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Originally Posted By Chokey:

Dragon and the @PolarisProgram Polaris Dawn astronauts are set to return to Earth and splash down off the coast of Dry Tortugas, Florida on Sunday, September 15 at 3:36 a.m. ET ? https://t.co/WpSw0gzeT0 pic.twitter.com/DzgsQtmvqT
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The end of the plasma period is roughly 3:28 AM EDT. Allow about two minutes uncertainty and people in Florida may be able see it at most three minutes prior so about 3:25 AM EDT. I would be looking five minutes earlier (3:20 AM EDT) and up to about 3:30 AM EDT. It is moving southwest to northeast.

JoseCuervo Member Joined Sep 2005 Posts 21080 EE 0% (0) CA, USA	Posted: 9/14/2024 6:20:03 PM EST [#2] Quote History Originally Posted By AmericanPeople: https://forum.nasaspaceflight.com/assets/61415.0/2315052.jpg View Quote It seems odd to me to land people in the ocean at night. It says ET..

Klee Member Joined Aug 2006 Posts 16191 EE 100% (7) LA, USA	Posted: 9/14/2024 8:57:47 PM EST [Last Edit: Klee] [#3] Live feed of Polaris Dawn splash down, The Launch Pad channel. LIVE! SpaceX Polaris Dawn Dragon Tracker https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_ihegyuQwQg 5 hours and 38 minutes until splash down.
	A tough man can take a bullet, but a wise man can dodge one. Stay focused my brothers.

Hadrian Member Joined Sep 2001 Posts 30020 EE 0% (0) USA	Posted: 9/15/2024 3:52:56 AM EST [#4] A perfectly executed mission. Amazing stuff.

sbhaven Joined Jul 2008 Posts 19147 EE 0% (0) CT, USA	Posted: 9/15/2024 4:36:47 AM EST [#5] Replay from Launch Pad. LIVE! SpaceX Polaris Dawn Splashdown https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WtZl85XHZGo

Chokey Member Joined Oct 2001 Posts 97519 EE 0% (0) OH, USA	Posted: 9/15/2024 8:42:59 PM EST [#6] Scott Manley Is Testing A New Space Suit in Space The Ultimate Thrill? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ndGmYNvP6Bo

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Mission: Falcon 9, Galileo L13

1) Mission description: "A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket will launch two satellites into medium Earth orbit for the European Commission’s Galileo project. The Galileo constellation provides navigation data like the U.S. Global Positioning System (GPS). The Falcon 9 first stage booster will be recovered on a drone ship in the Atlantic Ocean" SpaceFlightNow source

2) Launch window: 6:50 PM EDT (17 September 2024)

3) Launch site: SLC-40, Florida

4) Launch Direction: Northeast

5) Webcast viewing option(s):

SpaceX - Falcon 9 - Galileo FOC FM26 & FM 32 - SLC-40 - Cape Canaveral SFS - September 17, 2024

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ib_SNrBKOng

6) Observation comments: None.

7) Launch preparations:

a. Boats heading out:

Credit: Gav Cornwell@SpaceOffshore. Departure! Just Read the Instructions droneship is underway from Port Canaveral to support the upcoming Galileo mission.

Source: NASASpaceFlight.com

b. Satellites:

Source: https://news.satnews.com/2024/09/16/spacex-ready-for-galileo-l13-launch-on-tuesday/

c. Ready for launch:

Source: NASASpaceFlight.com

d. Navigation Warning:

L_12 zone in red and the L_13 zone in orange

Source: NASASpaceFlight.com

8) First stage return/ocean recovery/disposal: Recovery on drone ship JRTI.

9) Launch to deployment events/timeline:

Hours:Minutes:Seconds after lift-off. Times approximate.

