Brotoro Posted July 22, 2018 Share Posted July 22, 2018 Booster? Booster? booster! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scotius Posted July 22, 2018 Share Posted July 22, 2018 Successful launch. And landing Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mad Rocket Scientist Posted July 22, 2018 Share Posted July 22, 2018 Yay, complete success! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tater Posted July 22, 2018 Share Posted July 22, 2018 Woot! Another day at the office for SpaceX. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brotoro Posted July 22, 2018 Share Posted July 22, 2018 You see, SpaceX shows the future trajectory with a thick line and the past trajectory with a thin line. This is how it should be done, KSP. Love to watch the orbit shift! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CatastrophicFailure Posted July 22, 2018 Share Posted July 22, 2018 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brotoro Posted July 22, 2018 Share Posted July 22, 2018 Package delivered! Sign here, please. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sh1pman Posted July 22, 2018 Share Posted July 22, 2018 7 minutes ago, Brotoro said: You see, SpaceX shows the future trajectory with a thick line and the past trajectory with a thin line. This is how it should be done, KSP. Love to watch the orbit shift! You can do it in the options. "Reverse line fade" or something like that. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CatastrophicFailure Posted July 22, 2018 Share Posted July 22, 2018 Is it just me or did that satellite kick off with a lot of rotation? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RealKerbal3x Posted July 22, 2018 Share Posted July 22, 2018 Because timezones, I missed the launch. I’ll have to catch up later. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lukaszenko Posted July 22, 2018 Share Posted July 22, 2018 5 hours ago, Xd the great said: Routine launch, routine landing. Yeah, they didn't even bother to do the countdown this time. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Xd the great Posted July 22, 2018 Share Posted July 22, 2018 1 hour ago, Lukaszenko said: Yeah, they didn't even bother to do the countdown this time. Thats for launching once every 2 weeks. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IncongruousGoat Posted July 22, 2018 Share Posted July 22, 2018 7 hours ago, CatastrophicFailure said: Is it just me or did that satellite kick off with a lot of rotation? Probably just a matter of perspective. The cameras on F9 S2 use some sort of fisheye or fisheye-like lens to get as big of a field of view as possible, which distorts the feeds. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cubinator Posted July 22, 2018 Share Posted July 22, 2018 Nice cameras on the rocket, city lights and lightning storms were clearly visible! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
StrandedonEarth Posted July 22, 2018 Share Posted July 22, 2018 *golf clap* Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cubinator Posted July 22, 2018 Share Posted July 22, 2018 14 hours ago, CatastrophicFailure said: Is it just me or did that satellite kick off with a lot of rotation? They spun up S2 seconds before releasing it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CatastrophicFailure Posted July 22, 2018 Share Posted July 22, 2018 1 hour ago, cubinator said: They spun up S2 seconds before releasing it. 7 hours ago, IncongruousGoat said: Probably just a matter of perspective. The cameras on F9 S2 use some sort of fisheye or fisheye-like lens to get as big of a field of view as possible, which distorts the feeds. Er, no, I mean it tumbled a good 90O after release, looked very Kerbal. Usually the payload deploys straight as a laser beam. GC confirms everything is good with the sat today, just looked odd. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cubinator Posted July 22, 2018 Share Posted July 22, 2018 22 minutes ago, CatastrophicFailure said: Er, no, I mean it tumbled a good 90O after release, looked very Kerbal. Usually the payload deploys straight as a laser beam. GC confirms everything is good with the sat today, just looked odd. S2 started spinning, then when the payload separated it retained its own angular momentum. You can see how it drifts to the side of the view as the camera rotates away. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tater Posted July 23, 2018 Share Posted July 23, 2018 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MinimumSky5 Posted July 23, 2018 Share Posted July 23, 2018 I thought that with Iridium going into LEO, that SpaceX would do an RTLS landing? Isn't JRTI only used for GEO payloads? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Xd the great Posted July 23, 2018 Share Posted July 23, 2018 (edited) 15 minutes ago, MinimumSky5 said: I thought that with Iridium going into LEO, that SpaceX would do an RTLS landing? Isn't JRTI only used for GEO payloads? No it depends on the launch location. One hip for west coast launch and one for east coast launch. Saves fuel and trouble of dragging those drone ships around. Edited July 23, 2018 by Xd the great Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sh1pman Posted July 23, 2018 Share Posted July 23, 2018 (edited) 10 hours ago, CatastrophicFailure said: Er, no, I mean it tumbled a good 90O after release, looked very Kerbal. Usually the payload deploys straight as a laser beam. GC confirms everything is good with the sat today, just looked odd. I don't think it's an issue, satellites usually have their own orientation thrusters that can fix unwanted spin. Edited July 23, 2018 by sh1pman Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Theysen Posted July 23, 2018 Share Posted July 23, 2018 11 hours ago, CatastrophicFailure said: Er, no, I mean it tumbled a good 90O after release, looked very Kerbal. Usually the payload deploys straight as a laser beam. GC confirms everything is good with the sat today, just looked odd. Spinning up before payload release is normal procedure to ensure proper separation. Almost any launcher goes with such a procedure. For example you can look at the Ariane user guide and the values , turn rate and angles are completely documented so the customer knows what he has to prepare for. Of course there are many configurations and customer wishes but spinning up is nominal. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
magnemoe Posted July 23, 2018 Share Posted July 23, 2018 11 hours ago, cubinator said: S2 started spinning, then when the payload separated it retained its own angular momentum. You can see how it drifts to the side of the view as the camera rotates away. Yes the satellite does not rotate away bottom away from us but it looks like it drift a bit to the side, this can well be planned to get away from second stage, not staying in front of it. Say an software fail start engine, just venting fuel or oxidizer or uses trusters could easy have second stage ram it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tater Posted July 23, 2018 Share Posted July 23, 2018 (edited) Edited July 23, 2018 by tater Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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