sevenperforce 7,392 Posted November 11, 2019 Share Posted November 11, 2019 This is the first time I have watched a launch live in ages! Was it just me or was the vehicle slower off the pad with that heavy, heavy payload? Glorious ground tracking view of pitchover. Reused fairings handle Max-Q without incident. We have good stage separation! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
tater 26,991 Posted November 11, 2019 Share Posted November 11, 2019 Woot Quote Link to post Share on other sites
sevenperforce 7,392 Posted November 11, 2019 Share Posted November 11, 2019 Fairings deployed successfully!! So cool to see the soot lining the inside of the interstage. Gritty. I love it. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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sevenperforce 7,392 Posted November 11, 2019 Share Posted November 11, 2019 Entry burn startup. Eye of sauron descending. Entry burn shutdown. This one is gonna come in hot, I think. Landing burn startup. And.....a perfect touchdown!!!!!!!!!!! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
tater 26,991 Posted November 11, 2019 Share Posted November 11, 2019 YEAH! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
sevenperforce 7,392 Posted November 11, 2019 Share Posted November 11, 2019 We got video all the way down on the droneship. Fantastic. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Ignath 371 Posted November 11, 2019 Share Posted November 11, 2019 Amazing footage of that landing...finally one without losing signal! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
sevenperforce 7,392 Posted November 11, 2019 Share Posted November 11, 2019 Those seas look really rough! Anyone know if Octagrabber is operational? OCISLY has precious cargo. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
tater 26,991 Posted November 11, 2019 Share Posted November 11, 2019 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Thor Wotansen 593 Posted November 11, 2019 Share Posted November 11, 2019 That landing was epicly casual, lol. The booster was like "man, I got this." Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Geonovast 6,552 Posted November 11, 2019 Share Posted November 11, 2019 I was watching the actual SpaceX feed and I didn't see the signal on the booster at all after entry burn? Where did you guys see the landing? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Terwin 972 Posted November 11, 2019 Share Posted November 11, 2019 1 minute ago, Ignath said: Amazing footage of that landing...finally one without losing signal! It takes a lot of practice to stick the landing without jostling the camera or uplink too much. I think Sooty did quite well managing it on only the 4th try. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
StrandedonEarth 7,346 Posted November 11, 2019 Share Posted November 11, 2019 Nice, I tuned in just in time for a picture-perfect launch and landing! Looks good to go for Flight 5! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
tater 26,991 Posted November 11, 2019 Share Posted November 11, 2019 4 minutes ago, Geonovast said: I was watching the actual SpaceX feed and I didn't see the signal on the booster at all after entry burn? Where did you guys see the landing? They popped to the landing from the ASDS at the last seconds. Never saw F9 cam after entry burn, either. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
sevenperforce 7,392 Posted November 11, 2019 Share Posted November 11, 2019 3 minutes ago, StrandedonEarth said: Nice, I tuned in just in time for a picture-perfect launch and landing! Looks good to go for Flight 5! It blows my mind that SpaceX just pulled off an entire launch, for itself, for the cost of propellant, an upper stage, and recovery/refurb. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
tater 26,991 Posted November 11, 2019 Share Posted November 11, 2019 BTW, SpaceX rocks the coverage. 1 minute ago, sevenperforce said: It blows my mind that SpaceX just pulled off an entire launch, for itself, for the cost of propellant, an upper stage, and recovery/refurb. Yeah. Their costs on these sats are incredibly low. I'd wager that including launch, even with just F9 they are a couple orders of magnitude (or more) cheaper in per sat cost than their not yet flown competition. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Space Nerd 490 Posted November 11, 2019 Share Posted November 11, 2019 I totally missed that.(was doing homework) Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Geonovast 6,552 Posted November 11, 2019 Share Posted November 11, 2019 3 minutes ago, Space Nerd said: I totally missed that.(was doing homework) Well, you can still see payload deploy! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
RealKerbal3x 5,750 Posted November 11, 2019 Share Posted November 11, 2019 If they could have just delayed five minutes, I would have been able to see it live At least I'll be able to see SES-2 and payload deployment. Well, whatever. That was a flawless launch and booster landing. Sad that they didn't recover the fairing... Quote Link to post Share on other sites
sevenperforce 7,392 Posted November 11, 2019 Share Posted November 11, 2019 7 minutes ago, RealKerbal3x said: That was a flawless launch and booster landing. Sad that they didn't recover the fairing... They are recovering the fairings the same way they did last time -- splash-down and fish-out. Seas were just too heavy after yesterday's weather to have the nets out. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Technical Ben 330 Posted November 11, 2019 Share Posted November 11, 2019 7 minutes ago, RealKerbal3x said: If they could have just delayed five minutes, I would have been able to see it live At least I'll be able to see SES-2 and payload deployment. Well, whatever. That was a flawless launch and booster landing. Sad that they didn't recover the fairing... I logged in 20 mins after launch to see... I missed the live launch. I'm wondering, if these get to shoebox size (or a bit bigger, solar/antenna depending), what are the de-orbit/kessler situations for them? Is it like the sea, where the particles hang around for ages, polluting, or would it disperse quickly? Would we end up with launch windows in a similar way aircraft do (though for aircraft it's for the runway safety, but for orbit it would be to find the gaps in starlink to get through safe ). Quote Link to post Share on other sites
sevenperforce 7,392 Posted November 11, 2019 Share Posted November 11, 2019 1 minute ago, Technical Ben said: I'm wondering, if these get to shoebox size (or a bit bigger, solar/antenna depending), what are the de-orbit/kessler situations for them? Is it like the sea, where the particles hang around for ages, polluting, or would it disperse quickly? Would we end up with launch windows in a similar way aircraft do (though for aircraft it's for the runway safety, but for orbit it would be to find the gaps in starlink to get through safe ). They deorbit rapidly enough if not orbit-controlled. A few days if they don't do their initial orbit raise; 5 years if they lose power on orbit. There are plenty of gaps during ascent. Because they are at an orbit where anything uncontrolled will deorbit in a few years, there's not much debris for them to interact with. Coplanar collisions are more likely than normal ones. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
tater 26,991 Posted November 11, 2019 Share Posted November 11, 2019 Anyone here have clear skies in Europe? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
sevenperforce 7,392 Posted November 11, 2019 Share Posted November 11, 2019 And deployed!!!!! Right at sunrise. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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