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Posted: 3/14/2021 10:05:49 AM EST
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Amateurs caught the SpaceX video signal again, some more video of the LOX tank interior:
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Posted: 3/14/2021 1:29:20 PM EST
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Posted: 3/14/2021 1:40:38 PM EST
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Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By Dagger41: Pretty sure that was the entry burn from the booster. Not sure about that. I don't have the exact times but this video was supposedly around 610 AM EDT. With launch at 601AM (seconds not known), entry burn would be about 6:07:21 to 6:07:41 AM. Second stage cutoff would be around 6:09:48 AM which we see. I also noted the plume during the launch (on the webcast) and asked if anyone could see it outside. |
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Posted: 3/14/2021 1:51:18 PM EST
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Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By AmericanPeople: Not sure about that. I don't have the exact times but this video was supposedly around 610 AM EDT. With launch at 601AM (seconds not known), entry burn would be about 6:07:21 to 6:07:41 AM. Second stage cutoff would be around 6:09:48 AM which we see. I also noted the plume during the launch (on the webcast) and asked if anyone could see it outside. I was hoping to see it but it was not visible from here , not the sunlit reflection anyways. Pretty sure you are correct with the timing though , the booster entry burn was much sooner than SECO. |
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Posted: 3/14/2021 2:28:51 PM EST
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Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By Dagger41: I was hoping to see it but it was not visible from here , not the sunlit reflection anyways. Pretty sure you are correct with the timing though , the booster entry burn was much sooner than SECO. Perhaps the reason is that it entered sunlight just as it was passing overhead in that video..or so the poster said. That may have put it past your horizon. I have a program that would predict that but I need a certain file. I need to check with someone to see if I can have one generated. |
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Posted: 3/14/2021 2:36:57 PM EST
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Posted: 3/15/2021 9:59:26 PM EST
[Last Edit: Chokey]
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Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By Neotopiaman: Amateurs caught the SpaceX video signal again, some more video of the LOX tank interior:
Scott Manley video  How Amateur Radio Fans Decoded SpaceX's Telemetry & Engineering Video |
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Posted: 3/15/2021 11:49:22 PM EST
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Either way it was Beautiful.
I would love to see such a thing. Have viewed, by coincidence, ageing satellites and\or space debris burning up while on late night walkabouts with my GSD, sometimes at work. Just a second or two, horizon to horizon and GONE, as fast as I could turn my head to watch it. No reports of meteor activity as is usually the case. |
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CO, USA
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Posted: 3/16/2021 1:06:17 PM EST
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Decaying satellites/rocket bodies are usually slow moving.
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Posted: 3/16/2021 5:23:11 PM EST
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ODB is back - 1051.9
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Posted: 3/16/2021 6:59:27 PM EST
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Posted: 3/17/2021 4:41:13 PM EST
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Two at the same time!
 
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Posted: 3/18/2021 8:06:22 AM EST
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new fairing recovery vessel, not sure if it's temporary or permanent.
pretty impressive boat https://bordelonmarine.com/mv-shelia-bordelon/    
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Posted: 3/18/2021 8:15:43 AM EST
[Last Edit: Dagger41]
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Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By Chokey: new fairing recovery vessel, not sure if it's temporary or permanent. pretty impressive boat https://bordelonmarine.com/mv-shelia-bordelon/ https://pbs.twimg.com/media/EwwnRY-XIAcuM7I?format=jpg&name=large https://pbs.twimg.com/media/Eww1IUiXAAAwVrH?format=jpg&name=4096x4096 https://pbs.twimg.com/media/Eww1IUiXIAEY_Zz?format=jpg&name=4096x4096 https://pbs.twimg.com/media/Eww1IVDWEAEYWX2?format=jpg&name=4096x4096 Will have to go check that out today , that's a good sized boat ! https://bordelonmarine.com/mv-shelia-bordelon/ |
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Posted: 3/18/2021 11:48:31 AM EST
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Posted: 3/18/2021 1:59:37 PM EST
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One more flight and they can clean it.