00:01:11 Max Q (moment of peak mechanical stress on the rocket)
00:02:31 1st stage main engine cutoff (MECO)
00:02:34 1st and 2nd stages separate
00:02:41 2nd stage engine starts
00:03:24 Fairing separation
00:06:20 1st stage entry burn start
00:06:38 1st stage entry burn ends
00:08:13 1st stage landing burn start
00:08:27 2nd stage engine cutoff (SECO-1)
00:08:34 1st stage landing
03:26:52 2nd stage engine starts (SES-2)
03:27:21 2nd stage engine cutoff (SECO-2)
03:34:22 Galileo L13 deploys

10) Orbit insertion: Medium Earth Orbit transfer orbit at 56 degree inclination.

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Posted: 9/17/2024 10:09:41 AM EST

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The FAA is proposing a fine of SpaceX for two Falcon license violations.

-For launch control from HangarX and removing a poll at T-2h without approval

- For launching using an unapproved propellant farm

Combined $633,009https://t.co/ZBcGdnIPOD
Adrian Beil (@BCCarCounters) September 17, 2024

https://www.faa.gov/newsroom/faa-proposes-633009-civil-penalties-against-spacex

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SpaceX is targeting Tuesday, September 17 at 6:50 p.m. ET for a Falcon 9 launch of the European Commission’s Galileo L13 mission to medium Earth orbit from Space Launch Complex 40 (SLC-40) at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station in Florida. If needed, there is a backup opportunity on Wednesday, September 18 at 6:46 p.m. ET.

A live webcast of this mission will begin about 15 minutes prior to liftoff, which you can watch here and on X @SpaceX.

This will be the 22nd launch for this Falcon 9 first stage booster, which previously launched CRS-22, Crew-3, Turksat 5B, Crew-4, CRS-25, Eutelsat HOTBIRD 13G, O3B mPOWER, PSN SATRIA, Telkomsat Marah Putih 2, and 12 Starlink missions. Following stage separation, the first stage will land on the Just Read the Instructions droneship, which will be stationed in the Atlantic Ocean.

Rapid and reliable reusability is key to making life multiplanetary – every mission is an opportunity to learn and inform future missions. During the Galileo L12 mission earlier this year, the Falcon 9 booster was expended to provide the additional performance needed to deliver the payload to its orbit. Data from that mission informed subtle design and operational changes, including mass reductions and trajectory adjustments, that will allow us to safely recover and reuse this booster. Falcon 9 is ready to safely deliver Galileo L13 to orbit and return to the droneship in the Atlantic Ocean.

The booster reentry trajectory will result in higher heating and dynamic pressure on the booster than many of our historical landings. Although the reentry conditions are on the higher end of past missions, they are still acceptable. This landing attempt will test the bounds of recovery, giving us valuable data on the design of the vehicle in these elevated entry conditions. This in turn will help us innovate on future vehicle designs to make our vehicles more robust and rapidly reusable while expanding into more challenging reentry conditions.

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landing could be interesting

Chokey Member Joined Oct 2001 Posts 97601 EE 0% (0) OH, USA	Posted: 9/17/2024 5:43:37 PM EST [Last Edit: Chokey] [#10] Watch Falcon 9 launch the European Commission’s Galileo L13 mission to orbit https://t.co/O0hlUpxFxB SpaceX (@SpaceX) September 17, 2024

Chokey Member Joined Oct 2001 Posts 97604 EE 0% (0) OH, USA	Posted: 9/17/2024 6:00:02 PM EST [#11] nailed the landing

Chokey Member Joined Oct 2001 Posts 97608 EE 0% (0) OH, USA	Posted: 9/17/2024 10:23:37 PM EST [#12] Falcon 9 launches Galileo L13 just before sunset pic.twitter.com/EGUOEmwWCq Ben Cooper (@LaunchPhoto) September 18, 2024

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Mission: Falcon 9, Starlink 9-17

1) Mission description: "A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket will launch another batch of 20 Starlink internet, including 13 with Direct to Cell capabilities, from Space Launch Complex 4 East (SLC-4E). The Falcon 9’s first stage booster will land on the drone ship ‘Of Course I Still Love You’ in the Pacific Ocean." Source

2) Launch window: 6:50 AM PDT (20 September 2024)

3) Launch site: SLC-4E, Vandenberg Space Force Base, California

4) Launch direction: Southeasterly

5) Webcast viewing options:

SpaceX - Falcon 9 - Starlink 9-17 - SLC-4E - Vandenberg Space Force Base - Space Affairs Live

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hJrDoL5OA78

6) Observation comments: No sunlit jellyfish on this launch.

