Author Topic: SpaceX F9 : EROS C3 #1 : Vandenberg : 29/30 December 2022 (07:38 UTC)  (Read 33710 times)

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First stage separation.

Boostback burn.

Fairing separation.

T+3 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+4 minutes. Nominal trajectories.
Akin's Laws of Spacecraft Design #1:  Engineering is done with numbers.  Analysis without numbers is only an opinion.

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T+5 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+6 minutes.
Akin's Laws of Spacecraft Design #1:  Engineering is done with numbers.  Analysis without numbers is only an opinion.

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Entry burn.

T+7 minutes.
Akin's Laws of Spacecraft Design #1:  Engineering is done with numbers.  Analysis without numbers is only an opinion.

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Touchdown!
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T+9 minutes.
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/1608731466640523264

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RTLS touchdown at LZ-4. Final SpaceX launch of the year and another successful booster landing. 11th complete launch and landing for Falcon 9 B1061.

160 recoveries for Falcon rockets in total.

SpaceX Webcast:
youtube.com/watch?v=V0OQfu…

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Cutoff. Nominal orbit insertion.
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MVac image just before shutdown.
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And my favorite stat: 86th successful landing in a row since the last landing failure

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Upcoming event.

00:14:46    ISI EROS C-3 deploys

AOS Hawaii.
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One minute to separation.
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Separation!
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Deployment of @ImageSatIntl EROS C-3 confirmed

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End of SpaceX webcast.

Congratulations to SpaceX and ISI for the successful launch!

Happy New Year to one and all. :-)
« Last Edit: 12/30/2022 06:55 am by Steven Pietrobon »
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Congratulations to SpaceX and ISI! 🎉

A stellar year for SpaceX with 61 missions all complete successes; way beyond what most of us thought a year ago! Can’t wait to see what  they achieve in 2023.

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Thank you, Steven, for your launch thread coverage!
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This was also the last orbital launch of 2022 for planet Earth! 🌏 🌍 🌎
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