NEXT MARKET LAUNCH RIGHT HERE ON THE SPACE COAST. >> IF SOME FRIENDS BEHIND THE
CAMERA WHO ARE ACTUALLY DOING A
COUNTDOWN FOR US BECAUSE WE ARE
GETTING SO CLOSE.
SPACE X IS PLANNING TO ONCE
AGAIN SEND DOZENS OF SATELLITES
INTO ORBIT.
WERE EXPECTING THAT LAUNCH AT
9:06:49.
>> YES AND STANDBY NEWS 6
REPORTER MARK LEHMAN LIVE AT
JODI PARK ONLY BEEN THERE ALL
MORNING AND WE SEE THE CROWD
BUILDING UP BEHIND YOU.
THIS LAUNCH IS BEEN DELAYED A
FEW TIMES ALREADY.
>> YES, AND WEATHER HAS BEEN TO
BLAME FOR ALL OF THOSE DELAYS
LEADING UP TO THOSE LAUNCHES.
A MISPERCEPTION MONDAY AND
ANOTHER TUESDAY BUT NEVER
LOOKING AT 9:06 AM THIS MORNING
FOR THIS LAUNCH JUST A COUPLE
MINUTES AWAY NOW.
RIGHT NOW FORECASTERS ARE
PREDICTING 80 PERCENT CHANCE
FOR GOOD CONDITIONS DURING THE
LAUNCH AND THAT IS GREAT NEWS
FOR THE FOLKS OUT HERE AT JETTY
PARK.
A LOT OF THEM GATHERED AROUND
THE WATER HOPING TO GET THE
BEST VIEW OF THE LAUNCH.
JUST A FEW MILES AWAY FROM THE
LAUNCH OF THE COMPLEX WHERE THE
FALCON NINE ROCKET WILL BE
LIFTING OFF.
HERE IS VIDEO CAPTURED
YESTERDAY AT THE FALCON NINE
ROCKET LAUNCH COMPLEX 40 STEP
PERMISSION AROUND SPACE X
STERLING CONSTELLATION.
THE INITIATIVE IS DESIGNED TO
BRING GREATER INTERNET
CONNECTIVITY TO FAR REACHES OF
THE EARTH THROUGH A NETWORK OF
THOUSANDS OF SATELLITES.
60 STERLING SATELLITES ON BOARD
THE ROCKET AND IF SUCCESSFUL IT
WILL BRING THE NETWORK UP TO
240.
THIS LAUNCH LIKE WE MENTIONED
EARLIER HAS BEEN DELAYED
SEVERAL TIMES IN THE LAST
COUPLE WEEKS FROM EITHER
HIGH-ALTITUDE WINDS OR ROUGH
SEAS AND THE ROCKETS RECOVERY
ZONE.
WE WERE TOLD THIS UPPER LEVEL
COULD REACH UPWARD OF 115 MILES
PER HOUR THIS MORNING.
IT APPEARS EVERYTHING HAS BEEN
SEEN WITHIN THE THRESHOLD
DURING TODAY’S COUNTDOWN.
AND AS WE COME BACK OUT YOU
LIVE EVERYONE STANDING BY LIVE
WAITING FOR THE LAUNCH OF THE
FALCON NINE ROCKET.
PART OF THE STERLING
CONSTELLATION AGAIN WE HAVE
DOZENS OF SATELLITES ON BOARD
BRINGING GREATER INTERNET
CONNECTIVITY TO THE FAR REACHES
OF THE EARTH AND OMISSION SPACE
X IS HOPING WILL BE IN PLACE
LATER THIS YEAR BUT AGAIN WE’RE
HOPING THIS LAUNCH IS
SUCCESSFUL AND WE WILL TAKE A
LOOK NOW AT SPACE X AS THEY ARE
ALIVE COUNTING DOWN TO THIS
ROCKET LAUNCH NOW JUST SECONDS
AWAY.
TAKE A LISTEN.
>> D- 30 SECONDS.
T -15/2.
T -15/2. 10, NINE, EIGHT, SEVEN, SIX, FIVE, FOUR, THREE, TWO, ONE,
LIFT OFF.
