r/spacex • u/rSpaceXHosting Host Team • Jun 28 '21

Live Updates r/SpaceX Transporter-2 Launch Discussion and Updates Thread!

Welcome to the r/SpaceX Transporter-2 Launch Discussion and Updates Thread!

I'm u/hitura-nobad, your host for this launch.

Launch target: June 30 19:31 UTC (3:31 PM EDT)
Backup date TBA, typically the next day
Static fire Completed
Customer multiple
Payload multiple
Payload mass unknown
Deployment orbit ~500 km x ~97°, SSO
Vehicle Falcon 9 v1.2 Block 5
Core 1060
Past flights of this core 7 (GPS III SV03, Starlink-11, 14, 18, 22, 24, Türksat 5A)
Launch site SLC-40, Cape Canaveral Space Force Station, Florida
Landing LZ-1
Mission success criteria Successful deployment of payloads into contracted orbit

r/SpaceX Launch Weather Review

(15:10 UTC)

Weather-wise, so far everything looks pretty good, with showers, storms and cloud debris well away from the zone around the pad.

However, on days like these where the main threats are primarily diurnal convection which evolves quickly and unpredictably, we'll only really get a better idea within an hour or two from launch, at least beyond the 45th's mesoscale forecast and 70% GO.

(17:00 UTC)

With less than two hours to go until launch, the weather is still looking pretty good around the pad, better than yesterday so far, with showers and storm cells still keeping generally well clear of the 10 nmi/19 km zone around the pad, and like yesterday, cirrus blowoff from storm anvils to the west causing high-level cloudiness but seemingly well removed from their source such that they should not preculde launch.

(18:30 UTC)

Looks like there's just one modest cell that's the problem, that looks to pass directly over the pad. It should be on track to clear the area by the new scheduled launch time, but there are a few others downstream that may intrude on the party.

(by u/CAM-Gerlach)

Timeline

Time Update
T+58:07 Deployment starts
T+54:45 SECO2
T+54:44 Second stage relight
T+8:49 SECO and Norminal Orbital Insertion
T+8:31 Landing success
T+8:02 Landing startup
T+7:12 Reentry shutdown
T+6:50 Reentry startup
T+3:53 Fairing separation
T+3:45 Gridfins deployed
T+3:30 Boostback shutdown
T+2:46 Boostback startup
T+2:33 Second stage ignition
T+2:28 Stage separation
T+2:25 MECO
T+1:12 Max Q
T-0 Liftoff
T-60 Startup
T-3:30 Strongback retract
T-7:04 Engine Chill
T-12:51 Webcast live
T-20:09 20 minute vent
T-37:44 GO for Propellant load
T-1h 17m Now targeting 3:31 p.m. EDT for launch due to weather
^ 30 June Attempt ^
T-11 Scrub
T-11 Hold
T-7:00 Engine Chill
T-12:08 Webcast live
T-26:54 Fueling underway
2021-06-24 09:00:00 UTC Thread goes live

Watch the launch live

Stream Link
Official SpaceX Stream https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sSiuW1HcGjA
Mission Control Audio TBA

Stats

☑️ 123rd Falcon 9 launch all time

☑️ 82nd Falcon 9 landing (if successful)

☑️ 104th consecutive successful Falcon 9 launch (if successful; excluding Amos-6)

☑️ 20th SpaceX launch this year

☑️ 8th flight of first stage B1060

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u/[deleted] Jun 29 '21

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u/Imstriker Jun 29 '21

A small white helicopter came flying in really late over us here at Jetty. Don't know if it was cleared or an issue.

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u/CorvetteCole Jun 29 '21

I think that was it, I'm so salty about this

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u/jdh2024 Jun 29 '21

Was it going north? Jetty should be far enough south that it's outside of the range. I've been on a Star Fleet Tours boat during a launch, and it goes north of Jetty to the edge of the exclusion range. May be different for aircraft though.

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u/npantages Jun 29 '21

this was it, Probably rocket Photographers...

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u/turbobunny Jun 29 '21

They were outside the TFR

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u/[deleted] Jun 29 '21

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u/TbonerT Jun 29 '21

Not all small planes, but there are significant limits on where you can fly if you don’t have a transponder.

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u/uzlonewolf Jun 29 '21

No. Transponders are not required unless you're going to be flying in certain kinds or airspace or close to certain airpports.

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u/[deleted] Jun 30 '21

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u/uzlonewolf Jun 30 '21

No. You can't fly through those regardless of whether or not you have a transponder.

(And for the record, there's no such thing as a "no fly zone." The official name is a Temporary Flight Restriction (TFR) over an area)

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u/8148Lima Jun 29 '21

SWA906 was flying down range outside the TFR. They were delayed leaving BWI and supposed to be clear of the area before now…

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u/fd6270 Jun 29 '21

This is like the third time you posted this, but once again SWA906 did not enter the TFR whether the flight was delayed or not does not change this.

https://flightaware.com/live/flight/SWA906

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u/PWJT8D Jun 29 '21

Restricted areas or TFRs are not the responsibility of the pilots on flying on an IFR flight plan. If I am given an instruction by ATC that then violates a TFR for the range at the Cape, it ain’t on me.