Author Topic: SpaceX F9 : OneWeb F15 (40x) : KSC LC-39A : 8 December 2022 (22:27 UTC)  (Read 82968 times)

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https://twitter.com/spacex/status/1600968359876575232

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Less than 1 hour until Falcon 9’s launch of the @OneWeb 1 mission; weather forecast has improved to >90% chance of favorable conditions at liftoff → spacex.com/launches

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F9/OneWeb 15: Good afternoon; we're standing by for launch of a Falcon 9 from KSC pad 39A carrying 40 OneWeb internet relay satellites; liftoff is targeted for 5:27:48pm EST (2227 UTC); weather is forecast 90% go..

https://twitter.com/cbs_spacenews/status/1600965501186117632

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T-45 minutes.

Credit Spaceflight Now.
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As we move closer toward launch, we wanted to reflect on the patch for this mission with @SpaceX.

Launch #15 - and this mission patch - celebrate vital co-operation in space, alongside our purpose to show that connection everywhere changes everything.

https://twitter.com/OneWeb/status/1600944831723114497

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T-38 minutes. Launch director should be giving a go to start propellant loading.
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https://twitter.com/nasaspaceflight/status/1600970746591076352

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SpaceX Falcon 9 B1069 set to launch OneWeb Flight 15 from KSC 39A.

Overview:
https://www.nasaspaceflight.com/2022/12/oneweb-15/

NSF Livestream:
youtube.com/watch?v=sMbrEl…

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Tanks pressing for prop load.

T-35 minutes. First stage LOX and first and second stage RP-1 loading should be starting about now.

Launch autosequence has started. Abort procedure has been given.
« Last Edit: 12/08/2022 08:53 pm by Steven Pietrobon »
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T-30 minutes.
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T-25 minutes. Seeing vapour from first stage, indicating that propellant loading has begun.
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This will be the 8th polar orbit launch aboard a Falcon 9 from Florida, but the first from LC-39A.  The previous 7 were all from SLC-40 to Sun-Synchronous Orbits.
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Stage 2 RP-1 load is complete.

T-20 minute vent.
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T-16 minutes. Second stage LOX loading should be starting about now.
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SpaceX coverage has started.
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New webcast host?
SpaceX coverage has started.



A reminder regarding sunset time today from
Ben Cooper's Launch Photography Viewing Guide:
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Sunset is 5:25 pm.

Edit following launch: Sunlit launch during evening twilight, and clear skies, made for the spectacular launch views!



Reminder: We have a second American orbital launch scheduled today UTC--the inaugural launch of ABL's RS1, currently set for 23:37 UTC.  Launch thread here.  There is no webcast.

Edit: RS1 launch today aborted.
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T-10 minutes. Showing OneWeb promo video.
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T-7 minutes. Engine chill should be starting about now.
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Stage 1 RP-1 load complete.

T-6 minutes.
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T-5 minutes.

Tanks pressing for strongback retract.
Akin's Laws of Spacecraft Design #1:  Engineering is done with numbers.  Analysis without numbers is only an opinion.

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