F9 : Es'hail 2

[DocM]

 

MECO

SEP

S2 start

Fairing sep

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[DocM]

 

Booster reentry burn

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nice video...

[Blue-Vision]

The S1 passed some debris of one kind or another before the entry burn ... narrowly missing it.

[DocM]

Landing burn

SECO 1

Touchdown!

[Blue-Vision]

Good landing!

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[Blue-Vision]

I like the new orbital graphics.  

[DocM]

15 min coast

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12 minutes ago, Unobscured Vision said:

I like the new orbital graphics.  

Much nicer...Video was a tad better as well.

// Elon posted an opening for a French guy to hurl insults off the castle wall...I died laughing...Monty Python 

 

 

 

Edited November 15, 2018 by Draggendrop

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https://twitter.com/elonmusk/status/1063175331484319744

 

[Blue-Vision]

Oh that's friggin' neat .. they're showing the tracking stations now too.  

(well, kinda ...)

[DocM]

S2 restart

SECO 2

5 min coast, then deploy

[Draggendrop Veteran]

Nice payload image...

 

 

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SECO-2! Es'hail 2 is in a good orbit and preparing for deployment. #SpaceX

https://twitter.com/nextspaceflight/status/1063178349466529792

 

//posting is a bit cranky today...

 

[Blue-Vision]

Zipping uphill nicely.  

[Blue-Vision]

There she goes!

[DocM]

Sat deployed!

[Blue-Vision]

End of stream. Good launch.  

[Draggendrop Veteran]

 

Payload deployed...

 

webcast over

 

Will need to wait for payload health check...

 

 

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Successful deployment of Es’hail-2 to geostationary transfer orbit confirmed.

https://twitter.com/SpaceX/status/1063179827946020864

 

 

 

[DocM]

You guys catch the "UFO" at T+ ~6 min? Left image, booster's 2 o'clock.

 

[Blue-Vision]

Yep, that was the debris I mentioned a bit ago. Interesting tidbit.

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4 minutes ago, Unobscured Vision said:

Yep, that was the debris I mentioned a bit ago. Interesting tidbit.

That was my Kerbal pilot...He's now grounded....bad kerbal...bad...bad.../s

 

// may have some DSN activity with oppy...could be false alarm though...

// I don't see any activity...check  here...

https://eyes.nasa.gov/dsn/dsn.html

[Blue-Vision]

Escape pod? Yep ... Jeb Kerbin blew up another one.