7) Launch preparations:

a. Boats heading out.

Lindsay C + OCISLY departed PoLB on Sep 16 @ 4:39pm PT / 7:39pm ET

Source: NASASpaceFlight.com

Go Beyond departed PoLB on Sep 16 @ 5:52pm PT / 8:52pm ET

Source: NASASpaceFlight.com

b. Satellites: Previously provided

c. Ready for launch: Not found

d. Navigation warning:

Source: NASASpaceFlight.com

8) First stage return/ocean recovery/disposal: Recovery on drone ship OCISLY

9) Launch to deployment events/timeline:

Hours:Minutes:Seconds after lift-off. Times approximate.

00:01:09 Max Q (Moment of peak mechanical stress on the rocket)
00:02:29 1st stage main engine cutoff (MECO)
00:02:32 1st and 2nd stages separate
00:02:39 2nd stage engine starts (SES-1)
00:03:08 Fairing deployment
00:06:01 1st stage entry burn begins
00:06:24 1st stage entry burn ends
00:07:52 1st stage landing burn begins
00:08:18 1st stage landing
00:08:47 2nd stage engine cutoff (SECO-1)
00:53:42 2nd stage engine starts (SES-2)
00:53:43 2nd stage engine cutoff (SECO-2)
01:00:35 Starlink satellites deploy

10) Orbit destination: 283 kilometers perigee x 293 kilometers apogee, 53.16 degree inclination

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NASA and SpaceX are targeting no earlier than Thursday, Sept. 26 for the launch of the #Crew9 mission to the @Space_Station, with back-up dates on Friday, Sept. 27 and Saturday, Sept. 28.

Joint teams continue to work through prelaunch operations and hardware processing ahead of… pic.twitter.com/DDIwvxxexX
— NASA Commercial Crew (@Commercial_Crew) September 18, 2024

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For nearly two years, SpaceX has voiced its concerns with the FAA’s inability to keep pace with the commercial spaceflight industry. It is clear that the Agency lacks the resources to timely review licensing materials, but also focuses its limited resources on areas unrelated to… pic.twitter.com/2NJu00ZLiW
SpaceX (@SpaceX) September 19, 2024

For nearly two years, SpaceX has voiced its concerns with the FAA’s inability to keep pace with the commercial spaceflight industry. It is clear that the Agency lacks the resources to timely review licensing materials, but also focuses its limited resources on areas unrelated to public safety.

These distractions continue to directly threaten national priorities and undercut American industry's ability to innovate.

Chokey Member Joined Oct 2001 Posts 97684 EE 0% (0) OH, USA	Posted: 9/20/2024 6:29:55 PM EST [#16] Dragon arrives at pad 40 in Florida ahead of next week's @NASA Crew-9 launch to the @Space_Station pic.twitter.com/YEJwWPPnmp SpaceX (@SpaceX) September 20, 2024

Hesperus We will softly slip away. Joined Jan 2014 Posts 37564 EE 100% (6) ID, USA	Posted: 9/20/2024 6:37:12 PM EST [#17] Looking good. It will be nice to have Butch and Suni back on Earth. Successful Electron launch out of Mahia earlier after that last possible second launch abort the ofher day and another launch for today at Vandenberg.
	It’s… probably not as bad as you think it is.

AmericanPeople Member Joined Dec 2012 Posts 61671 EE 0% (0) CO, USA	Posted: 9/21/2024 4:00:28 PM EST [#18] SpaceFlightNow.com stated that the Starlink 9-17 booster recovery was the 350th booster recovery. That has to be an incredible cost savings (more profit) for SpaceX.

