Posts: 44601 From: Houston, TX Registered: Nov 1999
posted 08-30-2020 03:54 PM
SpaceX is targeting Sunday, August 30 at 7:18 p.m. EDT, or 23:18 UTC, for Falcon 9's launch of the SAOCOM 1B mission, which will carry the SAOCOM 1B spacecraft to orbit in addition to two rideshare payloads, Tyvak-0172 and PlanetiQ’s GNOMES-1.
The mission will lift off from Space Launch Complex 40 (SLC-40) at Cape Canaveral Air Force Station in Florida. This mission marks SpaceX's first launch to a polar orbit from the East Coast, and the first polar launch from Florida in decades.
The last time there was a polar launch from the Cape was on Feb. 26, 1969. A Delta E1 rocket lifted off with the ninth and last Environmental Survey Satellite (ESSA-9) in the TIROS Operational Satellite system.
Robert Pearlman Editor
Posts: 44601 From: Houston, TX Registered: Nov 1999
posted 09-06-2020 05:25 AM
Why no live TV pictures over Antarctica during the upper stage coast phase, prior to deployment of the rideshare satellites? It was never explained in their webcast.
Robert Pearlman Editor
Posts: 44601 From: Houston, TX Registered: Nov 1999
posted 09-09-2020 10:08 AM
SpaceX video
Sped up footage from an onboard camera during Falcon 9's launch of the SAOCOM 1B mission – SpaceX's first launch to a polar orbit from the East Coast. After launching from Space Launch Complex 40 at Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, Falcon 9's first stage returned to land at Landing Zone 1.