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Old 04-11-2019, 06:02 PM
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ALL THREE BOOSTERS HAVE LANDED SUCCESSFULLY! And more importantly--for the customer--the second stage and Arabsat 6A are in a nominal parking orbit! The satellite will be deployed at 9 minutes past the hour (7:09 PM EDT, which is 34 minutes after liftoff, which occurred at 6:35 PM EDT, as planned). Right now the real-time CGI animation of the stages' locations on Earth--and the orbital motion, for the second stage/Arabsat 6A combination--is being shown; the live coverage will continue when the time of the satellite's deployment (which--I *think*--will first involve a second Stage 2 burn, to inject it into a GTO [or a super-synchronous transfer orbit--STO]) approaches, after the top of the current hour.
AOS (Acquisition Of Signal) has occurred over western Africa, and television views from the Stage 2 onboard cameras are now visible. (UPDATE: LIVE coverage has just resumed!)
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