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
Stage 1 landing confirmed!
Dragon separation confirmed!
Nosecone deploy confirmed.
NASA and SpaceX have concluded coverage. Docking scheduled for 2023-11-11, 10:20 UTC.
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.
SECO, nominal orbital insertion.
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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Liftoff!
Dragon is on internal power. Strongback retract has started.
Max-Q!
Nominal stage 1 entry burn.
Nominal stage 1 boostback burn.
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!
MECO, stage separation, and M-vac ignition.
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Weather is currently 100% go! Fueling is under way.
RP-1 loading is complete on stage 2, topping off stage 1.
Engine chill has started.
Stage 1 fuel load is complete.
Stage 1 LOx load complete.
Stage 2 LOx load complete.
Falcon 9 is in startup. LD is go for launch.
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