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"SWPC issued a G3 (Strong) geomagnetic storm watch for Feb 27 in anticipation of the arrival of 2 coronal mass ejections"
May have something to do with it. |
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It's a strange, strange world we live in, Master Jack
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KF7WNX If you want a picture of the future, imagine Clownshoes stomping on a human face—for ever.
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Next Crew-6 attempt on 3/2 at 00:33
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- "The .30-06 is never a mistake." - Col. Townsend Whelen
- Load up on guns and bring your friends... |
Chokey was right...I was wrong about a Starlink delay.
I did see on a website that the OneWeb launch may now be on 9 March 2023. That should resolve the drone ship availability issue unless there are additional delays with Starlink 6-1 and Crew-6. Delays are always good if they contribute to mission success. Get-there-itis is often bad. |
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Starlink 6-1 liftoff around 6:14:06 PM EST on 27 February 2023.
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Looks like another successful mission for Starlink. The video has also improved.
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NRA Benefactor Life
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Originally Posted By RiverSwine45: Hopefully you were able to watch this one about 15 minutes ago View Quote View All Quotes View All Quotes Originally Posted By RiverSwine45: Originally Posted By Hesperus: Well, I can’t afford to stay so I suppose that’s the end of that. Hopefully you were able to watch this one about 15 minutes ago Nope, decided to go over to the eastern part of the state to see the Salvador Dali museum. Where I found the place blocked by a literal concrete wall. It seems there’s either some big car race happening in St. Petersburg. Or something is trying to send me a message in very unsubtle ways. Probably both. |
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interesting way to release the satellites
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Originally Posted By Chokey: interesting way to release the satellites
View Quote Interesting. I looked for them just after sunset but it was too light outside. I won't have a good pass for about ten days and they should be well separated by then. |
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Originally Posted By Chokey: interesting way to release the satellites
View Quote The best part is no part. |
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Whomever is programing the simulation these days is off their meds. - ScaryBlackGuns
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Your conclusions were all wrong
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Advanced Combat Rubber Raiding Craft Steerer
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Live linkNASA
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Giver of water
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NSF
![]() SpaceX & NASA Launch Crew-6 to Space Station Tim will go live at midnight ![]() Watch SpaceX Launch #CREW6 for NASA! |
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SpaceX is live
![]() Crew-6 Mission | Launch |
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All go so far.
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Great launch, great landing.
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Glad we stayed up for it. That was great
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I'm a good listener
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Fetchez la vache!
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Starlink 2-7 is now set for a 2:50 PM PST launch today.
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Four years of manned launches for spacex and no crewed launch yet from the Starliner. Thats absolutely nuts.
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Booster showed up today from the Starlink launch Tuesday. Good excuse to take a ride over and get a pic.
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It's a strange, strange world we live in, Master Jack
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Originally Posted By theskuh: Four years of manned launches for spacex and no crewed launch yet from the Starliner. Thats absolutely nuts. View Quote It’s actually very sane if you have context. In the book In Spite of the Gods it’s mentioned that India’s space agency is one of the least corrupt entities in the entire country. When people ask why this is the answer is very straightforward. If you have corruption, you aren’t going to get to space. It is an incredibly unforgiving environment. Starliner is one of many symbols of how corrupt Boeing has become. Clearly they used to be able to do better but that was then. Now it’s all about pumping up the stock price at any cost. Starliner is such an apt metaphor for where the US military-industrial complex is right now that I couldn’t imagine something better. |
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Crew-6 Dragon docked at the ISS
https://twitter.com/i/status/1631548562415960064 |
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webcast has started
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I'm on.
I really appreciate this living thread. ETA it's unlikely I will be able to see anything from San Diego in spite of the clear blue sky, but I will try. Canon camera with 300 mm f/4 lens deployed. |
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Everywhere we go, we are surrounded by people who stumble through life dependent upon the vigilance and/or kindness of others. - Zardoz
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Cool view of the coast
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Seriously... unTex the Mex..
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176th recovery of a first stage/booster. Imagine how much SpaceX saves doing that.
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Originally Posted By AmericanPeople: 176th recovery of a first stage/booster. Imagine how much SpaceX saves doing that. View Quote Kind of a chicken or the egg argument, but I would say the booster availability that reuse provides is just as important as the cost savings. Either way, I don't think it is hyperbole to say that their ability to recover and reuse boosters has a very good chance of altering the course of mankind by giving them the ability to fund/deploy starlink and eventually, but most importantly, starship. |
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Originally Posted By DarkGray: Kind of a chicken or the egg argument, but I would say the booster availability that reuse provides is just as important as the cost savings. Either way, I don't think it is hyperbole to say that their ability to recover and reuse boosters has a very good chance of altering the course of mankind by giving them the ability to fund/deploy starlink and eventually, but most importantly, starship. View Quote View All Quotes View All Quotes Originally Posted By DarkGray: Originally Posted By AmericanPeople: 176th recovery of a first stage/booster. Imagine how much SpaceX saves doing that. Kind of a chicken or the egg argument, but I would say the booster availability that reuse provides is just as important as the cost savings. Either way, I don't think it is hyperbole to say that their ability to recover and reuse boosters has a very good chance of altering the course of mankind by giving them the ability to fund/deploy starlink and eventually, but most importantly, starship. Good points. To the cost itself - I bet it’s not a fixed number, and the refurb cost has likely gone down as they learn what needs to be checked/fixed/cleaned/replaced, along with likely incremental improvements on various subcomponents. |
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“And that’s why you will wallow in mediocrity like a warm, comforting blanket.” 45-Seventy
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hmmm, I wonder what's gonna happen with the LZ's |
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Not a SpaceX launch. But Relativity might be launching today.
