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Originally Posted By TacticalGarand44: Ah, I see. So they haven't landed a Falcon 9 booster on land? That makes more sense. View Quote falcon heavy is 3 falcon 9s they have landed maybe a dozen times on ground, when the payload was lighter, though interestingly a couple light one also landed on the barge. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Falcon_9_and_Falcon_Heavy_launches |
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Ok, thanks guys.
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Originally Posted By Neotopiaman: Elon Musk and SpaceX is beating the entirety of Russia all by itself. Russia is not the USSR... here is a little comparison: USSR circa 1960s: ~12% of world economy ~7% of world population ~28% of world military spending ~13% of world manufacturing output ~20% of world R&D expenditure ~20% of world energy production Russia circa today: ~1.7% of world economy ~1.9% of world population ~3.5% of world military spending ~1.2% of world manufacturing output ~0.8% of world R&D expenditure ~10% of world energy production Russia is a rounding error in global power. Nobody would give a shit about Russia if it weren't for oil and nukes. View Quote View All Quotes View All Quotes Originally Posted By Neotopiaman: Originally Posted By panzerfeist1: Oh yeah wait until I file a report against Space X that I am a person of color feeling discriminated against. https://www.businessinsider.com/spacex-investigation-doj-justice-hiring-discrimination-elon-musk-employment-legal-2021-1 You forgot the new motto of the U.S. Diversity > Talent. Elon Musk and SpaceX is beating the entirety of Russia all by itself. Russia is not the USSR... here is a little comparison: USSR circa 1960s: ~12% of world economy ~7% of world population ~28% of world military spending ~13% of world manufacturing output ~20% of world R&D expenditure ~20% of world energy production Russia circa today: ~1.7% of world economy ~1.9% of world population ~3.5% of world military spending ~1.2% of world manufacturing output ~0.8% of world R&D expenditure ~10% of world energy production Russia is a rounding error in global power. Nobody would give a shit about Russia if it weren't for oil and nukes. I used to worry more about Russia, until I found out that their economy was about the size of Italy's. |
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Originally Posted By RogueYoda: Did they just launch a group of star link satellites within the last hour or so? Is there a chance that I could see the train that they create after they launch them? View Quote If you want to send me a nearby town I can see if they are visible. SatFlare may not have the element set for this mission (L26). I did see them last night just before 1000 PM MDT. |
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Originally Posted By ztug: I used to worry more about Russia, until I found out that their economy was about the size of Italy's. View Quote Russia's economy was the the size of Italy's back when Oil was $100+ per barrel. Now it's closer to Spain in size: Projected 2021 GDP: $22,875b United States $15,975b China $5,033b Japan $4,175b Germany $3,294b India $3,007b United Kingdom $2,922b France $2,108b Italy $1,880b Canada $1,803b South Korea $1,566b Russia $1,557b Australia $1,505b Brazil $1,423b Spain $1,247b Mexico $1,195b Indonesia $998b Netherlands $803b Turkey $763b Switzerland $738b Saudi Arabia $709b Taiwan $685b Poland Russia's economy is ~half the size of California's...Texas and New York also have larger economies than Russia. China's economy is now 10x the size of Russia. |
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So far this year, SpaceX has launched a rocket every 8.9 days, if they keep it up they will hit 40+ launches for the year.
Also, using my dV adjusted payload system, SpaceX will be within spitting distance of beating the all-time record of most dV-adjusted tonnage into orbit in a year set by the USSR in 1988. |
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Starlink-28 now targeted for may 26th using booster 1063-F2
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Originally Posted By RogueYoda: Did they just launch a group of star link satellites within the last hour or so? Is there a chance that I could see the train that they create after they launch them? View Quote Use this site Set up for Jackson, MS. Correct as required for your location in the upper right. There is an ISS pass overhead tonight at 824 PM CDT. Click on that pass (Blue date at left) and see if you can see it. Then progress to looking for Starlink passes. I saw the satellites from this launch just before 1000 PM MDT. It required binoculars. and knowing exactly when and where to look. |
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Originally Posted By Neotopiaman: Starlink-28 now targeted for may 26th using booster 1063-F2 View Quote For June, Dragon-2 Cargo CRS-22 is targeting the 3rd, A GPS flight on the 17th, and Sirius XM-8 sometime in June, along with 1-2 Starlink flights. More importantly, there is a Falcon Heavy flight planned for July |
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"Freedom isn't free. It costs a hefty fuckin' fee. And if we don't toss in our buck 'o five, who will?"
