Intelsat G-33/G-34 Mission

[Music] foreign [Music] thank you [Music] [Applause] [Music] [Applause] foreign [Music] [Applause] [Music] thank you [Music] foreign [Music] all right countdown that pad is clear and nine eight you want to try to sequence has started six five four three two one go for launch vehicle is supersonic [Music] stage separation confirmed Dragon separation confirmed [Music] stage one is transonic Landing Lakeside deployed and Falcon 9 has landed you have a live view of Falcon 9 awaiting its 705 PM Eastern Time launch from space launch complex 40 at Cape Canaveral space force station in Florida good evening and Welcome to our launch coverage of the Galaxy 33 Galaxy 34 mission for our customer Intel set my name is Shiva and I'm a space operations engineer here at SpaceX and I'm joining you today from SpaceX headquarters in Hawthorne California now if you've been following this launch you know that we stood down from our initial attempt on Thursday due to an abort at T minus 30 seconds for a small helium leak since then our teams have worked the issue and we are once again go for lunch Galaxy 33 and Galaxy 34 are the first two of seven satellites that will replace and refresh a large part of Intel sat's North America Galaxy Fleet the Galaxy 33 satellite will offer a continuity for North America cable distribution customers including HBO Fox networks stars and Valley Sports and the Galaxy 34 satellite will become Intel sat's newest protection satellite which means it's a backup satellite for the constellation here's a bit more about the payloads we're flying on today's mission [Music] intelsat operates the largest integrated space and ground Network in the world bringing reliable resilient connectivity to billions globally but as the foundational architects of communications technology we're never done finding new ways to bring value to our customers flaunch is a critical step to ensure long-term continuity for the services that we deliver for some customers it's about reliability of their mission critical service for others it's about getting the runway to grow their business and as our customers needs grow our network is evolving with them at the same time that we're developing the first 5G software-defined ecosystem we're continuing to strengthen our existing Fleet Galaxy 33 will be used as a primary cable distribution assets reaching 99.999 percent of all U.S cable subscribers Galaxy 34 on the other hand will be a protection satellite which will ensure very high reliability for our cable distribution services it will also be used to contribute news and sports content on an occasional basis these new satellites will be substantially more powerful continuing to provide the same broad consistent coverages the ones they're replacing while also helping to broaden Future capabilities for the organizations we serve those satellites are extremely important because they're going to help vacate the lower end of the c-band Spectrum which will be used by the mobile network operators to expand their 5G Networks like the saying is it takes a village to raise a child it takes a lot of people to build the sunlight the entire North upcoming team is very proud to manufacture and deliver Galaxy 33 and 34 to innocent and support their commitment to their and customers around the globe we're very fortunate we have some of the best people in the industry and everybody contributed to this big success we're about six minutes away from liftoff so let's get to know a little bit more about the rocket on your screen this is our two-stage Falcon 9 vehicle it's about 229 feet tall that's slightly taller than a 21 story building now the bottom two-thirds of the vehicle is called the first stage or the booster its objective is to accelerate the vehicle through the Earth's atmosphere to space and then it will separate from the rest of the rock rocket today's booster is flying for its 14th time having previously supported the gps3 space vehicle 3 mission turksat 5A Transporter 2 and 10 starlink missions now above the first stage we've got the second stage it has a single Merlin vacuum or m-back engine and that will ignite just after the first stage separates about two and a half minutes into the flight the second stage is what will carry the intelsat Galaxy 33 and 34 satellites to orbit now the satellites are safely enclosed inside the 17 foot diameter payload fairing which is this large nose cone structure at the top of the second stage it's made of Carbon Composites and the fairing it its job is to protect the satellites as we make our way to orbit the fairing is jettison once we get through the thicker parts of the Earth's atmosphere that'll happen about three minutes into flight finally we've got this large truss structure to the left of the vehicle that's called The Transporter erector or the te we use it to roll out the rocket to the launch pad and raise it into this vertical launch position the te also routes the vehicle's fluids power and Telemetry from ground systems to the rocket and the satellites until Falcon 9 switches over to internal power and then ultimately clears the pad at T