Beautiful Launch : ASBM mission From Vandenberg, California | 78th Launch of 2024

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space launch complex 4 East in vandenbberg California today's launch Mark spacex's 76th mission of 2024 and 360th overall Falcon 9 mission to date my name is Ronnie foreman and I'm a commercial sales manager here at SpaceX joining you from Hawthorne California for our live launch coverage of the Arctic satellite Broadband Mission also known as asbm led by space Norway with just 13 minutes and 43 seconds to launch let's Dive Right In on board Falcon 9 today are two North rip Grumman built satellites asbm 1 and asbm 2 these satellites will deliver continuous Commercial and Military Broadband capacity to the Arctic region above the 65° north latitude today's mission is particularly exciting for SpaceX because this is the first time we we will be launching to the highly elliptical mola orbit in this orbit the apogee or the furthest part from point from Earth is about 40,000 km away and the parag or the closest point can be as close as 600 km the orbit is also positioned around the Earth by fine-tuning the inclination and argument of Pare so that the ape is as far north as possible now the closer a satellite is to the Earth during its orbit the faster it's moving so that really high apy allows vehicles in this orbit to spend a significant amount of time over the high latitudes of the northern hemisphere making passes about every 12 hours or twice per day then with a Pare of just 600 km the satellite is moving much much faster and it zips across the southern hemisphere before popping back up to the northern side that careful balance of timing and orbital positioning means that in the mola orbit just two satellites are able to provide aroundthe clock coverage of these Northern latitudes we have a great illustration of that orbit coming up so with that let's learn a little bit more about today's payload and Mission [Music] e e the evolving operational environment drove an increased capability needed in the Arctic region and now that the Arctic is more accessible maintaining peace in the Arctic region is of the utmost importance the partnership was e with the launch today of the asbm satellites embarking viasat's gx10 payloads we take an important step in providing Broadband connectivity into the Arctic region the gxm payloads represent an important step in vat's evolutional network providing Broadband connectivity for Mobility users e the Falcon 9 on your screen is a two-stage rocket developed and manufactured by SpaceX known for its safe reliable and cost effective access to space it is the most flown us launch vehicle ever and also the first and currently the only orbital class rocket capable of reflight now starting at the top of the vehicle which you can barely see through the fog there on your screen we've got our carbon composite payload fairing a protective shell that encapsulates the payload being sent to space just to provide a sense of scale here the payload fairing that you can again just barely see on your screen is about 17 ft in diameter it has enough room inside to hold an average size fire Tru the fairing is made up of two halves that will separate and jettison away from the vehicle once Falcon 9 reaches space today's payloads are of course the asbm satellites which were manufactured by northr greman continuing down the vehicle we have our second stage the second stage is powered by a single Merlin vacuum engine or mvac for short after stage separation the mvac engine will ignite and carry the payloads to its final orbit the Falcon 99's first and second stages are connected by the black interstage which houses the mvac engine SC SKT and the system that decouples the two stages during stage separation below the first stage which is powered by nine Merlin engines that provides the initial thrust to lift Falcon 9 off the ground and move the vehicle through the lower thicker parts of the atmosphere each of these Merlin 1D engines delivers about 190,000 lb of thrust at sea level which gives Falcon 9 a combined 1.7 million pounds of thrust at liftoff after stage separation stage one which is also called the booster will return to Earth using a combination of those Merlin sea level engines and four titanium grid fins located at the top of the booster which will guide it during its re-entry the Falcon 9 first stage is also equipped with four Landing legs that deployed just before landing to allow for vertical touchdown on either a landing pad or drone ship for today's Mission we will be attempting to land this booster on our drone ship of course I still love which is currently stationed on the Pacific Ocean this Mission marks this booster's 22nd launch and Landing having previously flown