Wingman703 Posted August 14, 2016 Share Posted August 14, 2016 Lost it, pay up everyone. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
legoclone09 Posted August 14, 2016 Share Posted August 14, 2016 Just now, Shpaget said: They are obviously reading this forum live. Yeah. Dammit @Wingman703, have my $10. You owe me a hicap. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ultimate Steve Posted August 14, 2016 Share Posted August 14, 2016 Landing?!?!?!? LANDING!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
legoclone09 Posted August 14, 2016 Share Posted August 14, 2016 X MARKS THE SPOT! YAY! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
insert_name Posted August 14, 2016 Share Posted August 14, 2016 Looks like it landed in the center, and is only sort of on fire Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mitchz95 Posted August 14, 2016 Share Posted August 14, 2016 Wow, bull's eye! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CptRichardson Posted August 14, 2016 Share Posted August 14, 2016 2 minutes ago, Wingman703 said: Lost it, pay up everyone. HAH! Jokes on you, Musk pulled a booster out of his hat! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shpaget Posted August 14, 2016 Share Posted August 14, 2016 Quite a bullseye! Fire is fine. It's built to endure much worse. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CatastrophicFailure Posted August 14, 2016 Share Posted August 14, 2016 (edited) 8 minutes ago, legoclone09 said: Edited August 14, 2016 by CatastrophicFailure Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
legoclone09 Posted August 14, 2016 Share Posted August 14, 2016 @NovaSilisko speaks words of truth. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ultimate Steve Posted August 14, 2016 Share Posted August 14, 2016 (edited) That moment of intenseness when it freezes, though. The first line of my above post was written during the freeze. The second was after the freeze Yeah! Space! Rockets! Reusability! Poetry (Don't ask)! Onwards to Mars! Also, it's going on 1AM here. Better get some sleep. Edited August 14, 2016 by Ultimate Steve Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shpaget Posted August 14, 2016 Share Posted August 14, 2016 Where's the timewarp button? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ultimate Steve Posted August 14, 2016 Share Posted August 14, 2016 We've got reaction images! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scotius Posted August 14, 2016 Share Posted August 14, 2016 OMG! I missed the landing literally by couple of minutes! What a bummer Oh, well - hopefully YT will come to the rescue. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ultimate Steve Posted August 14, 2016 Share Posted August 14, 2016 (edited) @Scotius You can rewind the youtube livestream. Edited August 14, 2016 by Ultimate Steve Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
legoclone09 Posted August 14, 2016 Share Posted August 14, 2016 1 minute ago, Scotius said: OMG! I missed the landing literally by couple of minutes! What a bummer Oh, well - hopefully YT will come to the rescue. It will. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scotius Posted August 14, 2016 Share Posted August 14, 2016 Doing it just now But it's not the same Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ultimate Steve Posted August 14, 2016 Share Posted August 14, 2016 @Scotius I know. There was one where I was browsing the spaceX youtube channel, and I was all "Wait, there was a launch yesterday?" And then, "Darn, I missed it!" and then "But I'm supposed to be the family space geek!" Still, better than nothing, at least Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shpaget Posted August 14, 2016 Share Posted August 14, 2016 So, what could cause feed interruptions during landing? They all happen roughly around the same time, when the first stage is about to enter the frame. We don't know what equipment they use for transmission, but we can take some guesses regardless, right? There could be vibration from the intense sound that rattle their antennas. Could hot exhaust gases create a barrier? Hmm, if they used aluminum based solid fuel I'd say yes but kerosene... I don't know, that doesn't sound likely. Another source, which I consider the most likely, could be the low bandwidth of their link. It is all fine until the scene starts to significantly change. Video compression works like a charm when you have a static and barely changing scene, but as soon as there are significant changes (like a huge ball of fire entering the frame), the video compression can no longer keep the file size small and the bandwidth requirements skyrocket. On a completely unrelated note, payload separation about to happen... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ultimate Steve Posted August 14, 2016 Share Posted August 14, 2016 (edited) 5 minutes ago, Shpaget said: Could hot exhaust gases create a barrier? AFAIK, the air around the base of the rocket is ionized during landing. Same thing happens during re-entry. So, that blocks signals. That, combined with the shaking, is probably what causes the blackout. Also, the sat has separated! It's past 1 AM here, good night everyone! Edited August 14, 2016 by Ultimate Steve Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wingman703 Posted August 14, 2016 Share Posted August 14, 2016 Mission complete. Good job SpaceX staff! Another double victory! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scotius Posted August 14, 2016 Share Posted August 14, 2016 I believe it's the combination of all above. Wireless technology is still quite fragile. Heck, my radio net link loses the signal when it's raining, or if there is too much snow on the antenna. Last year it got so bad, my provider sent a tech team to check what is going on on my end. It turned out something (likely a bird) threw the antenna out of alignment a bit, causing it to lose connection completely. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mad Rocket Scientist Posted August 14, 2016 Share Posted August 14, 2016 44 minutes ago, Ultimate Steve said: Ready for launch! Tab #1: This thread Tab #2: SpaceX Twitter Tab #3: Elon Musk Twitter Tab #4: Hosted webcast Tab #5: The Final Countdown! (Start it at t-52sec for epic timing) @CatastrophicFailure It's working ok for me. Try the other webcast, or refreshing? Hosted webcast, volume lowered in youtube Technical webcast, volume all the way up SpaceX twitter Elon Musk twitter /r/spacex launch thread #spacex IRC This thread Ooh, and look at this great photo: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wjolcz Posted August 14, 2016 Share Posted August 14, 2016 Why do they almost always lose the signal just before the landing on the barge? Do they not want to show it in case of a failure, or maybe super hot gas exhaust causes some sort of signal loss? If so, why? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
StarStreak2109 Posted August 14, 2016 Share Posted August 14, 2016 In the hosted webcast they said, that the vibrations from the engines causes the whole system to vibrate and thus loosing the signal to the satellite. According to SpaceX it is not intentional, nor do I believe it is, because it also denies them the PR in case of success. And as far as I can see it, they have ironed most of the issues out. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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