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Posted: 1/24/2021 11:10:10 AM EDT
[#1]
nailed it
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Posted: 1/24/2021 11:11:13 AM EDT
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Bullseye.
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Posted: 1/24/2021 11:11:31 AM EDT
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Posted: 1/24/2021 11:11:41 AM EDT
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Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By Chokey: nailed it Incredible isn’t it |
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Posted: 1/24/2021 11:11:45 AM EDT
[Last Edit: webtaz99]
[#5]
This will be a satellite deploy worth watching.
ETA: That is, if we could fucking see anything. 
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Posted: 1/24/2021 11:12:10 AM EDT
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Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By Chokey: nailed it yep...nice job to SpaceX Boeing can eat another dick. |
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Posted: 1/24/2021 11:13:20 AM EDT
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Do we know if SpaceX plans to have Starlink access across the Northern GOM?
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Posted: 1/24/2021 11:13:28 AM EDT
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American private sector
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Posted: 1/24/2021 11:15:27 AM EDT
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Bonus, the camera worked all the way through landing.
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Posted: 1/24/2021 11:17:02 AM EDT
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Weather at landing site looked pretty nice. Wish I was out there.
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Posted: 1/24/2021 11:18:02 AM EDT
[Last Edit: kcb]
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FL, USA
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Posted: 1/24/2021 11:34:08 AM EDT
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Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By Dagger41: Oh yeah !!! What a rumble !!!  Rumble woke me up in my house in Rockledge, FL 
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Posted: 1/24/2021 11:43:59 AM EDT
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Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By Supperman: Rumble woke me up in my house in Rockledge, FL Howdy neighbor ! |
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Posted: 1/24/2021 11:45:13 AM EDT
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Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By kcb: UFO at T+00:06:09?  https://www.ar15.com/media/mediaFiles/71538/UFO_png-1794518.JPG I saw that too 
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Posted: 1/24/2021 12:24:49 PM EDT
[#15]
LOL
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Posted: 1/24/2021 12:26:25 PM EDT
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Posted: 1/24/2021 12:35:56 PM EDT
[#17]
Suck it all you throw-away guys!
Go SpaceX! 
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Posted: 1/24/2021 2:40:02 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By webtaz99: Suck it all you throw-away guys! Go SpaceX! Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By webtaz99: Suck it all you throw-away guys! Go SpaceX! Once again showing the rest of the rocket people they are losers. quoted 4 years ago by Arianespace CEO Stéphane Israel It is a beautiful technological achievement in the context of a mission in LEO asking little performance from the launcher, freeing the performance required by recovery. But for the economic equation, things are still very uncertain. Performance loss on recovery, lower industrial rate, cost of refurbishment of the first stage, difficulty convincing customers to use a used launcher, uncertainties about the reliability: it would be a mistake to consider reuse is the alpha and omega of disruptive innovation in the field of launchers. There may be other ways to innovate, such as micro-launcher I had discussed this summer after meetings with players in Silicon Valley who want very cheap launches, less than 10 million, for satellites of several tens of kilograms. Especially, in the European context, with markets and accessible rates lower than those offered to American launchers, the cardinal priority is the road map defined at the last ministerial conference of ESA (European Space Agency): Vega C Ariane in 2018 and 6 in 2020, as part of a new governance which always aim at making cost more competitive. |
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Posted: 1/24/2021 3:16:47 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By midcap: I saw that too Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By midcap: Originally Posted By kcb: UFO at T+00:06:09? https://www.ar15.com/media/mediaFiles/71538/UFO_png-1794518.JPG I saw that too |
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Posted: 1/24/2021 3:27:34 PM EDT
[Last Edit: Hadrian]
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Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By webtaz99: Suck it all you throw-away guys! Go SpaceX! 
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Posted: 1/24/2021 3:31:14 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By midcap: Once again showing the rest of the rocket people they are losers. quoted 4 years ago by Arianespace CEO Stéphane Israel Don't know wether to laugh or cry at that. Well, no one can argue with SpaceX's results. More tonnage to orbit than any other provider by a significant margin. |
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Posted: 1/24/2021 4:20:51 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By kill-9: Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By kill-9: Originally Posted By midcap: Originally Posted By kcb: UFO at T+00:06:09? https://www.ar15.com/media/mediaFiles/71538/UFO_png-1794518.JPG I saw that too It's just a platform for the Boosters Door Gunner. |
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Posted: 1/24/2021 4:34:53 PM EDT
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Posted: 1/24/2021 4:35:06 PM EDT
[#24]
Lining them up and knocking them down.
