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Starting strongback retract.

T-4 minutes.
Akin's Laws of Spacecraft Design #1:  Engineering is done with numbers.  Analysis without numbers is only an opinion.

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T-3 minutes. Stage 1 LOX load is complete.
Akin's Laws of Spacecraft Design #1:  Engineering is done with numbers.  Analysis without numbers is only an opinion.

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T-2 minutes. Stage 2 LOX load is complete.
Akin's Laws of Spacecraft Design #1:  Engineering is done with numbers.  Analysis without numbers is only an opinion.

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T-1 minute. Falcon 9 is in startup.

LD go for launch.
Akin's Laws of Spacecraft Design #1:  Engineering is done with numbers.  Analysis without numbers is only an opinion.

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Liftoff!
Akin's Laws of Spacecraft Design #1:  Engineering is done with numbers.  Analysis without numbers is only an opinion.

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https://twitter.com/nasaspaceflight/status/1600980768637210624

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LAUNCH! SpaceX Falcon 9 B1069 launches with 40 OneWeb Flight 15 out of KSC 39A.

Overview:
nasaspaceflight.com/2022/12/oneweb…

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

https://twitter.com/spacex/status/1600980659391983616

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Liftoff!
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T+1 minute.
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T+2 minutes.
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First stage separation.

Boostback.

T+3 minutes.
« Last Edit: 12/08/2022 09:33 pm by Steven Pietrobon »
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Fairing separation.

T+4 minutes.
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T+5 minutes.
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T+6 minutes.
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Entry burn.

T+7 minutes.
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Landing burn.

Touchdown!

T+8 minutes.
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Cutoff.

T+9 minutes.
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Nominal orbit insertion.

T+10 minutes. Upcoming events.

00:55:14    2nd stage engine starts (SES-2)
00:55:17    2nd stage engine cutoff (SECO-2)
00:58:28    14 OneWeb satellites deploy
01:13:53    13 OneWeb satellites deploy
01:29:18    13 OneWeb satellites deploy
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https://twitter.com/johnkrausphotos/status/1600984184532570113

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In one of the most spectacular rocket launches in recent memory, SpaceX’s Falcon 9 launches at sunset with 40 OneWeb satellites headed to orbit

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https://twitter.com/johnkrausphotos/status/1600984993492135937

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Falcon 9’s first stage performs its reentry burn after launching 40 OneWeb satellites to orbit
« Last Edit: 12/08/2022 09:46 pm by FutureSpaceTourist »

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