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Posted: 10/27/2022 9:06:47 AM EDT
[#1]
Falcon Heavy rules. Can’t wait!
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Posted: 10/27/2022 9:42:48 AM EDT
[Last Edit: Jack_Rackham]
[#2]
Falcon Heavy! Can't wait and page 100. Thanks American People.
Live coverage: SpaceX preps for first Falcon Heavy launch in three years https://spaceflightnow.com/2022/10/25/live-coverage-spacex-prepares-for-first-falcon-heavy-launch-in-more-than-three-years/ |
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Posted: 10/27/2022 9:02:06 PM EDT
[#3]
Well? We're waiting.
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CO, USA
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Posted: 10/27/2022 9:08:50 PM EDT
[#4]
Webcast has begun
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Posted: 10/27/2022 9:23:39 PM EDT
[#5]
nailed it
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Posted: 10/27/2022 9:28:37 PM EDT
[#6]
WOW! That was really cool!
I'm 100 miles north of Phoenix in Prescott in the middle of Arizona and it was easily visible here with the naked eye. I watched it through binoculars all the way to MECO and stage separation! |
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Posted: 10/27/2022 9:29:02 PM EDT
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Posted: 10/27/2022 9:31:06 PM EDT
[#8]
Just saw it fly over my house
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Posted: 10/27/2022 9:32:56 PM EDT
[#9]
Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By DrFrige: Just saw it fly over my house 
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Posted: 10/27/2022 9:47:38 PM EDT
[#10]
 From Chino Valley, Arizona Jay |
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Posted: 10/27/2022 9:55:25 PM EDT
[#11]
Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By AZCOP: https://www.ar15.com/media/mediaFiles/95/7BDE869F-1E0D-47B6-B066-95AB7ABEE89A-2578413.jpg From Chino Valley, Arizona Jay I hope you got to see the actual rocket as it passed - it was an amazing thing to watch. I'm in Prescott. |
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Posted: 10/27/2022 10:01:11 PM EDT
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NV, USA
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Posted: 10/27/2022 10:03:01 PM EDT
[Last Edit: Hesperus]
[#13]
The above picture and the other events of today make me think of a song.
"The signal fires... Of my invisible... Empire."  KT Tunstall - Invisible Empire Really looking forward to the Falcon Heavy launch. |
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CO, USA
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Posted: 10/28/2022 5:04:16 AM EDT
[#14]
Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By Chokey:
https://pbs.twimg.com/media/FgHu9rhUoAASjUa?format=jpg&name=large Chokey, that seems dark for soon after sunset. Plus there are not many lights. Did your source not provide a better location or was that not included? |
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CO, USA
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Posted: 10/28/2022 5:05:28 AM EDT
[Last Edit: AmericanPeople]
[#15]
Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By AZ_Sky: That's the aftermath - I hope you got to see the actual rocket as it passed - it was an amazing thing to watch. I'm in Prescott. Did you see the jellyfish plume as note in post #12 above? |
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Posted: 10/28/2022 7:44:08 AM EDT
[#16]
Awesome
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Posted: 10/28/2022 7:50:54 AM EDT
[#17]
Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By 556therapy: There’s a launch today from Kazakhstan to the ISS adding three additional crew members (1 american) in about 20 minutes. SpaceX needs to get crew dragon ASAP so we don’t have to pay another 80 million to the damn Russian space Uber. Or before Russian shit blows up. Can they really afford to maintain safety the way they are cutting corners on everything else? |
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Posted: 10/28/2022 7:53:48 AM EDT
[#18]
Quote Historylol The first thing I thought when I saw the picture was, "look, a giant mechanical Venus Flytrap." |
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Posted: 10/28/2022 7:58:39 AM EDT
[Last Edit: Hadrian]
[#19]
Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By Chokey:
https://pbs.twimg.com/media/FgHu9rhUoAASjUa?format=jpg&name=large    Thanks again, AmericanPeople, for maintaining this thread. 
