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Posted: 6/28/2019 11:07:29 PM EDT
[Last Edit: AmericanPeople]
This post has summary information on one or more upcoming launches. Detailed information is provided in a later post (page and post numbers given). Launch dates and times are subject to change....especially Starlink launches.
A. Next launch: The discussion of the Falcon 9, Starlink 6-59 launch from Florida on 17 May 2024 starts on page 140 (Post xx). 1) Mission description: "A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket will launch another batch of Starlink V2 Mini internet satellites. The Falcon 9’s first stage booster will land on a drone ship in the Atlantic Ocean." SpaceFlightNow source 2) Launch window: 7:52 PM EDT (17 May 2024) 3) Launch site: SLC-40, Florida 4) Webcast viewing option(s):  SpaceX - Falcon 9 - Starlink Group 6-59 - SLC-40 - Cape Canaveral SFS - Space Affairs Live B. Following launch: The discussion of the Falcon 9, NROL-146 launch from California on 19 May 2024 starts on page 140 (Post xx). 1) Mission description: "A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket will launch the NROL-146 mission on behalf of the National Reconnaissance Office (NRO). According to Dr. Troy Meink, the NRO principal deputy director, this will be the first launch for the agency’s proliferated architecture, which focuses on space-based ISR (intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance). Reuters was the first to report that these satellites were built by SpaceX and Northrop Grumman under a classified $1.8 billion contract" SpaceFlightNow source 2) Launch window: 1:00 AM PDT (19 May 2024) 3) Launch site: SLC-4E, California 4) Webcast viewing option(s):  NET - SpaceX - Falcon 9 - NROL-146 - SLC-4E - Vandenberg SFB, CA. - Space Affairs Live C. Following launch: The discussion of the Falcon 9, Starlink 6-63 launch from Florida on 22 May 2024 starts on page 140 (Post xx). 1) Mission description: "A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket will launch another batch of Starlink V2 Mini internet satellites. The Falcon 9’s first stage booster will land on a drone ship in the Atlantic Ocean." SpaceFlightNow source 2) Launch window: 7:11 PM EDT (22 May 2024) 3) Launch site: SLC-40, Florida 4) Webcast viewing option(s): Notable future flights. Dates subject to change. 25 June 2024, Falcon Heavy, GOES-U. Florida A SpaceX Falcon Heavy will launch the fourth and final satellite of the next-generation series of geostationary weather satellites for NASA and NOAA. GOES-U will orbit 22,300 miles above the equator to monitor weather conditions across the United States. The satellite will be renamed GOES-19 once it reaches its operational orbit. October 2024, Falcon Heavy, Europa Clipper |
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ME, USA
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Posted: 5/15/2021 10:20:34 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By TacticalGarand44: Ah, I see. So they haven't landed a Falcon 9 booster on land? That makes more sense. falcon heavy is 3 falcon 9s they have landed maybe a dozen times on ground, when the payload was lighter, though interestingly a couple light one also landed on the barge. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Falcon_9_and_Falcon_Heavy_launches |
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Posted: 5/15/2021 10:23:06 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By TacticalGarand44: Ah, I see. So they haven't landed a Falcon 9 booster on land? That makes more sense. 19 RTLS landings for F9 so far |
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Posted: 5/15/2021 10:24:59 PM EDT
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Ok, thanks guys.
