Intelsat 35e - Falcon 9 - Kennedy LC-39A - 05.07.2017 23:38 UTC

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Spaceflight101 LIVE‏ @S101_Live 1 мин. назад

T-45 Minutes: LOX transfer lines and tanks should be in final chilldown ahead of LOX flow at T-35 minutes. #Falcon9

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07/03/2017 01:55
The Intelsat 35e satellite is being switched to internal battery power at this time.

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Spaceflight101 LIVE‏ @S101_Live 47 сек. назад

T-35 Minutes: Sub-cooled Liquid Oxygen should now be flowing into the two-stage #Falcon9. A total of ~360 metric tons will be loaded.

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Spaceflight101 LIVE‏ @S101_Live 1 мин. назад

LOX Flow confirmed. Intelsat 35e has begun the transition to internal power. #Falcon9

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07/03/2017 02:04
The Intelsat 35e spacecraft has been verified on internal battery power in preparation for liftoff.

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Spaceflight101 LIVE‏ @S101_Live 1 мин. назад

Especially for high-performance missions like today (2nd stage burn to depletion) flight mass has to be reached with precision. #Falcon9

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LOX
 

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Spaceflight101 LIVE‏ @S101_Live 12 сек. назад

LOX load on the first stage enters a pre-planned pause ahead of a final top-up inside T-5 minutes. #Falcon9

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07/03/2017 02:17
T-minus 18 minutes and counting. Here are some statistics on today's flight:

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• 38th launch of a Falcon 9 rocket since 2010
• 43rd launch of Falcon rocket family since 2006
• 1st launch of Falcon 9 Vehicle No. 37
• 34th Falcon 9 launch from Cape Canaveral
• 102nd flight from launch pad 39A
• 8th Falcon 9 launch from pad 39A
• 18th launch of the upgraded Falcon 9
• 1st SpaceX launch for Intelsat
• 7th Boeing satellite launched by SpaceX
• 24th Falcon 9 day launch
• 10th Falcon 9 launch of 2017
• 11th launch from Cape Canaveral in 2017
  

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LOX 2nd
 

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Пошла муззаставка
 

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07/03/2017 02:21
T-minus 15 minutes and counting. There are no issues being discussed at this time by the SpaceX launch team.

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07/03/2017 02:23
T-minus 13 minutes and counting. The Falcon 9 rocket stands 229 feet tall and measures 12 feet in diameter. At liftoff, its nine Merlin 1D first stage engines will generate about 1.7 million pounds of thrust.
Fully fueled for launch, the Falcon 9 contains more than a million pounds of kerosene and liquid oxygen propellants.

The Intelsat 35e satellite on top of the Falcon 9 rocket weighs 14,905 pounds (6,761 kilograms) at launch.

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Spaceflight101 LIVE‏ @S101_Live 35 сек. назад

T-9 Minutes: The TEA-TEB ignition system is entering final setups, Merlin 1D trim valve exercises are coming up. #Falcon9

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Spaceflight101 LIVE‏ @S101_Live 37 сек. назад

T-8 Minutes: Hydraulic pressurization from ground feed is underway for final valve cycle tests & TVC motions. http://bit.ly/2tuKqD0

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Spaceflight101 LIVE‏ @S101_Live 2 мин. назад

CHILLDOWN - #Falcon9 now conditioning the turbomachinery of its nine Merlin 1D engines in preparation for ignition. http://bit.ly/2tuKqD0