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CO, USA
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Posted: 10/28/2022 8:40:53 AM EDT
[#20]
Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By kill-9: Thanks again, AmericanPeople, for maintaining this thread. Your welcome but you will note that others provide information, pictures, sightings etc that I cannot and that input is what makes it what it is. |
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Posted: 10/28/2022 10:16:46 AM EDT
[Last Edit: AZCOP]
[#21]
Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By AZ_Sky: That's the aftermath - I hope you got to see the actual rocket as it passed - it was an amazing thing to watch. I'm in Prescott. Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By AZ_Sky: Originally Posted By AZCOP: https://www.ar15.com/media/mediaFiles/95/7BDE869F-1E0D-47B6-B066-95AB7ABEE89A-2578413.jpg From Chino Valley, Arizona Jay I hope you got to see the actual rocket as it passed - it was an amazing thing to watch. I'm in Prescott. Yes, I saw it. It's not the first time. There was a launch years ago that based on the 911 calls, had almost everyone in Yavapai freaking out. One of our other guys got video of yesterday's launch, and him and another are heard talking about it like they had no idea what they were looking at, because they didn't. No idea of stage separation, fairing separations, 1st stage more or less still following 2nd stage, their looking at it all with wonder: It's was a sad commentary. Later, I had to show them video of a launch from start to 1st stage landings: I chose the Falcon Heavy test launch and todays' launch, so they could see twin falcons land on land, and a single stage land on ship. What do millennials do with their lives ,,,,, Jay |
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CO, USA
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Posted: 10/28/2022 10:17:22 AM EDT
[#22]
 SpaceX’s Falcon 9 rocket fires its upper stage engine to propel 53 Starlink internet satellites into orbit. The rocket’s first stage booster and two halves of the payload fairing are visible returning to Earth for recovery and reuse. Credit: Gene Blevins / LA Daily News |
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CO, USA
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Posted: 10/28/2022 10:19:16 AM EDT
[#23]
 Credit: Kate Rubio, Alpine Texas |
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Posted: 10/28/2022 5:37:03 PM EDT
[#24]
Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By AmericanPeople: Did you see the jellyfish plume as note in post #12 above? Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By AmericanPeople: Originally Posted By AZ_Sky: That's the aftermath - I hope you got to see the actual rocket as it passed - it was an amazing thing to watch. I'm in Prescott. Did you see the jellyfish plume as note in post #12 above? https://www.facebook.com/100001948027522/videos/606162581300934/ |
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CO, USA
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Posted: 10/28/2022 8:29:56 PM EDT
[#25]
Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By AZ_Sky: I didn't get any pics, but here's what it looked like here in Prescott AZ - one of my friends took a short iPhone video: https://www.facebook.com/100001948027522/videos/606162581300934/ That video is not available. |
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Posted: 10/28/2022 8:58:53 PM EDT
[#26]
Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By AZCOP: Yes, I saw it. It's not the first time. There was a launch years ago that based on the 911 calls, had almost everyone in Yavapai freaking out. One of our other guys got video of yesterday's launch, and him and another are heard talking about it like they had no idea what they were looking at, because they didn't. No idea of stage separation, fairing separations, 1st stage more or less still following 2nd stage, their looking at it all with wonder: It's was a sad commentary. Later, I had to show them video of a launch from start to 1st stage landings: I chose the Falcon Heavy test launch and todays' launch, so they could see twin falcons land on land, and a single stage land on ship. What do millennials do with their lives ,,,,, Jay That same one, I was driving on I-10 westbound through Lordsburg, NM. I had no idea what it was either, until later that evening I searched for info on it. I had forgotten about the launch, and didn't realize the illumination from the sun could make that. |
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CO, USA
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Posted: 10/29/2022 8:32:04 AM EDT
[#27]
This may be the engine test for the upcoming Falcon Heavy flight.
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Posted: 10/29/2022 5:39:48 PM EDT
[#28]
it's still on the pad without a payload after it's static fire. |
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CO, USA
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Posted: 10/29/2022 6:12:23 PM EDT
[Last Edit: AmericanPeople]
[#29]
Mission: Falcon Heavy, USSF-44
