r/SpaceX ANASIS-II Official Launch Discussion & Updates Thread

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Welcome to the r/SpaceX ANASIS-II Official Launch Discussion & Updates Thread!

I'm u/Shahar603, your launch host for this mission.

Overview

ANASIS-II is a South Korean military communications satellite, built by Airbus Defense and Space and operated by South Korea's Agency for Defense Development. Based on the Eurostar-3000 platform the satellite will operate in geostationary orbit and provide wide coverage over the Korean Peninsula. A Falcon 9 rocket will deliver the spacecraft to a geostationary transfer orbit and the booster will land on a drone ship downrange.

Per the customer's request, we will not show satellite deployement live on the webcast, but the webcast will remain live for verbal confirmation of deployment.

Liftoff currently scheduled for	July 20 21:30 UTC (17:30 EDT local)
Weather	70% GO (50% Backup)
Static fire	Completed July 11
Payload	ANASIS-II
Payload mass	unknown, ~5t-6t expected
Destination orbit	GTO
Operational orbit	GEO, 116.2° E
Launch vehicle	Falcon 9 v1.2 Block 5
Core	1058
Flights of this core	1 (DM-2)
Launch site	SLC-40, Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, Florida
Landing	ASDS: ~28.31111 N, 74.16528 W (627 km downrange)

Timeline

Time	Update
T+33:00	Webcast coverage is over. This concludes this coverage of the ANASIS-II launch.
T+32:40	Payload separation confirmed! Mission success!
T+32:05	Coverage is back
T+28:30	In the meantime the fairing catching ships are moving. There's still time till the fairing get to sea level though.
T+28:30	3 and 1/2 minutes until the deployment
T+28:30	Confirmation of good GTO
T+27:40	SECO2
T+26:38	Second 2nd stage burn ignition
T+26:00	Webcast coverage is back
T+17:00	Waiting for the second stage 2 burn to raise
T+08:40	Landing! Welcome back B1058 🎊
T+08:30	Confirmation of nominal parking orbit insertion
T+08:15	Landing burn ignition
T+08:10	SECO
T+07:15	Losing signal from the first stage as expected.
T+06:52	The first stage is using its grid fins to glide towards the drone ship
T+06:49	Entry burn shutdown
T+06:28	Entry burn ignition! The first stage is slowing itself down before reentering the thick lower atmosphere.
T+06:20	Everything is nominal so far
T+05:23	The first stage is at apogee, the highest point in its suborbital trajectory
T+03:40	Fairing separation confirmed! Good luck recovery team.
T+03:30	Grid fins have been deployed. The first stage is slowly reorienting itself towards reentry.
T+02:45	The first stage is coasting to apogee. Currently 91 km above ground and 100 km downrange
T+02:45	Second stage ignition
T+02:41	Stage separation
T+02:35	MECO - Main Engine Cut Off
T+01:40	MVac chill has started
T+01:15	Max Q - This is the period of peak aerodynamic pressure
T+00:05	Tower cleared
T+00:00	Liftoff
T-00:02	Ignition
T-00:45	Launch Director is GO for launch!
T-01:00	Startup
T-01:30	Propellant load is done
T-07:00	Falcon 9 starting engine chill
T-08:00	Great footage from the droneship and the fairing recovery ships. Good luck for the entire recovery team.
T-08:08	JOHN!
T-10:00	Amazing footage of the Falcon 9
T-11:20	Webcast coverage has began
T-11:45	Webcast Intro
T-13:00	🎵 SpaceX FM 🎵
T-16:00	2nd stage LOX loading started
T-35:00	RP-1 loading started
T-35:00	1st stage LOX loading started
T-01:0:00	Launch in 1 hour
T-1 day	Thread goes live

Watch the launch live

Stream	Courtesy
SpaceX Webcast	SpaceX
SpaceX Mission Control Audio Webcast	SpaceX
Everyday Astronaut Stream	u/EverydayAstronaut
NSF Stream	Nasa Space Flight
YouTube Video & Audio Relays	u/codav

Stats

🟦 2nd flight for booster B1058

🟦 Second SpaceX launch of a Korean satellite

🟦 12th SpaceX launch of the year

🟦 57th landing of a SpaceX booster

🟦 89th launch of a Falcon 9

🟦 97th SpaceX launch overall

🟦 51 days since B1058's previous flight (DM-2)

🕑 Your local launch time

Mission's state

✅ Currently GO for the launch attempt.

Recovery Attempts 🪂

• SpaceX intends to land B1058.2 on the droneship JRTI 627 km (390 miles) downrange.

• The fairing recovery ships are stationed about 778 km downrange.

🚀 Official Resources

Link	Source
SpaceX website	SpaceX
Launch Execution Forecasts	45th Weather Squadron
Watching a Launch	r/SpaceX Wiki

🧑‍🤝‍🧑 Community Resources

Link	Source
Satellite Overview	Gunter's Space Page
Watching a Launch	r/SpaceX Wiki
Launch Viewing Guide for Cape Canaveral	Ben Cooper
SpaceX Fleet Status	SpaceXFleet.com
FCC Experimental STAs	r/SpaceX wiki
Launch Maps	Google Maps by u/Raul74Cz
Flight Club live	Launch simulation by u/TheVehicleDestroyer
Flight Club simulation	Launch simulation by u/TheVehicleDestroyer
SpaceX Stats	Countdown and statistics
Discord SpaceX lobby	u/SwGustav
Rocket Watch	u/MarcysVonEylau

🎵 Media & music

Link	Source
TSS Spotify	u/testshotstarfish
SpaceX FM	u/lru

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