WE KEEP THE HEAT CRANKED UP AGAIN. BY TUESDAY BACK TO AROUND 90
DEGREES, AMANDA.
>> Amanda: THANK YOU,
JONATHAN.
>>> SPACE X IS GEARING UP FOR
ANOTHER LAUNCH.
THE FALCON LAUNCH AT 5:21 FOR
SPACE X NINTH SATELLITE STAR
LINK MISSION.
58 COMMUNICATION SATELLITES ARE
ON BOARD PART OF THE COMPANY’S
GOAL TO PROVIDE GLOBAL INTERNET
FROM SPACE.
WE ARE 15 SECONDS AWAY FROM
LIFTOFF THIS MORNING.
LET’S GO AND LISTEN IN.
>> 9, 8, 7, 6, 5, 4, 3, 23 --
2, 1, 0.
THE LIFTOFF OF FALCON 9.
>> IT IS T-PLUS 40 SECONDS INTO FLIGHT AND FALCON 9 HAD A SUCCESSFUL LIFTOFF.
SUCCESSFUL LIFTOFF FOR STAR
LINK RIDE SHARE CARRYING THREE
PLANET SKY SETS AND SPACE LINK
SATELLITES.
NEXT UP WILL BE MAX Q.
AND THAT IS THE MAXIMUM AERO
DYNAMIC PRESSURE THAT THE
VEHICLE SEES, THE LARGEST
STRUCTURAL LOAD THAT THE
VEHICLE SEES THROUGHOUT ITS
SET.
THERE IS THAT CALL OUT THAT WE
JUST PASSED MAX Q.
NEXT UP WILL BE THREE EVENTS
HAPPENING BACK TO BACK, MICO,
MAIN ENGINE CUTOFF, SEPARATION
AND SECOND ENGINE START.
MAIN ENGINE FROM MICO WHEN ALL
9 OF THE MD ENGINES SHUT OFF
AND SLOW THE VEHICLE DOWN FOR
PREPARATION OF THE NEXT EVENT
WHICH IS STAGE SEPARATION.
STAGE SEPARATION WHERE THE
FIRST STAGE SEPARATES FROM THE
SECOND STAGE WITH THE FIRST
STAGE MAKING ITS WAY BACK TO
EARTH AND SECOND STAGE TAKING
OUR SATELLITES TO THEIR
TARGETED ORBIT.
AND THEN FINALLY WE WILL BE SCS
1.
SECOND ENGINE START --
>> FOLLOWIG A NOMINAL
TRAJECTORY.
>> AND TAKING THOSE SATELLITES
TO ORBIT.
THOSE THREE EVENTS ARE COMING
UP HERE IN ABOUT 15 SECONDS.
AGAIN THAT THANK IS MICO, STAGE
SEPARATION AND SCS 1.
>> STAGE SEPARATION CONFIRMED. >> AND THERE AS YOU SAW LIVE ON YOUR SCREEN, MICO, MAIN ENGINE
CUTOFF AND STAGE SEPARATION.
THAT ENGINE GROWING BRIGHT READ
THERE.
ON YOUR LEFT SCREEN, GRID FINS
DEPLOYING ON THE FIRST STAGE.
>> SEPARATION CONFIRMED.
>> AND WE JUST HAD FAIRING
SEPARATION.
SUCCESSFUL DEPLOYMENT OF THE
FAIRING HALLS OF.
SEE IF THE CHIEF CAN MAKE AN
CATCH.
>> CONTINUES TO FOLLOW A
NOMINAL TRAJECTORY.
>> AS I WAS MENTIONING THE GRID
FINS TO HELP GUIDE THAT FIRST
STAGE BACK TO ITS LANDING ZONE.
>> ACQUISITION SIGNAL.
>> STAGE TWO IS STILL LOOKING GOOD. WE ARE GETTING A NICE BRIGHT
VIEW OF FIRST STAGE ON YOUR
LEFT SCREEN.
AND COMING UP NEXT FOR FIRST
STAGE AS IT MAKES ITS WAY BACK
TO EARTH.
IT WILL BE A COUPLE OF BURNS.
THE FIRST OF WHICH WILL BE THE
ENTRY BURN.
AND THAT ENTRY BURN IS WHERE
THREE OF THE NINE MERLIN
ENGINES LIGHT UP AND SLOW THE
ENGINE DOWN AS IT ENTERS INTO
THE EARTH’S ATMOSPHERE.
THE SECOND BERM WHEN THE SECOND
ENGINE, THE E 9 ENGINE IGNITES
AND BRINGS THE VEHICLE’S SPEED
DOWN RAPIDLY IN ORDER TO LAND
ON THE DRONE SHIP.
AGAIN WE ARE ATTEMPTING TO LAND
ON OUR DRONE SHIP OF COURSE I
STILL LOVE YOU TODAY.
WE ARE GETTING A NICE, BRIGHT
VIEW.
I BELIEVE THAT IS THE SUN
HITTING THAT FIRST STAGE ON
YOUR LEFT SCREEN THERE.
SO REALLY, REALLY COOL VIEW OF
THAT.
SECOND STAGE IS STILL LOOKING
GOOD.
MANHATTAN MAWNZ JUST WATCHED
SPACE X LAUNCH A FALCON X