Author Topic: SpaceX F9 : Cygnus NG-20 : CCSFS SLC-40 : 30 January 2024 (17:07 UTC)  (Read 56223 times)

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T+4 boost back burn is complete

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https://twitter.com/nasaspaceflight/status/1752378915899797790

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Staging 1-2. Booster heading back for a RTLS landing.

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T+6
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Entry burrn
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Amazing landing views!
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SECO-1 and nominal orbit insertion
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Cygnus deployed!
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NASA praising NG and SpaceX for working together so well

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https://twitter.com/trevormahlmann/status/1752382643017228406

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Falcon 9 breaking the speed of sound as it goes to and fro💥

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And Cygnus S/C Sep. That all went very well for Cygnus' first ride on Falcon 9.

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Cygnus solar array deployment in about an hour and forty minutes

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Webcast has ended

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https://twitter.com/gwynne_shotwell/status/1752383319961227757

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Congrats to the @NorthropGrumman and @SpaceX teams on today’s successful launch of Cygnus NG-20 to the @Space_Station. This is Falcon 9’s second launch to the orbiting laboratory in under two weeks and 10th launch so far this year!!

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That short burst of (smoke?  vapor?) from the 1st stage after entry burn and before landing burn was quite dramatic.

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What was that puff of white smoke that emitted from the first stage after the entry burn ended? Mid-air venting?

I saw that also occur during the Falcon Heavy side booster landings after entry burn shutdown starting with USSF-44.
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Liftoff for St. Jude's! Go Dragon, Go Falcon, Godspeed Inspiration4!

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I'll add my congratulations to NG, NASA and SpaceX for what looked like a textbook launch.

Also congratulations to SpaceX for 10 launches in January and for the great day time views!

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Possibly a view of the hatch from inside the fairing?

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