crew 1 and two Sirius xm8 CRS 23 for strong R track xby Transporter 4 and5 Global star fm15 isi AOS C3 Korea 425 Max R1 and 10 starlink mions I'm not going to lie that is one heck of a resume and of course prior to the start of our webcast today the Falcon 9 team performed functional checkouts for both the asbm payloads and the launch vehicle at tus 38 minutes the team concluded their go strong back RoR started there's confirmation that the strong back is beginning to pull away from the vehicle and of course at this point in our launch leadup the prev valves between the first stage and the second stage are open at the T-minus 7 Minute Mark engine chill began to prepare the Merlin engines for flight the first stage is connected to a launch Mount at the base of the transporter erector or te which is that trust structure you can see next to Falcon 9 we heard the Nets call out that we are preparing for retraction here in just a couple of minutes just barely through the fog you can see there that the strong back pulled away from the rocket by by about 2° now at T minus 0 the ground hydraulic systems will pull the te all the way back from 2° to 45° away from Falcon 9 so that it can have sufficient clearance to move away from the Launchpad at this point in the countdown both the first and second stages are nearly fully loaded with 1 million pounds of Rocket grade kerosene Fuel and liquid oxygen both stages will finish propellant loading about a minute apart from each other so we're listening in now for those call outs from mission [Applause] control stage one lock load complete there's confirmation that we have finished loading liquid oxygen on board the first stage and again we are standing by for the same call out for stage two in just about 50 seconds you can of course always keep an eye on our mission countdown right in the middle at the bottom of your screen [Applause] that periodic venting sound you hear is normal at this point in the countdown we are venting chilled gas from above the locks tank to maintain constant pressure in the tank as needed typically for a launch you'd be able to see that liquid oxygen condensing into clouds around the vehicle but today the best indication we have is that audio feedback coming from the LaunchPad [Applause] [Applause] [Applause] we are standing by for that locks call out on board stage two at which point Falcon 9 will be fully loaded with 1 million2 Lo load is complete there's that confirmation that we have 1 million pounds of fuel on board Falcon 9 now the next call out we're listening for is at tus 60 seconds that Falcon 9 has entered startup mode that of course will mean that the Rocket's autonomous internal flight computers have taken over the launch countdown then just inside of tus 2 seconds we will light the m1d engines for liftoff at this time the asbm payload continues to be healthy and the Falcon 9 team is tracking no issues on the rocket the range is green and weather continues to look good albeit a bit foggy Falcon 9 is in startup confirmation that Falcon is in startup LD is go for launch and there you heard that our launch Direct director has given the final go for today's Mission so at tus 37 seconds and counting all systems are ready for the launch of Falcon n let's sit back and watch as the Falcon rocket takes the asbm mission to space t minus 15 seconds t 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 ini and LIF off9 go ASF vehicle pit down range chamber pressure nominal that incredible view of course means that at t plus 33 seconds and counting Falcon 9 has successfully lifted off from space launch complex 4 East carrying the two asvm satellites now after clearing the tower as you can see a little bit on your screen are nominal there's good confirmation that our power and Telemetry on board Falcon 9 are looking good at this point we're gimb the engines on the booster to initiate a slight rle supersonic call out there that Falcon 9 is moving faster than the speed of sound Max q and there's confirmation that we have passed through the period of Maximum aerodynamic pressure on the vehicle as Falcon 9 accelerates through the thicker lower atmosphere the air density decreases but we're picking up speed as we head to space which means we're Shifting the pressure balance on the rocket as we Ascend when Falcon 9 passes through Max Q the point of Maximum aerodynamic pressure on the vehicle the air density has now lowered faster than the increasing speed of the vehicle great views there as Falcon 9 continues on its way to space now coming up shortly we'll have three events in quick succession and we should hear all of these called out by Mission Control starting with Mo followed by stage separation and then sces one main engine cut off or Mo for short will shut down all 