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NM, USA
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Posted: 1/24/2021 4:43:05 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By Pavelow16478: This batch of Starlink satellites had laser interlinks onboard. https://www.ar15.com/media/mediaFiles/86377/36B5A79F-22D2-40DA-AA8E-C3542FD6C2C4_jpe-1794986.JPG Very nice. |
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Posted: 1/24/2021 5:07:20 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By GreyHat: Very nice. Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By GreyHat: Originally Posted By Pavelow16478: This batch of Starlink satellites had laser interlinks onboard. https://www.ar15.com/media/mediaFiles/86377/36B5A79F-22D2-40DA-AA8E-C3542FD6C2C4_jpe-1794986.JPG Very nice. That's going to be the game change if they can get the laser links working. That will open the whole world up to Starlink. |
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CO, USA
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Posted: 1/25/2021 12:06:15 AM EDT
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I lost my DSL internet for the launch so was watching on my phone. I don't recall seeing a single satellite deployed. They needed several camera drones ahead of the second stage. Some with lights so we could get great coverage of the deployments.
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Posted: 1/25/2021 3:39:09 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By midcap: Once again showing the rest of the rocket people they are losers. quoted 4 years ago by Arianespace CEO Stéphane Israel That guy keeps whining for more and more government cheddar...  https://spacenews.com/arianespace-seeks-greater-support-from-european-governments/ Ariane 5 only launched 3 times last year, and looks to do the same this year, and the Ariane 6 was delayed until 2022 (And it's order rate has been poor to say the least)... Falcon 9 has been launching at a 40+ per year annual rate since september. 
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Posted: 1/25/2021 3:59:18 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By Neotopiaman: That guy keeps whining for more and more government cheddar... https://spacenews.com/arianespace-seeks-greater-support-from-european-governments/ Ariane 5 only launched 3 times last year, and looks to do the same this year, and the Ariane 6 was delayed until 2022 (And it's order rate has been poor to say the least)... Falcon 9 has been launching at a 40+ per year annual rate since september. Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By Neotopiaman: Originally Posted By midcap: Once again showing the rest of the rocket people they are losers. quoted 4 years ago by Arianespace CEO Stéphane Israel That guy keeps whining for more and more government cheddar... https://spacenews.com/arianespace-seeks-greater-support-from-european-governments/ Ariane 5 only launched 3 times last year, and looks to do the same this year, and the Ariane 6 was delayed until 2022 (And it's order rate has been poor to say the least)... Falcon 9 has been launching at a 40+ per year annual rate since september. I love this quote: At a Jan. 7 press briefing, Stéphane Israël, chief executive of Arianespace, said the company completed 2020 with revenues of about one billion euros ($1.2 billion), approximately the same as 2019. He added that while the company hasn’t completed its accounting for 2020, the company should have “balanced financials” for the year. Translation: "We are unable to compete or make money. Give us more subsidies." |
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Posted: 1/25/2021 4:04:53 PM EDT
[Last Edit: Neotopiaman]
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Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By DK-Prof: I love this quote: At a Jan. 7 press briefing, Stéphane Israël, chief executive of Arianespace, said the company completed 2020 with revenues of about one billion euros ($1.2 billion), approximately the same as 2019. He added that while the company hasn’t completed its accounting for 2020, the company should have “balanced financials” for the year. Translation: "We are unable to compete or make money. Give us more subsidies." Ariane 6 still isn't competitive even after the European taxpayers payed almost the entire $4 billion R&D bill. If Ariane 6 launched 80 times (it wont) that's a $50m per launch subsidy right there (which is roughly the price of a complete used-booster commercial F9 launch... )
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Posted: 1/27/2021 12:40:58 PM EDT
[#31]
A Very Sad Day on this date, 1967.
