Author Topic: SpaceX F9 : Starlink v1.0 L16 : KSC LC-39A : 20 Jan 2021 (1302 UTC)  (Read 71526 times)

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1st stage flight
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MECO, 1-2 separation and Second Stage startup.

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Fairings separated. Starlinks exposed.
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Falling 1st stage, 2nd stage continues onward.
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1st stage AFTS safed, entry burn.
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First stage video cutout, winds?
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Stuck the landing with the life leader. Could see some spray on the water next to the barge, but the vehicle corrected for it.

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Nominal insertion. 35 min coast.
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https://twitter.com/SpaceX/status/1351880155145273351?s=20

Stuck the landing like an experienced fleet leader!  great launch, really nice to see more Starlink going up and a smooth rapid turnaround of the first stage and more reuse of the payload fairing.

Well done SpaceX team.
Starship, Vulcan and Ariane 6 have all reached orbit.  New Glenn, well we are waiting!

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Weird that NSF Live ended coverage before payload deployment...

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Weird that NSF Live ended coverage before payload deployment...

Says deploy later this launch, also the crew deserves the short stream, they’ve put the awesome work in and deserve some rest  :)

(Also potentially some SN9 action later, may have to do with it)

Appreciate the stream we were given regardless.
"The Starship has landed"

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Good stage 2 relight and shut down.
« Last Edit: 01/20/2021 12:49 pm by RocketLover0119 »
"The Starship has landed"

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Pretty early-morning liftoff of Falcon 9 and the seventeenth Starlink mission.

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