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edbermac

(15,938 posts) Tue Jun 25, 2019, 09:48 AM Jun 2019

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SpaceX Falcon Heavy Rocket Lofts 24 Satellites in 1st Night Launch.

Mission Control reports all systems are norminal.

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https://www.space.com/spacex-falcon-heavy-stp2-launch-success.html

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SpaceX Falcon Heavy Rocket Lofts 24 Satellites in 1st Night Launch. (Original Post) edbermac Jun 2019 OP

It's an extraordinary achievement Zorro Jun 2019 #1

Zorro

(15,740 posts)

1. It's an extraordinary achievement

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Tue Jun 25, 2019, 11:45 AM

Jun 2019

Integrating that eclectic set of satellites and then successfully inserting them into 3 different orbital regimes was a tremendous challenge.

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