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Posted: 9/14/2024 5:47:55 PM EDT
[Last Edit: AmericanPeople]
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Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By Chokey:
The end of the plasma period is roughly 3:28 AM EDT. Allow about two minutes uncertainty and people in Florida may be able see it at most three minutes prior so about 3:25 AM EDT. I would be looking five minutes earlier (3:20 AM EDT) and up to about 3:30 AM EDT. It is moving southwest to northeast. 
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Posted: 9/14/2024 7:20:03 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryIt seems odd to me to land people in the ocean at night. It says ET.. |
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Posted: 9/14/2024 9:57:47 PM EDT
[Last Edit: Klee]
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Live feed of Polaris Dawn splash down, The Launch Pad channel.
 LIVE! SpaceX Polaris Dawn Dragon Tracker 5 hours and 38 minutes until splash down. |
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Posted: 9/15/2024 4:52:56 AM EDT
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A perfectly executed mission. Amazing stuff.
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CT, USA
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Posted: 9/15/2024 5:36:47 AM EDT
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Replay from Launch Pad.
 LIVE! SpaceX Polaris Dawn Splashdown |
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Posted: 9/15/2024 9:42:59 PM EDT
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Scott Manley
 Is Testing A New Space Suit in Space The Ultimate Thrill? |
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Posted: 9/16/2024 8:49:05 PM EDT
[Last Edit: AmericanPeople]
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Mission: Falcon 9, Galileo L13
1) Mission description: "A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket will launch two satellites into medium Earth orbit for the European Commission’s Galileo project. The Galileo constellation provides navigation data like the U.S. Global Positioning System (GPS). The Falcon 9 first stage booster will be recovered on a drone ship in the Atlantic Ocean" SpaceFlightNow source 2) Launch window: 6:50 PM EDT (17 September 2024) 3) Launch site: SLC-40, Florida 4) Launch Direction: Northeast 5) Webcast viewing option(s):  SpaceX - Falcon 9 - Galileo FOC FM26 & FM 32 - SLC-40 - Cape Canaveral SFS - Space Affairs Live 6) Observation comments: None. 7) Launch preparations: a. Boats heading out:  Credit: Gav Cornwell@SpaceOffshore. Departure! Just Read the Instructions droneship is underway from Port Canaveral to support the upcoming Galileo mission.  Source: NASASpaceFlight.com b. Satellites:   Source: https://news.satnews.com/2024/09/16/spacex-ready-for-galileo-l13-launch-on-tuesday/ c. Ready for launch:  Source: NASASpaceFlight.com d. Navigation Warning: L_12 zone in red and the L_13 zone in orange  Source: NASASpaceFlight.com 8) First stage return/ocean recovery/disposal: Recovery on drone ship JRTI. 9) Launch to deployment events/timeline: Hours:Minutes:Seconds after lift-off. Times approximate. 00:01:11 Max Q (moment of peak mechanical stress on the rocket) 00:02:31 1st stage main engine cutoff (MECO) 00:02:34 1st and 2nd stages separate 00:02:41 2nd stage engine starts 00:03:24 Fairing separation 00:06:20 1st stage entry burn start 00:06:38 1st stage entry burn ends 00:08:13 1st stage landing burn start 00:08:27 2nd stage engine cutoff (SECO-1) 00:08:34 1st stage landing 03:26:52 2nd stage engine starts (SES-2) 03:27:21 2nd stage engine cutoff (SECO-2) 03:34:22 Galileo L13 deploys 10) Orbit insertion: Medium Earth Orbit transfer orbit at 56 degree inclination. |
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Posted: Yesterday 11:09:41 AM EDT
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https://www.faa.gov/newsroom/faa-proposes-633009-civil-penalties-against-spacex |
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Posted: Yesterday 6:07:47 PM EDT
