SpaceX F9 : Transporter-8 : Vandenberg : 12 June 2023 (21:35 UTC)

• #160 by FutureSpaceTourist on 12 Jun, 2023 21:30
• T-5

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• #161 by zubenelgenubi on 12 Jun, 2023 21:31
• Hosts providing slightly longer explanations than usual as there is more time to T-0.
• #162 by FutureSpaceTourist on 12 Jun, 2023 21:32
• S1 LOX load is complete
• #163 by FutureSpaceTourist on 12 Jun, 2023 21:33
• T-2

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• #164 by FutureSpaceTourist on 12 Jun, 2023 21:34
• T-1 Falcon is in start-up
• #165 by FutureSpaceTourist on 12 Jun, 2023 21:34
• LD is GO for launch
• #166 by FutureSpaceTourist on 12 Jun, 2023 21:35
• Liftoff!

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• #167 by FutureSpaceTourist on 12 Jun, 2023 21:36
• MaxQ
• #168 by FutureSpaceTourist on 12 Jun, 2023 21:37
• T+2

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• #169 by FutureSpaceTourist on 12 Jun, 2023 21:37
• MECO, stage sep and SES-1

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• #170 by FutureSpaceTourist on 12 Jun, 2023 21:38
• Fairing sep

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• #171 by FutureSpaceTourist on 12 Jun, 2023 21:40
• https://twitter.com/NASASpaceflight/status/1668371555536044033
  
  

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  SpaceX Falcon 9 B1071-9 launches 72 payloads on the Transporter-8 mission from SLC-4E at Vandenberg.
  
  Overview:
  https://nasaspaceflight.com/2023/06/spacex-transporter-8/… - by Danny Lentz.
  
  Livestream:
  youtube.com/watch?v=zO3luySkHQU
• #172 by FutureSpaceTourist on 12 Jun, 2023 21:40
• T+5

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• #173 by FutureSpaceTourist on 12 Jun, 2023 21:41
• https://twitter.com/NASASpaceflight/status/1668372216831000579
  
  

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  Staging 1-2.
  
  Hi again, stubby MVac nozzle.
• #174 by FutureSpaceTourist on 12 Jun, 2023 21:41
• Entry burn

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• #175 by FutureSpaceTourist on 12 Jun, 2023 21:43
• Landed! For the 200th time!!

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• #176 by FutureSpaceTourist on 12 Jun, 2023 21:44
• SECO-1 & nominal orbit

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• #177 by FutureSpaceTourist on 12 Jun, 2023 21:45
• Coming up next:
  
  

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  00:56:52   2nd stage engine starts (SES-2)
  00:56:55   2nd stage engine cutoff (SECO-2)
  00:59:59   FOSSASAT-FEROX deploys, manifested by Maverick Space Systems

  
  Followed by the other deployments
• #178 by FutureSpaceTourist on 12 Jun, 2023 21:47
• https://twitter.com/nasaspaceflight/status/1668373536660914176
  
  

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  200 successful recoveries of a SpaceX Falcon booster - achieved via the 126th consecutive successful landing!
  
  Falcon 9 B1071 lands RTLS at LZ-4.
• #179 by FutureSpaceTourist on 12 Jun, 2023 21:54
• https://twitter.com/alexphysics13/status/1668375943868547072
  
  

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  I was thinking of doing a tweet with all the landing stats on text format but there's a lot so here's a screenshot of my spreadsheet which is easier
  
  It feels like there were more but only 11 surface landings failed, last one occurred 126 landings ago!

  
  

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  For "surface landing" I refer to those landings that attempted to land the booster on a solid surface for recovery. There were splashdown landings as you can see on the sheet but even then there'd be only two more failures to add, not a lot of failures overall.

  
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  The 200th count includes B1055 (FH center core used for Arabsat-6A launch in 2019, landed on drone ship but tipped overboard while in transport), correct?

  
  https://twitter.com/alexphysics13/status/1668381119262212100
  
  

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  Yes, I have a note for that as successful landing but not recovery. I used to count them separately on different sheets but since it's very rare I just add a note on the sheet and make one single count

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