magnemoe Posted July 21, 2018 Share Posted July 21, 2018 2 hours ago, Mad Rocket Scientist said: A bit of already guessed at news about Starlink: As I understand starlink is far to weak to work directly to cell phones. you need an box for it probably with some sort of antenna. Now you could use starlink with an mobile cell phone tower but this would not be very useful until you have pretty constant coverage. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wjolcz Posted July 21, 2018 Share Posted July 21, 2018 RTLS on Vandenberg this time? Looked to me like that landing pad was finished. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Damien_The_Unbeliever Posted July 21, 2018 Share Posted July 21, 2018 (edited) 9 hours ago, magnemoe said: As I understand starlink is far to weak to work directly to cell phones. you need an box for it probably with some sort of antenna. Now you could use starlink with an mobile cell phone tower but this would not be very useful until you have pretty constant coverage. back haul is the comms between the towers and the rest of the network. They're talking about being able to deploy cell towers to remote locations without having to get fibre to them or to arrange line-of-sight for microwave links. Edited July 21, 2018 by Damien_The_Unbeliever Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CatastrophicFailure Posted July 21, 2018 Share Posted July 21, 2018 7 hours ago, Wjolcz said: RTLS on Vandenberg this time? Looked to me like that landing pad was finished. JRTI. IIRC the next Vandy launch will be RTLS. But the next next RTLS launch just came thru the pipe: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
magnemoe Posted July 21, 2018 Share Posted July 21, 2018 7 hours ago, Damien_The_Unbeliever said: back haul is the comms between the towers and the rest of the network. They're talking about being able to deploy cell towers to remote locations without having to get fibre to them or to arrange line-of-sight for microwave links. Ok, as I expected, however this require good coverage to be useful as you don't want 50% downtime on an emergency network Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Ultimate Steve Posted July 21, 2018 Share Posted July 21, 2018 Ahh, haven't seen a launch in nearly a month, but I'm still semi jet lagged and probably need to drive tomorrow... Do I watch it? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CatastrophicFailure Posted July 21, 2018 Share Posted July 21, 2018 (edited) 5 minutes ago, Ultimate Steve said: Ahh, haven't seen a launch in nearly a month, but I'm still semi jet lagged and probably need to drive tomorrow... Do I watch it? yES., YOU WATCH IT. yOU PUMP YOURSELF UP WITH COFFEE OR COLA AND YOU TOTALLY WATCH THAT CRAP. ಠ_ಠ Cuz there's another one coming up in FIVE DAYS and they're finally landing again!!!11!!!1! ETA: also, haven't seen this mentioned yet here, but this upcoming launch is apparently their heaviest commsat ever. Edited July 21, 2018 by CatastrophicFailure Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mad Rocket Scientist Posted July 21, 2018 Share Posted July 21, 2018 49 minutes ago, CatastrophicFailure said: [...] ETA: also, haven't seen this mentioned yet here, but this upcoming launch is apparently their heaviest commsat ever. [...] Actually, it's the heaviest commsat ever, in addition to being the heaviest thing SpaceX has launched to GEO. It weighs 7075 kg, the previous record was 6910 kg. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CatastrophicFailure Posted July 22, 2018 Share Posted July 22, 2018 1 hour ago, Mad Rocket Scientist said: Actually, it's the heaviest commsat ever, in addition to being the heaviest thing SpaceX has launched to GEO. It weighs 7075 kg, the previous record was 6910 kg. Note that SpaceX is launching the heaviest commsat ever without even needing the Falcon Heavy, and still recovering the booster. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CatastrophicFailure Posted July 22, 2018 Share Posted July 22, 2018 Fueling underway. Am I the only one watching this time? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scotius Posted July 22, 2018 Share Posted July 22, 2018 Live stream start Go Falcon! Go SpaceX! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tater Posted July 22, 2018 Share Posted July 22, 2018 8 minutes ago, CatastrophicFailure said: Fueling underway. Am I the only one watching this time? My son and I are listening to that funky music. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Xd the great Posted July 22, 2018 Share Posted July 22, 2018 Routine launch, routine landing. Anyway, will spacex test the bfr return method with a falcon secound stage? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
magnemoe Posted July 22, 2018 Share Posted July 22, 2018 Nice launch so far but its expendable, that was an surprise. I assumed they would land downrange. Was it an block 5? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Xd the great Posted July 22, 2018 Share Posted July 22, 2018 Aka add wings, heat shield and engines to land. If they use a falcon heavy booster should be alright. 1 minute ago, magnemoe said: Nice launch so far but its expendable, that was an surprise. I assumed they would land downrange. Was it an block 5? Yes all block 4s are thrown away. This mission will have booster recovery from the youtube timeline. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CatastrophicFailure Posted July 22, 2018 Share Posted July 22, 2018 4 minutes ago, magnemoe said: Nice launch so far but its expendable, that was an surprise. I assumed they would land downrange. Was it an block 5? Wait, what? This is a droneship recovery launch with a Block 5... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brotoro Posted July 22, 2018 Share Posted July 22, 2018 All right! I'm ready to be impressed. Such hissing noises it makes! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
magnemoe Posted July 22, 2018 Share Posted July 22, 2018 Just now, CatastrophicFailure said: Wait, what? This is a droneship recovery launch with a Block 5... I was fooled it was an playback of an old launch If should be noted somewhere, Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CatastrophicFailure Posted July 22, 2018 Share Posted July 22, 2018 GO! GO! GO! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mad Rocket Scientist Posted July 22, 2018 Share Posted July 22, 2018 Gah, darn youtube doesn't start audio in the background. At least I'm still in time for the landing. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brotoro Posted July 22, 2018 Share Posted July 22, 2018 Is Mr Steven on the job? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tater Posted July 22, 2018 Share Posted July 22, 2018 Just now, Brotoro said: Is Mr Steven on the job? Mr. Steven is on the West coast. He'll be at work later in the week for the VAFB launch on the 25th. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CatastrophicFailure Posted July 22, 2018 Share Posted July 22, 2018 Dang, check out that entry heating on S1... aaaaand crap, they lost signal. Woohoo! Good landing! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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