>> VEHICLE IS PITCHING DOWN RANGE.
>> IT IS T +45 SECONDS AND WE JUST HAD A NOMINAL LIFT OFF OF OUR FALCON NINE VEHICLE DURING
OUR STARLING PAYLOAD ON ITS WAY
TO ITS TARGETED ORBIT.
IN JUST ABOUT 20 SECONDS COMING
UP HERE WE WILL BE PASSING.
>> SUPERSONIC.
>> THAT IS MAXIMUM AERODYNAMIC
PRESSURE THE VEHICLE WILL SEE
WHICH IS THE LARGEST STRUCTURAL
LOAD THAT THE VEHICLE SEES
THROUGHOUT THE SUN.
>> VEHICLE IS EXPERIENCING
MAXIMUM AERODYNAMIC PRESSURE.
>> WE JUST HEARD THAT CALL OUT
FOR MAX.
COMING UP NEXT IN ABOUT A
MINUTE WE WILL BE THREE EVENTS
BACK TO BACK STARTING OFF WITH
MIKO OR MEAN ENGINE, FOLLOWED
IMMEDIATELY BY STAGE SEPARATION
AND THIS IS WHERE THE FIRST
STAGE SEPARATES FROM THE SECOND
STAGE FOLLOWED BY SES ONE WHICH
IS SECOND ENGINE STARTED.
>> AND WE SHOULD BE ABLE TO SEE
ALL THREE OF THOSE EVENTS LIVE
ON YOUR SCREEN RIGHT NOW WE’VE
GOT AN AWESOME VIEW LOOKING AT
THE VEHICLE WITH THE EARTH IN
THE BACKGROUND.
BACKGROUND.
IF YOU’RE JUST JOINING US WE
ARE 30 MINUTES AWAY FROM THE
MAIN EDGE AND CUT OFF.
SEPARATION AND SECOND ENGINE
START ONE.
THERE IS THE MEAN ENGINE CUT OFF. >> STAGE SEPARATION CONFIRMED.
>> STAGE SEPARATING FROM SECOND
STAGE ON YOUR LEFT SCREEN AND
ON THE RIGHT SECOND ENGINE
STARTUP.
THE ENGINE ON OUR SECOND STAGE.
AND THERE IS A BRIGHT RED GLOW
ON THE ENGINE.
SO NOW COMING UP IN 20 SECONDS
IS DEPLOYED AND AS LAUREN
MENTIONED EARLIER WILL WILL BE
ATTEMPTING TO CATCH BOTH
BEARING HALVES.
IT WILL BE UNLIKELY THAT WE
WILL SEE THESE LIVE ON THE
WEBCAST SO WE WILL BRING YOU
UPDATES AS THEY BECOME
AVAILABLE BUT YOU CAN ALSO
CHECK INTER SOCIAL MEDIA AS
WELL.
>> SEPARATION CONFIRMED.
>> THEREFORE YOU HAVE IT SO FAR
SO GOOD SPACE X FALCON NINE HOW
THINGS ARE LOOKING AT JETTY
PARK WITH THEM LAST MINUTE OR
SO WE FELT THE RUMBLE HERE FROM
THE ROCKET LAUNCHER VERY COOL
EXPERIENCE FOR EVERYONE OUT
HERE.
HERE’S WHAT HAPPENS NEXT FEW
MINUTES.
THE FIRST DAY SHE WILL TRY TO
LAND ON A DRONE SHIP IN THE
ATLANTIC AND THEN 40 MINUTES
FROM NOW THEY WILL ATTEMPT TO
RECOVER BOTH HALVES FROM THAT
ROCKET.
AFTER THAT WILL BE THE
DEPLOYMENT OF THOSE 60
SATELLITES.
IF SUCCESSFUL IT WILL RIP THE
NETWORK OF THE CONSTELLATION UP
TO 240 SATELLITES.
WE ARE MONITORING THIS
THROUGHOUT THE MORNING AND WE
WILL KEEP YOU UPDATED WITH THE