SpaceX F9 - Transporter 1 - SLC-40

[Grendal]

Photos from Ben Cooper's twitter feed:

 

[Grendal]

70% chance for good weather at the launch site:

 

[ICUDoc]

Photos from Ben Cooper's twitter feed:

That satellite stack reminds me of a NY corner newspaper stall, packed and packed to the gills with all different bric-a-brac- something for everyone!

 

[adiggs]

OMG! People worry about rockets having issues but what are the odds that all that deployment will go off without a hitch?

I counted 141 spacecraft, and I think that's ignoring the transfer vehicle / space tugs. Anybody else count?

Like - wow.

 

[808?]

 

[Grendal]

 

[Grendal]

Good launch, MECO, separation, first stage landing, SECO, and orbit. An hour before another second stage burn. The various deployments should be a lot of fun to watch.

All customers deployments were successful. Not much to see visually. Waiting on the 10 Starlinks..

 

[MyJoule]

made quite the turn to the south over Cuba. Neat

 

[Cosmacelf]

I slept in and got up just in time to "see" (mostly hear) the first deployments. I mentioned how complex this mission was to my wife and her comment was "Yeah, well, the government was never the right way to do space in the first place". Truth.