1) Background info: Source "A SpaceX Falcon Heavy rocket will launch the USSF 44 mission for the U.S. Space Force. The mission is expected to deploy two spacecraft payloads directly into geosynchronous orbit, one of which is the military’s TETRA 1 microsatellite. The Falcon Heavy’s two side boosters will land at Landing Zone 1 and 2 at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station, and the core stage will be expended." Note the grey band on the second stage (near the top). That is to help keep second stage components warm during the five plus hour transfer from low Earth orbit to geosynchronus altitude.  2) Launch window: 9:41 - 10:11 AM EDT (1 November 2022). 3) Launch Site: LC-39A, Kennedy Space Center, Florida 4) Launch direction: East 5) Webcast viewing options: a. SpaceX webcast (Starts about 15 minutes before liftoff) b. You Tube  USSF-44 Mission 6) Observation comments: 7) Launch preparations: a. Boats heading out: Fairing recovery  Thomas Burghardt@TGMetsFan98. SpaceX's fairing recovery vessel Doug is departing Port Canaveral, likely to support the USSF-44 Falcon Heavy launch! http://nsf.live/spacecoast b. Satellite: Don't expect photos. Discussion and photos/artist rendering of possible payloads here. c. Ready for launch.  Credit: Stephen Clark...SpaceFlight Now 1) Prelaunch static fire:
d. Navigation warning:  8) First stage return/ocean recovery/disposal: 9) Launch to deployment events/timeline: Hours:Minutes:Seconds after lift-off. Times approximate. 00:02:24 Side boosters engine cutoff (BECO) 00:02:28 Side boosters separate 00:02:45 Side boosters boostback burns start 00:03:53 Side boosters boostback burns end 00:03:54 1st stage main engine cutoff (MECO) 00:03:58 Center core 1st and 2nd stages separate 00:04:04 2nd stage engine starts 00:04:18 Fairing deployment 00:06:48 Side boosters entry burns start 00:07:03 Side boosters entry burns complete 00:08:00 Side boosters landing burns start 00:08:11 Side boosters landing 10) Orbit destination: Geosynchronous orbit with the Falcon 9 second stage performing maneuvers to reach geosynchronous orbit. |
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Posted: 10/29/2022 7:07:56 PM EDT
[#30]
Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By AmericanPeople: Mission: Hotbird 13F snip 10) Orbit destination: Geosynchronous transfer orbit with satellites performing maneuvers to reach geosynchronous orbit. This launched a couple weeks ago. Do you mean 13G, which launches Nov 2nd? |
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Posted: 10/29/2022 8:32:52 PM EDT
[#31]
Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By Chokey:
it's still on the pad without a payload after it's static fire.
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CO, USA
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Posted: 10/30/2022 9:08:20 AM EDT
[Last Edit: AmericanPeople]
[#32]
Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By ASUsax: This launched a couple weeks ago. Do you mean 13G, which launches Nov 2nd? I copied and pasted that launch and updated for USSF-44. I must have neglected to click "Submit." |
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Posted: 10/30/2022 1:14:33 PM EDT
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Posted: 10/30/2022 3:03:47 PM EDT
[#34]
Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By AmericanPeople: I copied and pasted that launch and updated for USSF-44. I must have neglected to click "Submit." That makes sense, and it looks good now. 
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Posted: 10/31/2022 4:18:17 PM EDT
[Last Edit: Chokey]
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Posted: 10/31/2022 6:21:42 PM EDT
[#36]
Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By Chokey:
https://pbs.twimg.com/media/Fgbe-FKXkAYxhzG?format=jpg&name=large 
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Posted: 10/31/2022 6:30:25 PM EDT
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Posted: 11/1/2022 7:52:54 AM EDT
[#38]
tad bit froggy this morning
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Posted: 11/1/2022 8:07:06 AM EDT
[#39]
NSF is live
 SpaceX Falcon Heavy Launches USSF-44 Mission |
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Posted: 11/1/2022 8:26:28 AM EDT
[#40]
Watching. My Lego Falcon Heavy sits next to my Lego Saturn 5 and Lego ISS on the shelf above my tv.
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Posted: 11/1/2022 8:37:22 AM EDT
[#41]
EA is live in 4K
 [4K] Watch Falcon Heavy Launch & Land From Just 4 Miles Away! |
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Posted: 11/1/2022 8:41:33 AM EDT
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Posted: 11/1/2022 8:57:01 AM EDT
[#43]
My workplace has a fire drill at 9:45am today. I wonder if they notice me staying behind
 
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Posted: 11/1/2022 9:09:15 AM EDT
[#44]
Still foggy. Was planning on CCSFS for viewing but going to Kelly Park a few miles inland from the Port so I can see it over the fog.
It's pretty much ground level at the Port, but clear at the park. |
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Posted: 11/1/2022 9:20:18 AM EDT
[#45]
Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By Dagger41: Still foggy. Was planning on CCSFS for viewing but going to Kelly Park a few miles inland from the Port so I can see it over the fog. It's pretty much ground level at the Port, but clear at the park. Does it feel like the fog will stick around at launch time? |
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CO, USA
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Posted: 11/1/2022 9:24:31 AM EDT
[#46]
Livestream is coming on.
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USA
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Posted: 11/1/2022 9:30:21 AM EDT
[#47]
Could the payload be an X37?
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Posted: 11/1/2022 9:37:16 AM EDT
[#48]
Very foggy. 4:00 to go.
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Posted: 11/1/2022 9:42:01 AM EDT
[#49]
Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By Jack_Rackham: Very foggy. 4:00 to go. |
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Posted: 11/1/2022 9:46:45 AM EDT
[#50]
weird that the SpaceX stream is delayed on their webcast compared to the NSF stream watching the SpaceX stream.
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