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T+8 minutes.
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Touchdown and cutoff! Good orbit.
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End of coverage. Upcoming events.

00:47:16    2nd stage engine starts (SES-2)
00:47:20    2nd stage engine cutoff (SECO-2)
00:49:51    AST SpaceMobile’s BlueWalker 3 satellite deploys
01:07:36    2nd stage engine starts (SES-3)
01:07:38    2nd stage engine cutoff (SECO-3)
01:53:56    2nd stage engine starts (SES-4)
01:54:05    2nd stage engine cutoff (SECO-4)
02:03:49    Starlink satellites deploy
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Expected LOS Bermuda.
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LAUNCH! Falcon 9 B1058 (14th!! Flight) launches with Starlink 4-2 mission with BlueWalker 3.

Overview:
https://nasaspaceflight.com/2022/09/starlink-4-2-launch/ - by Danny Lentz.

Livestream:
youtube.com/watch?v=ad7CraPir8o
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Staging 1-2.
https://twitter.com/NASASpaceflight/status/1568773701646295040
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Falcon 9 B1058 lands on SpaceX drone ship "A Shortfall Of Gravitas", completing a record 14th mission for this booster!

The landings are always cool, but the economics of 14 flights from a booster that most companies expend after one flight is game-changing!

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T+17 minutes. Expected LOS New Foundland. AOS Goonhilly.
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T+25 minutes. Expected LOS Goonhilly.
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B1058 becomes the first booster to complete 14 flights with Starlink 4-2!

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T+38 minutes. AOS Diego Garcia.
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T+47 minutes and 16 seconds. Second ignition for 4 seconds should be starting now.

"Nominal orbit insertion."
« Last Edit: 09/11/2022 02:08 am by Steven Pietrobon »
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Expected LOS Mauritius.
Expected LOS Diego Garcia.

T+49 minutes and 51 seconds. BlueWalker 3 should be separating now.
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T+1 hour. BlueWalker 3 separation confirmed. AOS Tasmania.
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T+1 hour, 7 minutes and 36 seconds. Third ignition for two seconds should be happening now.

"Nominal orbit insertion."
« Last Edit: 09/11/2022 02:28 am by Steven Pietrobon »
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T+1 hour and 10 minutes. Expected LOS Tasmania.
« Last Edit: 09/11/2022 02:32 am by Steven Pietrobon »
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T+1 hour and 34 minutes. AOS South Texas.
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T+1 hour and 40 minutes. AOS Cape.
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T+1 hour and 44 minutes. Expected LOS South Texas. AOS Bermuda.

T+1 hour and 45 minutes. AOS New Foundland.

T+1 hour and 46 minutes. Expected LOS Cape.
« Last Edit: 09/11/2022 03:06 am by Steven Pietrobon »
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T+1 hour, 53 minutes. AOS Goonhilly.

T+1 hour, 53 minutes and 56 seconds. Third ignition for nine seconds should be happening now. The long burn probably indicates an inclination change.

"Nominal orbit insertion."

T+1 hour, 54 minutes. Expected LOS New Foundland.
« Last Edit: 09/11/2022 03:15 am by Steven Pietrobon »
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Expected LOS Goonhilly.

T+2 hours, 3 minutes and 49 seconds. Starlink separation should be happening now.
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T+2 hours and 10 minutes.  AOS Malindi.
« Last Edit: 09/11/2022 03:31 am by Steven Pietrobon »
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