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“Hokey religions and ancient weapons are no match for a 10mm at your side, kid.”
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nailed it
oceans a rockin though, it may slide around a bit before they get octagrabber on it. |
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I wonder if they have video coverage during deployment. I need to ask them.
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Watching random bits bounce around the second stage engine bell always trips me out.
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Seriously... unTex the Mex..
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Seriously... unTex the Mex..
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Cool fact mentioned toward the end of the webcast: last year SpaceX completed 31 missions in total. Today's mission was the 31st of this year and it's only July.
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"He was seeing the enormity of the smallness of the enemy who was destroying the world.[...] If this is what has beaten us, he thought, the guilt is ours." - Ayn Rand, Atlas Shrugged
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Do the legs always absorb the landing shock like that?
The payload fairing looked different. All gray. Is it a new style fairing? |
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Seriously... unTex the Mex..
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Originally Posted By AmericanPeople: Do the legs always absorb the landing shock like that? The payload fairing looked different. All gray. Is it a new style fairing? View Quote Yes the legs are pseudo shock absorbers but they are not sprung, once they collapse the only way they extend is when weight is taken off of them and gravity takes over. I think you are right about the payload fairings being a new design, they have a more angular design at the taper near the bottom and the sheet metal cap on the nose is also new. I think this is the 3rd from here with them, and a couple more from Vandy. I've been trying to get info on them but not getting any answers. |
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It's a strange, strange world we live in, Master Jack
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Off to look up Roman Space Telescope.
I remember there was a lot of talk here about sending Webb up on a Falcon Heavy. But the faring was too small and the contract to send up Webb on an Ariane had been in place for a long time. |
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Originally Posted By Hesperus: Off to look up Roman Space Telescope. I remember there was a lot of talk here about sending Webb up on a Falcon Heavy. But the faring was too small and the contract to send up Webb on an Ariane had been in place for a long time. View Quote Ariane was the European contribution to the project. It was always meant to go up on the Ariane. |
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Preferred Pronoun: Space Lord Mutherfucker
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Mission: Starlink 3-2
1) Background info: Source "A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket will launch with another batch (46) of Starlink internet satellites. The Falcon 9’s first stage booster will land on a drone ship in the Pacific Ocean." 2) Launch window: 10:39 AM PDT (1:39 PM EDT) (22 July 2022). 3) Launch Site: SLC-4E, Vandenberg Space Force Base, California 4) Launch direction: South 5) Webcast viewing options: a. SpaceX webcast (Starts about 5 minutes before liftoff) b. You Tube Starlink Mission 6) Launch preparations: a. Boats heading out. Gav Cornwell@SpaceOffshore OCISLY (with Tug Scorpius), GO Quest and NRC Quest all departed from the Port of Long Beach yesterday to support Starlink 3-2. Back to back Vandy launches H/t @Harry__Stranger for being the eyes in the sky. b. Ready for launch. Credit: SpaceFlightNow.com c. Navigation warning: 7) First stage return/ocean recovery/disposal: Drone ship OCISLY recovery 8) Launch to deployment events/timeline: Hours:Minutes:Seconds after lift-off. Times approximate. 00:02:32 First stage MECO (main engine cutoff) 00:02:35 Stage separation 00:02:42 Second stage starts 00:02:48 Fairing deployment 00:06:18 1st stage entry burn begins 00:06:36 1st stage entry burn ends 00:08:03 1st stage landing burn starts 00:08:24 1st stage landing 00:08:48 2nd stage engine cutoff 00:54:01 2nd stage engine starts (SES-2) 00:54:02 2nd stage engine cutoff (SECO-2) 01:03:03 Satellites deployment |
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Wow, an abort from SpaceX.
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Scrubbed, 24hr recycle.
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Scrubbed, 24 hour reset to tomorrow.
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I feel like it's been a while since we've seen an abort like that.
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“There is no sound, no voice, no cry in all the world that can be heard... until someone listens.”
"If a nation expects to be ignorant and free and live in a state of civilization, it expects what never was and never will be." |
Originally Posted By AZ_Sky: She said the vehicle and payload were healthy - I'm wondering if it was simply a WX scrub. View Quote Could "Vehicle and payload healthy" just mean "not blown up"? Also, I don't think LD would have called go for launch with an unresolved WX issue. Interested to know what the reason is! |
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What is WX?
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Regardless of the reason, delaying a launch to prevent a possible catastrophic failure is always good.
