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Robert Pearlman
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posted 08-30-2020 03:54 PM     Click Here to See the Profile for Robert Pearlman   Click Here to Email Robert Pearlman     Edit/Delete Message   Reply w/Quote
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
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posted 08-30-2020 06:33 PM     Click Here to See the Profile for Robert Pearlman   Click Here to Email Robert Pearlman     Edit/Delete Message   Reply w/Quote
Successful orbital insertion, marking SpaceX's 100th launch (and 92nd Falcon 9 mission).

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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.

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posted 09-09-2020 10:08 AM     Click Here to See the Profile for Robert Pearlman   Click Here to Email Robert Pearlman     Edit/Delete Message   Reply w/Quote
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.

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