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SpaceX is targeting Tuesday, September 17 at 6:50 p.m. ET for a Falcon 9 launch of the European Commission’s Galileo L13 mission to medium Earth orbit from Space Launch Complex 40 (SLC-40) at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station in Florida. If needed, there is a backup opportunity on Wednesday, September 18 at 6:46 p.m. ET. A live webcast of this mission will begin about 15 minutes prior to liftoff, which you can watch here and on X @SpaceX. This will be the 22nd launch for this Falcon 9 first stage booster, which previously launched CRS-22, Crew-3, Turksat 5B, Crew-4, CRS-25, Eutelsat HOTBIRD 13G, O3B mPOWER, PSN SATRIA, Telkomsat Marah Putih 2, and 12 Starlink missions. Following stage separation, the first stage will land on the Just Read the Instructions droneship, which will be stationed in the Atlantic Ocean. Rapid and reliable reusability is key to making life multiplanetary – every mission is an opportunity to learn and inform future missions. During the Galileo L12 mission earlier this year, the Falcon 9 booster was expended to provide the additional performance needed to deliver the payload to its orbit. Data from that mission informed subtle design and operational changes, including mass reductions and trajectory adjustments, that will allow us to safely recover and reuse this booster. Falcon 9 is ready to safely deliver Galileo L13 to orbit and return to the droneship in the Atlantic Ocean. The booster reentry trajectory will result in higher heating and dynamic pressure on the booster than many of our historical landings. Although the reentry conditions are on the higher end of past missions, they are still acceptable. This landing attempt will test the bounds of recovery, giving us valuable data on the design of the vehicle in these elevated entry conditions. This in turn will help us innovate on future vehicle designs to make our vehicles more robust and rapidly reusable while expanding into more challenging reentry conditions. landing could be interesting |
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Posted: Yesterday 6:43:37 PM EDT
[Last Edit: Chokey]
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Posted: Yesterday 7:00:02 PM EDT
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nailed the landing
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Posted: Yesterday 11:23:37 PM EDT
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Posted: Today 3:36:09 PM EDT
[Last Edit: AmericanPeople]
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Mission: Falcon 9, Starlink 9-17
1) Mission description: "A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket will launch another batch of 20 Starlink internet, 2) Launch window: 5:00 AM PDT (20 September 2024) 3) Launch site: SLC-4E, Vandenberg Space Force Base, California 4) Launch direction: Southeasterly 5) Webcast viewing options:  SpaceX - Falcon 9 - Starlink 9-17 - SLC-4E - Vandenberg Space Force Base - Space Affairs Live 6) Observation comments: No sunlit jellyfish on this launch. 7) Launch preparations: a. Boats heading out. Lindsay C + OCISLY departed PoLB on Sep 16 @ 4:39pm PT / 7:39pm ET  Source: NASASpaceFlight.com Go Beyond departed PoLB on Sep 16 @ 5:52pm PT / 8:52pm ET  Source: NASASpaceFlight.com b. Satellites: Previously provided c. Ready for launch: Not found d. Navigation warning:  Source: NASASpaceFlight.com 8) First stage return/ocean recovery/disposal: Recovery on drone ship OCISLY 9) Launch to deployment events/timeline: Hours:Minutes:Seconds after lift-off. Times approximate. 00:01:07 Max Q (Moment of peak mechanical stress on the rocket) 00:02:25 1st stage main engine cutoff (MECO) 00:02:28 1st and 2nd stages separate 00:02:35 2nd stage engine starts (SES-1) 00:03:02 Fairing deployment 00:06:01 1st stage entry burn begins 00:06:27 1st stage entry burn ends 00:07:49 1st stage landing burn begins 00:08:12 1st stage landing 00:08:39 2nd stage engine cutoff (SECO-1) 00:52:20 2nd stage engine starts (SES-2) 00:52:21 2nd stage engine cutoff (SECO-2) 00:59:14 Starlink satellites deploy 10) Orbit destination: 283 kilometers perigee x 293 kilometers apogee, 53.16 degree inclination |
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Posted: Today 6:21:20 PM EDT
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