minus zero at that point at lift off the transporter erector will retract even further to clear the way for Falcon 9's ascent you heard a call out there on the next so we also refer to the transporter erector as the strong back you can see that the clamp arms have opened around the second stage and we're beginning to slightly pull it away from the rocket as we prepare for liftoff as we get to T minus zero the te will pull away even further using ground hydraulic systems at the rocket space you can actually see a little bit there at the bottom there's the launch Mount that the te is connected to it's a hinge structure and the ground hydraulic system helps pull that away clearing the way for Falcon 9's Ascent at T minus zero just under three and a half minutes from now coming up we'll get two uh call outs about a minute apart first of those will be at about T minus three minutes that'll be for Lock's load liquid oxygen loading complete on the first stage and then shortly after at about T minus two minutes we'll get a similar call out on the second stage for liquid oxygen loading complete you just heard the call out there for the first stage so with that propellants are fully loaded on Falcon 9's first stage between the two stages there's about a million pounds of kerosene Fuel and liquid oxygen and you can kind of see the white clouds forming around the vehicle that's totally normal we super chill that liquid oxygen and as we're filling up the tanks we're venting off a little bit overboard to give us more room to fill in more of the liquid oxygen as that gas comes into contact with the moist Florida Air it actually causes water vapor to condense and form literal clouds around the vehicle looking like a beautiful day at Florida for today's launch attempt if you're just joining us that's coming up in about two minutes next major Milestone here will be liquid oxygen uh loading complete on the second stage and Then followed at T minus one minute Falcon 9 will transition into startup now what that means is that it's internal computers call out there for liquid oxygen loading complete on the second stage so that means that we are fully loaded with propellants as I was just saying at T minus 60 Falcon 9 will switch to Startup which means its flight computers will take over the rest of the launch countdown and then at about T minus two seconds we'll ignite those Merlin 1D engines for liftoff the payloads continues to look healthy Falcon 9 team is tracking no issues on the rocket weather is 90 go the range is green call up there on the net for gas Closeouts with that and you can see some venting coming from the transporter erector we just clear out the lines ahead of the liftoff so again totally normal part of the countdown Falcon isn't startup so with that the stages have begun pressurizing for flight Falcon 9's computer is in control of the vehicle LD go for launch director polling they are go for launch it's at about T minus 40 seconds to go all systems go weather looking great payloads looking healthy let's watch T-minus 32nd do you have 15 seconds T minus ten nine eight seven six five four three two one ignition endless off of Falcon nine go Falcon Galaxy 33 and 34. 3 t plus 40 seconds into flight Falcon 9 successfully lifting off from pad 40 at the Cape Canaveral Spaceport station carrying Intel systems phenomenal 33 and 34 satellites to orbit that during ascent we have begun tilting the engine that's technically called gimbaling and we've begun what's called a gravity turn so we're beginning to move the rocket horizontally we're still going up but we're also going horizontally out into the supersonic at this point we're just a few seconds away for maximum Dynamic pressure Max Q right after we get supersonic Max Cube with that we are at the through the highest point of stresses as we're going up through the Earth's atmosphere now going back to what I was saying about going horizontally a rocket needs to go about 17 500 miles per hour to get into orbit so our velocity is going to keep ticking up you can see that on the left hand side of your screen to take these satellites to their ultimate orbit orbital destination coming up we've got three events in quick succession first of those will be Miko that's main engine cut off this is where we shut down all nine of the Merlin 1D engines on the first stage following that we'll have stage separation the first and second stages will separate and then we'll have second engine start number one ses1 that's where we'll ignite the Merlin vacuum engine 100 seconds so again three events happening back to back Mikko stage separation ses1 those that will happen about 20 seconds from now great shots from the ground you can see as the atmosphere is getting less dense the plume expanding behind the rocket stage separation confirmed [Music] and Vac ignition [Applause] there we go those three events back to back so with that the first stage will start making its way back to planet Earth for Recovery our second stage has a pretty long burn to go next major Milestone here will be coming up at about t plus three and a half minutes that'll be fairing deployment now