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Mission: Falcon 9, Starlink 9-8

1) Mission description: "A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket will launch another batch of 20 Starlink internet, including 13 with Direct to Cell capabilities, from Space Launch Complex 4 East (SLC-4E). The Falcon 9’s first stage booster will land on the drone ship ‘Of Course I Still Love You’ in the Pacific Ocean." Source

2) Launch window: 9:01 PM PDT (24 September 2024)

3) Launch site: SLC-4E, Vandenberg Space Force Base, California

4) Launch direction: Southeasterly

5) Webcast viewing options:

SpaceX - Falcon 9 - Starlink 9-8 - SLC-4E - Vandenberg Space Force Base - Space Affairs Live

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WRklRPky5tQ

6) Observation comments: No sunlit jellyfish on this launch.

7) Launch preparations:

a. Boats heading out.

Lindsay C + OCISLY departed PoLB on Sep 23 @ 12:26pm PT / 3:26pm ET

Source: NASASpaceFlight.com

Go Beyond departed PoLB on Sep 23 @ 1:51pm PT / 4:51pm ET

Source: NASASpaceFlight.com

b. Satellites: Previously provided

c. Ready for launch: Not found

d. Navigation warning:

Source: NASASpaceFlight.com

8) First stage return/ocean recovery/disposal: Recovery on drone ship OCISLY

9) Launch to deployment events/timeline:

Hours:Minutes:Seconds after lift-off. Times approximate.

00:01:07 Max Q (Moment of peak mechanical stress on the rocket)
00:02:24 1st stage main engine cutoff (MECO)
00:02:28 1st and 2nd stages separate
00:02:34 2nd stage engine starts (SES-1)
00:03:00 Fairing deployment
00:06:02 1st stage entry burn begins
00:06:28 1st stage entry burn ends
00:07:51 1st stage landing burn begins
00:08:14 1st stage landing
00:08:37 2nd stage engine cutoff (SECO-1)
00:53:13 2nd stage engine starts (SES-2)
00:53:14 2nd stage engine cutoff (SECO-2)
01:00:06 Starlink satellites deploy

10) Orbit insertion: 290 kilometers perigee x 300 kilometers apogee, 53.16 degree inclination

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Crew-9, SpaceX, and @NASA completed a full rehearsal of launch day activities ahead of liftoff on Saturday pic.twitter.com/99pcI8rPEq
SpaceX (@SpaceX) September 25, 2024

NASA and SpaceX teams have adjusted the next launch opportunity for NASA’s SpaceX #Crew9 mission to @Space_Station for no earlier than 1:17pm ET, Saturday, Sept. 28, from Space Launch Complex 40 due to tropical storm conditions in the area.

More: https://t.co/wekEncArQL pic.twitter.com/TP2I1rtZB7
— NASA Commercial Crew (@Commercial_Crew) September 24, 2024

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Static fire test of Falcon 9 complete. Targeting Saturday, September 28 for launch of Crew-9 to the @space_station ? https://t.co/3NmG8U1Cx9

Teams will lower and roll Falcon 9 and Dragon back to the hangar at pad 40 tonight due to Tropical Storm Helene’s unfavorable impact on…
SpaceX (@SpaceX) September 25, 2024

Static fire test of Falcon 9 complete. Targeting Saturday, September 28 for launch of Crew-9 to the @space_station → http://spacex.com/launches/mission/?missionId=crew-9

Teams will lower and roll Falcon 9 and Dragon back to the hangar at pad 40 tonight due to Tropical Storm Helene’s unfavorable impact on weather conditions at the launch site on Thursday

Plumber576 Member Joined Apr 2005 Posts 15636 EE 100% (8) OH, USA	Posted: 9/24/2024 11:10:03 PM EST [#22] Nailed it.

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I was pretty sure I saw the V-Berg launch Tuesday from my house in San Jose, but I was pretty inebriated, so I wasn't sure until tonight when I zoomed in on some crappy iPotato video I took.

That looks like 9 engines to me. I think upon MECO I turned away thinking it was over and missed another six minutes of flight.

