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On June 19th, at about 12:04 PM, Booster 3 and Perseverance lifted off. Immediately, The ship fell off and the vehicle did a flip and the burn made the booster land softly. An anomaly investigation is now underway. Booster 3 is in good enough conditions to fly again in the future. but this will not be the last flight of the Paper airplane program. We will put most of our focus on Booster 5 and Second 5 for the remainder of this year.
Perseverance is flying for it's first time, and will attempt to glide to the ground
The booster is flying for it's 6th time, having previously supported Booster 3 test flight, Booster 3, Flight 2, B3-3, B3-4, and the B3-5 Mission.
(All times are approximate)
-T 15:00: Arrive at the launch site and set up.
-T 10:00: Start Stream/ Bring pad/Supplies to launch site.
-T 5:00: Bring rocket to the launch pad/Stack Perseverance on B3
-T 1:00: Final Go before the launch. (Cameras Rolling)
-T 0:45: Continuity Check
-T 0:30: Notify Everyone we are go, (Arrives at stream camera)
-T 0:10: Terminal Count
-T 0:00 Ignition and Liftoff
+T 0:03 Booster engine cutoff (BECO)
+T 0:05 Perseverance Deploy
+T 0:08 Booster Chute Deploy
+T 0:15-30 Ship and Booster Touchdown.
+T 1:00 Pad is fully Safed.