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"Freedom isn't free. It costs a hefty fuckin' fee. And if we don't toss in our buck 'o five, who will?"
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SpaceX’s next Falcon Heavy launches delayed by military satellite issues
"SpaceX’s next Falcon Heavy launches will have to wait several more months after issues unrelated to the rocket forced the US military to delay two upcoming missions. In an official email sent to outlet Via Satellite on May 19th, the director of the US Space and Missile Systems Center (SMC) revealed that the Space Force’s first SpaceX Falcon Heavy launch – known as USSF-44 – was pushed from July to October 2021 “to accommodate payload readiness.” Translated, the common military euphemism likely implies that the mission’s main geostationary satellite payload ran into significant delays in the last year or so and may have also been responsible for an earlier launch delay from April to July 2021. Possibly connected to USSF-52’s delays, US SMC Colonel Robert Bongiovi indicated in a separate medium that SpaceX’s fifth Falcon Heavy launch and second mission for the US Space Force had also been hit by delays, originally slipping from June to October 2021 and now from October 2021 to sometime in January 2022." |
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1) Background info: Source
"A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket will launch the 29th batch of satellites for SpaceX’s Starlink broadband network, a mission designated Starlink V1.0-L28." 2) Launch window: 2:59 PM EDT (26 May 2021). 3) Launch Site: SLC-40, Cape Canaveral Space Force Station, Florida 4) Webcast viewing options: a. SpaceX webcast (Starts about 15 minutes before liftoff) b. You Tube Starlink Mission 5) Launch preparations: a. Boats heading out. JRTI heading out. Photo by Gavin Cornwell. @SpaceXFleet b. Ready for launch. 6) First stage return/disposal: Ocean recovery on TBD 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 00:03:04 Fairing deployment 00:06:52 1st stage entry burn ends 00:08:34 1st stage landing 00:08:46 2nd stage engine cutoff (SECO) 00:45:30 2nd stage engine restarts 00:45:31 2nd stage engine cutoff (SECO-2) 01:03:48 Starlink satellites deploy |
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Weather looks good with only a 10% chance of violating constraints (Cumulus Cloud Rule).
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It's a strange, strange world we live in, Master Jack
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SpaceX Starlink launch to fly same Falcon fairing half for the fifth time
"SpaceX says that its 14th Starlink launch of 2021 will also be the first mission to fly a reusable Falcon payload fairing for the fifth time, marking a significant milestone just 18 months after fairing reuse began." |
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"If It Has Tits, Wheels, or a CPU, it's gonna cause you Problems".
NRA LIFE MEMBER FOR OVER 35 YEARS. "Paper money eventually returns to its intrinsic value --- zero." |
Livestream is up.
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T-3 minutes
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Looking good.
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LittlePony: I'm gay, not a faggot.
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Whoa - was that actually the rocket going super-sonic? Not sure I've seen it that distinct before?
ETA: For a split second, I thought it was a malfunction, but then I heard the callout. |
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LittlePony: I'm gay, not a faggot.
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Starlink Mission |
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This space intentionally left blank.
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Nailed the landing
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Touchdown, SECO
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Just watched the launch from Ormond Beach. Nice
Couldn't see first stage separation or landing, sadly. |
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I'm usually mistaken for being absent.
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Did you notice the "flare" as they announced it was supersonic? Around 1:02.
I wonder if that was a shock wave (term may be wrong) like you see with some fighters as they go supersonic. I don't recall ever seeing that before today. I just rewatched it and it did start at the tip of the payload fairing. |
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LittlePony: I'm gay, not a faggot.
