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SES-4, SECO-4, and nominal orbit insertion.
Final payload deployments confirmed: https://x.com/SpaceX/status/1900835896611520734
Deployment of all rideshare payloads confirmed
SES-3, SECO-3, and nominal orbit insertion.
SES-4 is scheduled for T+02:14:31, followed by final payload deployments.
SES-2, SECO-2, and nominal orbit insertion.
Payload deployments have begun.
Stage 1 landing confirmed!
M-vac shutdown, nominal orbit insertion. SES-2 is scheduled for T+51 minutes.
MECO, stage separation, M-vac ignition, stage 1 boostback burn, and fairing separation.
Liftoff!
Hosted webcast has started. Zachary Luppen and Tyler Lionquist are hosting.
Gosh, the early days of crewed spaceflight were harrowing.
How so? They are very much behind when it comes to industry innovation and launch cadence. Most launch vehicle innovation currently occurs in the U.S… Europe really needs to step up their game ASAP if they don’t want to be reliant on U.S. launch vehicles.
Starbase activities (2025-03-14): (Happy pi day!)
Flight 8:
https://x.com/SpaceX/status/1900309526617714763
Targeting Friday, March 14 for a Falcon 9 launch of the Transporter-13 mission from Space Launch Complex 4E in California
Nominal curie burn, orbit insertion, and deployment of QPS-SAR-9 confirmed!
Kickstage separation confirmed.
MECO, stage separation, Rutherford-vacuum engine ignition, and fairing deploy.
Edit: Battery hotswap confirmed.
Liftoff!
SECO and Dragon separation confirmed.
Stage 1 landing confirmed!
MECO, stage separation, and boostback burn confirmed.
Liftoff!
https://x.com/SpaceX/status/1900889958669508670