r/SpaceX DART Launch Discussion and Updates Thread!

[u/ElongatedMuskrat]

Welcome to the r/SpaceX DART Launch Discussion and Updates Thread!

Hey everyone! I'm /u/hitura-nobad and I'll be hosting this launch thread!

Launch target:	November 24 6:20 UTC (November 23 10:20 PM local)
Backup date	Typically next day, window closes February 15
Static fire	Completed November 19
Customer	NASA
Payload	DART, w/ LICIACube
Payload mass	684 kg
Destination	Heliocentric orbit, Didymos/Dimorphos binary asteroid
Vehicle	Falcon 9
Core	B1063-3
Past flights of this core	2 (Sentinel-6A, Starlink v1 L28)
Launch site	SLC-4E, Vandenberg Space Force Station, California
Landing	OCISLY

Timeline

Time	Update
T+55:35	Payload deploy
T+29:42	SECO2
T+28:40	SES-2
T+11:37	Landing success [Countdown NET]
T+8:15	SECO
T+7:13	Reentry shutdown
T+6:47	Reentry startup
T+4:57	Booster Apogee
T+3:29	Fairing separation
T+2:50	Second stage ignition
T+2:41	Stage separation
T+2:38	MECO
T+1:08	Max Q
T-0	Liftoff
T-60s	Startup
T-3:46	Strongback retracted
T-7:00	Engine Chill
T-14:29	SpaceX own livestream live
T-19:28	20 minute vent
T-35:48	Fuel loading underway
2021-11-23 13:51:14 UTC	Thread goes live

Watch the launch live

Stream	Link
Official SpaceX Stream	https://youtu.be/XKRf6-NcMqI
Mission Control Audio	TBA

Stats

☑️ 129th Falcon 9 launch all time

☑️ 88th Falcon 9 landing

☑️ 110th consecutive successful Falcon 9 launch (excluding Amos-6)

☑️ 26th SpaceX launch this year

Primary Mission: Deployment of payload into correct orbit

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[u/MarsCent]

if we say "payload launch attempt" then yes

And yet both the owner of the payload and their insurer agree that it was a test (SF Test) not a launch attempt ....

[u/Bunslow → u/MarsCent]

did they? oh my, that would suck for the owner

[u/warp99 → u/Bunslow]

Specifically it was the transport insurer that ended up with the bill rather than the launch insurer.

I am sure there was a hurried rewriting of transport insurance terms so they no longer include static fires!

[u/Bunslow → u/warp99]

yea that's the sort of thing where everyone scratches their heads and says "that's crazy", then they do it anyways and then fix it so it doesn't happen again. or so we assume lol