Welcome to the /c/SpaceX CRS-29 Official Launch Discussion & Updates Thread!
Welcome everyone!
| Scheduled for (UTC) | 2023-11-10, 01:28 |
|---|---|
| Scheduled for (local) | 2023-11-09, 20:28 (EST) |
| Launch Window | Instantaneous |
| Docking scheduled for (UTC) | 2023-11-11, 10:20 |
| Launch site | LC-39A, Kennedy Space Center, Florida |
| Payload | Dragon SpX-29 |
| Booster | B1081-2 |
| Landing | B1081 will attempt to land back at the launch site (LZ-1) after this flight. |
| Dragon | C211-2 |
| Customer | NASA |
| Mission success criteria | Successful delivery of cargo to and from ISS |
Webcasts
| Stream | Link |
|---|---|
| NASA | https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Hgj1byn08lM |
| Spaceflight Now | https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UasA6SVOeng |
| NASASpaceflight | https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WTHzdQODuJ0 |
| The Launch Pad | https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-iEhR-vEGHk |
| Space Affairs | https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Sqi9yABmphE |
| SpaceX | https://twitter.com/SpaceX/status/1722781226157879612#m |
| The Space Devs |
Stats
☑️ 296th SpaceX launch all time
☑️ 244th Falcon Family Booster landing
☑️ 32nd landing on LZ-1
☑️ 258th consecutive successful Falcon 9 launch (excluding Amos-6) (if successful)
☑️ 82nd SpaceX launch this year
☑️ 12th launch from LC-39A this year
☑️ 27 days, 11:08:31 turnaround for this pad
Stats include F1, F9 , FH and Starship
Mission Details 🚀
| Link | Source |
|---|---|
| SpaceX mission website | SpaceX |
| NASA mission website | NASA |
https://nitter.net/SpaceX/status/1722388782283202780#m
Targeting Thursday, November 9 at 8:28 p.m. ET for Falcon 9’s launch of Dragon’s 29th commercial resupply mission to the @space_station → spacex.com/launches
Dragon separation confirmed!
Nosecone deploy confirmed.
NASA and SpaceX have concluded coverage. Docking scheduled for 2023-11-11, 10:20 UTC.
SECO, nominal orbital insertion.
Reading through some of the science payloads
Redwire will be launching microgravity research payloads focused on pharmaceutical drug development and regenerative medicine, including an experiment in bioprinting cardiac tissue.
Neat
Hopefully between Redwire, Varda, and others, there can be some commercially viable and medically helpful technologies developed and deployed in LEO. I really want the market to grow beyond defense, research, and tourism.
Stage 1 landing confirmed!
Acronyms, initialisms, abbreviations, contractions, and other phrases which expand to something larger, that I’ve seen in this thread:
Fewer Letters More Letters CRS Commercial Resupply Services contract with NASA LEO Low Earth Orbit (180-2000km) ~ Law Enforcement Officer (most often mentioned during transport operations) MECO Main Engine Cut-Off ~ MainEngineCutOff podcast RP-1 Rocket Propellant 1 (enhanced kerosene) SECO Second-stage Engine Cut-Off Jargon Definition cryogenic Very low temperature fluid; materials that would be gaseous at room temperature/pressure ~ (In re: rocket fuel) Often synonymous with hydrolox hydrolox Portmanteau: liquid hydrogen fuel, liquid oxygen oxidizer regenerative A method for cooling a rocket engine, by passing the cryogenic fuel through channels in the bell or chamber wall
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Falcon 9 is in startup. LD is go for launch.
Nominal stage 1 boostback burn.
NASA and SpaceX are live. Jasmine Hopkins and Jessie Anderson are hosting.
RP-1 loading is complete on stage 2, topping off stage 1.
Engine chill has started.
Max-Q!
Docking confirmed at 2023-11-11 10:08 UTC: https://nitter.net/SpaceX/status/1723281415645913437#m
Docking confirmed – Dragon has arrived at the @space_station!
Liftoff!