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Posted: 6/9/2022 2:54:30 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By RiverSwine45: https://www.ar15.com/media/mediaFiles/180908/20220609_142958_jpg-2412615.JPG Cool. 
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Posted: 6/9/2022 3:50:21 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By DK-Prof: Cool. Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By DK-Prof: Originally Posted By RiverSwine45: https://www.ar15.com/media/mediaFiles/180908/20220609_142958_jpg-2412615.JPG Cool. Repurposed old space shuttle transporter still working.  Attached File |
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Posted: 6/10/2022 4:09:49 PM EDT
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Posted: 6/13/2022 6:50:03 PM EDT
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ZWE
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Posted: 6/13/2022 6:59:20 PM EDT
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Starship might finally get to take over this thread soon.
With most of the gov red tape cut through we should see the OTF get a launch date scheduled. |
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Posted: 6/14/2022 5:03:21 AM EDT
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Posted: 6/15/2022 1:22:41 AM EDT
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Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By Obo2: Starship might finally get to take over this thread soon. With most of the gov red tape cut through we should see the OTF get a launch date scheduled. Until Starship becomes an operational system I would suggest that the Starship thread is a better place for now. |
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Posted: 6/15/2022 6:28:43 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By TacticalGarand44: https://www.ar15.com/media/mediaFiles/417972/SpacXMath_PNG-2417720.png 
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Posted: 6/16/2022 12:20:44 AM EDT
[Last Edit: AmericanPeople]
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Mission: Starlink 4-19
1) Background info: Source "A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket will launch a group of Starlink internet satellites." One source stated that this will be the first Falcon 9 rocket to launch 13 times. 2) Launch window: 12:08:50 PM EDT (17 June 2022). 3) Launch Site: LC-39A, Kennedy Space Center, Florida 4) Webcast viewing options: a. SpaceX webcast (Starts about 10 minutes before liftoff) b. You Tube  Starlink Mission 5) Launch preparations: a. Boats heading out. b. Ready for launch. c. Navigation warning: 6) First stage return/ocean recovery/disposal: Drone ship ASOG recovery 7) Launch to deployment events/timeline: Hours:Minutes:Seconds after lift-off. Times approximate. 00:02:27 First stage MECO (main engine cutoff) 00:02:30 Stage separation 00:02:37 Second stage starts 00:02:42 Fairing deployment 00:06:47 1st stage entry burn begins 00:07:07 1st stage entry burn ends 00:08:24 1st stage landing burn starts 00:08:35 1st stage landing 00:08:45 2nd stage engine cutoff 00:15:26 Satellites deployment |
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Posted: 6/17/2022 11:57:07 AM EDT
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stream intro music is up.
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Posted: 6/17/2022 12:01:19 PM EDT
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Posted: 6/17/2022 12:19:18 PM EDT
[Last Edit: scul]
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13 landings!
Great video of the landing from ASOG! |
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Posted: 6/17/2022 12:19:49 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By scul: 13 landings! Best landing video yet. |
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Posted: 6/17/2022 12:19:51 PM EDT
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Nailed it.
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Posted: 6/17/2022 1:44:40 PM EDT
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Never gets old...
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Posted: 6/17/2022 11:39:04 PM EDT
[Last Edit: AmericanPeople]
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Mission: SARah 1
1) Background info: Source "A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket will launch the SARah 1 radar remote sensing satellite for the German military. SARah 1 is the first of three synthetic aperture radar satellites for the German military. It was built by Airbus. The Falcon 9’s first stage booster will return to Landing Zone 4 at Vandenberg." 2) Launch window: 7:19 AM PDT (18 June 2022). 3) Launch Site: SLC-4E, Vandenberg Space Force Base, California 4) Webcast viewing options: a. SpaceX webcast (Starts about 10 minutes before liftoff) b. You Tube  SARah-1 Mission 5) Launch preparations: a. Boats heading out.  Gav Cornwell@SpaceOffshore: West Coast SpaceX fairing recovery ship NRC Quest has departed Long Beach, ahead of the SARah-1 mission b. Ready for launch.  A Falcon 9 rocket stands ready for launch with Germany’s SARah 1 radar satellite. Credit: SpaceX c. Navigation warning: 6) First stage return/ocean recovery/disposal: Return to Landing Zone 4 7) Launch to deployment events/timeline: Hours:Minutes:Seconds after lift-off. Times approximate. 00:02:17 First stage MECO (main engine cutoff) 00:02:20 Stage separation 00:02:34 1st stage boostback burn begins 00:02:49 Fairing deployment 00:06:09 1st stage entry burn begins 00:06:31 1st stage entry burn ends 00:07:25 1st stage landing burn starts 00:07:56 1st stage landing |
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Posted: 6/18/2022 10:06:10 AM EDT
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Webcast music has started.