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Rustler TRUMPOMANIA WILL MAGA! Joined Aug 2008 Posts 32753 EE 100% (8) USA	Posted: 9/26/2024 9:40:18 AM EST [#24] Thanks for maintaining this thread OP

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Crew-9, SpaceX, and @NASA completed a full rehearsal of launch day activities ahead of liftoff on Saturday pic.twitter.com/99pcI8rPEq
SpaceX (@SpaceX) September 25, 2024

https://pbs.twimg.com/media/GYSRLbJakAEqzmg?format=jpg&name=large

NASA and SpaceX teams have adjusted the next launch opportunity for NASA’s SpaceX #Crew9 mission to @Space_Station for no earlier than 1:17pm ET, Saturday, Sept. 28, from Space Launch Complex 40 due to tropical storm conditions in the area.

More: https://t.co/wekEncArQL pic.twitter.com/TP2I1rtZB7
— NASA Commercial Crew (@Commercial_Crew) September 24, 2024

https://pbs.twimg.com/media/GYREyFcW8AEVTxQ?format=jpg&name=4096x4096

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Kinda odd looking to see only 2 people in a Crew Dragon.

Its going to be nice to see Butch and Suni in SpaceX suits.

It’s… probably not as bad as you think it is.

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Kinda odd looking to see only 2 people in a ~~Crew~~ Uber Dragon.

Its going to be nice to see Butch and Suni in SpaceX suits.

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Originally Posted By Chokey:

Crew-9, SpaceX, and @NASA completed a full rehearsal of launch day activities ahead of liftoff on Saturday pic.twitter.com/99pcI8rPEq
SpaceX (@SpaceX) September 25, 2024

https://pbs.twimg.com/media/GYSRLbJakAEqzmg?format=jpg&name=large

NASA and SpaceX teams have adjusted the next launch opportunity for NASA’s SpaceX #Crew9 mission to @Space_Station for no earlier than 1:17pm ET, Saturday, Sept. 28, from Space Launch Complex 40 due to tropical storm conditions in the area.

More: https://t.co/wekEncArQL pic.twitter.com/TP2I1rtZB7
— NASA Commercial Crew (@Commercial_Crew) September 24, 2024

https://pbs.twimg.com/media/GYREyFcW8AEVTxQ?format=jpg&name=4096x4096

Kinda odd looking to see only 2 people in a ~~Crew~~ Uber Dragon.

Its going to be nice to see Butch and Suni in SpaceX suits.

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Mission: Falcon 9, Crew-9

1) Mission description: "A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket will launch a Dragon spacecraft carrying a new crew of two to the International Space Station. The Falcon 9’s first stage booster will return to Landing Zone 1 at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station. Following the decision to return the Starliner astronauts aboard the Crew 9 Dragon, the mission will now be commanded by Nick Hague. He will be accompanied aboard the Dragon Freedom by Roscosmos cosmonaut Mission Specialist Aleksandr Gorbunov to start a six-month expedition to the station. Delayed from Aug. 18 due to the extension of the Starliner Crew Flight Test mission and delayed from Sept. 24 & 25 for separation between launches from pad 40. Delayed from Sept. 26 due to the potential impacts from future Hurricane Helene." SpaceFlightNow source

2) Launch window: 1:17 PM EDT (28 September 2024)

3) Launch site: SLC-40, Florida

4) Launch Direction: Northeast

5) Webcast viewing option(s):

a. Launch:

SpaceX/NASA - Falcon 9 - SpaceX Crew-9 - SLC-40 - Cape Canaveral SFS - September 28, 2024

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bvMUVxflvxI

b. Rendezvous:

SpaceX/NASA - SpaceX Crew-9 - Rendezvous & Docking ISS - Space Affairs Live

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vr7QJTMhQeg

c: Hatch opening:

SpaceX/NASA - SpaceX Crew-9 - Hatch Opening & Welcome onboard theISS - Space Affairs Live

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ioqQcqkN5SA

6) Observation comments: None.

7) Launch preparations:

a. Boats heading out:

Source: NASASpaceFlight.com

b. Spacecraft:

Source: NASASpaceFlight.com

c. Ready for launch:

Source: NASASpaceFlight.com

d. Navigation Warning:

Source: NASASpaceFlight.com

8) First stage return/ocean recovery/disposal: Return to LZ-1.

