00:00...manager there, Jean-Frédéric Alessa, announcing the beginning.
00:04You'll be hearing his voice making all the major announcements throughout today's launch.
00:12So we have a number of control rooms on the job today.
00:15We saw them earlier.
00:17And Smile is about to begin a journey that will change how we see Earth's magnetic shield forever.
00:24Good luck, everyone.
00:25Buona fortuna.
00:37To all the DDO, attention to the final sequence.
00:427, 6, 5, 4, 3, 2, 1, top.
00:50Allumage P120 and release.
00:51Accolage.
00:58Procure nominal.
01:00Début du basculement.
01:05Fin du basculement.
01:28We have liftoff.
01:30Smile has started its journey on board Vega-Sea, lighting up the night sky as it flies above the European
01:39spaceport here in French Guiana.
01:41The range operations manager telling us that the propulsion is nominal.
01:49We are heading northeast out over the Atlantic Ocean.
01:55And we can hear the rocket now in our commentary box.
01:58It's taken this amount of time for the sound to get to us.
02:01It lifts off so fast, doesn't it?
02:04Yes, it's so fast.
02:04All the parameters are normal.
02:06The trajectory is nominal.
02:09And we're burning the P120 at the moment, the first stage.
02:14Yes.
02:14The name comes from 120 tons of propellant, but now it's fatter.
02:18It's 140.
02:20It's gained weight.
02:21However, he has a very thrice-to-weight ratio.
02:25Yes.
02:25We can see our rocket in the night skies here.
02:29We can still see that P120 engine burning.
02:32Yes.
02:33We are towards tail-off.
02:35So the stage separator windows is open, and we're waiting for the separation command.
02:41Time's quicker than the sound.
02:44And we've started what we call the dogleg maneuver.
02:47Yes, the dogleg is the name coming from the shape of this maneuver.
02:52It's a very steep maneuver.
02:54The green line is the planned trajectory, the yellow line the actual trajectory,
02:59and that's how it looks when we lose the Z40.
03:04And he's confirmed that we've switched on the Z9, the next stage,
03:08and we have jettisoned the fairing.
03:11As you say, we're now in space effectively, and we don't need it anymore.
03:15And he's telling us the propulsion is nominal.
03:19So we are now burning the Z9, the third stage, the Zephyro 9.
03:26Separated the Znerf.
03:28It's burnt its propellant.
03:29It's done its job.
03:30We don't need it anymore.
03:32And we are now, there again is a good view of our tracking stations and our flight path.
03:43So, Irene, right now, at this point, normally, we would switch on the upper stage.
03:50The upper stage is that white disc.
04:19We'll be right back.
04:31Gracias.
04:52Gracias.
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