NROL-76 – Falcon 9 – Кеннеди LC-39A – 01.05.2017 11:15 UTC

[tnt22]

05/01/2017 14:12
T-minus 2 minutes. The Falcon 9 rocket is on internal power.

[tnt22]

05/01/2017 14:13
T-minus 90 seconds and counting. Everything on track for liftoff of the Falcon 9 rocket at 7:15 a.m. EDT (1115 GMT).

[Lanista]

20 сек

[che wi]

Пошла.

[Space Complex]

Elon Musk

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Winds aloft are unusually high (still within structural safety bounds). Worrying, but not a showstopper.

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SpaceX

ВЕТЕР ДЕЙСТВИТЕЛЬНО СИЛЬНЫЙ...

[Lanista]

Пошла!

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[tnt22]

05/01/2017 14:15
T+plus 1 minute. The Falcon 9 rocket is approaching the speed of sound and the phase of maximum aerodynamic pressure.

[tnt22]

Spaceflight101 LIVE‏ @S101_Live 31 сек. назад

MaxQ - #Falcon9 is now encountering Maximum Dynamic Pressure on its way through the atmosphere, brief throttle-back.

[Lanista]

Отд. 1й ст.

[che wi]

Отделение 1-й ст.

[tnt22]

05/01/2017 14:16
T+plus 2 minutes. Now soaring at an altitude of more than 20 miles, the Falcon 9 rocket's first stage will shut down and jettison in about 20 seconds.
And chilldown of the second stage's vacuum-rated Merlin 1D engine is starting in preparation for its ignition.

[Lanista]

красота!

[tnt22]

05/01/2017 14:17
T+plus 2 minutes, 30 seconds. The Falcon 9 first stage engines have cut off, the stages have separated, and the rocket's second stage Merlin vacuum engine has ignited to continue the push into orbit.
The first stage is beginning its flip maneuver to fly with engines forward to begin descending back toward Cape Canaveral's Landing Zone 1.

05/01/2017 14:17
T+plus 2 minutes. Now soaring at an altitude of more than 20 miles, the Falcon 9 rocket's first stage will shut down and jettison in about 20 seconds.
And chilldown of the second stage's vacuum-rated Merlin 1D engine is starting in preparation for its ignition.

[Lanista]

Сброс ГО

[tnt22]

SpaceXUpdates‏ @SpaceXUpdates 38 сек. назад

Stage 1, Boostback Startup! #NROL76

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[snek]

Картинка просто невероятная

[tnt22]

Spaceflight101 LIVE‏ @S101_Live 1 мин. назад

SEPARATION - Pneumatic Pushers separated the stages. 1st stage entering post-sep maneuvers, 2nd stage going to start-up.