9) Launch to deployment events/timeline:

Hours:Minutes:Seconds after lift-off. Times approximate.

00:00:58 Max Q (Moment of peak mechanical stress on the rocket)
00:02:27 1st stage main engine cutoff (MECO)
00:02:30 1st and 2nd stages separate
00:02:37 2nd stage engine starts (SES-1)
00:02:43 Boostback Burn Starts
00:03:30 Boostback Burn Ends
00:06:17 1st stage entry burn begins
00:06:29 1st stage entry burn ends
00:07:22 1st stage landing burn begins
00:07:39 1st stage landing
00:08:50 2nd stage engine cutoff (SECO-1)
00:12:01 Dragon separates from 2nd stage
00:12:50 Dragon nosecone open sequence begins

10) Orbit insertion: ISS rendezvous orbit

Chokey Member Joined Oct 2001 Posts 97854 EE 0% (0) OH, USA	Posted: 9/27/2024 1:19:59 PM EST [Last Edit: Chokey] [#29] great video Views from Dragon in flight \uD83D\uDC09\uD83C\uDF0E During its five day mission, Dragon and the Polaris Dawn crew completed 75 orbits around Earth pic.twitter.com/NzIFElzXAm SpaceX (@SpaceX) September 27, 2024 Polaris Dawn \| Views from Dragon in flight https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5_DZtCYhdXc

Chokey Member Joined Oct 2001 Posts 97873 EE 0% (0) OH, USA	Posted: 9/27/2024 4:42:47 PM EST [#30] BREAKING: @NASA's Steve Stich announces New Dragon Contingency: New for Crew-8 and Crew-9, in the event of all 4 parachutes failing to deploy, SpaceX can use the SuperDracos launch abort system to perform a soft-splashdown.@NASASpaceflight Ryan Caton (@dpoddolphinpro) September 27, 2024

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thread

The Crew-9 prelaunch news briefing is now beginning. Follow this thread for updates.

Watch live: https://t.co/yuMQuBfn9G pic.twitter.com/FMkRjYGNBf
Spaceflight Now (@SpaceflightNow) September 27, 2024

one thing to note are contingency seats were created on Crew-8 for Butch and Suni.

8/ Stich says there will be a little longer handover from Crew-8 to Crew-9 to deconfigure the contingency seats set up on the Crew-8 Dragon. As illustrated below, these were set up in the case of an emergency for Butch Wilmore and Suni Williams. pic.twitter.com/cPVLNruzhc
Spaceflight Now (@SpaceflightNow) September 27, 2024

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another summary of the briefing

Roundup of the @NASA Crew-9 Pre-launch briefing

Dragon@NASA's Steve Stich announced that Dragon now has the ability to utilise its SuperDraco thrusters, designed for a launch escape scenario, during splashdown in the event that all 4 parachutes fail. @SpaceX's Bill… https://t.co/uIBF6UbQPA
Ryan Caton (@dpoddolphinpro) September 27, 2024

Roundup of the @NASA Crew-9 Pre-launch briefing

Dragon
@NASA's Steve Stich announced that Dragon now has the ability to utilise its SuperDraco thrusters, designed for a launch escape scenario, during splashdown in the event that all 4 parachutes fail.
@SpaceX's Bill Gerstenmaier says that this capability has been flown before, however this is just the first time it is being flown on a @NASA
mission. He confirms it allows Dragon to fire the SuperDracos "at the very end" to provide a "tolerable landing" for the crew.
@SpaceX got "good comments" from the @PolarisProgram
Dawn crew, and will share those with the spaceflight community.
"We have extra confidence in our Draco thrusters" - I wonder what this could be referencing.
@NASA's Ken Bowersox: "I really like the Polaris Dawn mission". "[Having private operators fly private flights is] what we're trying to do". He joked that he liked Polaris Dawn because he didn't have to pay for it 😅

Crew Selection
@NASA's Ken Bowersox: In this situation, it made sense for somebody with flight experience [Nick Hague] to fly the vehicle.
Nick Hague was upgraded to Commander, following the removal of 2 crew members (the former Commander Zena Cardman and former Mission Specialist Stephanie Wilson) to free up seats for Butch & Suni. He will fly alongside Roscosmos' Aleksandr Gorbunov, who remains a Mission Specialist and has not been upgraded to Pilot as speculated beforehand, however he did take the Pilot's seat during the Dry Dress Rehearsal.

