Author Topic: SpaceX F9 : Galaxy 31/Galaxy 32 : CCSFS SLC-40 : Nov. 12, 2022 (16:06 UTC) (Read 66485 times)

edkyle99 · « **Reply #80 on:** 11/12/2022 01:50 pm »

Quote from: ZachS09 on 11/12/2022 01:21 pm

https://spaceflightnow.com/2022/11/12/falcon-9-galaxy-31-32-live-coverage/

The combined mass for Galaxy 31/Galaxy 32 is 6,600 kilograms, which is less than the Galaxy 33/34 stack.

I don’t know why that one Intelsat official said the Galaxy 31/Galaxy 32 stack weighs more than the other stack.

Could be the official meant the combined mass after reaching their final orbit in GEO.

- Ed Kyle

FutureSpaceTourist · « **Reply #81 on:** 11/12/2022 02:20 pm »

https://twitter.com/nasaspaceflight/status/1591451736346185734

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SpaceX Falcon 9 B1051's final launch, with Galaxy 31-32 from SLC-40 at Cape Canaveral.

Overview:
https://www.nasaspaceflight.com/2022/11/galaxy-31-32/

Livestream:

ZachS09 · « **Reply #82 on:** 11/12/2022 02:24 pm »

Quote from: edkyle99 on 11/12/2022 01:50 pm

Quote from: ZachS09 on 11/12/2022 01:21 pm
https://spaceflightnow.com/2022/11/12/falcon-9-galaxy-31-32-live-coverage/

The combined mass for Galaxy 31/Galaxy 32 is 6,600 kilograms, which is less than the Galaxy 33/34 stack.

I don’t know why that one Intelsat official said the Galaxy 31/Galaxy 32 stack weighs more than the other stack.
Could be the official meant the combined mass after reaching their final orbit in GEO.

- Ed Kyle

The SFN article I listed said the 6,600-kilogram number refers to the fully-fueled mass prior to launch.

FutureSpaceTourist · « **Reply #83 on:** 11/12/2022 02:30 pm »

https://twitter.com/intelsat/status/1591451469882200064

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Less than an hour until launch!🚀Galaxy 31 (bottom) and 32 (top) shown here stacked before being loaded into the @SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket. The @Maxar-built satellites are scheduled for launch at 11:06 a.m. EST today. intl.st/3TwAxNg

Rondaz · « **Reply #84 on:** 11/12/2022 02:41 pm »

SpaceX Falcon 9 B1051's final launch, with Galaxy 31-32 from SLC-40 at Cape Canaveral.

https://twitter.com/NASASpaceflight/status/1591451736346185734

Rondaz · « **Reply #85 on:** 11/12/2022 02:54 pm »

T-minus 15 minutes. Propellant loading continues on SpaceX's Falcon 9 rocket at Cape Canaveral.

The Falcon 9's first stage booster will be expended today, allowing the rocket to deploy Intelsat's Galaxy 31 and 32 satellites into a higher-altitude orbit.

https://twitter.com/SpaceflightNow/status/1591459058137141251

Rondaz · « **Reply #86 on:** 11/12/2022 02:55 pm »

Intelsat's Galaxy 31 and 32 satellites, seen here, weigh about 14,500 pounds (6.6 metric tons) at launch. Intelsat paid SpaceX an additional fee to devote all of the Falcon 9 rocket's propellant to deliver the satellites into a higher orbit.

https://twitter.com/SpaceflightNow/status/1591433492465868803

Rondaz · « **Reply #87 on:** 11/12/2022 02:57 pm »

Fancy a rocket launch? The of@Maxar The satellites #Galaxy 31 and 32 built for #Intelsat will lift off from the Cape today at 17:06 CET with a #Falcon9 . This is the 185th launch of a Falcon 9. This time the booster will not land (undamaged).

https://twitter.com/FloSpacenerd/status/1591354582399127552

wannamoonbase · « **Reply #88 on:** 11/12/2022 03:08 pm »

Looking forward to see the velocity at MECO.

We don’t get to see that too often with an expended stage.

Edit: 9770 KPH

Sorry to see a booster expended, but what a ride! Also, great job on the payload fairing halves each on their 5th flight.

pb2000 · « **Reply #89 on:** 11/12/2022 03:15 pm »

SECO-1

Rondaz · « **Reply #90 on:** 11/12/2022 03:16 pm »

Liftoff!

https://twitter.com/SpaceX/status/1591462499810877442

Rondaz · « **Reply #91 on:** 11/12/2022 03:16 pm »

Staging 1-2.

https://twitter.com/NASASpaceflight/status/1591463270396923905

Rondaz · « **Reply #92 on:** 11/12/2022 03:17 pm »

Watch Falcon 9 launch the @Intelsat G-31/G-32 mission to orbit..

https://twitter.com/SpaceX/status/1591459897194909696

Rondaz · « **Reply #93 on:** 11/12/2022 03:19 pm »

#Galaxy31 #Galaxy32 liftoff from SLC-40. Rest east B1051

https://twitter.com/baserunner0723/status/1591464947518943232

Rondaz · « **Reply #94 on:** 11/12/2022 03:20 pm »

SECO-1 and farewell to Booster 1051 after 14 missions.

https://twitter.com/NASASpaceflight/status/1591464968058183687

Rondaz · « **Reply #95 on:** 11/12/2022 03:38 pm »

SpaceX's Falcon 9 rocket has placed Intelsat's Galaxy 31 and 32 satellites into a parking orbit. Another key upper stage burn is planned at T+plus 27 minutes, followed by payload deployment.

Here's a view from the Falcon 9 showing the satellite stack.

https://twitter.com/SpaceflightNow/status/1591465542665523201

Rondaz · « **Reply #96 on:** 11/12/2022 03:39 pm »

SpaceX's Falcon 9 upper stage has completed its second and final burn on today's mission, accelerating Intelsat's Galaxy 31 and 32 satellites into a supersynchronous transfer orbit and reaching a top speed of more than 22,400 mph (36,100 km per hour).

https://twitter.com/SpaceflightNow/status/1591470254072291328

Rondaz · « **Reply #97 on:** 11/12/2022 03:42 pm »

Deployment of @Intelsat Galaxy 32 confirmed

https://twitter.com/SpaceX/status/1591471039124381696

FutureSpaceTourist · « **Reply #98 on:** 11/12/2022 03:46 pm »

https://twitter.com/spacex/status/1591472343892709376

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Deployment of @Intelsat Galaxy 31 confirmed

Rondaz · « **Reply #99 on:** 11/12/2022 03:47 pm »

#SpaceX launches satellites Galaxy 31 & 32 for @INTELSAT from SLC-40 this morning at 11:06am EST.

https://twitter.com/mdcainjr/status/1591468940915531780