RCgothic Posted December 9, 2020 Share Posted December 9, 2020 Also the spotter would have been authorised to be in the airspace. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sevenperforce Posted December 9, 2020 Share Posted December 9, 2020 3 minutes ago, RCgothic said: Ares-1X is taller and heavier as well (technically single stage due to dummy upper stage). SN8 is probably the most voluminous though. Ah, good point. I forgot about that. 4 minutes ago, Clamp-o-Tron said: Air force scrambled a jet to shoot down the Cessna. Hahahaha!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ExtremeSquared Posted December 9, 2020 Share Posted December 9, 2020 22:40UTC is 75 minutes from now. ... versus all the random time zones being posted in here. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RCgothic Posted December 9, 2020 Share Posted December 9, 2020 Just now, sevenperforce said: Ah, good point. I forgot about that. Hahahaha!! You prompted me on dummy upper stages though. ;-) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Flying dutchman Posted December 9, 2020 Share Posted December 9, 2020 so is it 1 hour 15 minutes or just 15 minutes? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Flying dutchman Posted December 9, 2020 Share Posted December 9, 2020 has an upper stage ever lifted up from the ground under it's own power before? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Clamp-o-Tron Posted December 9, 2020 Share Posted December 9, 2020 Just now, Flying dutchman said: so is it 1 hour 15 minutes or just 15 minutes? 75 minutes Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cubinator Posted December 9, 2020 Share Posted December 9, 2020 Just now, Flying dutchman said: so is it 1 hour 15 minutes or just 15 minutes? 1 hour. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RCgothic Posted December 9, 2020 Share Posted December 9, 2020 1 minute ago, Flying dutchman said: has an upper stage ever lifted up from the ground under it's own power before? SN5 ;-) But actually that might be probable. There have been a lot of frankenrockets made from various ICBM stages. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Geonovast Posted December 9, 2020 Share Posted December 9, 2020 1 minute ago, RCgothic said: SN5 ;-) And SN6 is, what, chopped liver? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RealKerbal3x Posted December 9, 2020 Share Posted December 9, 2020 2 minutes ago, RCgothic said: SN5 ;-) But actually that might be probable. There have been a lot of frankenrockets made from various ICBM stages. If we're looking for firsts here, Starship might be the first upper stage with engines meant for use at sea level? (Of course, ignoring Shuttle, but I'm not sure we can call that an 'upper stage'). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sevenperforce Posted December 9, 2020 Share Posted December 9, 2020 Simply delightful that our main view is of Raptor number 42...... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Clamp-o-Tron Posted December 9, 2020 Share Posted December 9, 2020 Nice of them to keep the stream up during the delay. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Flying dutchman Posted December 9, 2020 Share Posted December 9, 2020 3 minutes ago, RealKerbal3x said: If we're looking for firsts here, Starship might be the first upper stage with engines meant for use at sea level? (Of course, ignoring Shuttle, but I'm not sure we can call that an 'upper stage'). It's the payload and the thrust section.. sounds kinda weird saying it like that. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RealKerbal3x Posted December 9, 2020 Share Posted December 9, 2020 Calling it now: the reason for the hold was an AC-130 taking off carrying a squad of ULA paratroopers. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Flying dutchman Posted December 9, 2020 Share Posted December 9, 2020 Some hype music for those who want it while waiting. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sevenperforce Posted December 9, 2020 Share Posted December 9, 2020 16 minutes ago, Flying dutchman said: has an upper stage ever lifted up from the ground under it's own power before? The very first rocket which put an American satellite into space, Juno 1, used an MGM-29 Sergeant as its upper stage. Actually, it used 15 MGM-29 Sergeants, with 11 on the second stage, 3 on the third stage, and 1 on the fourth stage. The MGM-29 had been launched many times on its own and was equipped to carry a payload of up to 431 kg, while Explorer 1 only massed 14 kg. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Delta dart Posted December 9, 2020 Share Posted December 9, 2020 and that's a full detank. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RealKerbal3x Posted December 9, 2020 Share Posted December 9, 2020 SpaceX stream now counting down from 48 minutes. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cubinator Posted December 9, 2020 Share Posted December 9, 2020 Clock is ticking again, 47 minutes. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Delta dart Posted December 9, 2020 Share Posted December 9, 2020 Stopped detanking. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RealKerbal3x Posted December 9, 2020 Share Posted December 9, 2020 1 minute ago, Delta dart said: Stopped detanking. Tank farm activity is ramping up again. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sevenperforce Posted December 9, 2020 Share Posted December 9, 2020 T-42 minutes. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Flying dutchman Posted December 9, 2020 Share Posted December 9, 2020 T- 35 minutes Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Delta dart Posted December 9, 2020 Share Posted December 9, 2020 Tank farm venting. Waiting on trivent. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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