both of these fairings oh that's a great shot you can see the first stage I believe on the right and the second stage on the left and there's periodic bursts you're seeing there from the first stage attitude control system helping reorient it get the heat shields down let's see if we'll also get to see fairings yep left hand side of your screen those two white blobs coming off of the second stage are fairings these fairings have flown five times each we will be attempting to retrieve them today and use them on a future mission both stages continue on nominal trajectories we're about two plus four minutes into today's Mission had a successful liftoff just four minutes ago we're in the first of two planned Merlin vacuum Burns for satellite deployment left hand side of your screen is Falcon 9's first stage we've got a view looking down towards the engines you can see that the grid fins have deployed in preparation for atmospheric re-entry on the right hand side of your screen a great shot of the Merlin vacuum engine glow brightly the planet Earth in the background and some sunlight behind second stage on the right hand side of your screen is carrying the Intel sat Galaxy 33 and 34 satellites to orbit next major Milestone is uh just under two minutes from now that'll be the first stage's entry burn for that will ignite three of the Merlin 1D engines starting with the center engine and then two of the radial engines and that that's amazing that's a great view you can see we just launched at the perfect time here so we're catching sunlight off of the top of the Earth's atmosphere it's reflecting off of the plume of the rocket I love to call this this the space jellyfish or the space octopus but at the altitude that the rocket is at the sun hasn't quite set yet so we're just seeing the plume of the sunlight reflecting fantastic now as I was saying entry burn coming up for the first stage left-hand side of your screen burn help slow down the first stage for Recovery as we start hitting the thicker parts of the Earth's atmosphere and during that entry burn we're decelerating firing the Merlin engines but the plume of the rocket is coming back on the vehicle and so that ends up leaving that nice soot deposit that we see on the surface of Falcon 9s when we get them back on recovery you're seeing some white gas bursts on the left hand side of your screen that's from the attitude control system we carry nitrogen gas on the first stage since you don't have an atmosphere to push off of in space we have to produce some thrust to reorient the vehicle and that comes from those nitrogen gas thrusters second stage burn continuing to look nominal so again three Merlin 1D engines igniting here plume coming back on the vehicle slowing us down this burned just about 20 seconds long Andrew shut down and successful shutdown of the entry burn so with that the first stage is going to do a little bit of reorienting make sure it's heat shield is pointed down and as we start getting into the thicker parts of the Earth's atmosphere those grid fins start to become much more effective and the whole reason for doing this is because we want to reuse this booster reusability is the key to lowering the cost of space flight that enables us to make more investments in critical scientific research as I mentioned earlier the first stage that's supporting today's mission is making this burn for the 14th time having done it for gps3 space vehicle 3 turksat 5A Transporter 2 and 10 starlink missions stage two terminal guidance so with that call out for stage two terminal guidance we're coming up on uh second engine cutoff or Seco number one is transonic that call out there indicating that we are passing through the speed of sound as we're getting through the thicker parts of the Earth's atmosphere next major milestone for the first stage will be its Landing burn just a single Merlin engine will ignite followed by Landing leg deployed H2 FTS has safety and hopefully a soft touchdown stage one letting burn ing cut off you just heard the call out there for second engine cut off on the second stage stage one Landing light deploy stage one Landing is confirmed awesome successful Landing orbit insertion on our drone ship about six lots of signal Cape 600 kilometers off the coast of Florida you also heard in there there's second engine cutoff on our second stage so just handling them in order here 146th recovery for an orbital class rocket including for stage Landings for Falcon 9 and Falcon heavy second stage completed its burn it's in the nominal orbit but the mission isn't over just yet it's embarked the second stage is going to embark on its First Coast phase during following that Coast phase we are going to light the Merlin vacuum engine for a second time that'll happen about 26 minutes into the mission so we're going to see you back here in about 17 minutes in the meantime enjoy the Space Tunes enjoy this awesome view of Falcon 9 and the space jellyfish [Music] foreign [Music] foreign [Music] foreign [Music] [Applause] [Music] [Applause] [Music] foreign [Applause] [Music] [Applause] [Music] [Applause] [Music] [Applause] [Music] [Applause] foreign [Applause] [Music] [Music] foreign [Music] foreign [Music] [Music] foreign [Music] [Applause] [Music] [Applause] [Music] foreign [Music] [Applause] [Music] [Music] foreign [Music] [Music] thank you [Music] [Music] [Music] foreign [Music] [Applause] [Music] [Applause] [Music] foreign [Music] foreign [Music] [Music] [Applause] [Music] thank you [Music] foreign [Music] foreign [Music] foreign [Music] [Music] [Applause] [Music] thank you [Music] foreign [Music] foreign [Music] [Music] [Music] foreign [Music] [Music] thank you [Music] foreign [Music] [Music] foreign [Music] foreign [Music] foreign [Music] cast of the Falcon 9 Mission carrying the Galaxy 33 and 34 satellites for our customer Intel set now if you're just joining us we've had a nominal Mission so far Falcon 9 launched on time at 7 05 PM Eastern from space launch complex 40 in Florida we successfully recovered the first stage on our drone ship marking its 14th landing and while that was happening the second stage completed its first burn taking the Intel sat Galaxy 33 and 34 payloads into an initial parking orbit there were about 15 seconds away from a second ignition of the Merlin vacuum engine which will carry the second stage and those Intel sat Galaxy 33 and 34 satellites into the orbit needed for payload deploy and over the coast phase there's the call out there for mvac startup this burn will last about 45 seconds and just before this we had been chilling in the Merlin vacuum turbo Turbo pumps with liquid oxygen in preparation for the full flow so this burned dramatically increasing the speed of the second stage helping us to raise the apogee or the highest point of the orbit for payload deploy nominal deploy orbit so with that call out there we have know a couple of things Merlin vacuum shutdown occurred and the call out there from operators showing that we are in the payload deploy orbit now the Intel sat Galaxy 33 and 34 satellites are still attached to Falcon 9's second stage at the top of the vehicle their deployments will begin in about five minutes first will be the Galaxy 33 satellite followed by Galaxy 34 about five minutes after that so while we wait we're gonna go back to a coast phase please sit back enjoy the views and our space jams [Music] thank you thank you [Applause] [Music] [Music] [Applause] [Music] [Applause] [Music] foreign [Music] [Applause] [Music] [Applause] [Music] [Applause] [Music] thank you foreign [Music] [Music] [Music] welcome to the webcast for the Intel sat Galaxy 33 and 34 Mission we had on-time liftoff at 7 05 PM eastern time followed by successful Ascent stage separation a first stage landing and two second stage engine Burns now this Mission will has launched the first two of seven satellites that will replace and refresh a large part of the Intel sat North America Galaxy Fleet for Intel sat this is a huge milestone for a project that started more than three years ago intelsat has seven c-band satellites that are contracted to replace the existing North America media satellites six of those seven satellites are slated to be launched before the end of this year now we're coming up just a few seconds away from payload deployment of the first of those two satellites onboard today's Mission the Galaxy 33 satellite Galaxy 33 deploy confirmed you can see it just behind the Galaxy 34 satellite gently floating off to perform the rest of its mission now Galaxy 34 is still attached to Falcon 9's second stage its deployment will take place in about five minutes from now so we're going to take another short Coast phase and we'll see you back in a few for Galaxy 34 deploy foreign [Music] [Music] [Music] [Music] foreign [Music] [Music] foreign [Music] [Music] foreign [Music] [Applause] [Applause] [Music] [Applause] thank you [Music] foreign [Music] [Music] foreign [Music] [Music] hey again we are nearing the end of our mission for today for our customer Intel set about five minutes ago we deployed the Galaxy 33 satellite and now we're awaiting a deployment of the second and final payload that's Galaxy 34 that you can see on your screen until a deployment coming up about the next 10 or 15 seconds Galaxy 34 deploy confirmed and Galaxy 34 are going off to join the constellation and it's partner satellite Galaxy 33 all of us here at SpaceX want to give a big thank you to our customer intelsat for entrusting us with today's Mission we also want to give a shout out to the range and the Federal Aviation Administration for supporting today's Mission it's been a really exciting few days here at SpaceX tonight's launch concludes our 184th overall mission to date our 46th launch this year and our third launch just this week including the launch of the crew 5 astronauts to the international space stations so thank you to all of our viewers for tuning in and for your continued support we hope you have a wonderful night and weekend [Music] thank you [Music]

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Keywords: SpaceX, Space, Satellite, Mission, Starlink, Falcon 9

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Length: 53min 20sec (3200 seconds)

Published: Sat Oct 08 2022