DocM Posted June 30, 2018 Share Posted June 30, 2018 Medium size GEO commsat Second of a run-n-gun, after Iridium NEXT #7 Date: July 22, 2018 Time: 0150 Eastern (05:50 UTC) Pad: KSC LC-40 Core: B1047.1 (Block 5) Recovery: ASDS Of Course I Still Love You Coordinates: 28°17'45" N 73°53'39" W Payload: Telstar 19 Vantage commsat Payload mass: 3,031kg (dry) Propulsion: 4 × SPT-100 plasma thrusters Insertion orbit: GTO Target orbit: 63° West (Northern Canada, the Caribbean, Brazil, the Andes and North Atlantic) bguy_1986 and Unobscured Vision 2 Share Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DocM Posted July 15, 2018 Author Share Posted July 15, 2018 On track Unobscured Vision and bguy_1986 2 Share Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DocM Posted July 17, 2018 Author Share Posted July 17, 2018 Slipped 1 day @AstroHardin #SpaceX will be conducting a Static Fire Test of their Falcon 9 rocket at Launch Complex 40 on CCAFS tomorrow, Wednesday, July 18th. The test is currently scheduled for 1000 - 1600 Eastern Time. ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DocM Posted July 18, 2018 Author Share Posted July 18, 2018 Good static fire. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DocM Posted July 19, 2018 Author Share Posted July 19, 2018 The SpaceX Armada has set sail for stage recovery ops Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DocM Posted July 21, 2018 Author Share Posted July 21, 2018 (edited) SpaceX patch USAF Drive to 48 (launches/year) patch Edited July 21, 2018 by DocM Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DocM Posted July 21, 2018 Author Share Posted July 21, 2018 (edited) HOLY MOLEY!! Mass (wet): 7,076 kg (15,600 lbs) With recovery!!!! F9 Block 5 is a monster! SFN... Quote > Telstar 19 VANTAGE will become the heaviest commercial communications satellite ever launched, eclipsing a record set by the TerreStar 1 telecom spacecraft, which weighed 15,234 pounds (6,910 kilograms) when it rode an Ariane 5 rocket into orbit July 2009. > Edited July 21, 2018 by DocM Unobscured Vision 1 Share Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Unobscured Vision Posted July 21, 2018 Share Posted July 21, 2018 Oooohhhh ... Let's see ... what should we name this achievement ...? "Pegasus (Recoverable)" (+100,000 space pts./+1,000 reputation) Place a medium-mass object (6,500 kg ~ 9,500 kg) into GTO or GSO and recover at least part of your launch vehicle. (And the heavy-mass object version of the achievement would be, obviously ...) "Galactica (Recoverable)" (+1,000,000 space pts./+5,000 reputation) Place a heavy-mass object (9,501 kg+) into GTO or GSO and recover at least part of your launch vehicle. DocM 1 Share Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DocM Posted July 22, 2018 Author Share Posted July 22, 2018 Go for prop load Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DocM Posted July 22, 2018 Author Share Posted July 22, 2018 Flow rates nominal Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DocM Posted July 22, 2018 Author Share Posted July 22, 2018 Funky music starts, webcast soon. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DocM Posted July 22, 2018 Author Share Posted July 22, 2018 Webcast start Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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DocM Posted July 22, 2018 Author Share Posted July 22, 2018 T-5 min Props loaded Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DocM Posted July 22, 2018 Author Share Posted July 22, 2018 LIFTOFF!! MaxQ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DocM Posted July 22, 2018 Author Share Posted July 22, 2018 MECO SEP S2 Start Fairing sep Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DocM Posted July 22, 2018 Author Share Posted July 22, 2018 S1 reentry burn Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DocM Posted July 22, 2018 Author Share Posted July 22, 2018 S1 landing burn TOUCHDOWN!! SECO - in coast Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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DocM Posted July 22, 2018 Author Share Posted July 22, 2018 S2 Start 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DocM Posted July 22, 2018 Author Share Posted July 22, 2018 (edited) SECO 2 Satellite deploy Just. Like. Clockwork. (Except for the ground station & ASDS dropouts, but those aren't the rocket) Edited July 22, 2018 by DocM Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Unobscured Vision Posted July 22, 2018 Share Posted July 22, 2018 Aaahhhh darnit. I missed it. Got up and was getting on to watch it too. Arrrrrggghh. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Unobscured Vision Posted July 22, 2018 Share Posted July 22, 2018 Good grief I wanted those engines angry and I got angry. AND the Block-5 looked like it had power to SPARE. Wow! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DocM Posted July 22, 2018 Author Share Posted July 22, 2018 It staged right when others before it did, but with seven-freaking-tonnes on top. Unobscured Vision 1 Share Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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