Author Topic: SpaceX F9 : Transporter-7 Rideshare : VSFB SLC-4E : 15 April 2023 (06:48 UTC) (Read 89328 times)

Steven Pietrobon · « **Reply #220 on:** 04/15/2023 08:34 am »

T+1 hour 45 minutes and 15 seconds. One minute to third ignition for one second.

Steven Pietrobon · « **Reply #221 on:** 04/15/2023 08:35 am »

Ignition and good orbit!

Steven Pietrobon · « **Reply #222 on:** 04/15/2023 08:49 am »

T+2 hours. Near New Zealand.

Steven Pietrobon · « **Reply #223 on:** 04/15/2023 09:04 am »

T+2 hours and 15 minutes. Over Antarctica.

FutureSpaceTourist · « **Reply #224 on:** 04/15/2023 09:05 am »

https://twitter.com/d_orbit/status/1647160928339914753

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📢We are happy to confirm the successful launch of Guardian, the 10th commercial mission of ION Satellite Carrier, D-Orbit's OTV. ION lifted off on April 14 at 11:48 p.m. PDT from SLC-4E aboard @SpaceX 's Transporter-7 mission. Read more https://www.linkedin.com/posts/d-orbit_we-are-happy-to-confirm-the-successful-launch-activity-7052923833313292288-BPHu
📷 Credits: SpaceX

Steven Pietrobon · « **Reply #225 on:** 04/15/2023 09:11 am »

T+2 hours and 22 minutes. AOS HBK.

Steven Pietrobon · « **Reply #226 on:** 04/15/2023 09:17 am »

Engine chill.

Steven Pietrobon · « **Reply #227 on:** 04/15/2023 09:18 am »

Big piece of solid oxygen.

AOS Gabon.

Steven Pietrobon · « **Reply #228 on:** 04/15/2023 09:19 am »

T+2 hours 30 minutes and 9 seconds. One minute to fourth ignition for one second.

Steven Pietrobon · « **Reply #229 on:** 04/15/2023 09:20 am »

Ignition and cutoff. Nominal orbit insertion.

Steven Pietrobon · « **Reply #230 on:** 04/15/2023 09:21 am »

Payload views.

Steven Pietrobon · « **Reply #231 on:** 04/15/2023 09:23 am »

T+2 hours 34 minutes and 19 seconds. One minute to final separation of IMECE.

Steven Pietrobon · « **Reply #232 on:** 04/15/2023 09:24 am »

Separation confirmed!

FutureSpaceTourist · « **Reply #233 on:** 04/15/2023 09:25 am »

https://twitter.com/spacex/status/1647168916261851137

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Rideshare deployment sequence complete

Steven Pietrobon · « **Reply #234 on:** 04/15/2023 09:25 am »

36 deployments successfully completed. End of webcast.

Congratulations to SpaceX and all their customers for the successful launch!

FutureSpaceTourist · « **Reply #235 on:** 04/15/2023 09:46 am »

https://twitter.com/spacex/status/1647173255743291393

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Falcon 9 launches SpaceX’s seventh dedicated rideshare mission

FutureSpaceTourist · « **Reply #236 on:** 04/15/2023 11:16 am »

https://twitter.com/momentusspace/status/1647195277982576642

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Vigoride-6 is in orbit! We have established contact with the vehicle and confirmed that both solar arrays are deployed and the vehicle is generating power and charging its batteries💪

Read more about our third Vigoride mission ⬇️

https://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20230413005886/en/Momentus-Launches-Vigoride-6-Orbital-Service-Vehicle-on-SpaceX-Transporter-7-Mission

📸: @SpaceX

FutureSpaceTourist · « **Reply #237 on:** 04/15/2023 11:19 am »

https://twitter.com/exolaunch/status/1647191128209346560

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#Transporter7 mission accomplished! Thank you @SpaceX for a perfect #Falcon9 launch. We're proud to share this achievement with all customers who trusted us to deploy their #satellites in orbit! Launch images: SpaceX #LaunchWithExolaunch #CubeSat #Microsat #LaunchServices

FutureSpaceTourist · « **Reply #238 on:** 04/15/2023 11:20 am »

https://twitter.com/tskelso/status/1647185319006203905

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CelesTrak has post-deployment SupGP data for all 36 deployments from the Transporter-7 launch, thanks to @SpaceX's support. Details can be seen at https://celestrak.org/NORAD/elements/supplemental/ and https://celestrak.org/NORAD/elements/supplemental/table.php?FILE=transporter-7

Norm38 · « **Reply #239 on:** 04/15/2023 12:44 pm »

I posted some questions in the Merlin 1D engine general thread. It sounds like a lot of interesting engine changes happened on this flight.