How long will it take to reach orbit? And the space station? Should I stay up an...

javert · on May 22, 2012

Well, it was in orbital with solar panels deployed after about 12.5 minutes. Then they said on the video feed that it would be "a couple of days" before it rendezvous with the space station.

trafficlight · on May 22, 2012

Yeah, they have a series of tests they have to complete over the next few days before NASA will give them the go ahead to dock.

ataggart · on May 22, 2012

According to the counter, they called orbit at about T+10 minutes.

Solar arrays deployed at T+11:50! And the crowd goes wild!

egor83 · on May 22, 2012

They've said a few times it'll take the rocket 3.5 days to get to the station.

UPDATE: from [1]: Thursday May 24th - approaching station and maneuvering, Friday May 25th - docking, May 31st - return trip to Earth.

[1]: http://blog.al.com/space-news/2012/05/spacex_launches_falcon...

PerryCox · on May 22, 2012

I believe it'll take 2 days before they are ready to dock with the ISS.