Falcon 9: JCSat-18/Kacific-1 commsat

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Date: December 16, 2019
Time: 1910-2038 EST (0010-0138 GMT Dec. 17)

 

Booster: B1056.3 (CRS-17, CRS-18)
Pad: LC-40
Recovery: ASDS Of Course I Still Love You

Satellite bus: Boeing BSS-702MP
Payloads: Ka-band HTP (56 spot beams), Ku-band
Coverage: Asia-Pacific
Mass: 6,800 kg

 

 

 

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Droneship and Netships are on station.

 

 

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Liftoff!!

MaxQ

MECO

S2 SEP

S2 START

Fairing sep

Entry burn

Landing burn

SECO 1

Touchdown!!

Bullseye!!

 

S2 coast

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Upcoming

T+27:21 S2 restart
T+28:09 SECO-2
T+33:10 JCSAT-18/Kacific1 deployment

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S2 restart

SECO-2

Good orbit!

~5 min coast then deploy

 

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Satellite deployed

 

Netship progress will be tweeted

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