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Strongback retracted, LOX load complete

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Liftoff!
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MECO, stage separation, fairing deployment
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Just Read the Instructions

(I spy a sweet paint job)

https://twitter.com/SpaceXFleet/status/1401393102368149504

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Entry burn

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Stuck the landing, Jessie is happy
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SECO-1 with nominal insertion, coverage resumes at T+25

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Re: SpaceX F9 : SXM-8 : CCSFS SLC-40 : 6 June 2021 (0426 UTC)
« Reply #88 on: 06/06/2021 04:53 am »
SES-2 nominal
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Re: SpaceX F9 : SXM-8 : CCSFS SLC-40 : 6 June 2021 (0426 UTC)
« Reply #89 on: 06/06/2021 04:56 am »
Deployment coming up at T+31

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Re: SpaceX F9 : SXM-8 : CCSFS SLC-40 : 6 June 2021 (0426 UTC)
« Reply #90 on: 06/06/2021 04:59 am »
SXM-8 successfully deployed
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Re: SpaceX F9 : SXM-8 : CCSFS SLC-40 : 6 June 2021 (0426 UTC)
« Reply #94 on: 06/06/2021 06:45 am »
https://twitter.com/spacecoast_stve/status/1401407613598842880

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Is your @SIRIUSXM coming in clear?
The next generation #SXM8 satellite has been deployed, and will continue to make its way to geostationary orbit before going into service.

Overview by Trevor Sesnic (@124970MeV) and Lee Kanayama (@Falcon_1e): https://www.nasaspaceflight.com/2021/06/sxm8-launch/

https://twitter.com/spacecoast_stve/status/1401422196099239937

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Falcon 9 punches a hole in the cloud layer, and then lights it up!

Typically, clouds are a bummer when watching a launch, but the way those 9 Merlins lit up that thin cloud layer looked really cool, as they pushed @SIRIUSXM's #SXM8 satellite to orbit!

https://www.nasaspaceflight.com/2021/06/sxm8-launch/

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Re: SpaceX F9 : SXM-8 : CCSFS SLC-40 : 6 June 2021 (0426 UTC)
« Reply #95 on: 06/06/2021 06:51 am »
https://twitter.com/trevormahlmann/status/1401399174025859075

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another @spacex falcon 9 leaves the nest🚀 #sxm8
tried a new technique for this one tonight!

⚙️/⬇️/🖼: tmahlmann.com/photos/Rockets…

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Liftoff!

At 12:26am (ET) Sunday, #SpaceX launched the #SXM8 satellite atop a flight-proven #Falcon9 rocket. Minutes later, the booster was successfully recovered.

This was the (cloudy) view from Palm Shores, 25-miles south of the pad.

📷:me/@WeReportSpace

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Re: SpaceX F9 : SXM-8 : CCSFS SLC-40 : 6 June 2021 (0426 UTC)
« Reply #96 on: 06/06/2021 07:15 am »
SpaceX launch photos by Ben Cooper

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Re: SpaceX F9 : SXM-8 : CCSFS SLC-40 : 6 June 2021 (0426 UTC)
« Reply #97 on: 06/06/2021 08:36 am »
2 objects as now

2021-049A/48838
19,379 km x 235 km, 26.49º

2021-049B/48839
19,353 km x 188 km, 26.82º

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Re: SpaceX F9 : SXM-8 : CCSFS SLC-40 : 6 June 2021 (0426 UTC)
« Reply #98 on: 06/06/2021 08:56 am »
Forgot to upload the captured "press kit", it is the version without the Fairing separation event

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Re: SpaceX F9 : SXM-8 : CCSFS SLC-40 : 6 June 2021 (0426 UTC)
« Reply #99 on: 06/06/2021 09:00 am »
2 objects as now

2021-049A/48838
19,379 km x 235 km, 26.49º

2021-049B/48839
19,353 km x 188 km, 26.82º

2021-049A/48838: GTO-2202m/s
2021-049B/48839: GTO-2212m/s

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