Iridium Next Flight 6 (x5), GRACE-FO 1, GRACE-FO 2 - Falcon 9 (B1043) - Vandenberg SLC-4E - 22.05.18

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2-е вкл ДУ 2-й ст РН

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и её выкл через 8 с

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Chris B - NSF‏ @NASASpaceflight 7 мин. назад

Good orbit via GNC

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1-й Iridium пошёл

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2-й Iridium пошёл

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3-й Iridium пошёл

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4-й Iridium пошёл

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5-й Iridium пошёл

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SpaceX завершила трансляцию пуска КА GRACE-FO и Iridium NEXT (6-й пакет)

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Iridium-6/GRACE-FO Mission

SpaceX

Трансляция началась 2 часа назад

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SpaceX‏Подлинная учетная запись @SpaceX 1 мин. назад

Successful deployment of 5 @IridiumComm NEXT satellites to low-Earth orbit confirmed.

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Spaceflight Now‏ @SpaceflightNow 16 мин. назад

SpaceX reports the Falcon 9 rocket's two payload fairing halves fell into the Pacific Ocean under parachutes, with the company's recovery ship "Mr. Steven" narrowly missing catching the shroud. https://spaceflightnow.com/2018/05/22/falcon-9-iridium-grace-mission-status-center/ ...

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Chris B - NSF‏ @NASASpaceflight 18 мин. назад

All Iridium NEXT sats deployed following Falcon 9 B1043.2 launch!

ARTICLE:

https://www.nasaspaceflight.com/2018/05/falcon-9-iridium-next-6-grace-fo-launch/ ...

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Michael Baylor‏ @nextspaceflight 9 мин. назад

Patch unlocked!

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Updated: 05/23/2018 00:18 Stephen Clark

SpaceX says the payload fairing halves jettisoned from the Falcon 9 rocket deployed their parachutes and fell into the Pacific Ocean. The company's fairing recovery vessel, "Mr. Steven," was in position in the fairing drop zone, but narrowly missed catching the shroud with its net.

"That's a clean sweep again for deployments," said John Insprucker, Falcon 9 lead engineer at SpaceX. "It's been a great Falcon 9 day here in Hawthorne and at Vandenberg Air Force Base."

"The payload fairings both successfully deployed parachutes, but they landed in the Pacific Ocean. The fairing recovery ship 'Mr. Steven' came very close but not quite. We're going to keep working on that, but meanwhile the second stage went into a great orbit."

SpaceX aims eventually recover the fairing halves with a boat, then reuse the structure on future launches, helping mitigate the cost of building a few fairing for every mission. The fairing costs around $6 million per flight, according to SpaceX.

But dropping the fairing in the ocean contaminates sensitive parts with sea water, making refurbishment more expensive, and likely cost-prohibitive.

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NASA HQ PHOTO‏Подлинная учетная запись @nasahqphoto 51 мин. назад

The first launch photos of the @SpaceX #Falcon9 rocket with twin #GRACEFO satellites onboard are up!

https://flic.kr/s/aHsmk54iRU 

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Chris G - NSF‏ @ChrisG_NSF 25 мин. назад

And that's MISSION SUCCESS for Falcon 9 - the 28th consecutive successful mission for F9. The next Falcon 9 flight is scheduled for 8 days from now from SLC-40 at Cape Canaveral, FL. #SpaceX #Falcon9 #GRACEFO #NASA #Iridium

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Matt Desch‏ @IridiumBoss 1 мин. назад

We have good telemetry from all 5 Iridium NEXT satellites - and got it on the first pass! Thank you @SpaceX! Thank you @Thales_Alenia_S! Complete success!

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Iridium-6 satellites deployment

SciNews

Опубликовано: 22 мая 2018 г.

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