SpaceX to launch Dragon CRS-9 on Falcon 9 at 04:45 UTC 18th July
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[B]Landing successful, Dragon in orbit and solar arrays deployed. ISS docking in a few days.[/B]
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[B]Narrated Livestream[/B]:
[video=youtube;ThIdCuSsJh8]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ThIdCuSsJh8[/video]
[B]Technical Livestream[/B]:
[video=youtube;FCCyVCvN2bo]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FCCyVCvN2bo[/video]
[QUOTE]SpaceX’s Falcon 9 rocket will launch the Dragon spacecraft to low Earth orbit to deliver critical cargo to the International Space Station (ISS) for NASA.
SpaceX is targeting a July 18 (EDT) launch of its ninth Commercial Resupply Services mission (CRS-9) from Space Launch Complex 40 at Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, Fla. The instantaneous launch window opens at 12:45am EDT (4:45 am UTC) on July 18, and a backup launch window opens at 12:00am EDT on July 20. Dragon will be deployed about 10 minutes after liftoff and attach to the ISS about two days later.
Following stage separation, the first stage of the Falcon 9 will attempt an experimental landing on Landing Zone 1 at Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, Fla.
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[URL="http://www.spacex.com/sites/spacex/files/spacex_crs9_press_kit.pdf"]Source[/URL]
[B]Current status[/B]:
Fuel loading initiated.
Weather is go.
On the pad getting ready for static fire:
[video=youtube;dSoHMJABthQ]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dSoHMJABthQ[/video]
Been a while since the first RTLS. Exciting.
Hoping for a daytime RTLS sometime down the line. I want shoddy Youtube footage of the first stage's full descent. Maybe Falcon Heavy?
Wish it was daylight but another rtls will be fun to watch.
Just under 14 hours to go:
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Glad im gonna be able to watch this one, every other launch ive had to work!
NASA TV is showing the internal feed now:
[video]https://youtu.be/Fih5Wpe6ac4[/video]
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1 hour to go.
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Weather remains 90% go.
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All go to start loading fuel.
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SpaceX streams are coming up now.
Oh sweet just got home in time.
Which stream do you guys think is the best? SpaceX's, or NASA's?
[QUOTE=Whomobile;50729998]Oh sweet just got home in time.
Which stream do you guys think is the best? SpaceX's, or NASA's?[/QUOTE]
SpaceX stream. They will integrate any of the extra cameras that NASA give them to use.
SpaceX stream is playing it's sick music.
This is some Spacey ass music.
Streams rolling intro now.
Steam Group Chat
[url]http://steamcommunity.com/groups/FacepunchSpace[/url]
35 seconds, here we go.
WE HAVE LIF DOFF
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Woah it makes a fire spike
Here comes the best part
IT LANDED. came in really slow compared to the barge landings.