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FL, USA
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Posted: 5/16/2021 1:50:30 AM EDT
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Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By Neotopiaman: Elon Musk and SpaceX is beating the entirety of Russia all by itself. Russia is not the USSR... here is a little comparison: USSR circa 1960s: ~12% of world economy ~7% of world population ~28% of world military spending ~13% of world manufacturing output ~20% of world R&D expenditure ~20% of world energy production Russia circa today: ~1.7% of world economy ~1.9% of world population ~3.5% of world military spending ~1.2% of world manufacturing output ~0.8% of world R&D expenditure ~10% of world energy production Russia is a rounding error in global power. Nobody would give a shit about Russia if it weren't for oil and nukes. Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By Neotopiaman: Originally Posted By panzerfeist1: Oh yeah wait until I file a report against Space X that I am a person of color feeling discriminated against. https://www.businessinsider.com/spacex-investigation-doj-justice-hiring-discrimination-elon-musk-employment-legal-2021-1 You forgot the new motto of the U.S. Diversity > Talent. Elon Musk and SpaceX is beating the entirety of Russia all by itself. Russia is not the USSR... here is a little comparison: USSR circa 1960s: ~12% of world economy ~7% of world population ~28% of world military spending ~13% of world manufacturing output ~20% of world R&D expenditure ~20% of world energy production Russia circa today: ~1.7% of world economy ~1.9% of world population ~3.5% of world military spending ~1.2% of world manufacturing output ~0.8% of world R&D expenditure ~10% of world energy production Russia is a rounding error in global power. Nobody would give a shit about Russia if it weren't for oil and nukes. I used to worry more about Russia, until I found out that their economy was about the size of Italy's. |
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CO, USA
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Posted: 5/16/2021 9:50:07 AM EDT
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Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By RogueYoda: Did they just launch a group of star link satellites within the last hour or so? Is there a chance that I could see the train that they create after they launch them? If you want to send me a nearby town I can see if they are visible. SatFlare may not have the element set for this mission (L26). I did see them last night just before 1000 PM MDT. |
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Posted: 5/16/2021 10:14:10 AM EDT
[Last Edit: Neotopiaman]
[#6]
Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By ztug: I used to worry more about Russia, until I found out that their economy was about the size of Italy's. Russia's economy was the the size of Italy's back when Oil was $100+ per barrel. Now it's closer to Spain in size: Projected 2021 GDP: $22,875b United States $15,975b China $5,033b Japan $4,175b Germany $3,294b India $3,007b United Kingdom $2,922b France $2,108b Italy $1,880b Canada $1,803b South Korea $1,566b Russia $1,557b Australia $1,505b Brazil $1,423b Spain $1,247b Mexico $1,195b Indonesia $998b Netherlands $803b Turkey $763b Switzerland $738b Saudi Arabia $709b Taiwan $685b Poland Russia's economy is ~half the size of California's...Texas and New York also have larger economies than Russia. China's economy is now 10x the size of Russia. |
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Posted: 5/16/2021 10:23:21 AM EDT
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So far this year, SpaceX has launched a rocket every 8.9 days, if they keep it up they will hit 40+ launches for the year.
Also, using my dV adjusted payload system, SpaceX will be within spitting distance of beating the all-time record of most dV-adjusted tonnage into orbit in a year set by the USSR in 1988. |
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Posted: 5/16/2021 10:25:29 AM EDT
[Last Edit: Neotopiaman]
[#8]
Starlink-28 now targeted for may 26th using booster 1063-F2
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CO, USA
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Posted: 5/16/2021 10:31:13 AM EDT
[Last Edit: AmericanPeople]
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Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By RogueYoda: Did they just launch a group of star link satellites within the last hour or so? Is there a chance that I could see the train that they create after they launch them? Use this site Set up for Jackson, MS. Correct as required for your location in the upper right. There is an ISS pass overhead tonight at 824 PM CDT. Click on that pass (Blue date at left) and see if you can see it. Then progress to looking for Starlink passes. I saw the satellites from this launch just before 1000 PM MDT. It required binoculars. and knowing exactly when and where to look. |
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Posted: 5/16/2021 10:43:09 AM EDT
[Last Edit: Neotopiaman]
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Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By Neotopiaman: Starlink-28 now targeted for may 26th using booster 1063-F2 For June, Dragon-2 Cargo CRS-22 is targeting the 3rd, A GPS flight on the 17th, and Sirius XM-8 sometime in June, along with 1-2 Starlink flights. More importantly, there is a Falcon Heavy flight planned for July 
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Posted: 5/16/2021 11:03:21 AM EDT
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Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By panzerfeist1: If China is doing so well why even cooperate with Russia on a lunar moon station? |
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Posted: 5/16/2021 11:08:12 AM EDT
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Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By TacticalGarand44: Is there a reason that sometimes the first stages return to the launch site, and sometimes land on drone ships? Which is intended to be the standard method going forward? |
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CO, USA