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Posted: 6/18/2022 10:06:12 AM EDT
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webcast is starting
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Posted: 6/18/2022 10:11:26 AM EDT
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Posted: 6/18/2022 10:17:55 AM EDT
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Damn fog is gonna screw up RTLZ.
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Posted: 6/18/2022 10:28:59 AM EDT
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Great landing video.
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Posted: 6/18/2022 10:29:17 AM EDT
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And get to watch another one later tonight…
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Posted: 6/18/2022 10:30:47 AM EDT
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It didnt leave too much contrail today so Only had a visual for about 5 seconds then lost it. Sucks, It was crystal clear 100 miles south.
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Posted: 6/18/2022 1:55:26 PM EDT
[Last Edit: AmericanPeople]
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Mission: Globalstar FM15
1) Background info: Source "A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket will launch a spare satellite for Globalstar’s messaging and data relay network. Other unidentified payloads may be on this launch. The Falcon 9’s first stage booster will land on a drone ship in the Atlantic Ocean." 2) Launch window: 12:27 AM EDT (19 June 2022). 3) Launch Site: SLC-40, Cape Canaveral Space Force Station, Florida 4) Webcast viewing options: a. SpaceX webcast (Starts about 10 minutes before liftoff) b. You Tube  Globalstar FM15 Mission 5) Launch preparations: a. Boats heading out.  Gav Cornwell@SpaceOffshore: Just Read the Instructions droneship has departed Port Canaveral for the upcoming Globalstar-2 (+others) mission. Tug Finn Falgout is towing. b. Ready for launch.  SpaceX raised a Falcon 9 rocket vertical on pad 40 Saturday in preparation for launch with the Globalstar FM15 satellite. Credit: SpaceX 6) First stage return/ocean recovery/disposal: Drone ship JRTI recovery 7) Launch to deployment events/timeline: Hours:Minutes:Seconds after lift-off. Times approximate. 00:02:31 First stage MECO (main engine cutoff) 00:02:35 Stage separation 00:02:43 2nd stage engine starts (SES-1) 00:02:54 Fairing deployment 00:08:10 1st stage entry burn begins 00:08:36 1st stage entry burn ends 00:09:36 1st stage landing burn begins 00:09:58 2nd stage engine cutoff (SECO) 00:10:00 1st stage landing 01:04:32 2nd stage engine restarts (SES-2) 01:04:36 2nd stage engine cutoff (SECO-2) 01:47:12 2nd stage engine restarts (SES-3) 01:47:20 2nd stage engine cutoff (SECO-3) 01:53:21 Globalstar FM15 deploys |
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Posted: 6/18/2022 3:37:05 PM EDT
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The Globalstar FM15 launch has some unique event timings.
The first stage landing is about 1.5 minutes later than typical. There are three firings of the second stage engine. |
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Posted: 6/18/2022 3:45:51 PM EDT
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It might wake me up if it launches.
Weather currently turning in to crap, hot as balls and the thunder is cooking off. |
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Posted: 6/18/2022 6:13:49 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By AmericanPeople: The Globalstar FM15 launch has some unique event timings. The first stage landing is about 1.5 minutes later than typical. There are three firings of the second stage engine. It's a pretty old booster (8 launches already), though most of them are at this point. The late landing would make you think it's a pretty high energy launch, but the Globalstar 15 satellite is pretty light. Light enough that one article I read suggested their could be unannounced rideshares on this one (which could explain the burns). I suppose it could also just be a very high trajectory, which would mean the booster would coast upwards higher than normal. In any event... an oddity for sure. |
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Posted: 6/18/2022 8:50:14 PM EDT
[Last Edit: JoseCuervo]
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Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By Dagger41: It might wake me up if it launches. Weather currently turning in to crap, hot as balls and the thunder is cooking off. Doesn't the weather tend to lay down after the sun sets? |
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Posted: 6/18/2022 9:38:18 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By ASUsax: It's a pretty old booster (8 launches already), though most of them are at this point. The late landing would make you think it's a pretty high energy launch, but the Globalstar 15 satellite is pretty light. Light enough that one article I read suggested their could be unannounced rideshares on this one (which could explain the burns). I suppose it could also just be a very high trajectory, which would mean the booster would coast upwards higher than normal. In any event... an oddity for sure. The Globalstars are in 1413 kilometer circular orbits at 52 degrees inclination. You may be right in that the extra burn may be associated with other deployments. |
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Posted: 6/18/2022 11:54:48 PM EDT
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I'm up, just realized a launch in about 30min.
will be the first one to observe from my house, the rest have been from work. |
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Posted: 6/19/2022 12:18:10 AM EDT
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Posted: 6/19/2022 12:21:59 AM EDT
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Live with Jessie!
