Falcon Heavy Launch Thread!!! Mission success

[Legend]

yea it keeps getting oushed back and i hear they are re evaluaing today

Jumped the gun.

Not a scrub yet, but the countdown is on hold.

[DD_Bwest]

òoooo chrisG said  no restraints at the time.    launch in 2 hours.  ULW still monitored

[Legend]

Might actually launch!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Oh that's awesome. I was really worried they were just delaying it for the sake of hoping for change instead of seeing change.

[DD_Bwest]

elon just tweeted launch sequence initiated

Might actually launch!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Oh that's awesome. I was really worried they were just delaying it for the sake of hoping for change instead of seeing change.

its on like donkey kong at the break of dawn! lol

[Legend]

elon just tweeted launch sequence initiated

Launch auto-sequence initiated (aka the holy mouse-click) for 3:45 liftoff #FalconHeavy

— Elon Musk (@elonmusk) February 6, 2018

[Legend]

loading fuel!

[DD_Bwest]

prop load!

so hard to work.  especiallu at a desk.  so muh energy and excitement

[Legend]

T-01:28:00 SpaceX Launch Director verifies go for propellant load
T-01:25:00 RP-1 (rocket grade kerosene) loading underway
T-00:45:00 LOX (liquid oxygen) loading underway
T-00:07:00 Falcon Heavy begins engine chill prior to launch
T-00:01:00 Flight computer commanded to begin final prelaunch checks
T-00:01:00 Propellant tank pressurization to flight pressure begins
T-00:00:45 SpaceX Launch Director verifies go for launch
T-00:00:05 Engine controller commands side booster engine ignition sequence to start
T-00:00:03 Engine controller commands center core engine ignition sequence to start
T-00:00:00 Falcon Heavy liftoff
T+00:01:06 Max Q (moment of peak mechanical stress on the rocket)
T+00:02:29 Booster engine cutoff (BECO)
T+00:02:33 Side cores separate from center core
T+00:02:50 Side cores begin boostback burn
T+00:03:04 Center core engine shutdown/main engine cutoff (MECO)
T+00:03:07 Center core and 2nd stage separate
T+00:03:15 2nd stage engine starts
T+00:03:24 Center core begins boostback burn
T+00:03:49 Fairing deployment
T+00:06:41 Side cores begin entry burn
T+00:06:47 Center core begins entry burn
T+00:07:58 Side core landings
T+00:08:19 Center core landing
T+00:08:31 2nd stage engine cutoff (SECO-1)
T+00:28:22 2nd stage engine restarts
T+00:28:52 2nd stage engine cutoff (SECO-2)

We've entered the launch sequence!

[Legend]

Less than an hour!

T-60 minutes until Falcon Heavy’s first test flight. Launch webcast will go live about 20 minutes before liftoff ? https://t.co/gtC39uBC7z

— SpaceX (@SpaceX) February 6, 2018

[DD_Bwest]

my god the boosters and the main core land like 20 seconds apart lol

and confirmed they are using  BECO lol

[Legend]

my god the boosters and the main core land like 20 seconds apart lol

and confirmed they are using  BECO lol

Yeah everyone kept assuming the two rtls boosters would be staggered so we wouldn't have a simultaneous landing, but instead we'll essentially get 3 simultaneous landings!

Also this stream is good if you're board.

[Legend]

LOX load started  

[Legend]

Music live!!!!

[Legend]

Stream video!!!!!!!

[Legend]

It includes a digital arc, awesome.