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Posted: 5/23/2021 8:26:02 PM EDT
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SpaceX’s next Falcon Heavy launches delayed by military satellite issues
"SpaceX’s next Falcon Heavy launches will have to wait several more months after issues unrelated to the rocket forced the US military to delay two upcoming missions. In an official email sent to outlet Via Satellite on May 19th, the director of the US Space and Missile Systems Center (SMC) revealed that the Space Force’s first SpaceX Falcon Heavy launch – known as USSF-44 – was pushed from July to October 2021 “to accommodate payload readiness.” Translated, the common military euphemism likely implies that the mission’s main geostationary satellite payload ran into significant delays in the last year or so and may have also been responsible for an earlier launch delay from April to July 2021. Possibly connected to USSF-52’s delays, US SMC Colonel Robert Bongiovi indicated in a separate medium that SpaceX’s fifth Falcon Heavy launch and second mission for the US Space Force had also been hit by delays, originally slipping from June to October 2021 and now from October 2021 to sometime in January 2022." |
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CO, USA
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Posted: 5/25/2021 3:35:33 PM EDT
[Last Edit: AmericanPeople]
[#14]
1) Background info: Source
"A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket will launch the 29th batch of satellites for SpaceX’s Starlink broadband network, a mission designated Starlink V1.0-L28." 2) Launch window: 2:59 PM EDT (26 May 2021). 3) Launch Site: SLC-40, Cape Canaveral Space Force Station, Florida 4) Webcast viewing options: a. SpaceX webcast (Starts about 15 minutes before liftoff) b. You Tube  Starlink Mission 5) Launch preparations: a. Boats heading out.  JRTI heading out. Photo by Gavin Cornwell. @SpaceXFleet b. Ready for launch. 6) First stage return/disposal: Ocean recovery on TBD 7) Mission press kit: Now online here 8) Launch to deployment events/timeline: Hours:Minutes:Seconds after lift-off 00:02:32 1st stage main engine cutoff (MECO) 00:02:36 1st and 2nd stages separate 00:02:44 2nd stage engine starts 00:03:04 Fairing deployment 00:06:52 1st stage entry burn ends 00:08:34 1st stage landing 00:08:46 2nd stage engine cutoff (SECO) 00:45:30 2nd stage engine restarts 00:45:31 2nd stage engine cutoff (SECO-2) 01:03:48 Starlink satellites deploy |
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Posted: 5/26/2021 9:52:29 AM EDT
[#15]
Weather looks good with only a 10% chance of violating constraints (Cumulus Cloud Rule).
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CO, USA
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Posted: 5/26/2021 12:01:24 PM EDT
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SpaceX Starlink launch to fly same Falcon fairing half for the fifth time
"SpaceX says that its 14th Starlink launch of 2021 will also be the first mission to fly a reusable Falcon payload fairing for the fifth time, marking a significant milestone just 18 months after fairing reuse began." |
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Posted: 5/26/2021 12:46:22 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By Dagger41: Weather looks good with only a 10% chance of violating constraints (Cumulus Cloud Rule). Will you be posting some pics? Can you please remind me of how you are from the launch area? Thanks. |
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CO, USA
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Posted: 5/26/2021 2:50:47 PM EDT
[#18]
Livestream is up.
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Posted: 5/26/2021 2:57:05 PM EDT
[#19]
T-3 minutes
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Posted: 5/26/2021 2:59:07 PM EDT
[#20]
Looking good.
T-1 minute
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Posted: 5/26/2021 3:01:52 PM EDT
[Last Edit: DK-Prof]
[#21]
Whoa - was that actually the rocket going super-sonic? Not sure I've seen it that distinct before?
 ETA: For a split second, I thought it was a malfunction, but then I heard the callout. |
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Posted: 5/26/2021 3:01:59 PM EDT
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Starlink Mission |
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Posted: 5/26/2021 3:09:05 PM EDT
[#23]
Nailed the landing
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Posted: 5/26/2021 3:09:24 PM EDT
[#24]
Touchdown, SECO
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Posted: 5/26/2021 3:09:36 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By rebelcovehunter: Nailed the landing starting to get boring.....NOT! |
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Posted: 5/26/2021 3:11:30 PM EDT
[#26]
Just watched the launch from Ormond Beach. Nice
Couldn't see first stage separation or landing, sadly. |
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CO, USA
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Posted: 5/26/2021 3:12:38 PM EDT
[Last Edit: AmericanPeople]
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Did you notice the "flare" as they announced it was supersonic? Around 1:02.
I wonder if that was a shock wave (term may be wrong) like you see with some fighters as they go supersonic. I don't recall ever seeing that before today. I just rewatched it and it did start at the tip of the payload fairing. |
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Posted: 5/26/2021 3:13:11 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By AmericanPeople: Did you notice the "flare" as they announced it was supersonic? Around 1:05. I wonder if that was a shock wave (term may be wrong) like you see with some fighters as they go supersonic. I don't recall ever seeing that before today. 
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Posted: 5/26/2021 3:14:07 PM EDT
[#29]
Scott Manley noticed it too:
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Posted: 5/26/2021 3:15:28 PM EDT
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CO, USA
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Posted: 5/26/2021 3:17:51 PM EDT
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My initial thought was that it was an imminent catastrophic failure.
