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Originally Posted By compulynx: I thought they landed the starlink rockets back at the cape. View Quote View All Quotes View All Quotes Originally Posted By compulynx: Originally Posted By Chokey: yeah, I was looking at radar, it's seems to be clearing up at the Cape, but the LZ may be a different story. I thought they landed the starlink rockets back at the cape. nope, offshore south of NC |
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Originally Posted By Chokey: bonus launch tonight Soyuz ISS resupply mission at 11:45pm EST https://www.nasa.gov/live/ https://pbs.twimg.com/media/EuPAhX0XUAA9LyN?format=jpg&name=large View Quote Neat. ![]() |
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LittlePony: I'm gay, not a faggot.
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Weather was supposed to be poor at time of launch but people there say it should be good to go!
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Originally Posted By Chokey: meh
View Quote SpaceX will launch no rocket before its time. ![]() Orson Welles for Paul Masson Wine (April 2, 1979) |
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Storms ramping up.
Local news say SpaceX going to 'try' a 10:59 launch tonight but don't count on it. |
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Spacex live feed says about 30 min before going live.
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Webcast is live
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Looking good.
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I can still see it. Clear sky out there
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Entry burn did not seem to shut down completely.
Looks like a failure. |
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wave off landing... birds on the pad.
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did not nail it
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Sea gulls should be happy it splashed down elsewhere.
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When is the last time they failed to recover? It's been a while. Glow and then it was gone. She's dead Jim!
Also noticed they lost telemetry. Is that typical? |
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Originally Posted By radian23: When is the last time they failed to recover? It's been a while. Glow and then it was gone. She's dead Jim! Also noticed they lost telemetry. Is that typical? View Quote As I noted above, the re-entry burn did not seem to end properly. There was still what "may" have been flame to the right. I think that they just ended showing the booster video when they realized it was not normal. Maybe someone saw an explosion or the landing burn did not work. We should know soon enough. Musk is usually open about these failures. |
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I noticed in the last telemetry, it did not apear to be slowing up at all during the burn. Maybe they ditched it on purpose to save damage to the drone ship.
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Originally Posted By compulynx: I noticed in the last telemetry, it did not apear to be slowing up at all during the burn. Maybe they ditched it on purpose to save damage to the drone ship. View Quote by default, the trajectory will miss the drone ship. it is only when it is under proper control that they alter course to land on the ship. |
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Telemetry was the same as last few launches. Entry burn around 8500 km/h.... Shutoff at around 5900km/h
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Originally Posted By rollgrinder: Telemetry was the same as last few launches. Entry burn around 8500 km/h.... Shutoff at around 5900km/h View Quote Could have been damage during re-entry. Did they mention that the droneship distance was further than usual? That can lead to spicer re-entry conditions. Still... 6 successful orbital booster launches is 5 more than everyone else in the world. |
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Originally Posted By zonan: Could have been damage during re-entry. Did they mention that the droneship distance was further than usual? That can lead to spicer re-entry conditions. Still... 6 successful orbital booster launches is 5 more than everyone else in the world. View Quote Agreed - and the booster set to launch tomorrow has 7 launches & recoveries, going for #8.. |
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Originally Posted By Chokey: 11 months ago - Starlink 5 View Quote View All Quotes View All Quotes |
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Finally got to watch the replay. I wonder if whatever was on fire at the end of the landing burn was still on fire when it reached the sea. There was a glow and probably and explosion then all dark.
I really wonder what it would be like to be near the drone ship for one of these crashes ![]() |
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Originally Posted By AJE: Finally got to watch the replay. I wonder if whatever was on fire at the end of the landing burn was still on fire when it reached the sea. There was a glow and probably and explosion then all dark. I really wonder what it would be like to be near the drone ship for one of these crashes ![]() View Quote Also, looks like they lost video signal AND telemetry updates at the same time. The moment the video cut is the same moment the stage 1 telemetry stopped updating. |
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I think some dick from Boeing has been doinking with the landing software at Space-X lately.
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The launch for tonight has been delayed. I have not seen a reason but it would be prudent to determine the cause to see if a change is needed for the next mission booster.
One failure every year for something as challenging as recovering a booster on a tiny barge is not bad. Two in a row could be more damaging to their reputation even though the primary mission was a success. I did see the Starlink satellites from this launch this morning. They were in a line no longer than the apparent diameter of the moon...maybe less. |
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Apparently they sorta need these boosters to carry out this year’s schedule. Splash another and they might have to start canceling missions.
NASASpaceflight mentioned they only have 5. |
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Originally Posted By AmericanPeople: The launch for tonight has been delayed. I have not seen a reason but it would be prudent to determine the cause to see if a change is needed for the next mission booster. One failure every year for something as challenging as recovering a booster on a tiny barge is not bad. Two in a row could be more damaging to their reputation even though the primary mission was a success. I did see the Starlink satellites from this launch this morning. They were in a line no longer than the apparent diameter of the moon...maybe less. View Quote 100% overcast right now and it doesn't look like it's going to improve. |
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Scott Manley - Did An Engine Failure Kill A SpaceX Booster on Its 6th Flight?
![]() Did An Engine Failure Kill A SpaceX Booster on Its 6th Flight? |
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If you look at the launch video check around T+6:52 for the possible flame to the right of the bottom of the first stage.
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Originally Posted By Chokey: Scott Manley - Did An Engine Failure Kill A SpaceX Booster on Its 6th Flight? ![]() View Quote Came here to post this. |
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Looks like both trawlers got lucky Monday night.
They had just docked when I pulled in. ![]() ![]() |
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Originally Posted By Dagger41: Looks like both trawlers got lucky Monday night. They had just docked when I pulled in. https://www.ar15.com/media/mediaFiles/279984/DSCN0047_JPG-1829494.JPG https://www.ar15.com/media/mediaFiles/279984/DSCN0046_JPG-1829495.JPG View Quote To do that in the dark is pretty impressive, to my mind. Perhaps it's all computerized, so maybe sight and visibility is not an issue? |
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Originally Posted By DK-Prof: To do that in the dark is pretty impressive, to my mind. Perhaps it's all computerized, so maybe sight and visibility is not an issue? View Quote I think they mostly use GPS tracking and wizardry mathematics. Not often do they capture both fairing halves , as you can see one of them still in the net but that was docking when I pulled up. Could have already dropped the net on the front boat to unload. They don't sit around the dock long waiting to get unloaded either , I was lucky to catch them when I did. Half a dozen Tesla's crowded my parking spot to boot , snooty bunch they were. Thumbed their noses at me like they owned the place , until I got up on the fence to grab a couple of pics. They just stared at each other with the "I don't believe that guy just did that" look on their faces. Fucking campers. |
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Originally Posted By Dagger41: Looks like both trawlers got lucky Monday night. They had just docked when I pulled in. https://www.ar15.com/media/mediaFiles/279984/DSCN0047_JPG-1829494.JPG https://www.ar15.com/media/mediaFiles/279984/DSCN0046_JPG-1829495.JPG View Quote I think they scooped both out of the drink, vs catching them.
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Originally Posted By scul: I think they scooped both out of the drink, vs catching them.
View Quote Thanks for that. No wonder there was no news story of them landing in the nets on the ships. Makes sense now. |
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