TheEpicSquared Posted November 1, 2017 Share Posted November 1, 2017 15 minutes ago, TheDestroyer111 said: ??? Government Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
_Augustus_ Posted November 2, 2017 Share Posted November 2, 2017 Liftoff NET 29 December https://www.nasaspaceflight.com/2017/11/spacex-aims-december-launch-falcon-heavy/ The best holiday present of all! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ultimate Steve Posted November 2, 2017 Share Posted November 2, 2017 1 hour ago, _Augustus_ said: Liftoff NET 29 December https://www.nasaspaceflight.com/2017/11/spacex-aims-december-launch-falcon-heavy/ The best holiday present of all! More likely a late New Year's present, but I'd *love* to be proven wrong! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rudi1291 Posted November 2, 2017 Share Posted November 2, 2017 (edited) My birthday is on the 31st, so... would be nice if it wouldn´t be delayed too much Edited November 2, 2017 by rudi1291 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheDestroyer111 Posted November 2, 2017 Share Posted November 2, 2017 16 hours ago, _Augustus_ said: Liftoff NET 29 December https://www.nasaspaceflight.com/2017/11/spacex-aims-december-launch-falcon-heavy/ The best holiday present of all! sadness for f9 flight 20 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
insert_name Posted November 2, 2017 Share Posted November 2, 2017 Next CRS launch will be from lc40 https://spaceflightnow.com/2017/11/01/spacex-to-restore-damaged-cape-canaveral-launch-pad-to-service-in-december/ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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NSEP Posted November 2, 2017 Share Posted November 2, 2017 21 hours ago, _Augustus_ said: Liftoff NET 29 December https://www.nasaspaceflight.com/2017/11/spacex-aims-december-launch-falcon-heavy/ The best holiday present of all! Now i don't care about F9 anymore, FH is what my head is looking at the next few months. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tater Posted November 2, 2017 Share Posted November 2, 2017 I see FH as a dead end, but the dual RTLS landing will be spectacular. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ultimate Steve Posted November 3, 2017 Share Posted November 3, 2017 4 hours ago, tater said: I see FH as a dead end, but the dual RTLS landing will be spectacular. More or less-ish. I can almost see it being useful, and it would have been more useful if: F9 hadn't been upgraded so much. BFR wasn't supposed to fly NET 4-ish years from now. But, I guess it's one of those things... If 95% of the money has already been spent, you might as well fly it... (also the case for SLS to a certain extent). Also looking forward to the double RTLS. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tater Posted November 3, 2017 Share Posted November 3, 2017 If it works, it will just add another option for F9, which can then do almost everything until a replacement is flying. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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TheEpicSquared Posted November 3, 2017 Share Posted November 3, 2017 55 minutes ago, tater said: Looks a lot more intact. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NSEP Posted November 3, 2017 Share Posted November 3, 2017 1 hour ago, tater said: How do they know its a fairing and not something else? Just curious. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tater Posted November 3, 2017 Share Posted November 3, 2017 1 minute ago, NSEP said: How do they know its a fairing and not something else? Just curious. Presumably they know it's the fairing recovery ship. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gilph Posted November 3, 2017 Share Posted November 3, 2017 Hi, There was some discussion back in May on the reusability of F9 and the economics around it. When the first reused F9 was used, I seem to recall that they swapped/upgraded more than what would be considered normal, for good reasons. Since then, I haven't seen any comments on whether they are refurbishing less and less with the next two reusable launches, to get closer to their planned model and there planned cost savings. Does anyone know that info of if there has been any comments from Spacex? Thanks Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Toonu Posted November 3, 2017 Share Posted November 3, 2017 Hi, where can I find recoverd landing video. Not the launch broadcast, but video from drone ship/1st stage recovered without that missing parts or lags? I heard its somewhere, but can't find any...everywhere is just the broadcasts. Thanks! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tater Posted November 3, 2017 Share Posted November 3, 2017 Block 5 has mods for reuse that they say will result in virtually no refurbishment for ~10 launches. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CatastrophicFailure Posted November 3, 2017 Share Posted November 3, 2017 14 minutes ago, Gilph said: Hi, There was some discussion back in May on the reusability of F9 and the economics around it. When the first reused F9 was used, I seem to recall that they swapped/upgraded more than what would be considered normal, for good reasons. Since then, I haven't seen any comments on whether they are refurbishing less and less with the next two reusable launches, to get closer to their planned model and there planned cost savings. Does anyone know that info of if there has been any comments from Spacex? Thanks They’ve been learning. The lessons from these first reuses are being incorporated into the new Block 5 boosters set to start flying next year. Those should be able to go 10 launches with zero refurb, and “many” more with refurb. 2 minutes ago, tater said: Block 5 has mods for reuse that they say will result in virtually no refurbishment for ~10 launches. Potato-ninja strikes again. 5 minutes ago, Toonu said: Hi, where can I find recoverd landing video. Not the launch broadcast, but video from drone ship/1st stage recovered without that missing parts or lags? I heard its somewhere, but can't find any...everywhere is just the broadcasts. Thanks! For which flight? As far as I know, we’re still waiting on the HD release of the landing footage from the last two launches. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Toonu Posted November 3, 2017 Share Posted November 3, 2017 1 minute ago, CatastrophicFailure said: They’ve been learning. The lessons from these first reuses are being incorporated into the new Block 5 boosters set to start flying next year. Those should be able to go 10 launches with zero refurb, and “many” more with refurb. Potato-ninja strikes again. For which flight? As far as I know, we’re still waiting on the HD release of the landing footage from the last two launches. Any flight that has landed... I always watched only official broadcast which has some lags and was looking for recovered on-board stored tape Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brotoro Posted November 3, 2017 Share Posted November 3, 2017 This is the point where I whine about not seeing any Bulgariasat first stage landing footage. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CatastrophicFailure Posted November 3, 2017 Share Posted November 3, 2017 31 minutes ago, Toonu said: Any flight that has landed... I always watched only official broadcast which has some lags and was looking for recovered on-board stored tape Search for SpaceX landings on YouTube, you’ll find plenty of old and new stuff there. A few good compilations, too. 29 minutes ago, Brotoro said: This is the point where I whine about not seeing any Bulgariasat first stage landing footage. Preach. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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regex Posted November 6, 2017 Share Posted November 6, 2017 #fuzzydice On 7/20/2017 at 1:50 AM, rudi1291 said: The Atlas V configuration chosen is the Atlas V 552 That's a heavy little spaceplane. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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