Perhaps it was a minor issue that could have been checked and if safe reset everything and launch. I believe that the Starlink launches are for a set time.....launch window is instantaneous. Thus they have no time to check and regroup other than try the next day. WX is weather. Minutes before launch time they said the weather condition was not a factor. |
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Whoops
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Must have been a delay.
Broadcast will start at 1:30 PM. |
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"If It Has Tits, Wheels, or a CPU, it's gonna cause you Problems".
"Paper money eventually returns to its intrinsic value --- zero." |
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What is that white line on the screen on the left??
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Nailed it.
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nailed it
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Couldn’t get much closer to center than that.
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Seriously... unTex the Mex..
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"If It Has Tits, Wheels, or a CPU, it's gonna cause you Problems".
"Paper money eventually returns to its intrinsic value --- zero." |
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Mission: Starlink 4-25
1) Background info: Source "A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket will launch with another batch of Starlink internet satellites. The Falcon 9’s first stage booster will land on a drone ship in the Atlantic Ocean." 2) Launch window: 9:38 AM EDT (24 July 2022). 3) Launch Site: LC-39A, Kennedy Space Center, Florida 4) Launch direction: Northeast 5) Webcast viewing options: a. SpaceX webcast (Starts about 5 minutes before liftoff) b. You Tube Starlink Mission 6) Launch preparations: a. Boats heading out. Gav Cornwell@SpaceOffshore. A Shortfall of Gravitas droneship and Doug are departing Port Canaveral. The vessels are heading 630 km downrange to the Starlink 4-25 landing Zone. http://nasaspaceflight.com/fleetcam BJones@CaptainBJones. Doug and Droneship A Shortfall of Gravitas seen heading out of @PortCanaveral for Sunday's planned Starlink launch. @SpaceXFleet b. Ready for launch. c. Navigation warning: Source: Space Offshore Note: this was for a previous Starlink mission so should be close. 7) First stage return/ocean recovery/disposal: Drone ship ASOG recovery 8) 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 00:06:48 1st stage entry burn begins 00:07:08 1st stage entry burn ends 00:08:25 1st stage landing burn starts 00:08:43 2nd stage engine cutoff 00:08:46 1st stage landing 00:15:04 Satellites deployment |
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Falcon 9 has definitely become the long sought space truck.
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"If It Has Tits, Wheels, or a CPU, it's gonna cause you Problems".
"Paper money eventually returns to its intrinsic value --- zero." |
Looks like the Starship launch site.
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nailed it
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Another happy landing.
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NRA Benefactor Life
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Perfect.
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"If It Has Tits, Wheels, or a CPU, it's gonna cause you Problems".
"Paper money eventually returns to its intrinsic value --- zero." |
I woke up about 5 min before launch so I got out of bed and went outside..
I heard it, but didn't see it. There was some cloud cover, but not enough where I shouldn't have seen nothing. I wasn't as loud as others, so IDK |
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MIA: M/SGT James W. Holt USSF 2-7-68 SVN
"Your freedom to be you includes my freedom to be free from you." -A. Wilkow |
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Originally Posted By Chokey: https://pbs.twimg.com/media/FYb9LitXkAAHaV0?format=jpg&name=large View Quote I caught a quick glimpse of that but it was so short I was not sure that it happened. Deployment of 53 satellites confirmed. I must have been dozing off. From the launch video it started at T+51 seconds (may have been sooner but not shown) and lasted at varying levels for about ten seconds. |
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Originally Posted By Chokey: https://pbs.twimg.com/media/FYb9LitXkAAHaV0?format=jpg&name=large View Quote Thanks, one of the best pics yet. Was it breaking the sound barrier? |
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"If It Has Tits, Wheels, or a CPU, it's gonna cause you Problems".
"Paper money eventually returns to its intrinsic value --- zero." |
"He was seeing the enormity of the smallness of the enemy who was destroying the world.[...] If this is what has beaten us, he thought, the guilt is ours." - Ayn Rand, Atlas Shrugged
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Originally Posted By kill-9: It looked to me like they brought it in at an unusually steep angle this time. The grid fins were really working near the end. View Quote View All Quotes View All Quotes Originally Posted By kill-9: Originally Posted By Chokey: nailed it It looked to me like they brought it in at an unusually steep angle this time. The grid fins were really working near the end. According to the telemetry it did seem to be coming in fast. But any good landing is a good landing. |
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"If It Has Tits, Wheels, or a CPU, it's gonna cause you Problems".
"Paper money eventually returns to its intrinsic value --- zero." |
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