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    SpaceX Discussion Thread

    in Science & Spaceflight

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    37 minutes ago, sevenperforce said:

    From the FCC license: the two satellites will be inserted at 514 km but will move to a circular 1125-km orbit under their own propulsion. Inclination is 97.4 degrees.

    @DAL59 there’s your answer, re: Kessler syndrome. That high an orbit is still “low” but puts them well above the ISS and most other LEO things. Not likely to decay quickly, either. Presumably the sats carry enough fuel to de-orbit or otherwise “safe” themselves at EOL. And if there is a breakdown, before we all go screaming “Kessler syndrome” let us not forget that space is big. Like, really, really big. And it effectively gets bigger the higher you go. :confused:

    SpaceX Discussion Thread

    in Science & Spaceflight

    Posted

    44 minutes ago, IncongruousGoat said:

    Good. Gonna make it harder for people to deny that artificial satellites are real. Plus, they'll make the night sky more interesting. As it is, it's kind of static.

    My dude. Listen to yourself. You cold take any of “those people” right to the moon and rub their noses right in the gunpowder-smelling regolith and they’d still swear it was all smoke and mirrors. Right before they disappeared in a puff of logic. Or just asphyxiated. One of those.  -_-

     

    43 minutes ago, Delay said:

    It will make spotting the ISS a lot more boring, though. Instead you constantly see some satellite fly past.

    If you’re in a nice, dark place you can already look up at any time and constantly see some satellite or bit of space junk fly past. I don’t think any of these new smallsats will come anywhere near the ISS in terms of brightness. Once you’ve seen that baby you wonder how you ever didn’t. 

    SpaceX Discussion Thread

    in Science & Spaceflight

    Posted

    11 minutes ago, kerbiloid said:
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    If they put a lamp on each of 12000 sats, they will make a new star sky.
    This is useful for constellation names renting.
    There will be constellations of Cola Major (Big), Cola Minor (Small), KFC+345875 cluster, Burger Rex (King), Marvels (like Hyades), etc.
    And the constellations can be changed depending on payments.

     

    As it is, that many LEO birds with big, reflective solar panels are gonna be pretty obvious. 

    SpaceX Discussion Thread

    in Science & Spaceflight

    Posted

    3 minutes ago, DAL59 said:

    Wait, what?  How are they going to launch 12,000 satelites if they only do two at a time?  

    They’re going to launch dozens, maybe hundreds at a time. Eventually. These first two are just pathfinders to test things out. Also, IIRC the initial constellation is “only” going to be around 4000. 

    Ask the Mods questions about the Forums!

    in Kerbal Network

    Posted

    4 hours ago, Just Jim said:

    OK... I didn't know if there was a point where too many screenshots could start to cause problems to the forum or server itself is all.

    Thanks!

    There sort of is. Over on the Don't Click This thread, someone once posted five megabytes of “click” and it was wreaking havoc with mobile users and crashing browsers. :o

    2 minutes ago, Snark said:

    So, overall, probably not something you need to worry about much-- just something to bear in mind, is all.

    Speaking of such, does putting images in a Spoiler stop them from being loaded til the spoiler’s opened?

    SpaceX Discussion Thread

    in Science & Spaceflight

    Posted

    29 minutes ago, kerbiloid said:

    Now I get suspicious.

    Did they sterilize it before launching?

    Mutated bacteria from the Earth would be more dangerous than Martian ones.

    The same article gives the odds of actually hitting Earth within the next few million years as something like 6%, soooo.... I'm not exactly worried. :cool:

    What did you do in KSP1 today?

    in KSP1 Discussion

    Posted

    1 hour ago, Geonovast said:

    After I play with it a bit some more, I'll start a new thread elsewhere about its progress and stop cluttering up here.

    Keep me posted... and record some video. <_<

    53 minutes ago, XB-70A said:

    Some terrible bounces and ricochets followed this landing attempt for some minutes...

    Just chalk it up to maintaining historical accuracy.  :D Those payouts tho! :o

    What did you do in KSP1 today?

    in KSP1 Discussion

    Posted

    20 minutes ago, JadeOfMaar said:

    I'm fairly confident no one makes SRBs refillable because SRBs are very cheap and generally expendable.

    Pity no one bothered to tell NASA this ‘bout 40 years ago. <_<

    I was thinking just a simple “refuel from a tank” thing just to demonstrate that it can be done. 

    45 minutes ago, Geonovast said:

    True.  Don't think it'd be all that terrible, since I'd be doing it once.

    Noooo way would I do this every launch.

    Naw, but even one cycle would be epic. :D Don’t think I’ve ever known anyone to do a full recovery and reuse in-game like that. 

    What did you do in KSP1 today?

    in KSP1 Discussion

    Posted

    13 minutes ago, Geonovast said:

    would take quite a rework to recover the boosters.  Also I don't know if any mod exists that would allow me to refill SRBs.  I'm sure it could be fairly easy to patch that though

    This part, at least, is easy. :D You’d just need a simple MM cfg to make SolidFuel transferable. I’ll ping @JadeOfMaar here since he’s more familiar with such. 

    The fuel tank might be light enough, once empty, that it could survive reentry all on its own in stock. Maybe some fins for control. You’d just need a boat with a couple of Klaws to grab the boosters, would be a slow trip back tho. 

    What did you do in KSP1 today?

    in KSP1 Discussion

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    3 hours ago, Geonovast said:

    I've been trying to figure out how I could pick the things up, re-attach them to a tank and boosters, and re-launch them...

    Loading new payloads might be interesting.

    Do-able, fairly “easily,” if you use Infernal Robotics. A little harder with KAS. Possibly still doable in stock but would require ingenuity far beyond my snarky remarks. :rolleyes:

    If you assemble everything with docking ports, that would at least make re-assembly possible, tho your craft would have to cycle back thru the VAB for a refit. 

    I think the whole thing could be done, with IR, FMRS for landing the boosters, and a lot of patience. Whether you’d want to dump the time in, tho... :D

    The Saga of Emiko Station - Complete

    in KSP1 Mission Reports

    Posted

    CAN'T. NOT. HEAR. IT. LIKE. THIS!

    PONY PEOPLE!

    :D

    Also:

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    I have the strangest craving for a pink cookie from the coffee hut now...

    Not that it's in anyway related to this. I always have a craving for a pink cookie from the coffee hut.

    Yet another awesome "What will he do next?" chapter! 

    And as usual... the plot thickens. ^_^

    What did you do in KSP1 today?

    in KSP1 Discussion

    Posted

    1 hour ago, Geonovast said:

    Not much today, other than sending up the Trinity for another ELP station module, and getting this set up.

    4q9A16.png

    You keep up with all these pretty pictures and I’ma start poking you to create an entire (in-game) shuttle refurbishment system. :D

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