Bangabandhu-1 - Falcon 9 (B1046) - Kennedy LC-39A - 07.05.2018 20:14 UTC

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05/11/2018 00:02 Stephen Clark

T-minus 45 minutes. The SpaceX launch conductor is now polling his team for a "go" to begin loading propellant into the Falcon 9 rocket.

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Chris G - NSF‏ @ChrisG_NSF 3 мин. назад

NO issues reported that would prevent fueling! Fueling starts in 2mins. #SpaceX #Falcon9 #Block5 #Bangabandhu1

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Chris G - NSF‏ @ChrisG_NSF 2 мин. назад

T-35mins. Fueling has BEGUN per the automated script. RP-1 (rocket-grade kerosene) and LOX (Liquid Oxygen) are flowing into Stage 1.

RP-1 is flowing into Stage 2. #SpaceX #Falcon9 #Block5 #Bangabandhu1

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05/11/2018 00:15 Stephen Clark

With the Block 5 upgrade to the Falcon 9 rocket, SpaceX now loads RP-1 and kerosene propellants simultaneously. On the previous generation of Falcon 9s, kerosene was loaded into the Falcon 9 rocket starting at T-minus 70 minutes, followed by the start of liquid oxygen tanking at T-minus 35 minutes.

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SpaceX‏Подлинная учетная запись @SpaceX 3 мин. назад

T-30 minutes until launch of Bangladesh's first geostationary communications satellite. Launch webcast will go live ~20 minutes before liftoff → http://spacex.com/webcast 

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Chris B - NSF‏ @NASASpaceflight 2 мин. назад

Weather looks bad for the ASDS. Falcon 9 will need to stick that landing and not do the drunk dancing we saw on a previous mission.

https://youtu.be/bvim4rsNHkQ?t=82 ...

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Michael Baylor‏ @nextspaceflight 6 мин. назад

SpaceX says that weather is not expected to be an issue.

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