951
Approved on the range – now targeting January 11 launch of Iridium-8 from Vandenberg Air Force Base. Weather is 60% favorable for the instantaneous launch opportunity at 7:31 a.m. PST, 15:31 UTC.
952
Falcon 9 and 10 Iridium NEXT satellites vertical on SpaceX’s California launch pad at Vandenberg Air Force Base. Tomorrow’s instantaneous launch window is at 7:31 a.m. PST, 15:31 UTC → spacex.com/webcast
953
T-30 minutes until Falcon 9 launch of Iridium-8. Launch webcast will go live about 15 minutes before liftoff → spacex.com/webcast
954
Webcast of Falcon 9 launch to complete the @IridiumComm NEXT constellation is now live → spacex.com/webcast
955
T-60 seconds until launch → spacex.com/webcast
957
Main engine cutoff and stage separation confirmed. Second stage engine burn underway.
959
First stage entry burn complete. Second stage continuing nominally to low Earth orbit.
960
Falcon 9 first stage has landed on the Just Read the Instructions droneship.
962
Second stage and satellite now in coast phase. The webcast will return in about 40 minutes for second stage engine restart and satellite deployment.
963
Back live for final burn and deployment of 10 @IridiumComm NEXT satellites → spacex.com/webcast
964
Successful deployment of 10 @IridiumComm NEXT satellites to low-Earth orbit confirmed.
965
Falcon 9 launches 10 new @IridiumComm NEXT satellites to orbit; this was the eighth set of satellites in a series of 75 total satellites that SpaceX has launched for Iridium’s next generation global satellite constellation, Iridium NEXT.
966
Having delivered over 5,600 pounds of science and supplies, Dragon has completed its five-week stay at the @Space_Station and will depart at ~3:30 p.m. PST on Sunday. The Dragon used to support SpaceX’s 16th resupply mission previously delivered cargo to the ISS in 2017.
967
Falcon 9 lands on the Just Read the Instructions droneship after delivering 10 @IridiumComm satellites to low Earth orbit and returns to the Port of Los Angeles ahead of its next flight.
968
Dragon has been released from the @Space_Station! Three departure burns are now underway → nasa.gov/nasatv
969
The three departure burns to move Dragon away from the @Space_Station are complete.
970
Dragon will re-enter Earth's atmosphere in ~5 hours. Splashdown at 9:05 p.m. PST.
971
Dragon's de-orbit burn is complete and its trunk has been jettisoned. Pacific Ocean splashdown in ~30 minutes.
972
Dragon's drogue chutes deployed nominally.
973
Dragon's three main parachutes have been deployed.
974
Good splashdown of Dragon confirmed, completing SpaceX’s fourth resupply mission to and from the @Space_Station with a flight-proven spacecraft.
975
Dragon returned home last night after its five-week stay at the @Space_Station, completing SpaceX’s sixteenth flight to and from the orbiting laboratory. The ISS badge signifies this Dragon’s previous trip to the station in 2017.
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