CatastrophicFailure Posted January 22, 2017 Share Posted January 22, 2017 11 minutes ago, Ultimate Steve said: On a more related note, it may have already been mentioned, but EchoStar 23 is flying expendable. Wait, what? Source? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ultimate Steve Posted January 22, 2017 Share Posted January 22, 2017 10 minutes ago, CatastrophicFailure said: Wait, what? Source? Oh, that's cool! Tweets auto-embed! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Toonu Posted January 22, 2017 Share Posted January 22, 2017 I have a question. Is FH proposed to land on land or three drone ships, because it would be crazy to coordinate... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
insert_name Posted January 22, 2017 Share Posted January 22, 2017 4 minutes ago, Toonu said: I have a question. Is FH proposed to land on land or three drone ships, because it would be crazy to coordinate... Boosters on land, core on droneship Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheEpicSquared Posted January 22, 2017 Share Posted January 22, 2017 52 minutes ago, Ultimate Steve said: Oh, that's cool! Tweets auto-embed! Aw. The booster landing is what I look forward to the most. However, SES-9 was 5.2 tons, and they tried a droneship landing... I didn't know that 300 kilos would make such a difference Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ultimate Steve Posted January 22, 2017 Share Posted January 22, 2017 1 minute ago, TheEpicSquared said: Aw. The booster landing is what I look forward to the most. However, SES-9 was 5.2 tons, and they tried a droneship landing... I didn't know that 300 kilos would make such a difference Well, there's also the modifications to the Falcon 9 to take into consideration. I don't know if this is accurate, but I heard somewhere they had to add another helium tank to make up for the slower loading cycle. Again, I'm not sure if that is true or not. I look forward to the landing the most, too. But, hey, we might get to see some *dramatic* re-entry footage ending with a crash into the ocean! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
B787_300 Posted January 23, 2017 Share Posted January 23, 2017 I HIGHLY doubt that they needed to add another He tank. All they need to do is start loading earlier to load in at a slower rate for the He. Which isnt an issue as they start loading the RP1 well before the LOX. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mitchz95 Posted January 23, 2017 Share Posted January 23, 2017 Anyone want to place bets that this will be the last expendable SpaceX launch, ever? (Well, deliberately expendable...) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Oliverm001x Posted January 23, 2017 Share Posted January 23, 2017 Expendable launch, no landing... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ultimate Steve Posted January 23, 2017 Share Posted January 23, 2017 7 hours ago, Mitchz95 said: Anyone want to place bets that this will be the last expendable SpaceX launch, ever? (Well, deliberately expendable...) Well, over on Reddit this discussion has already happened. There are several missions on SpaceX's manifest that are heavy enough to be considered expendable, unfortunately. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
StrandedonEarth Posted January 23, 2017 Share Posted January 23, 2017 I would imagine they hope to start flying expendable missions on used boosters soon Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
_Augustus_ Posted January 23, 2017 Share Posted January 23, 2017 3 hours ago, Ultimate Steve said: Well, over on Reddit this discussion has already happened. There are several missions on SpaceX's manifest that are heavy enough to be considered expendable, unfortunately. SpaceX said that the Falcon 9 Block 5 will carry those future missions and should be able to land. 52 minutes ago, StrandedonEarth said: I would imagine they hope to start flying expendable missions on used boosters soon I believe they'll try to re-use them again... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wjolcz Posted January 24, 2017 Share Posted January 24, 2017 Wasn't the plan to reuse each recovered stage at least 10 times or sth? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheEpicSquared Posted January 24, 2017 Share Posted January 24, 2017 CRS-10 has been delayed to Feb 15, as everyone expected Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Streetwind Posted January 24, 2017 Share Posted January 24, 2017 Yep, though oddly enough, it's not a rocket issue. It's simply that the pad, scheduled for completion by the end of November 2016, still isn't ready. Too bad that Iridium hasn't delivered all their satellites yet. They could get a launch or two from Vandenberg ahead of time while everyone's waiting for the Cape Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CatastrophicFailure Posted January 24, 2017 Share Posted January 24, 2017 Have they even gotten to the point of fueling tests at the cape? Or full test fires? I would think the hardware checkout process for what is essentially a brand new launch pad is pretty lengthy. