SpaceX F9 : Inmarsat-6 F2 (GX6B) : CCSFS SLC-40 : 17/18 Feb 2023 03:59 UTC

• #80 by Steven Pietrobon on 18 Feb, 2023 03:00
• Liftoff!

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• #81 by Steven Pietrobon on 18 Feb, 2023 03:01
• T+1 minute.

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• #82 by FutureSpaceTourist on 18 Feb, 2023 03:01
• https://twitter.com/nasaspaceflight/status/1626793693381382144
  
  

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  LAUNCH! SpaceX Falcon 9 B1077's third flight, launching Inmarsat I-6 F2 from SLC-40.
  
  Overview:
  nasaspaceflight.com/2023/02/inmars… - by Trevor Sesnic (@124970MeV).
  
  NSF Livestream:
  youtube.com/watch?v=PfDMIB…

  
  https://twitter.com/spacex/status/1626793574682738689
  
  

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  Liftoff!
• #83 by Steven Pietrobon on 18 Feb, 2023 03:02
• T+2 minutes.

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• #84 by FutureSpaceTourist on 18 Feb, 2023 03:03
• https://twitter.com/nasaspaceflight/status/1626794281401827328
  
  

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  Staging 1-2.
• #85 by Steven Pietrobon on 18 Feb, 2023 03:03
• First stage separation.
  
  Second stage ignition.
  
  T+3 minutes.

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• #86 by Steven Pietrobon on 18 Feb, 2023 03:05
• Fairing separation.
  
  T+4 minutes.

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• #87 by Steven Pietrobon on 18 Feb, 2023 03:05
• T+5 minutes.

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• #88 by Steven Pietrobon on 18 Feb, 2023 03:06
• T+6 minutes.

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• #89 by Steven Pietrobon on 18 Feb, 2023 03:07
• Entry burn.
  
  T+7 minutes.

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• #90 by Steven Pietrobon on 18 Feb, 2023 03:07
• T+8 minutes.

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• #91 by FutureSpaceTourist on 18 Feb, 2023 03:09
• https://twitter.com/nasaspaceflight/status/1626795753904431104
  
  

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  SpaceX Falcon 9 B1077 completes its third mission, landing on the drone ship "Just Read the Instructions"
  
  youtube.com/watch?v=PfDMIB…
• #92 by Steven Pietrobon on 18 Feb, 2023 03:10
• Cutoff, landing burn and touchdown!

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• #93 by Steven Pietrobon on 18 Feb, 2023 03:12
• T+9 minutes. Upcoming events.
  
  00:26:10    2nd stage engine starts (SES-2)
  00:27:13    2nd stage engine cutoff (SECO-2)
  00:32:14    Inmarsat’s I-6 F2 deploys

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• #94 by FutureSpaceTourist on 18 Feb, 2023 03:15
• https://twitter.com/_mgde_/status/1626796679859953664
  
  

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  Falcon 9 & Inmarsat-6 - ✌🏻 out girl scouts
  
  Liftoff at 10:59pm EST from SLC-40 at the Cape Canaveral Space Force Station
• #95 by FutureSpaceTourist on 18 Feb, 2023 03:16
• twitter.com/trevormahlmann/status/1626797062074376195
  
  

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  Falcon 9 lifts off from SLC-40 tonight from 2 miles away. Thanks to the @SLDelta45 for supporting these late-night, weekend launch attempts with this close viewing for photography like this!🚀

  
  https://twitter.com/trevormahlmann/status/1626797863819743232
  
  

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  Falcon 9 disappears into the cover of night, shrouded in low-level clouds just seconds after liftoff tonight from Cape Canaveral, Florida☁️🚀
• #96 by FutureSpaceTourist on 18 Feb, 2023 03:21
• https://twitter.com/spacecoast_stve/status/1626798311020560384
  
  

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  The busiest rocket in the land takes to the skies for the 2nd time today!
  
  This particular Falcon 9 is carrying Inmarsat I-6 F2 to geostationary transfer orbit, and the satellite will then propel itself to its final geostationary orbit.
  
  Mission overview: https://www.nasaspaceflight.com/2023/02/inmarsat-i-6-f2/

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• #97 by Steven Pietrobon on 18 Feb, 2023 03:22
• T+20 minutes. Approaching Africa.

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• #98 by Steven Pietrobon on 18 Feb, 2023 03:25
• AOS Gabon.
  
  T+25 minutes and 10 seconds. One minute to second ignition for one minute and three seconds.

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• #99 by Steven Pietrobon on 18 Feb, 2023 03:26
• Ignition.

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