I was almost 7 but remember it vividly as I was, and still am very interested in the Space Program. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Apollo_1 |
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Posted: 1/27/2021 3:07:33 PM EDT
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Posted: 1/27/2021 3:10:55 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By hdhogman: A Very Sad Day on this date, 1967. I was almost 7 but remember it vividly as I was, and still am very interested in the Space Program. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Apollo_1 Lessons learned. Unfortunate when those lessons are paid for with human blood. But sometimes that's the price that science demands. Or what bureaucracy demands. |
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Posted: 1/27/2021 3:14:30 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By Chokey:
Two launches five days apart of the same pad? That's impressive. |
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Posted: 1/27/2021 7:20:43 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By hoosierhick: Two launches five days apart of the same pad? That's impressive. Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By hoosierhick: Originally Posted By Chokey:
Two launches five days apart of the same pad? That's impressive. Damn skippy. Wonder why they aren't using SLC-40 for one of them. |
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Posted: 1/28/2021 12:16:51 PM EDT
[Last Edit: AmericanPeople]
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1) Background info: Source
"A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket will launch the 18th batch of approximately 60 satellites for SpaceX’s Starlink broadband network, a mission designated Starlink V1.0-L18." 2) Launch window: 1:19 AM EST (4 February 2021) 3) Launch Site: SLC-40 4) Webcast viewing options: a. SpaceX webcast (Starts about 20 minutes before liftoff) b. You Tube  Starlink Mission 5) Launch preparations: a. Boats heading out Video of JRTI heading out
b. Ready for launch. 6) First stage return/disposal: Ocean drone ship recovery. 7) Mission press kit: Now online here 8) Launch to deployment events/timeline: Hours:Minutes:Seconds after lift-off 00:02:33 1st stage main engine cutoff (MECO) 00:02:36 1st and 2nd stages separate 00:02:44 2nd stage engine starts 00:03:10 Fairing deployment 00:06:41 1st stage entry burn ends 00:08:25 1st stage landing 00:08:50 2nd stage engine cutoff (SECO) 00:45:55 2nd stage engine restarts 00:45:56 2nd stage engine cutoff (SECO-2) 01:04:52 Starlink satellites deploy |
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Posted: 1/28/2021 2:20:44 PM EDT
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Posted: 1/29/2021 3:08:29 PM EDT
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Posted: 1/29/2021 9:58:17 PM EDT
[Last Edit: AmericanPeople]
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I am seeing unconfirmed reports at SpaceXFleet.com suggesting that a static fire was scrubbed and the the drone ship JRTI is returning to the Cape area.
The same source is now listing a 1 Feb 2021 launch date. I am awaiting confirmation. Got it. Another day or two slip and we may be at the point of having darkness at the launch site and illuminated plume conditions during ascent. SpaceXFleet.com is mentioning weather issues, upper air winds and less than good sea conditions at the first stage recovery site. |
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Posted: 1/31/2021 7:29:06 AM EDT
[#40]
It'll be dark tomorrow @ 6:41 a.m. if it does launch.
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Posted: 1/31/2021 10:50:02 AM EDT
[Last Edit: AmericanPeople]
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Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By Dagger41: It'll be dark tomorrow @ 6:41 a.m. if it does launch. Great. That will help people see it during ascent along with the possibility of great plume illumination. First stage jet firings after stage separation might be visible as well. Binoculars may help. |
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Posted: 1/31/2021 11:36:12 AM EDT
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Posted: 1/31/2021 10:33:54 PM EDT
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Posted: 2/1/2021 12:46:28 PM EDT
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Posted: 2/1/2021 5:45:59 PM EDT
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Posted: 2/1/2021 5:53:15 PM EDT
[Last Edit: Dagger41]
[#46]
I doubt we will see anything until at least Wednesday.
Cold front hit and it's got a pretty stiff breeze , really cooling off too. Wind chill is supposed to be below freezing here in the morning (as per the local news a couple of minutes ago). https://forecast.weather.gov/MapClick.php?site=MLB&textField1=28.322&textField2=-80.688#.YBh3MOhKjIU https://www.star.nesdis.noaa.gov/GOES/conus_band.php?sat=G16&band=GEOCOLOR&length=24 |
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Posted: 2/1/2021 8:47:03 PM EDT
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Posted: 2/1/2021 9:41:17 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By Dapzel: https://www.inspiration4.com/ Any bets on how much of a donation it's going to take to secure a "Generosity" seat? My wild-assed guess is at least $100M. |
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Posted: 2/1/2021 10:06:30 PM EDT
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I was wondering that also...probably be cheaper to just buy your own but it sure would be nice if it was random and some regular joe could win a seat...
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Posted: 2/1/2021 10:09:26 PM EDT
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OST @dropbass
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