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Nine years ago today, Dragon completed its first flight for @NASA’s Commercial Orbital Transportation Services (COTS) program
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Dragon has been given a "go" to move toward capture position twitter.com/NASA/status/12…
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Dragon is ~10 meters from @Space_Station. Capture sequence starting shortly → nasa.gov/ntv
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Capture confirmed! After 19 flights to the @Space_Station, Dragon has now delivered over 95,000 pounds of critical supplies to the orbiting laboratory
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Static fire test of Falcon 9 complete—targeting December 16 for launch of JCSAT-18/Kacific1 from Pad 40 in Florida
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The booster supporting this mission previously supported the CRS-17 and CRS-18 missions
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Falcon 9 and JCSAT-18/Kacific1 are vertical on Pad 40 in Florida. Weather is 90% favorable for tonight’s launch window, which opens at 7:10 p.m. and closes at 8:38 p.m. EST → spacex.com/webcast
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T-60 minutes until Falcon 9 launch of JCSAT-18/Kacific1 → spacex.com/webcast
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Webcast of Falcon 9 launch now live twitter.com/i/broadcasts/1…
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About 45 minutes after liftoff, Ms. Tree and Ms. Chief will attempt to catch the fairing halves
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Main engine cutoff and stage separation confirmed
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Falcon 9 first stage has landed on the Of Course I Still Love You droneship – the third landing of this booster
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Second stage engine cutoff confirmed, now in coast phase; webcast will return in about 18 minutes for second stage engine restart
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Second stage engine restart and cutoff nominal; webcast will return in ~5 minutes for satellite deploy
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Successful deployment of JCSAT-18/Kacific1 confirmed!
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Ms. Tree and Ms. Chief narrowly missed catching the fairing halves—team is working to recover them for potential use on a future flight
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Falcon 9 launches JCSAT-18/Kacific1 to geostationary transfer orbit
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Yesterday the team completed the 10th successful multi-chute test in a row of Crew Dragon’s upgraded Mark 3 parachute design – one step closer to safely launching and landing @NASA astronauts
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Static fire test of Falcon 9 complete—targeting Monday, January 6 at 9:19 p.m. EST for launch of 60 Starlink satellites from Pad 40 in Florida
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Falcon 9 first stage booster supporting this mission previously launched a Starlink mission, the Iridium-8 mission, and the Telstar 18 VANTAGE mission
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All systems and weather are go ahead of today’s launch of 60 Starlink satellites; webcast will begin at ~9:05 p.m. EST → spacex.com/webcast
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Dragon will depart the @Space_Station tomorrow with approximately 3,800 pounds of science and supplies at about 2:00 a.m. PST
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