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Posted: 5/26/2021 3:20:39 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By AmericanPeople: My initial thought was that it was an imminent catastrophic failure. Same here. I was thinking the booster blew up. |
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Posted: 5/26/2021 3:22:54 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By DK-Prof: Whoa - was that actually the rocket going super-sonic? Not sure I've seen it that distinct before? ETA: For a split second, I thought it was a malfunction, but then I heard the callout. With humidity the shock wave is more visible. Last launch was more humid and the shockwave was rather large at MaxQ. |
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Posted: 5/26/2021 3:23:45 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By DK-Prof: Whoa - was that actually the rocket going super-sonic? Not sure I've seen it that distinct before? ETA: For a split second, I thought it was a malfunction, but then I heard the callout. YES, same here! For a 'split second' I thought that I'd be watching a RUD as well. |
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Posted: 5/26/2021 3:26:22 PM EDT
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Posted: 5/26/2021 3:27:18 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By hdhogman: Will you be posting some pics? Can you please remind me of how you are from the launch area? Thanks. Didn't take pics today. Waiting at home for the Brown truck. Watched it through 10X50 bino's though. Saw it , heard it , felt it. About 10 miles away from Pad 40. |
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Posted: 5/26/2021 3:29:51 PM EDT
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Posted: 5/26/2021 3:33:56 PM EDT
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Atlas 5 launch from last week.
Just a cell phone vid. Was at home , neighbor kids were curious but they loved it. First launch the little tykes had seen.  20210518 133745 |
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Posted: 5/26/2021 4:52:57 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By Dagger41: Atlas 5 launch from last week. Just a cell phone vid. Was at home , neighbor kids were curious but they loved it. First launch the little tykes had seen.  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YjvJmclE8kkThanks, I'm sure that the kids loved it. I'd love to experience a Falcon Heavy launch, but a Falcon 9 launch and landing would work. Take Care. |
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Posted: 5/26/2021 7:42:31 PM EDT
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Posted: 5/26/2021 7:59:14 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By Chokey:
Land one of those fuckers on JRTI while she’s transiting the Panama Canal... |
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Posted: 6/1/2021 12:39:05 PM EDT
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I finally broke down and bought an annual pass for Kennedy Space Center, gonna drive out there on the morning of the 3rd and have a look around then watch the launch from up close.
This will be the closest I have been for a launch. |
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Posted: 6/2/2021 11:22:46 AM EDT
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https://www.spacex.com/updates/axiom-announcement/index.html |
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CO, USA
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Posted: 6/2/2021 3:42:49 PM EDT
[Last Edit: AmericanPeople]
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1) Background info: Source
"A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket will launch a Dragon 2 spacecraft on its second cargo resupply mission to the International Space Station." 2) Launch window: 1:29 PM EDT (3 June 2021) 3) Launch Site: LC-39A, Kennedy Space Center, Florida 4) Webcast viewing options: a. SpaceX webcast (Starts about 20 minutes before liftoff) b. You Tube  CRS-22 Mission c. Likely on NASA TV such as here: NASA TV 5) Launch preparations: a. OCISLY on its way. Source: SpaceXFleet.com twitter b. Payload and booster:  Falcon 9 and Dragon went vertical on the pad last night ahead of tomorrow’s launch. NASA photo 6) First stage return/disposal: OCISLY ocean ship recovery. It appears that there will be a partial boostback burn so the first stage will be retrieved about 300 km downrange. 7) Mission press kit: Online here 8) Launch to deployment events/timeline: Hours:Minutes:Seconds after lift-off 00:02:26 First stage MECO (main engine cutoff) 00:02:37 Second stage starts 00:02:30 Stage separation 00:02:43 1st stage boostback burn begins 00:05:52 1st stage entry burn begins 00:07:41 1st stage landing 00:11:52 Dragon separates from second stage |
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Posted: 6/2/2021 10:03:29 PM EDT
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I'll be watching.
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Posted: 6/3/2021 1:16:57 PM EDT
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Posted: 6/3/2021 1:26:13 PM EDT
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Rare brand new shiny booster
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Posted: 6/3/2021 1:29:39 PM EDT
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10 sec
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Posted: 6/3/2021 1:34:34 PM EDT
[#49]
is that ice build up falling off the second stage?
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Posted: 6/3/2021 1:37:08 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By Neotopiaman: Rare brand new shiny booster   |
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