![]() [SCRUB] Terran 1: Launching The World’s First 3D Printed Rocket I do hope this works. This is the 3D printed rocket company. Their tech is really neat to me. |
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Mission: Falcon 9, OneWeb 17
1) Background info: Source "A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket will launch 40 satellites into orbit for OneWeb, which is developing and deploying a constellation of hundreds of satellites in low Earth orbit for low-latency broadband communications. This will be the third launch of OneWeb satellites with SpaceX, and OneWeb’s 17th launch overall. The Falcon 9’s first stage booster will return to Landing Zone 1 at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station." 2) Launch window: 2:13 PM EST (9 March 2023) 3) Launch Site: SLC-40, Cape Canaveral Space Force Station, Florida 4) Launch direction: South 5) Webcast viewing options: a. SpaceX webcast (Starts about 15 minutes before liftoff) b. YouTube: ![]() OneWeb Launch 17 Mission 6) Observation comments: None 7) Launch preparations: a. Boats heading out. Gav Cornwell@SpaceOffshore. SpaceX recovery ship Bob has departed Port Canaveral and is heading south down the polar corridor to position itself to recover the fairing for the upcoming OneWeb #17 mission. The booster will RTLS to LZ-1, CCSFS. b. Satellites: (Note: These were used for the OneWeb 15 launch) ![]() Artist depiction of a OneWeb satellite (Credit: TechCrunch) ![]() Forty OneWeb satellites mounted on a dispenser before encapsulation inside a SpaceX payload fairing. Credit: OneWeb c. Ready for launch: ![]() d. Navigation warning: Raul@Raul74Cz. Launch Hazard Areas for #OneWeb-L17 mission from SLC-40 NET 09 Mar 19:13 UTC, alternatively 10-15 Mar. LZ1 landing for B1073.7. Drop areas in case of stage2/boostback failure. Fairing recovery north of Cuba ~602km downrange. S2 reentry in Indian Ocean. 8) First stage return/ocean recovery/disposal: Return to launch area Landing Zone 1 9) Launch to deployment events/timeline: Hours:Minutes:Seconds after lift-off. Times approximate. 00:02:17 1st stage main engine cutoff (MECO) 00:02:20 1st and 2nd stages separate 00:02:28 2nd stage engine starts 00:02:34 1st stage boostback burn starts 00:03:22 1st stage boostback burn ends 00:03:33 Fairing deployment 00:06:10 1st stage entry burn starts 00:06:28 1st stage entry burn ends 00:07:23 1st stage landing burn start 00:07:50 1st stage landing 00:08:34 2nd stage engine cutoff (SECO-1) 00:55:17 2nd stage engine starts (SES-2) 00:55:20 2nd stage engine cutoff (SECO-2) 00:58:50 Deployment of first and second OneWeb satellites 00:59:14 Deployment of third and fourth OneWeb satellites 01:00:14 Deployment of fifth and sixth OneWeb satellites 01:00:35 Deployment of seventh and eighth OneWeb satellites 01:01:07 Deployment of ninth and 10th OneWeb satellites 01:02:42 Deployment of 11th and 12th OneWeb satellites 01:04:28 Deployment of 13th and 14th OneWeb satellites 01:14:22 Deployment of 15th and 16th OneWeb satellites 01:14:39 Deployment of 17th OneWeb satellite 01:15:42 Deployment of 18th and 19th OneWeb satellites 01:17:30 Deployment of 20th and 21st OneWeb satellites 01:18:02 Deployment of 22nd and 23rd OneWeb satellites 01:19:14 Deployment of 24th and 25th OneWeb satellites 01:19:53 Deployment of 26th and 27th OneWeb satellites 01:29:40 Deployment of 28th and 29th OneWeb satellites 01:30:42 Deployment of 30th OneWeb satellite 01:31:07 Deployment of 31st and 32nd OneWeb satellites 01:32:12 Deployment of 33rd OneWeb satellite 01:32:20 Deployment of 34th OneWeb satellite 01:33:14 Deployment of 35th and 36th OneWeb satellites 01:34:39 Deployment of 37th and 38th OneWeb satellites 01:35:18 Deployment of 39th and 40th OneWeb satellites 10) Orbit destination: ~86.9 degree inclination. Operational altitude 1200 kilometers. Insertion altitude mentioned as 600 kilometers in one source. |
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Webcast is starting.
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Never. Gets. Old.
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This message is brought to you by the number e, whose exponential function is the derivative of itself.
What is this brief mortal existence if not the pursuit of legacy? |
Originally Posted By TacticalGarand44: Never. Gets. Old. View Quote |
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Everywhere we go, we are surrounded by people who stumble through life dependent upon the vigilance and/or kindness of others. - Zardoz
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All 40 satellites deployed.
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Watching now, with my cat watching over my shoulder.
This stuff never gets old for me. I think people of younger generations react differently. ![]() SpaceX Launches CRS-27 Mission to Resupply the International Space Station |
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Everywhere we go, we are surrounded by people who stumble through life dependent upon the vigilance and/or kindness of others. - Zardoz
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