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Falcon Heavy’s 3 first stage cores have all completed testing at our rocket development facility in McGregor, TX → instagram.com/p/BYheQbWF0dm/
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Falcon 9 and OTV-5 are vertical on Pad 39A Weather is 50% favorable for today’s ~5 launch window which opens at 9:50 a.m. EDT, 13:50 UTC.
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~30 minutes until Falcon 9 launch of OTV-5. Webcast will go live about 10 minutes before liftoff → spacex.com/webcast
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Webcast of Falcon 9 launch is now live → spacex.com/webcast
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T-60 seconds until launch → spacex.com/webcast
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Main engine cutoff and stage separation confirmed.
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Falcon 9 first stage has landed at Landing Zone 1.
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More photos from today’s Falcon 9 launch and first stage landing → flickr.com/spacex
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How Falcon 9, the first reusable, orbit-class rocket, eventually managed to land in one piece and stay that way → youtu.be/bvim4rsNHkQ
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After a month-long stay at the @Space_Station, Dragon returns to Earth on Sunday, September 17 → go.nasa.gov/2h3ysMu
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Dragon has been released from the @Space_Station! Three departure burns are now underway.
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The three departure burns to move Dragon away from the @Space_Station are complete.
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Dragon will re-enter Earth's atmosphere in ~5 hours. Splashdown at 10:15 a.m. EDT, 14:15 UTC.
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Dragon's de-orbit burn is complete and trunk has been jettisoned. Pacific Ocean splashdown in ~30 minutes.
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Dragon's drogue chutes have been deployed nominally.
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Dragon's three main parachutes have been deployed.
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Good splashdown of Dragon confirmed, completing its 12th mission to and from the @Space_Station.
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Targeting 10/7 launch of EchoStar 105/SES-11 on a flight-proven first stage rocket booster from Pad 39A in Florida.
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Iridium-3 launch slated for 10/9 from Vandenberg, AFB in California—setting up back-to-back launches in early October.
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At @IAC2017, Elon Musk will provide an update on plans for making humanity multi-planetary → spacex.com/mars
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Nine years ago today, Falcon 1 became the first privately developed liquid fuel rocket to orbit Earth. spacex.com/gallery/2008-0…
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Elon Musk’s presentation at @IAC2017 will start shortly. Watch live → spacex.com/mars
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SpaceX has completed over 1,200 seconds of firing across 42 main Raptor engine tests.
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