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Scott Manley noticed it too:
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My initial thought was that it was an imminent catastrophic failure.
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"Now you see that evil will always triumph because good is dumb." -Dark Helmet
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Originally Posted By DK-Prof: Whoa - was that actually the rocket going super-sonic? Not sure I've seen it that distinct before? ETA: For a split second, I thought it was a malfunction, but then I heard the callout. View Quote With humidity the shock wave is more visible. Last launch was more humid and the shockwave was rather large at MaxQ. |
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It's a strange, strange world we live in, Master Jack
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Originally Posted By DK-Prof: Whoa - was that actually the rocket going super-sonic? Not sure I've seen it that distinct before? ETA: For a split second, I thought it was a malfunction, but then I heard the callout. View Quote YES, same here! For a 'split second' I thought that I'd be watching a RUD as well. |
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"If It Has Tits, Wheels, or a CPU, it's gonna cause you Problems".
NRA LIFE MEMBER FOR OVER 35 YEARS. "Paper money eventually returns to its intrinsic value --- zero." |
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Originally Posted By hdhogman: Will you be posting some pics? Can you please remind me of how you are from the launch area? Thanks. View Quote Didn't take pics today. Waiting at home for the Brown truck. Watched it through 10X50 bino's though. Saw it , heard it , felt it. About 10 miles away from Pad 40. |
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It's a strange, strange world we live in, Master Jack
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Atlas 5 launch from last week.
Just a cell phone vid. Was at home , neighbor kids were curious but they loved it. First launch the little tykes had seen. 20210518 133745 |
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It's a strange, strange world we live in, Master Jack
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Originally Posted By Dagger41: Atlas 5 launch from last week. Just a cell phone vid. Was at home , neighbor kids were curious but they loved it. First launch the little tykes had seen. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YjvJmclE8kk View Quote Thanks, I'm sure that the kids loved it. I'd love to experience a Falcon Heavy launch, but a Falcon 9 launch and landing would work. Take Care. |
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"If It Has Tits, Wheels, or a CPU, it's gonna cause you Problems".
NRA LIFE MEMBER FOR OVER 35 YEARS. "Paper money eventually returns to its intrinsic value --- zero." |
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Originally Posted By Chokey:
View Quote Land one of those fuckers on JRTI while she’s transiting the Panama Canal... |
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I finally broke down and bought an annual pass for Kennedy Space Center, gonna drive out there on the morning of the 3rd and have a look around then watch the launch from up close.
This will be the closest I have been for a launch. |
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If you think I am sexy now just wait until you find out I have full medical and dental.
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https://www.spacex.com/updates/axiom-announcement/index.html |
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1) Background info: Source
"A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket will launch a Dragon 2 spacecraft on its second cargo resupply mission to the International Space Station." 2) Launch window: 1:29 PM EDT (3 June 2021) 3) Launch Site: LC-39A, Kennedy Space Center, Florida 4) Webcast viewing options: a. SpaceX webcast (Starts about 20 minutes before liftoff) b. You Tube CRS-22 Mission c. Likely on NASA TV such as here: NASA TV 5) Launch preparations: a. OCISLY on its way. Source: SpaceXFleet.com twitter b. Payload and booster: Falcon 9 and Dragon went vertical on the pad last night ahead of tomorrow’s launch. NASA photo 6) First stage return/disposal: OCISLY ocean ship recovery. It appears that there will be a partial boostback burn so the first stage will be retrieved about 300 km downrange. 7) Mission press kit: Online here 8) Launch to deployment events/timeline: Hours:Minutes:Seconds after lift-off 00:02:26 First stage MECO (main engine cutoff) 00:02:37 Second stage starts 00:02:30 Stage separation 00:02:43 1st stage boostback burn begins 00:05:52 1st stage entry burn begins 00:07:41 1st stage landing 00:11:52 Dragon separates from second stage |
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I'll be watching.
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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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Rare brand new shiny booster
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10 sec
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is that ice build up falling off the second stage?
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