91 m1d engines on the first stage to slow the vehicle down in preparation for stage separation which is when the first and second stages of Falcon 9 separate from one another after stage one shuts down its engines and separates from the second stage the booster will begin to make its way back to land and the second engine will undertake SC1 or second engine start one where we light the mvac engine on the second stage for the first time let's keep an eye out for all of these events happening in just about 5 Seconds stage separation confirmed start up awesome views and confirmation that we have had main engine cut off stage separation and of course second engine start one so the next major call out we're looking for is fairing separation right now the fairing is protecting the asbm payloads from the environments on Ascent but once we reach the vacuum of space they're no longer needed so at that point the have separate energe isend away fairing separation confirmed great confirmation and views of fairing Separation on your screen there we will of course be attempting to retrieve those fairing Hales once they fall back to Earth with our recovery vessel go beyond which is also currently standing by in the Pacific Ocean coming up here in just a little bit more than 2 minutes we are anticipating entry burn which should last about 20 seconds for our first stage booster but right now of course on your screen at t plus 4 minutes and 3 seconds into this launch you have great views of your mvac engine on the right hand side of the screen taking the asbm satellites to their intended orbit the next major Milestone we're tracking for the first stage is the entry burn which should begin at t plus 6 minutes and 22 seconds to start the entry burn we will relight three of the m1d engines on board the first stage which is essentially similar to pumping the brakes to slow down the vehicle as it passes back into the Earth's atmosphere that entry burn will help to reduce the heat generated from the friction of the atmosphere and reduces aerody trajectories good confirmation there that both the first and second stages are on nominal trajectories so as you can see on your screen at this point in the flight the second stage is still picking up speed and heading to orbit on on the left hand side of your screen you have a great view down the side of Falcon 9 and two of those titanium grid fins just at top the booster preparing for landing again the Falcon 9 first stage supporting today's mission is performing this entry approach for the 202nd time and that continuing to pick up speed and altitude in the bottom right hand corner of your screen the engines on board the first and second stage are actually quite similar but the Merlins on the first stage are optimized for sea level these achieve 190,000 lbs of thrust each during both ascent and descent the mvac engine by contrast has a much wider nozzle which you can see on the right hand side of your screen right now and is optimized to 22,500 pound of thrust in the vacuum of space one of the next major Milestones we're tracking here is going entry bur startup there's confirmation that we have entry burn startup on board our first stage on the left hand side of your screen stage one entry burn shutdown there's confirmation of Entry burn shut down on the first stage and with that we should have just about a minute until we hear Seco one or second engine cut off one for the mvac engine on board the second stage shortly after that we'll hear the call out for the landing burn which is the final burn of the Falcon 9 booster page one FTS is saved good call outs for mission control as first stage continues back toward Earth stage two FTS is safed stage two is in terminal guidance good call outs foric from mission control and with that last one we know that Falcon 9 continues on its way back to Earth great views of those grid fins steering through the atmosphere as well as a reminder we are attempting to land this booster today on our drone ship of course I still love you which is currently stationed in the Pacific Ocean stage one Landing burd there's confirmation that Landing burn has begun and we are expecting this burn to last for about 20 seconds in total nominal orbit insertion Landing leg deploy stage one Landing confirmed that was a beautiful touchdown of our Falcon 9 rocket and of course in the midst of all we also heard confirmation of second engine cutof and nominal orbital insertion from Mission Control great views of mvac up there in space with our two asbm satellites on board and as a reminder this was our 22nd launch and Landing for the first stage we flew today marking spacex's 38th recovery of an orbital class rocket including the first stage Landings for both Falcon 9 and falcon heavy now we are