SLC-40
@SpaceX's Bill Gerstenmaier: Being able to launch out of SLC-40 for the first time with crew "is pretty exciting".
"I think we carried a lot of the things from 39A onto Pad 40".
"We have slide chutes at 40, we think they're actually more effective" than the baskets used at 39A (and 39B for SLS) in the event of an evacuation.
"In general, it's roughly the same capability at both pads".

ISS
Expecting ~3 American EVA's in the December timeframe, and potentially 1 Russian EVA also. This follows some cancelled & aborted EVA attempts earlier this year on the American side of the station.

Chokey Member Joined Oct 2001 Posts 97893 EE 0% (0) OH, USA	Posted: 9/27/2024 9:41:24 PM EST [#33] Sunset at pad 40 pic.twitter.com/dHP77CkAJF SpaceX (@SpaceX) September 28, 2024

Chokey Member Joined Oct 2001 Posts 97902 EE 0% (0) OH, USA	Posted: 9/28/2024 8:41:17 AM EST [#34] NASA's SpaceX Crew-9 Launch https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SKXtysRx0b4

Haub Joined Jul 2012 Posts 2493 EE 0% (0) MN, USA	Posted: 9/28/2024 8:53:33 AM EST [#35] Quote History Originally Posted By Chokey: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SKXtysRx0b4 View Quote Sucks that Starliner crew still has to wait till February

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Chokey Member Joined Oct 2001 Posts 97908 EE 0% (0) OH, USA	Posted: 9/28/2024 11:38:13 AM EST [#37] All systems are looking good for today’s launch of Crew-9. Teams are keeping an eye on weather, which is 55% favorable for liftoff SpaceX (@SpaceX) September 28, 2024

Chokey Member Joined Oct 2001 Posts 97909 EE 0% (0) OH, USA	Posted: 9/28/2024 11:38:39 AM EST [Last Edit: Chokey] [#38] Crew-9 is the first human spaceflight mission to launch from pad 40 pic.twitter.com/5N3gpd9VHe SpaceX (@SpaceX) September 28, 2024 Teams installed and tested new emergency chutes from the launch tower earlier this year pic.twitter.com/ONvyQfMPeh SpaceX (@SpaceX) September 28, 2024

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BREAKING: @NASA's Steve Stich announces New Dragon Contingency:
New for Crew-8 and Crew-9, in the event of all 4 parachutes failing to deploy, SpaceX can use the SuperDracos launch abort system to perform a soft-splashdown.@NASASpaceflight
Ryan Caton (@dpoddolphinpro) September 27, 2024

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Dragon was always designed to land propulsively, but I didn’t want to risk it as the primary method
Elon Musk (@elonmusk) September 28, 2024

Chokey Member Joined Oct 2001 Posts 97912 EE 0% (0) OH, USA	Posted: 9/28/2024 11:46:51 AM EST [#40] t-30mins Crew-9 is go for launch! pic.twitter.com/fXIL6C9sje SpaceX (@SpaceX) September 28, 2024

California_Kid Something something of the something Joined Jan 2001 Posts 83008 EE 0% (0) CA, USA	Posted: 9/28/2024 12:07:55 PM EST [#41] Quote History Originally Posted By Chokey: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SKXtysRx0b4 View Quote IN!
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Hesperus We will softly slip away. Joined Jan 2014 Posts 37770 EE 100% (6) ID, USA	Posted: 9/28/2024 12:31:12 PM EST [Last Edit: Hesperus] [#42] Good launch, good landing. Uber Dragon is well on its way to the ISS.
	It’s… probably not as bad as you think it is.