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Posted: 3/18/2021 2:26:46 PM EST
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 SLS Green Run Hot Fire Test #2 and Super Heavy Booster Stacking NASA SLS Green Run Hot Fire Test #2 in aprox 3 min |
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Posted: 3/23/2021 8:05:13 AM EST
[Last Edit: AmericanPeople]
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1) Background info: Source
"A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket will launch the 23rd batch of approximately 60 satellites for SpaceX’s Starlink broadband network, a mission designated Starlink V1.0-L22." 2) Launch window: 4:28 AM EDT (24 March 2021). 3) Launch Site: SLC-40, Cape Canaveral Space Force Station, Florida 4) Webcast viewing options: a. SpaceX webcast (Starts about 20 minutes before liftoff) b. You Tube  Starlink Mission 5) Launch preparations: TBS a. Boats heading out. Source: SpaceXFleet.com  The booster recovery team is juuust now arriving at the Starlink landing zone at T- 9 hours.  Overnight, Shelia Bordelon departed for her debut fairing recovery mission. As previously reported, it doesn't sound like this ship is permanent but let's wish Shelia luck on her first fairing fishing trip! She will try to recover both halves from the water using the crane. b. Ready for launch. Source: SpaceFlightNow.com  6) First stage return/disposal: Ocean recovery on OCISLY. 7) Mission press kit: Now online here 8) Launch to deployment events/timeline: Hours:Minutes:Seconds after lift-off 00:02:32 1st stage main engine cutoff (MECO) 00:02:36 1st and 2nd stages separate 00:02:44 2nd stage engine starts 00:03:09 Fairing deployment 00:06:40 1st stage entry burn ends 00:08:24 1st stage landing 00:08:47 2nd stage engine cutoff (SECO) 00:44:55 2nd stage engine restarts 00:44:56 2nd stage engine cutoff (SECO-2) 01:03:52 Starlink satellites deploy |
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Posted: 3/24/2021 3:40:57 AM EST
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Wind was in our favour this morning.
F9 was loud ! |
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Posted: 3/24/2021 4:37:12 AM EST
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Sixth landing for that booster and 60 more Starlink sats in orbit.
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Posted: 3/24/2021 9:47:19 AM EST
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It'll be nice when the RAAN intercept launch times are no longer like 3am...
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CO, USA
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Posted: 3/24/2021 1:27:49 PM EST
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If you want to look for the satellites while still close together look here
In the upper right change the location to your location then at the upper left select "Starlink L22 launched successfully on March 24th at 8:28 UTC Check below for predictions for your location" Plan on using binoculars. Look starting about two minutes early and scan a little perpendicular to the path. |
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Posted: 3/24/2021 6:58:07 PM EST
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I guess the fairing catching attempts are done for good.
 
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Posted: 3/24/2021 7:00:41 PM EST
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hmm wonder why, not cost effective, or they finally figured out how to make cheap fairings?
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Posted: 3/24/2021 8:51:43 PM EST
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Probably know how to fish them out of the drink and hose them off good enough.
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Posted: 3/26/2021 6:28:18 AM EST
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Posted: 3/26/2021 9:42:03 AM EST
[Last Edit: hdhogman]
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Some 'fireworks' in the sky from a previous launch.
https://www.foxnews.com/us/mysterious-seattle-light-show-likely-debris-spacex-rocket |
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Posted: 3/26/2021 3:11:10 PM EST
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Portzilla moved from dismantling the outriggers that support the netting on MsChief and MsTree , those boats will no longer be used to catch nose cone fairings.
Good news is OCISLY is heading in to the Port tonight with the booster from the launch the other morning , hope to get some pics of the kinky crane plucking it off.  Attached File |
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Posted: 3/26/2021 9:05:53 PM EST
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How many operational, reusable rockets does SpaceX have?
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Posted: 3/26/2021 9:08:56 PM EST
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Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By TacticalGarand44: How many operational, reusable rockets does SpaceX have? https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Falcon_9_first-stage_boosters |
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Posted: 3/30/2021 9:26:53 AM EST
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Posted: 3/30/2021 9:31:59 AM EST
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Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By Chokey:
https://pbs.twimg.com/media/Exu93-nU8AAMAiC?format=jpg&name=4096x4096
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Posted: 4/1/2021 10:02:02 AM EST
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Meet the final two crew members selected on SpaceX's all-civilian mission to orbit Earth
"A science communicator and an aerospace worker were selected from thousands of applicants to fill the last two slots on SpaceX's all-civilian mission to orbit Earth, the entrepreneur leading the flight said Tuesday. Sian Proctor and Chris Sembroski, both of the science and aerospace communities, won seats on Inspiration 4, a Crew Dragon mission that will spend three days in orbit and is designed to benefit St. Jude Children's Research Hospital. They will join Jared Isaacman, the billionaire-entrepreneur who purchased the mission from SpaceX, and Hayley Arceneaux, a healthcare worker representing St. Jude's. SpaceX is targeting no earlier than Sept. 15 for the liftoff from Kennedy Space Center's pad 39A. After three days in orbit at an altitude of about 335 miles the crew will splash down off the coast of Florida for recovery. Hayley Arceneaux:She beat bone cancer. Next up for the hospital worker? Become the youngest American in space." 
