Astro Hawk (Ian Kluft) ✅🚀🛰️May 1, 2023
Liftoff! #FalconHeavy #ViaSat3 #SpaceX #NewSpace
Show threadAstro Hawk (Ian Kluft) ✅🚀🛰️May 1, 2023
Booster cutoff and separation. #FalconHeavy #ViaSat3 #SpaceX #NewSpace
Show threadAstro Hawk (Ian Kluft) ✅🚀🛰️May 1, 2023
Main engine cutoff and stage separation. #FalconHeavy #ViaSat3 #SpaceX #NewSpace
Show threadAstro Hawk (Ian Kluft) ✅🚀🛰️May 1, 2023
Second stage climbing to orbit. #FalconHeavy #ViaSat3 #SpaceX #NewSpace
Show threadAstro Hawk (Ian Kluft) ✅🚀🛰️May 1, 2023
Second engine cutoff 1 - continues coasting with its payloads for 2 more firings to higher orbit. #FalconHeavy #ViaSat3 #SpaceX #NewSpace
Show threadAstro Hawk (Ian Kluft) ✅🚀🛰️
Sunday's successful #ViaSat3 launch was the 28th commercial #space launch by #SpaceX of #Falcon9 or #FalconHeavy in the first 120 days of 2023, for an average of a launch every 4.28 days so far this year. #NewSpace
May 1, 2023 at 3:42pmWeb
Show threadAstro Hawk (Ian Kluft) ✅🚀🛰️May 3, 2023
#SpaceX posted video of Mach 15 fairing re-entry after release from #FalconHeavy during #ViaSat3 launch. https://spacey.space/@[email protected]up/110301312103034200 #NewSpace
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Fairing reentry on the ViaSat-3 mission was the hottest and fastest we've ever attempted. The fairings re-entered the atmosphere greater than 15x the speed of sound, creating a large trail of plasma in its wake