SpaceX launches Falcon Heavy from Cape Canaveral
Now, as I mentioned earlier, today’s launch marks our second Falcon Heavy flight in just 11 weeks. For those of you following *** a lot happens in the first four minutes of the flight and you can see on your screen the clamp arms starting to open. Once they are fully open, the TE will begin to move away from the vehicle. Again, *** a lot happens in the first four minutes of flight. First we light the two side boosters followed by the center hub 40 seconds after liftoff. We will reduce power on both side boosters to prepare for Max Q, after which the Falcon Heavy will reach full power on the side boosters. Now, two minutes of flight, two minutes of flight, and again let’s reduce the thrust on the two side boosters. Since the vehicle is now much lighter but the thrust is constant the forces on the rocket structure must be reduced at this time. 2.5 minutes to the airport. We turn off the side boosters completely with the booster engine disconnected or the so-called pneumatic separation system. Good calls will come. I’m going to pause for each of them, and the pneumatic separation system in the center hub opens the two side boosters and pushes them. Now, a&rsquosssssssssssssssssssssssssssss’ At the minute mark and *** as a reminder, we will not attempt to restore center court today as the task requires more power, more efficiency. Now, for those of you looking closely, that’s why you can’t see any landing legs or grid fins in the center hub, and from this point, it’s like a Falcon Nine to *** Falcon Nine mission, with the side boosters heading back to Earth for recovery. The fairing would detach and the second stage would carry the USSF 67 payload into space. Now, as a ***reminder at our customer’s request, we don’t show payload footage. So after our side boosters, our side boosters land on landing zone one, and landing zone *** shortly after T plus eight minutes later the webcast ends. As we mentioned earlier, launching is tough and the Falcon Heavy is no exception. We are basically counting three rockets at once. So our team will be conservative if anything appears in the last two minutes of the countdown. Now, for some reason we didn’t launch today, while there’s an opportunity to back up *** tomorrow, and we also heard the call that propellant loading was complete on the Falcon Heavy. So we’re now going to vent the liquid oxygen line in the transporter erector. Next will be Falcon Heavy’s startup and it will be at the T-1 minute mark. That’s where the on-board computers take over the launch countdown. Falcon Heavy is a startup and not the best news. Falcon Heavy is now up and running. We are now waiting for the final call from the release director. Surely. This is the Mission Director, go to Start and Top News. All systems ussF 67 T -30 seconds 15 seconds t minus 10 987654321 engine, full power and USS M 67’s lift off Falcon Heavy. Seconds in flight. Under £5 million of driving force. Falcon Heavy goes into space. We throttled down the engines around the t plus 42 mark in preparation for the max Q. And we call maX Q passed. This is the vehicle’s greatest mechanical stress during climb. Unbelievably incredible visuals on your screen. A heavy hawk in flight. Next events will be booster engine cut off or pico followed by splitting the side boosters and their side booster boost back burns and then we will cut the center core main engine or as we call it. Nico. Those events will come here, within *** minute, it will be pico, that’s the booster. The side booster engines stop the center hub, pushing the side boosters away from the vehicle. Then those two side boosters can begin their return to Earth with their boost pack burns, and on your right-hand screen you can see footage from each of those side boosters. Here again really incredible visuals, we get pico side boost or boost back burn followed by main engine disconnecting core core *** in seconds, side booster separation, core booster startup incredible visuals. We have the pico and side boosters separated and you can see on your left hand screen the side boosters are burning back up, they are now in boost back burn and they are going back to earth. Those side boosters return to Florida under the power of three engines, three of the nine M one D engines. So the next decision will be made. Next would be the end of those side booster boost back burns, followed by the mico in the center core, as well as the center court and second stage separation and then the SCS one or second stage engine start one. As I mentioned earlier, at our client’s request, we do not show secondary scenes after the SCS one. Additionally, our center or stage one is expendable today, so we won’t try to recover that vehicle. But there should be some great shots like what we’re seeing now, some great shots of the side boosters touching down for landing.
SpaceX launches Falcon Heavy from Cape Canaveral
Updated: 6:33 PM EST January 15, 2023
SpaceX completes launch of Falcon Heavy rocket from Space Coast With five million pounds of thrust, experts say the Heavy is the largest and most powerful rocket — aside from NASA’s SLS Big Moon rocket, which made its first test mission. “It has the ability to put satellites into orbits that no other rocket can get close to,” said Dan Platt of Florida Tech. Essentially, the Heavy is three Falcon 9 boosters lined up and connected to each other. And it makes the rocket more complex to launch and control. “There’s a lot more machinery. There’s a lot more plumbing. But there’s also a lot more software, a lot more control mechanisms that are used to make sure the rocket stays on track. So, in some aspects, it’s more than three times harder,” Platt said. And the two side boosters are in the landing zones. One of those hard-to-see aspects is one of those hard-to-see vertical landings in one- and two-second intervals. .The core booster uses all of its fuel to propel the payload further out, and that’s part of the reason Falcon Heavy is in a class by itself. Like the last mission in November, it delivered payloads for the US Space Force. carried into deep GEO orbit. .The rocket was lifted off at 6 pm on Sunday, and the launch was a breathtaking sight. This is the fifth Falcon Heavy launch, and four more are planned for this year. Other Top headlines: Orange County woman dies in domestic dispute Volusia County woman celebrates 113th birthday, deputies say Orange County crash kills one, woman seriously injured
SpaceX completes launch of Falcon Heavy rocket from Space Coast
With five million pounds of thrust, experts say the Heavy is the largest and most powerful rocket — aside from NASA’s SLS Big Moon rocket, which made its first test mission.
“It has the ability to put satellites into orbits that no other rocket can come close to,” said Dan Platt of Florida Tech.
Essentially, the HEAVY is three Falcon 9 boosters connected in series to each other. That makes the rocket more complex to launch and control.
“There are many more engines. There’s still a lot of plumbing. But there’s more software, different control mechanisms used to make sure the rocket stays on track. So, in some aspects, it can be more than three times harder,” Platt said.
One of those difficult aspects is one of the most spectacular to watch as the two side boosters land vertically on landing zones one and two a few seconds apart.
The core booster uses all of its fuel to carry the payload further out, and is part of the reason the Falcon Heavy is in a class by itself.
Like the last mission in November, it carried payloads for the US Space Force into deep GEO orbit.
The rocket was lifted off around 6 pm on Sunday, and the launch was a breathtaking sight.
This is the fifth Falcon Heavy launch and four more are planned this year.
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