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To: ROCKLOBSTER

These are the last few updates from the link up above.
Looks good.

07/05/2017 20:11

Spacecraft engineers are expected to be able to confirm the health of the newly-launched Intelsat 35e satellite in about 40 minutes during a pass over a ground station in South Korea.

07/05/2017 20:10

Intelsat 35e separation! The new Boeing-built satellite for mobile phone, television and data services has deployed from the Falcon 9 rocket’s second stage.

07/05/2017 20:09

A ground station in Hartebeesthoek, South Africa, is now tracking the rocket.

07/05/2017 20:07

Deployment of the 14,905-pound (6,761-kilogram) Intelsat 35e satellite is coming up at T+plus 32 minutes, 1 second.

07/05/2017 20:06

SpaceX confirms the second stage engine has shut down and achieved a “good orbit for payload deploy.”

And to think that it took Magellen’s crew three years to “orbit” the earth by sea.


14 posted on 07/05/2017 5:30:33 PM PDT by Robert A Cook PE (I can only donate monthly, but socialists' ABBCNNBCBS continue to lie every day!)
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To: Robert A. Cook, PE
SpaceX confirms the second stage engine has shut down and achieved a “good orbit for payload deploy.”

They said the first stage was "expendable" and would not be recycled. But what about the second stage, is it still in orbit, or will it be brought back and landed?

16 posted on 07/05/2017 8:24:21 PM PDT by ROCKLOBSTER (Celebrate "Republicans Freed the Slaves" month.)
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