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wumpus Posted January 24, 2017 Share Posted January 24, 2017 On 1/23/2017 at 0:18 AM, Mitchz95 said: Anyone want to place bets that this will be the last expendable SpaceX launch, ever? (Well, deliberately expendable...) I still expect a Falcon Heavy with expendable center section will be a favorite for heavy loads. That center section needs to be going plenty fast when it stages, making the back burn a problem. The differences between expendable side boosters and landing them shouldn't be so extreme (also landing the sides should be the easiest landings, landing the center the hardest. Also you have to remember that an expendable Falcon 9 should be considerably more reliable than Falcon Heavy. Any launch heavy enough to be expendable is likely to be launching such an expensive spacecraft that the cost of the insurance to go to recoverable Heavy won't cover the savings. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CSE Posted January 24, 2017 Share Posted January 24, 2017 On 23/01/2017 at 5:18 AM, Mitchz95 said: Anyone want to place bets that this will be the last expendable SpaceX launch, ever? (Well, deliberately expendable...) I don't think so. For a commercial service, an expendable flight of a booster you've already developed is a known cost and risk so I would expect that you just quote a price to make your normal profit margin. Whether anyone takes you up on the offer would depend on what other commercial launch capabilities are available at the time; looking at the Falcon Heavy's payload goals, there may not be any other launcher that can do the job. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
magnemoe Posted January 24, 2017 Share Posted January 24, 2017 24 minutes ago, CSE said: I don't think so. For a commercial service, an expendable flight of a booster you've already developed is a known cost and risk so I would expect that you just quote a price to make your normal profit margin. Whether anyone takes you up on the offer would depend on what other commercial launch capabilities are available at the time; looking at the Falcon Heavy's payload goals, there may not be any other launcher that can do the job. You could do an falcon heavy with recovery rather than an expendable. On the other hand if you have an well used first stage they might use it expendable rather than to do an expensive service on it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RCgothic Posted January 24, 2017 Share Posted January 24, 2017 It's a good point that recovering the centre core of a Falcon Heavy is going to be harder than recovering a Falcon 9. The second stage isn't changing but the payload is getting bigger, meaning stage 2 has less DV so Stage 1 has to be going faster at separation, faster even than Falcon 9 on GTO. This problem gets worse with crossfeed, which I saw someone on Reddit mention is still being studied. (Pinch of salt duely taken). But perhaps on Falcon Heavy there can be more fuel saved to leave greater allowance for the entry burn or even return to launch site! It's difficult to guess what their plans are. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rakaydos Posted January 25, 2017 Share Posted January 25, 2017 10 hours ago, RCgothic said: It's a good point that recovering the centre core of a Falcon Heavy is going to be harder than recovering a Falcon 9. The second stage isn't changing but the payload is getting bigger, meaning stage 2 has less DV so Stage 1 has to be going faster at separation, faster even than Falcon 9 on GTO. This problem gets worse with crossfeed, which I saw someone on Reddit mention is still being studied. (Pinch of salt duely taken). But perhaps on Falcon Heavy there can be more fuel saved to leave greater allowance for the entry burn or even return to launch site! It's difficult to guess what their plans are. I remember reading that center core RTLS has only marginal gains over a reusable F9,but that barge recovery might be reasonable if they allow for a longer entry burn. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aethon Posted January 25, 2017 Author Share Posted January 25, 2017 NASA simulates launch conditions for Orions' crew. https://www.nasa.gov/image-feature/nasa-simulates-orion-spacecraft-launch-conditions-for-crew Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CatastrophicFailure Posted January 26, 2017 Share Posted January 26, 2017 .....aaaaaaaaaand delayed till the 3rd. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kerbiloid Posted January 26, 2017 Share Posted January 26, 2017 (edited) They need to go deeper. https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/speaking-of-science/wp/2017/01/25/elon-musk-is-going-to-tunnel-from-his-desk-to-lax-or-so-hes-tweeted/ Underground rocket facility? Landing onto an elevator and getting down? Hyperloop-based underground launch estacade? Undermars colony prototype? Edited January 26, 2017 by kerbiloid Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Streetwind Posted January 26, 2017 Share Posted January 26, 2017 (edited) More likely he's just fed up with LA traffic. This isn't really SpaceX related though... Edited January 26, 2017 by Streetwind Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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