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Mission: Falcon 9, OneWeb 20

1) Mission description: "A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket will carry the final batch of OneWeb’s Gen 1 satellites to low Earth orbit. Nearly eight minutes after liftoff from Space Launch Complex 4 East (SLC-4E) at Vandenberg Space Force Base, the Falcon 9 first stage booster, tail number B1082, will return for a touchdown at Landing Zone 4 (LZ-4)." Source

2) Launch window: 11:54 PM PDT (29 September 2024)

3) Launch site: SLC-4E, Vandenberg Space Force Base, California

4) Launch direction: Southerly

5) Webcast viewing options:

6) Observation comments: No sunlit jellyfish on this launch.

7) Launch preparations:

a. Boat heading out.

Source: NASASpaceFlight.com

b. Satellites:

c. Ready for launch: Not found

d. Navigation warning:

Fairing splashdown area in red, failed boostback burn in orange, and the previous NOTAM area in yellow.

Source: NASASpaceFlight.com

8) First stage return/ocean recovery/disposal: Recovery at Landing Zone 4.

9) Launch to deployment events/timeline:

Hours:Minutes:Seconds after lift-off. Times approximate.

00:01:06 Max Q (Moment of peak mechanical stress on the rocket)
00:02:15 1st stage main engine cutoff (MECO)
00:02:19 1st and 2nd stages separate
00:02:27 2nd stage engine starts (SES-1)
00:02:32 1st stage boostback burn starts
00:03:02 Fairing deployment
00:03:28 1st stage boostback burn ends
00:06:18 1st stage entry burn starts
00:06:33 1st stage entry burn ends
00:07:18 1st stage landing burn start
00:07:56 1st stage landing
00:08:29 2nd stage engine cutoff (SECO-1)
00:55:03 2nd stage engine starts (SES-2)
00:55:06 2nd stage engine cutoff (SECO-2)
00:59:03 Deployment of first and second OneWeb satellites
00:59:35 Deployment of third and fourth OneWeb satellites
01:00:31 Deployment of fifth and sixth OneWeb satellites
01:00:33 Deployment of seventh and eighth OneWeb satellites
01:02:13 Deployment of ninth and 10th OneWeb satellites
01:12:43 Deployment of 11th and 12th OneWeb satellites
01:16:15 Deployment of 13th and 14th OneWeb satellites
01:17:11 Deployment of 15th and 16th OneWeb satellites
01:18:27 Deployment of 17th and 18th OneWeb satellites
01:18:53 Deployment of 19th and 20th OneWeb satellites

10) Orbit destination:

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After today’s successful launch of Crew-9, Falcon 9’s second stage was disposed in the ocean as planned, but experienced an off-nominal deorbit burn. As a result, the second stage safely landed in the ocean, but outside of the targeted area.

We will resume launching after we…
SpaceX (@SpaceX) September 29, 2024

this will pause launches again.

Hesperus We will softly slip away. Joined Jan 2014 Posts 37780 EE 100% (6) ID, USA	Posted: 9/28/2024 11:57:35 PM EST [#45] Ai, yai yai. Well, the pauses probably won't last any longer than the last few.
	It’s… probably not as bad as you think it is.

Chokey Member Joined Oct 2001 Posts 97949 EE 0% (0) OH, USA	Posted: 9/29/2024 3:43:49 PM EST [#46] LIVE: Watch SpaceX's Crew-9 Dragon capsule dock with the ISS from Sen's 4K cameras https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZDCiEaseY8k

Chokey Member Joined Oct 2001 Posts 97995 EE 0% (0) OH, USA	Posted: 9/30/2024 3:35:59 PM EST [#47]

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Dagger41 Member Joined Sep 2011 Posts 63981 EE 0% (0) FL, USA	Posted: 10/6/2024 10:47:10 AM EST [Last Edit: Dagger41] [#49] [tweet]https://twitter.com/jeff_foust/status/1842939238578548912?s=46[/tweet] "Hera project manager Ian Carnelli says SpaceX has informed him FAA has granted a license for a Falcon 9 launch attempt tomorrow. Final vehicle integration ongoing with rollout this evening. Launch readiness review at 5:30pm EDT today."
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