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Back live for final burn and satellite deployment → spacex.com/webcast
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Final second stage engine cutoff nominal, preparing to deploy satellite.
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Successful deployment of SES-12 to a geostationary transfer orbit confirmed.
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More photos from this morning’s Falcon 9 launch of SES-12, completing Falcon 9’s 55th mission since its first flight from the same pad eight years ago today → flickr.com/spacex
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Crew Dragon is at @NASA’s Plum Brook Station testing facility in Ohio, home to the largest thermal vacuum chamber in the world, to demonstrate its capability to withstand the extreme temperatures and vacuum of space. instagram.com/p/BkQ8w0mFoxa
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Static fire test of Falcon 9 complete—targeting June 29 launch from Pad 40 in Florida for Dragon’s fifteenth mission to the @Space_Station.
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Rocket and spacecraft for CRS-15 are flight-proven. Falcon 9’s first stage previously launched @NASA_TESS two months ago, and Dragon flew to the @Space_Station in support of our ninth resupply mission in 2016.
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At Naval Air Facility El Centro in Southern California, SpaceX recently completed its 16th test of Crew Dragon’s parachute system—verifying the system’s ability to slow Crew Dragon and ensure a safe landing in the unlikely event of a low altitude abort. instagram.com/p/BkgAmoGF490/
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Another view of SpaceX’s 16th Crew Dragon parachute test recently completed at Naval Air Facility El Centro in Southern California. instagram.com/p/BkgA3f8lPgo/
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Falcon 9 and Dragon went vertical tonight ahead of tomorrow’s resupply mission to the @iss. Weather is 90% favorable for launch at 5:42 a.m. EDT, 9:42 UTC.
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~1 hour until Falcon 9 launch of Dragon for its fifteenth mission to the @Space_Station. Vehicle and spacecraft are healthy and tracking no issues
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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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Second stage propelling Dragon into its orbit to meet up with the @Space_Station.
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Dragon confirmed in good orbit. spacex.com/webcast
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Dragon is on its way to the International Space Station. Capture by @Space_Station crew set for Monday morning.
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More photos of today’s Falcon 9 launch of Dragon to the @Space_Station → flickr.com/spacex
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Dragon is ~30 meters from the @Space_Station. Watch live → nasa.gov/ntv
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Dragon has been given a "go" to move towards capture position.
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Dragon is 10 meters from the @Space_Station. Capture sequence starting in ~20 minutes.
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Capture confirmed! Dragon now attached to the @Space_Station robotic arm.
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