SpaceX F9 : EarthCARE : VSFB SLC-4E : 28 May 2024 (22:20 UTC)

• #60 by FutureSpaceTourist on 28 May, 2024 22:47
• https://twitter.com/nasaspaceflight/status/1795581089458909539
  
  

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  LAUNCH! Falcon 9 B1081-7 launches the EarthCARE mission for ESA.
  
  Overview:
  nasaspaceflight.com/2024/05/earthc… - by William Graham (@w_d_graham).
• #61 by FutureSpaceTourist on 28 May, 2024 22:51
• Liftoff!

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• #62 by FutureSpaceTourist on 28 May, 2024 22:52
• T-1; MaxQ

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• #63 by FutureSpaceTourist on 28 May, 2024 22:55
• MECO, separation & SES-1

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• #64 by FutureSpaceTourist on 28 May, 2024 22:56
• Fairing separation

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• #65 by FutureSpaceTourist on 28 May, 2024 22:57
• https://twitter.com/nasaspaceflight/status/1795581726800179481
  
  

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  Staging 1-2.
  
  Booster returning RTLS to LZ-4
• #66 by FutureSpaceTourist on 28 May, 2024 22:59
• T+5

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• #67 by FutureSpaceTourist on 28 May, 2024 22:59
• Entry burn

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• #68 by FutureSpaceTourist on 28 May, 2024 23:02
• Landed!

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• #69 by FutureSpaceTourist on 28 May, 2024 23:04
• https://twitter.com/nasaspaceflight/status/1795583147993952347
  
  

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  Another happy landing:
• #70 by FutureSpaceTourist on 28 May, 2024 23:04
• SECO

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• #71 by FutureSpaceTourist on 28 May, 2024 23:06
• Payload separation

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• #72 by FutureSpaceTourist on 28 May, 2024 23:06
• https://twitter.com/nasaspaceflight/status/1795583792113217590
  
  

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  And S/C Sep.
• #73 by FutureSpaceTourist on 28 May, 2024 23:07
• Full webcast:
  
  
• #74 by FutureSpaceTourist on 28 May, 2024 23:11
• https://twitter.com/spacecoastpix/status/1795587253986881663
  
  

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  Seen above the edge of the advancing @Marine_layer from 19.4 miles NW of the pad, @SpaceX's Falcon 9 lofts the @esa @JAXA  #earthcare satellite towards orbit before reentering for a landing at #Vandenberg. @NASASpaceflight
• #75 by FutureSpaceTourist on 28 May, 2024 23:16
• https://twitter.com/esaoperations/status/1795594989701059026
  
  

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  We hear you, #EarthCARE!
  
  Hartebeesthoek station in South Africa has received the satellite’s first signals from space. Telemetry is arriving clearly at ESA mission control in Germany.
• #76 by FutureSpaceTourist on 28 May, 2024 23:21
• https://twitter.com/esaoperations/status/1795595745057476777
  
  

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  We have confirmation that #EarthCARE’s first deployment is complete: the satellite has spread its solar wing, and is generating power.
  
  We have a mission!
• #77 by FutureSpaceTourist on 28 May, 2024 23:25
• https://twitter.com/turkeybeaver/status/1795597111154913378
  
  

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  Our first month with 13 Falcon launches. Congrats @SpaceX team!!!
• #78 by FutureSpaceTourist on 28 May, 2024 23:40
• https://twitter.com/w00ki33/status/1795600350164210023
  
  

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  Beautiful launch and landing of the @ESA_EO EarthCARE mission from Vandenberg SFB. This is a time lapse composite taken in one second intervals.
  
  Me for @NASASpaceflight

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• #79 by shiro on 29 May, 2024 04:08
• Some reusability stats for this launch (EarthCARE):
  
  Booster B1081.7 turnaround time:
  51 days 19 hours 55 minutes
  (its previous mission was Starlink Group 8-1 on Apr 7, 2024 UTC).
  
  FYI: median turnaround time for Falcon 9 / Heavy boosters is currently 35.01 days *
  * – based on the last 30 launches, excluding new first stages.
  
  Launchpad SLC-4E turnaround time:
  6 days 14 hours 20 minutes
  (the previous launch from this pad was NROL-146 on May 22, 2024 UTC).
  
  FYI: median turnaround time for SLC-4E is currently 9.63 days *
  * – based on the last 30 launches.
  
  The same type of stats for previous SpaceX launches may be found on this spreadsheet online.