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Posted: 4/2/2021 3:09:48 PM EST
[Last Edit: Chokey]
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this is interesting
 I thought everything from the 2nd stage would have burned up on entry https://www.kgw.com/article/news/local/oregon-washington-flashing-light-sky/283-f7121cb7-bb3b-4810-a21d-a2c2f4862bf7 |
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Posted: 4/2/2021 3:15:27 PM EST
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Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By Chokey: this is interesting
https://pbs.twimg.com/media/Ex_ArBeXIAULJ1f?format=jpg&name=4096x4096 I thought everything from the 2nd stage would have burned up on entry https://www.kgw.com/article/news/local/oregon-washington-flashing-light-sky/283-f7121cb7-bb3b-4810-a21d-a2c2f4862bf7 Those COPVs are damned hardy. |
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Posted: 4/2/2021 3:25:17 PM EST
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Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By Chokey: this is interesting
https://pbs.twimg.com/media/Ex_ArBeXIAULJ1f?format=jpg&name=4096x4096 I thought everything from the 2nd stage would have burned up on entry https://www.kgw.com/article/news/local/oregon-washington-flashing-light-sky/283-f7121cb7-bb3b-4810-a21d-a2c2f4862bf7 Not the first time they have survived reentry. |
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CO, USA
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Posted: 4/3/2021 1:50:42 PM EST
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Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By Pavelow16478: Not the first time they have survived reentry. The normal situation is reentry over large expanses of ocean. Even if it survives it falls harmlessly into the water. I have not heard/read why the de-orbit maneuver appears to have failed. |
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Posted: 4/3/2021 2:12:48 PM EST
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The Shelia Bordelon has new fenders , Starboard stern side only (for now).
MsTree and MsChief have been retired and stripped of fairing retrieval equipment and are sitting much higher in the water now. Shelia will be doing double duty for that task. Pic is from yesterday , had quite a gale.  Attached File |
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Posted: 4/3/2021 7:21:51 PM EST
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Great Pic, Thank You.
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Posted: 4/3/2021 7:52:35 PM EST
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Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By AmericanPeople: The normal situation is reentry over large expanses of ocean. Even if it survives it falls harmlessly into the water. I have not heard/read why the de-orbit maneuver appears to have failed. I think I read that the second stage failed to ignite when commanded to do a reentry burn. So it did an uncontrolled descent where it finally burned up over Washington State several weeks later. |
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Posted: 4/4/2021 11:20:53 PM EST
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SpaceX's Falcon 9 Autonomous Drone Ship Is Already Connected To Starlink
"On Saturday, April 3rd, NASASpaceflight photographers captured footage of ‘Of Course I Still Love You’ departing Port Canaveral towards its designated zone in the Atlantic Ocean where it will await Falcon 9’s landing. In the video, shown below, spectators noticed the drone ship is equipped with a Starlink dish antenna, which suggests it is already connected to SpaceX’s internet infrastructure. The autonomous drone ships need reliable internet connection to receive data about the booster as it returns from space to land, also to transmit Live broadcast video of the incoming booster." I wonder if we will have great landing video in real-time now. |
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Posted: 4/5/2021 8:13:03 AM EST
[Last Edit: AmericanPeople]
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SpaceX Crew Dragon, four astronauts set for brief flight around the space station
"To set the stage for another Dragon launch just a few weeks from now, NASA astronauts are preparing to board a SpaceX Crew Dragon for a brief flight around the International Space Station (ISS)." Looks like this has completed. Video below. Redocking starts around 1:04:00  Port Relocation of SpaceX Crew Dragon on the International Space Station |
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Posted: 4/5/2021 5:02:33 PM EST
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Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By AmericanPeople: SpaceX's Falcon 9 Autonomous Drone Ship Is Already Connected To Starlink "On Saturday, April 3rd, NASASpaceflight photographers captured footage of ‘Of Course I Still Love You’ departing Port Canaveral towards its designated zone in the Atlantic Ocean where it will await Falcon 9’s landing. In the video, shown below, spectators noticed the drone ship is equipped with a Starlink dish antenna, which suggests it is already connected to SpaceX’s internet infrastructure. The autonomous drone ships need reliable internet connection to receive data about the booster as it returns from space to land, also to transmit Live broadcast video of the incoming booster." I wonder if we will have great landing video in real-time now. I wonder how fast they can steer the beam when the ship's a shakin' so as to maintain that connection. |
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Posted: 4/5/2021 7:04:03 PM EST
