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Falcon 9 Block 5 | Arctic Satellite Broadband Mission (ASBM)
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Mission brief
The mission at a glance.
ASBM (Arctic Satellite Broadband Mission) 1 & 2 are two twin satellites built by Northrop Grumman for Space Norway, in cooperation with Inmarsat and the Norwegian Ministry of Defence. They are designed to bring mobile broadband coverage in the Arctic for both civilians and military. The US Air Force provides the Extremely High Frequency eXtended Data Rate payloads on ASBM satellites as part of the Enhanced Polar System Recapitalization (EPS-R) program.
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Planned timings relative to the target. These steps do not indicate live progress.
- T−00:38:00
GO for Prop Load
- T−00:35:00
Stage 1 LOX Load
- T−00:35:00
Prop Load
- T−00:16:00
Stage 2 LOX Load
- T−00:07:00
Engine Chill
- T−00:01:00
Tank Press
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- T−00:01:00
Startup
- T−00:00:45
GO for Launch
- T−00:00:03
Ignition
- T+00:00:00
Liftoff
- T+00:01:10
Max-Q
- T+00:02:32
MECO
- T+00:02:35
Stage 2 Separation
- T+00:02:43
SES-1
- T+00:03:23
Fairing Separation
- T+00:06:22
Entry Burn Startup
- T+00:06:45
Entry Burn Shutdown
- T+00:08:14
SECO-1
- T+00:08:17
Stage 1 Landing Burn
- T+00:08:39
Stage 1 Landing
- T+00:36:47
SES-2
- T+00:37:27
SECO-2
- T+00:42:28
Payload Separation
- T+00:47:38
Payload Separation