going to enter roughly a 28-minute coast phase and then we'll be back for second engine start 2 or sces 2 of the mvac engine on board the second stage at about the t plus 36 minute Mark so for now kick back and enjoy some Space Tunes we'll see you back here for sces 2 [Music] [Music] sh [Music] [Music] [Music] the [Music] [Music] [Music] [Music] [Music] [Music] [Music] [Music] [Music] [Music] [Music] [Music] [Music] [Music] [Music] [Music] [Music] [Music] [Music] [Music] [Music] [Music] [Music] [Music] [Music] [Music] see [Music] [Music] [Music] [Music] [Music] sh [Music] [Music] [Music] [Music] [Music] [Music] I [Music] [Music] [Music] [Music] [Music] [Music] [Music] [Music] [Music] [Music] [Music] [Music] [Music] [Music] [Music] [Music] [Music] [Music] [Music] [Music] [Music] [Music] [Music] [Music] hello and welcome back to our live coverage of the Arctic satellite Broadband Mission we are back from our First Coast phase just in time for second engine start 2 in just about 30 seconds we'll begin a roughly 40 second burn of the second stage mvac engine which you've got a great view of right now on your screen this will be the second burn of our mvac tonight the first burn took place at around the t plus 2 minutes and 45 second Mark and lasted for 5 and 1 half minutes this additional burn will place the aspm payloads into the desired orbit for payload deployment M start it confirmation of sces 2 now as I mentioned earlier the mvac engine shown on your screen has a much wider nozzle than the c-l m1d engines on board the first stage booster that's in order to give this engine optimal thrust performance in space at full power mvac is capable of 220,000 500 lb of thrust in vacuum also as we mentioned earlier tonight the asbm satellites are carrying both military and civilian payloads the two satellites on board stage 2 are asbm 1 and asm2 confirmation of second engine cut off two there from Mission Control nominal orbit insertion and confirmation of good orbit insertion for asbm 1 and 2 which are still currently attached to the second stage those two satellites are hosting viasat's gx10 and 10B Ka ban payloads which will extend viasat's high-speed Global Network across the Arctic region in addition to the two ViaSat Ka ban payloads the spacecraft are also hosting payloads for the Norwegian armed fores the European space agenc and the US space force a radiation monitoring instrument built by the Norwegian company idas and Issa which will gather information about or epsr payload is also on board for the US Military and finally an xand payload for the Norwegian Armed Forces with that we have roughly four minutes left in this Coast before arriving to our first payload deployment then we'll have another 5 minute Coast before arriving at our second payload deployment so for that we'll kick it back over to the Space Tunes and see you back here at t+ 42 minutes [Music] [Music] [Music] [Music] sh [Music] [Music] [Music] [Music] we are now just about t plus 42 minutes into today's Mission and coming up next we have the deployment of the first asbm satellite now just a quick recap of today's Mission so far we had an ontime liftoff at 7:02 p.m. Pacific followed by stage separation about 2 and 1/2 minutes after launch the first stage booster then returned to Earth and successfully landed on the Drone ship of course I still love you about 8 and 1 half minutes after takeoff we've also had two successful ignitions and shutdowns of our second stage mvac engine on board stage two today we had the asbm payload which consisted of two northp Grumman built satellites asbm 1 which we just heard confirmation of deployment there and asbm 2 with that confirmation we are headed back into another Coast but we'll see you back here in just about 4 minutes for the deploy of asbm 2 [Music] [Music] [Music] [Music] [Music] [Music] [Music] [Music] [Music] [Music] [Music] [Music] [Music] [Music] [Music] you're waiting for the deployment of the second AF sbm satellite great views from up in space and you can see asbm 1 over on the left hand side of your screen its deployment was just about 5 minutes ago asvm 2 payload Diplo confirmed there we heard from mission control and have great views on our screen that we have had successful deployment of the asbm 2 satellite now with that confirmation we will be bringing today's webcast to a close today's Mission marks spacex's 360th overall mission to date and 76th mission of the year we want to thank space Norway for entrusting us with today's Mission and all of you for for joining us today if you are interested in more launch coverage be sure to check out spacex.com launches for the most up-to-date information thanks again we'll see you next time [Music] he [Music] [Music] [Music] [Music] [Music] [Music] [Music] [Music]