Starlink v1.0 L8 Rideshare : June 13, 2020
« Reply #133 on: 06/13/2020 09:32 am »
Good orbit.

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Re: SpaceX F9 : Starlink v1.0 L8 Rideshare : June 13, 2020
« Reply #135 on: 06/13/2020 09:32 am »
Well, that was unfortunate. There were too many clouds in Sullivan’s Island, SC to catch a glimpse of Falcon 9.

I did see it through a couple brief holes, but that was it.
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Re: SpaceX F9 : Starlink v1.0 L8 Rideshare : June 13, 2020
« Reply #136 on: 06/13/2020 09:33 am »
Just over a minute to Skysat 18 separation.
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Re: SpaceX F9 : Starlink v1.0 L8 Rideshare : June 13, 2020
« Reply #137 on: 06/13/2020 09:34 am »
Skysat 18 away.
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Re: SpaceX F9 : Starlink v1.0 L8 Rideshare : June 13, 2020
« Reply #138 on: 06/13/2020 09:35 am »
Skysat 17 away.
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Re: SpaceX F9 : Starlink v1.0 L8 Rideshare : June 13, 2020
« Reply #139 on: 06/13/2020 09:35 am »
Skysat 16 away.
Akin's Laws of Spacecraft Design #1:  Engineering is done with numbers.  Analysis without numbers is only an opinion.

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