00:005, 4, 3, 2, 1, ignition and liftoff, liftoff of the Falcon Heavy with Europa Clipper
00:12unveiling the mysteries of an enormous ocean lurking beneath the icy crust of Jupiter's moon Europa.
00:19Engine chamber pressures are nominal.
00:22Engine chamber pressures are nominal.
00:26Engines look great.
00:28Rocket beginning to roll.
00:31Putting down 5.1 million pounds of thrust.
00:42Coming up, they're going to back off those engines just a bit.
00:49Getting ready to head into maximum.
00:52Power and telemetry nominal.
00:54We can hear the power and telemetry on the vehicle are good there.
00:56Everything's looking real good.
00:58Falcon Heavy is supersonic.
01:03They have reduced power in the center core to get through maximum max Q, maximum dynamic pressure,
01:09on the launch vehicle as we approach that.
01:11The two side boosters are at full throttle.
01:16A beautiful shot there is our camera team.
01:23Max Q.
01:24Locking into the rocket on a clear blue sky.
01:28The view from the booster cam back down on Earth.
01:31And there we heard the call for max Q.
01:33The vehicle is passing through maximum dynamic pressure.
01:36Next thing up in about two minutes will be booster engine cutoff where we see the two side booster engines,
01:42all 18, shut down and get ready for booster separation.
01:45But the vehicle is performing very well.
01:48Looking at all the telemetry that we have, power and trajectory are nominal.
01:54We've been flying for just under two minutes so far.
01:57Everything looking good.
02:00And stage separation from the center core.
02:03Getting ready for MVAC startup, SES-1.
02:08We're getting some applause here in the mission director's center.
02:11And there you see the MVAC-D engine lighting up.
02:16Next thing up in about 10 seconds will be fairing separation.
02:21And the fairing is protected, Europa Clipper, on its ascent up into space.
02:25But once we get into space, we don't need that fairing anymore.
02:31Fairing is separated and those will be recovered, Darrell, by SpaceX's own recovery ship, GO Cosmos.
02:46NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory, California Institute of Technology
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