Projected launch time now 1434 UTC in the hope that upper level winds will reduce sufficiently for launch. Window closes at 1437. Robert On Tue, 18 Dec 2018, 08:52 C. Bassa via Seesat-l <seesat-l_at_satobs.org wrote: > On Mon, Dec 17, 2018 at 5:43 PM ronlee--- via Seesat-l > <seesat-l_at_satobs.org> wrote: > > 18 December 2018 launch on SpaceX Falcon 9. Is there any information on > > when burns will occur? > > The SpaceX timeline is published, see this tweet: > https://twitter.com/TGMetsFan98/status/1074742779216097286 > > SECO-1 is at 00:08:16 after launch, with the second burn starting at > 01:08:51 and ending at 01:09:37 after launch. Spacecraft separation > will be at 01:56:17. These timing suggest ~1 hour coast in a parking > orbit, then a single burn into a transfer orbit, presumably with a > ~20200 km apogee. There is a de-orbit NOTAM published, located in the > South Atlantic, West of Africa, which is consistent with this launch > profile, where the transfer orbit has its perigee at approximately 25 > deg South latitude. During spacecraft separation, and the subsequent > CCAM/de-orbit burn, the stack is high above the Pacific between Hawaii > and the US. Only Alaska may have visibility of the CCAM/de-orbit burn. > > Regards, > Cees > _______________________________________________ > Seesat-l mailing list > http://mailman.satobs.org/mailman/listinfo/seesat-l > _______________________________________________ Seesat-l mailing list http://mailman.satobs.org/mailman/listinfo/seesat-lReceived on Tue Dec 18 2018 - 08:26:00 UTC
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