Vehicle latitude nominal. Forward payload separation.
And the first spacecraft has deployed.
First contact with the forward spacecraft expected over McMurdo, Antartica, in approximately 20 minutes.
This is Rick Haenke, the Pegasus vehicle engineer doing the flight commentary from Orbital Sciences,
monitoring the telemetry as it comes back from the P3 and next from Nuku Hiva.
Vehicle latitude remains nominal. Telemetry still being received from P3. Attitude nominal.
Next spacecraft deploying in about 45 seconds.
Vehicle attitude remains nominal, power buses remain strong. Beginning reorienting in preparation for mid payload separation.
Mid spacecraft attitude acquired. Power buses attitude remain nominal
About five seconds.
Power buses nominal. Mid payload separation. Vehicle attitude nominal. First contact with mid spacecraft is expected over
McMurdo, Antartica, in approximately 34 minutes.
Two out of three now in orbit in space.
Vehicle is beginning the third thermal roll. We are now receiving telemetry from Nuku Hiva.
This is the Air Force tracking station in French Polynesia.
Vehicle attitude nominal. We have a, an expected LOS due to the slow limitation of the power bus asset as the vehicle passes directly overhead.
Expect AOS in approximately 10 seconds.
About two minutes away from the third spacecraft being deployed. That occurs at 15 minutes, 51 seconds into the mission.
AOS from Nuku Hiva.
Nuku Hiva right on top of the antenna.
Still awaiting AOS from Nuku Hiva. We have AOS. Approximately 920 seconds.
This computer-generated animation is actually, actually slave to data.
Aft payload separation attitude acquired and nominal. Power buses remain nominal.
Some of what we're seeing is actually based on telemetry coming from Nuku Hiva.
Attitude nominal, power buses strong. Aft payload sep in five seconds. Attitude nominal. Aft payload sep.
First contact with aft payload sep is expected over Madrid, Spain, in approximately one hour, 50 minutes
So, our third ST5 spacecraft is now in space.
Attitude is nominal.