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Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By Jack_Of_Some_Trades: I wonder how fast they can steer the beam when the ship's a shakin' so as to maintain that connection. Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By Jack_Of_Some_Trades: Originally Posted By AmericanPeople: SpaceX's Falcon 9 Autonomous Drone Ship Is Already Connected To Starlink "On Saturday, April 3rd, NASASpaceflight photographers captured footage of ‘Of Course I Still Love You’ departing Port Canaveral towards its designated zone in the Atlantic Ocean where it will await Falcon 9’s landing. In the video, shown below, spectators noticed the drone ship is equipped with a Starlink dish antenna, which suggests it is already connected to SpaceX’s internet infrastructure. The autonomous drone ships need reliable internet connection to receive data about the booster as it returns from space to land, also to transmit Live broadcast video of the incoming booster." I wonder if we will have great landing video in real-time now. I wonder how fast they can steer the beam when the ship's a shakin' so as to maintain that connection. They explained this during a landing once. That is exactly the reason they sometimes lose video of the landings on the drone ships. Sometimes it's the motion of the ocean and other times it's the blast of the landing rockets that make the ship rock too quickly for the dishy to track the satellites. |
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Posted: 4/5/2021 9:32:50 PM EST
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Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By Gage: They explained this during a landing once. That is exactly the reason they sometimes lose video of the landings on the drone ships. Sometimes it's the motion of the ocean and other times it's the blast of the landing rockets that make the ship rock too quickly for the dishy to track the satellites. Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By Gage: Originally Posted By Jack_Of_Some_Trades: Originally Posted By AmericanPeople: SpaceX's Falcon 9 Autonomous Drone Ship Is Already Connected To Starlink "On Saturday, April 3rd, NASASpaceflight photographers captured footage of ‘Of Course I Still Love You’ departing Port Canaveral towards its designated zone in the Atlantic Ocean where it will await Falcon 9’s landing. In the video, shown below, spectators noticed the drone ship is equipped with a Starlink dish antenna, which suggests it is already connected to SpaceX’s internet infrastructure. The autonomous drone ships need reliable internet connection to receive data about the booster as it returns from space to land, also to transmit Live broadcast video of the incoming booster." I wonder if we will have great landing video in real-time now. I wonder how fast they can steer the beam when the ship's a shakin' so as to maintain that connection. They explained this during a landing once. That is exactly the reason they sometimes lose video of the landings on the drone ships. Sometimes it's the motion of the ocean and other times it's the blast of the landing rockets that make the ship rock too quickly for the dishy to track the satellites. correct, thats been the issue with the original connection method they were using (not sure if they were using geo-stationary). my question is if they are now using starlink, does dishy have enough steerage speed to keep accurate tracking? |
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Posted: 4/5/2021 9:37:53 PM EST
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Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By Jack_Of_Some_Trades: correct, thats been the issue with the original connection method they were using (not sure if they were using geo-stationary). my question is if they are now using starlink, does dishy have enough steerage speed to keep accurate tracking? I thought that Starlink antennas use electronic steering. If true, wouldn't that solve the problem? |
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Posted: 4/5/2021 9:42:06 PM EST
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Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By Jack_Of_Some_Trades: correct, thats been the issue with the original connection method they were using (not sure if they were using geo-stationary). my question is if they are now using starlink, does dishy have enough steerage speed to keep accurate tracking? They need a separate autonomous "boat" to put the dish on and run cable back to the barge. But the juice isn't worth the squeeze. |
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Posted: 4/5/2021 11:28:27 PM EST
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They could just buffer the video and send it once the rocket is landed.
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CO, USA
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Posted: 4/6/2021 8:12:19 AM EST
[Last Edit: AmericanPeople]
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1) Background info: Source
"A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket will launch the 24th batch of approximately 60 satellites for SpaceX’s Starlink broadband network, a mission designated Starlink V1.0-L23." 2) Launch window: 12:34 PM EDT (7 April 2021). 3) Launch Site: SLC-40, Cape Canaveral Space Force Station, Florida 4) Webcast viewing options: a. SpaceX webcast (Starts about 20 minutes before liftoff) b. You Tube  Starlink Mission 5) Launch preparations: TBS a. Boats heading out. Source: SpaceXFleet.com OCISLY heading out to recover the first stage (Click on the date)
b. Ready for launch. Source: SpaceFlightNow.com 6) First stage return/disposal: Ocean recovery on OCISLY. 7) Mission press kit: Now online here 8) Launch to deployment events/timeline: Hours:Minutes:Seconds after lift-off 00:02:32 1st stage main engine cutoff (MECO) 00:02:36 1st and 2nd stages separate 00:02:44 2nd stage engine starts 00:03:03 Fairing deployment 00:06:57 1st stage entry burn ends 00:08:39 1st stage landing 00:08:46 2nd stage engine cutoff (SECO) 00:45:39 2nd stage engine restarts 00:45:40 2nd stage engine cutoff (SECO-2) 01:03:56 Starlink satellites deploy |
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Posted: 4/6/2021 11:00:12 AM EST
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Little story on Cranezilla , watched them move it the other day.
https://spacecoastdaily.com/2021/04/watch-port-canaverals-mobile-harbor-crane-quarter-mile-journey-to-new-north-cargo-berth-8/ |
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