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Posted: 6/19/2022 12:27:33 AM EDT
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Go for launch 🚀
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Posted: 6/19/2022 12:30:27 AM EDT
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What's the trajectory on this launch? Visible on east coast?
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Posted: 6/19/2022 12:37:15 AM EDT
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Pretty cool views from the first stage of lightning strikes below from a storm cell just off of Daytona. They were not bursts from the nitrogen thrusters, as the host described.
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Posted: 6/19/2022 12:38:32 AM EDT
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Nailed it.
Triple-header completed and successful! |
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Posted: 6/19/2022 12:39:35 AM EDT
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pretty cool from my house just south of Titusville.
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Posted: 6/19/2022 12:40:21 AM EDT
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Smooth. Boring. Routine.
I love it! |
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Posted: 6/19/2022 12:40:35 AM EDT
[Last Edit: AmericanPeople]
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Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By Harmonic_Distortion: What's the trajectory on this launch? Visible on east coast? To the northeast. MECO altitude was roughly 15 kilometers higher than for a Starlink launch and the maximum altitude of the first stage was probably 30 or more kilometers higher. At T+33 minutes it looks like the orbit is close to circular at about 535 kilometers. I am guessing that the next burn will raise the apogee to about 1413 kilometers then the last burn may get it at or close to circular. This 1413 kilometer orbit may be lower if the satellite is planned to raise the orbit after deployment. No discussion of any other deployments but they could be keeping it secret. I don't recall seeing a view of the payload area after fairing jettison. I just went back to the video of the MECO, staging, SES-1 and fairing deployment period and there was no mention or video of the fairing deployment. That is not typical. |
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Posted: 6/19/2022 9:47:57 AM EDT
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If you go to T+1:53:10 to watch the Globalstar FM15 deployment, there is a lot of other stuff left after the deployment. The insertion altitude was around 1123 kilometers. I don't know how close to circular it was.
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Posted: 6/19/2022 11:06:22 AM EDT
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Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By scul: Live with Jessie! It's like listening to Tawny Madison, repeating everything the computer says, but adding 'there's the callout' before she tells you what the computer said. I always turn the volume down on her. Jay |
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Posted: 6/19/2022 4:22:33 PM EDT
[Last Edit: AmericanPeople]
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NV, USA
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Posted: 6/19/2022 4:33:47 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By AmericanPeople: This may be associated with the Globalstar FM15 launch: https://resources.stuff.co.nz/content/dam/images/4/y/z/9/o/1/image.related.StuffLandscapeSixteenByNine.1240x700.4yz9o3.png/1655661987082.jpg?format=pjpg&optimize=medium Source I've seen something like that before. It was either called the Norway Spiral or the cloud of care. The host of a podcast I used to listen to prattled on about it incessantly. But he never said what the purpose of it was supposed to be other than that it was something evil. |
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Posted: 6/19/2022 5:05:32 PM EDT
[Last Edit: AmericanPeople]
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Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By Hesperus: I've seen something like that before. It was either called the Norway Spiral or the cloud of care. The host of a podcast I used to listen to prattled on about it incessantly. But he never said what the purpose of it was supposed to be other than that it was something evil. The purpose is to purge propellants and similar substances from a rocket body to reduce the chance of it exploding later. If you open a valve it may induce a rotation of the rocket as the gases expel. Since the second stage has no element sets published, it is likely that even after a deorbit burn that excess propellants are vented to prevent an explosion before re-entry. |
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Posted: 6/21/2022 12:39:55 AM EDT
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The US catalogue of space objects now shows four additional objects besides Globalstar FM15. No doubt they were deployed between the first and second burns of the second stage.
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Posted: 6/21/2022 5:37:48 AM EDT
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Going to head over to the Port today to try and get a peek at the F-9 fairing halves. Not only do they sport a shiny metal looking dome on them, they look to have bulkier clamps on the clamshell.
Starting to think that we have a new fairing design all together. SpaceX has been mum about it too. |
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Posted: 6/21/2022 2:51:52 PM EDT
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I probably missed any discussion of this, but apparently B1069 is refurbished and back in the rotation after its rough seas adventure. I’m curious what they ended up having to replace.
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Posted: 6/21/2022 2:53:53 PM EDT
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Posted: 6/24/2022 2:13:22 PM EDT
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Posted: 6/27/2022 1:50:40 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By Chokey:
From 4-5 Falcon Heavy launches this year to maybe one. Delays happen. |
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